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Bitcoin Fear & Greed Index

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Overview · Sentiment index · updated daily

About the Bitcoin Fear & Greed Index

AI-driven fear and greed index for Bitcoin - capturing retail speculation cycles, institutional adoption narratives, halving momentum, and macro correlation in BTC market commentary.

Crypto sentiment is highly reflexive — narrative can drive price, which reinforces narrative. Extreme Fear readings (0–20) have historically marked cyclical bottoms within weeks; Extreme Greed readings (80–100) have preceded corrections within days to weeks. The Awareness score is especially sensitive to on-chain activity spikes, exchange listings, and regulatory headlines.

Key drivers

  • On-chain transaction volume and active addresses
  • Exchange inflow / outflow trends
  • Regulatory announcements and enforcement actions
  • Bitcoin dominance shifts
  • Macro risk-on / risk-off sentiment

Reading the Sentiment scale

  1. 0-20Now · 0
    Extreme FearPanic-driven coverage; capitulation zone where rebounds often start.
  2. 21-40
    FearCaution dominates; buyers are hesitant.
  3. 41-60
    NeutralBalanced coverage; waiting for a catalyst.
  4. 61-80
    GreedOptimism building; momentum-driven coverage.
  5. 81-100
    Extreme GreedEuphoric coverage; pullback risk is high.

How to use this index

  • Use the Sentiment score to gauge the prevailing narrative bias for Bitcoin at a glance.
  • The Awareness score flags unusual spikes in coverage - early-warning signals that often precede price moves.
  • Extreme readings (0-20 or 81-100) historically mark periods of heightened volatility and potential reversals.
  • Compare across related topics to find cross-asset divergences and correlation breakdowns.
  • Pro subscribers can view 3 years of history to calibrate thresholds against past market regimes.

This index is frequently referenced alongside bitcoin sentiment, ai crypto sentiment, internet bitcoin narratives, btc outlook, alternative data crypto, bitcoin price sentiment analysis - helping traders and analysts track Bitcoin sentiment shifts in real time.

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Methodology

How the index is built

Data sources, scoring and update cadence, in plain terms.

What is the Bitcoin index?

The Bitcoin Fear and Greed Index is a market sentiment indicator that measures the emotions driving the cryptocurrency market, ranging from extreme fear to extreme greed. Unlike traditional Fear & Greed indices, this one uses data from proprietary sources, analyzing over 5,000 media outlets in 72 languages.

Every day, the index processes over 1 million unique entries, leveraging sentiment analysis and AI to interpret cryptocurrency news, social media trends, and other market data. By aggregating and analyzing these sources, the Bitcoin Fear and Greed Index provides a real-time snapshot of public sentiment, reflecting the collective mood of traders and investors.

This AI-powered system helps identify market trends, track cryptocurrency volatility, and assess investor sentiment, offering insights into whether the market is feeling more fearful or optimistic. Understanding the index can assist in predicting price swings, making it a valuable tool for both new and experienced crypto traders.

How is the Bitcoin index calculated?

The Bitcoin index is derived from AI-powered NLP analysis of thousands of online news sources, blogs, and financial commentary. Sentiment scores range from 0 (Extreme Fear) to 100 (Extreme Greed), where 50 represents neutral conditions. Awareness scores capture the volume and breadth of coverage for this topic across the media landscape.

How often is the Bitcoin index updated?

The underlying data pipeline runs once per day. However, the gauge and score displayed on this page reflect a processed snapshot that may be 3–24 hours behind real-time, depending on the topic's update cadence and how quickly new data clears the processing pipeline. The exact timestamp of the data shown is visible in the gauge footer - hover the info icon to see it in your local time.

Why does the gauge show data from a few hours ago?

The gauge reflects a processed data snapshot, not a live feed. Depending on the topic, displayed values can be 3–24 hours behind real-time - fast-moving topics (crypto, equities) update more frequently, while slower-cycle topics (macro, real estate, geopolitics) may have a longer lag. The precise data timestamp is always visible in the gauge footer: hover the info icon to see it in your local time.

Why use sentiment analysis?

Sentiment uses natural language processing to analyze and quantify investors' opinions, which is different from traditional indicators like volatility (VIX), volume, or price trends. This gives you an edge over others who rely solely on price-based data.

How to interpret the figures?

The gauges show the latest indicator percentiles for the last two quarters. Values above 50 mean an upward trend, while below 50 means a downward trend. A reading above 70% signals greed, and below 30% signals fear. When price and sentiment trends diverge, it's a strong sign the trend will continue.

What does awareness represent?

Besides sentiment, we also provide a measurement of awareness - an indicator of media activity expressed as a ratio of topic-dedicated data compared to the total. Values over 50 indicate an increasing media trend and growing investors' interest; less than 50 signals decreasing attention.

What is sentiment analysis and why measure it?

Sentiment analysis is a way to determine whether a piece of text is positive, negative, or neutral. It helps understand how people feel about a topic or product, which is very important for investment, revenue management, and gauging public opinion. It adds important data points to the decision process and is valuable input for many statistical and AI models.

What are some of the key data characteristics?

Raw signals are gathered from proprietary sources covering over 50,000 outlets and ingested every 15 minutes. Processed gauge readings are derived from these signals but are displayed with a delay of 3–24 hours depending on the topic - the exact data timestamp is always shown in the gauge footer. The platform includes 5 years of history, supports 72 languages, and processes over 1 million unique entries daily. Adalytica maintains over 99.5% uptime across all products and data services.

Who benefits the most from the sentiment data?

The products are widely used across various industries, including finance, real estate, cryptocurrency, commodities, and government. They provide tailored insights for tasks like tracking voter sentiment, optimizing investment strategies, or monitoring brand perception. We offer products that are tailored for both beginners and advanced data professionals.

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