The “Fear and Greed Index” has again reached single-digit values

Despite some stabilization of the cryptocurrency market after the crash at the end of January, investors are more pessimistic than ever.

In particular, on Thursday morning the “Fear and Greed Index,” which tracks trader sentiment from “extreme fear” to “extreme greed,” stood at 8 out of 100.

Fear and Greed Index. Data: CoinMarketCap.

This figure cannot be called a record low, as on February 6 the index value was 5. All this indicates that investors are extremely reluctant to buy digital assets and are highly likely to sell them at the first opportunity.

For comparison, at the beginning of 2026 the “Fear and Greed Index” was in the “neutral” zone with a reading of 41/100.

After gaining nearly $300 billion from January 1 to 14, the cryptocurrency market began to decline, which by early February turned into a real crash, reducing market capitalization by about $1 trillion.

If at the beginning of the year the market capitalization of digital assets was $2.97 trillion and then rose to $3.25 trillion, it later collapsed to the current $2.32 trillion.

Crypto market capitalization since the beginning of the year. Source: TradingView.

This evening, the price of bitcoin fell by 0.6% to $65,800, losing the day’s high at $68,308.

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