Crypto Fear & Greed Index today

It is a daily sentiment score for the crypto market, published by alternative.me. It turns several market and social signals into one number from 0 to 100, with Bitcoin as its focus: 0 is extreme fear, 100 extreme greed.

The idea behind it is that crowds overreact. As alternative.me puts it, extreme fear can be a sign that investors are too worried, while too much greed suggests the market is due for a correction.

alternative.me weights six inputs:

• volatility, against its 30- and 90-day averages (25%)
• market momentum and volume (25%)
• social media activity (15%)
• surveys (15%), which alternative.me has paused
• Bitcoin’s share of the total crypto market cap (10%)
• Google search trends (10%)

Each reading comes with a label: Extreme Fear, Fear, Neutral, Greed or Extreme Greed. Roughly, the lowest quarter of the scale is extreme fear, the top quarter extreme greed, and Neutral a narrow band around 50.

One day’s number says less than its direction. Compare it with yesterday, last week and last month above: a slide from greed toward fear tells you the mood is turning, even before the label changes.

No. It describes how the market feels now; it has no view on where prices go next. Sentiment can stay extreme for weeks, and prices often keep moving the way the mood points.

Read it next to the market itself: crypto prices today and the crypto heatmap.