What the Fear & Greed Index Can and Cannot Tell You
The Crypto Fear & Greed Index condenses market sentiment into a single number from 0 to 100. It is a useful gauge — but like all indicators, it has limits.…
The Crypto Fear & Greed Index condenses market sentiment into a single number from 0 to 100. It is a useful gauge — but like all indicators, it has limits.…
The total crypto market is valued at $2.28T, down 2.48% over the past 24 hours. Sentiment reads extreme fear at 14 out of 100. Bitcoin commands 55.4% of total capitalisation, on $119.38B of 24-hour volume. Across sectors, Stablecoins leads while Exchange Tokens lags.
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Sector moves are market-cap-weighted 24h averages. Stock & ETF prices refresh hourly from public market data (NASDAQ). For information only — not financial advice.
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Market cap is the total value of an asset’s outstanding units — a coin’s circulating supply times its price, or a company’s share count times its share price. It is the standard way to rank both cryptocurrencies and stocks because it reflects size far better than unit price alone. A $2 coin can be worth more in total than a $200 one if many more units exist.
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Dominance is Bitcoin’s share of the total crypto market cap. Rising dominance means capital is concentrating in Bitcoin; falling dominance can mean money is rotating into altcoins. It is a useful sentiment gauge for the crypto market — one signal among many, never read in isolation.
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The Crypto Fear & Greed Index distills sentiment into a 0–100 number, blending volatility, momentum, volume and social signals. Extreme fear can mean investors are overly worried; extreme greed can precede a pullback. It describes mood — it does not predict price.
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