The crypto sentiment seems to be changing to “Extreme Fear,” with the Fear and Greed Index having dropped to 25, after a week in the “Neutral” zone at 40-50.
Crypto sentiment of “Extreme Fear”: Fear And Greed Index crashes to 25
Today, the score of the global crypto Fear and Greed Index has plummeted to 25, fully entering the “Extreme Fear” zone.
In general, the Fear and Greed crypto Index is a particular market indicator that uses social media posts, volatility, trends, and prices to measure trader sentiment.
In any case, today’s score of 25 is significantly lower compared to yesterday’s 49 and last week’s 47, when the crypto market sentiment was in the “Neutral” zone.
Not only that, a month ago, the Fear and Greed crypto Index was in the “Entusiasmo” zone with a score of 73.
Crypto Sentiment of panic: Fear and Greed Index collapses along with the market
In a certain sense, the current collapse of the global crypto Fear and Greed Index score also reflects the market trend.
In fact, in the last 24 hours, the overall crypto market capitalization has dropped by 10%.
In the top 10 crypto, compared to yesterday, Bitcoin is in a price dump of -9%, Ethereum of -11%, Solana of -14%, and XRP of -15%.
We are in a moment of panic in the crypto market, the reasons for which can be varied. In any case, in these moments of bear market, there are many crypto investors who see buying opportunities, even in the short term.
Michael Saylor of Strategy and the BTC buying opportunities
Recently, Michael Saylor, co-founder of Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), hinted that he would soon make a new purchase of BTC.
In practice, the entrepreneur would have shared a bitcoin chart, an action that in the past has often anticipated new investments by the company.
In fact, on the Strategy wallet it results that the company made its latest purchase of 20,356 BTC yesterday, February 24, bringing the total to 499,096 BTC.
Before this, the last purchase by Strategy occurred on February 10th, with exactly 7,633 BTC.
According to Saylor, the current sentiment of panic or “Extreme Fear” in the crypto market is just a buying opportunity for BTC at a lower price.
Source: https://en.cryptonomist.ch/2025/02/25/crypto-sentiment-fear-and-greed-index-on-extreme-fear/