Bitcoin (BTC) Fear and Greed Index Slides to 25, Lowest Reading Since August 5
Key Takeaways
- •The Crypto Fear and Greed Index registered 25 on November 7, its weakest level since August 5, per data first reported by COINOTAG.
- •The score sits at the lower boundary of the fear band, only one point above the extreme-fear range of 0-24.
- •Alternative.me maintains the daily index, weighting volatility and momentum at roughly half of the total alongside social media activity, Bitcoin's dominance, Google Trends data, and investor surveys.
- •Launched in 2018 and modeled on CNN Business's traditional-market gauge, the index has become one of the most widely cited crypto sentiment trackers.
- •The gauge measures current sentiment conditions and carries no forecast for future price movements, with daily updates showing how mood evolves relative to the extreme-fear line.
The widely followed Crypto Fear and Greed Index fell to 25 on November 7, its lowest reading since August 5, according to data first reported by COINOTAG. The print underscores that sentiment — more than any single headline — is the condition this market is currently living in. Read against the August 5 comparison, the data point also indicates that the gauge has not printed this low in roughly three months.
The index, maintained by the analytics platform Alternative.me, scores crypto market sentiment on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents extreme fear and 100 represents extreme greed. It is updated daily and draws on several inputs: market volatility and momentum, which together account for roughly half of the score, plus social media activity, Bitcoin's market capitalization dominance, Google Trends search data, and periodic investor surveys. Introduced in 2018 and modeled on the Fear and Greed Index that CNN Business publishes for traditional markets, it has since become one of the most widely referenced sentiment trackers in the sector.
Under the index's conventional interpretation bands, readings of 0 to 24 denote extreme fear, 25 to 44 denote fear, 45 to 55 denote neutrality, 56 to 75 denote greed, and 76 to 100 denote extreme greed. A reading of 25 therefore sits at the very bottom of the fear band, one point above the extreme-fear threshold; just a single point separates the current print from the scale's most pessimistic band.
Sentiment gauges of this kind are widely cited by market observers as barometers of retail mood, and they typically move with realized volatility, price drawdowns, and shifts in public attention. The index itself measures prevailing sentiment rather than price direction; a low reading describes the current market climate and carries no forecast in either direction. Because the gauge refreshes daily, its subsequent updates provide a running record of how sentiment evolves relative to the extreme-fear line, without implying any particular path for prices.
This content was first published on COINOTAG on November 8, 2026.
