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Crypto Market Sentiment Drops to "Extreme Fear"

Tue, 04/12/2022 - 12:37
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Arman Shirinyan
Cryptocurrency market becomes fearful as Bitcoin shows weakness, falling below $40,000
Crypto Market Sentiment Drops to "Extreme Fear"
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According to the Alternative.me cryptocurrency sentiment "Fear and Greed" indicator, the digital assets market has entered the "extreme fear" state.

Bitcoin plunge causes panic

The main reason behind the strong change in the indicator's value is caused by the most recent Bitcoin drop below $40,000, which was considered impossible amid the cryptocurrency market rally we saw in March.

Bitcoin chart
Source: Alternative.me

As Bitcoin started slowly losing a large part of its value, short-term traders started to actively get rid of their holdings, which created even more selling pressure on the digital gold and caused panic in the cryptocurrency community.

Since the indicator includes social sentiment data, it affected the value shown by it greatly.

Long-term investors remain calm

According to data provided by IntoTheBlock, long-term investors are remaining calm and buying the dip as their holdings increased for 2 million BTC in recent weeks. On the other hand, traders and short-term holders are actively exiting the market, awaiting a further drop in the mid-term.

Alternative.me's indicator includes data like volatility and market momentum, which allows it to reflect both social and technical data. According to the indicator's official page, it measures the current volatility of Bitcoin and compares it with average values in the last 1-3 months. The rise in volatility plays out in favor of a fearful market.

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In addition to average volatility, developers measure trading volume and market momentum. As buying volumes increase during trending markets, and vice versa, it is considered greedy whenever Bitcoin is plunging.

At press time, Bitcoin trades at $40,336 after bouncing from $39,187 in a matter of hours, which shows large buying volume concentrated around $39,000.

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About the author

Arman Shirinyan is a trader, crypto enthusiast and SMM expert with more than four years of experience.

Arman strongly believes that cryptocurrencies and the blockchain will be of constant use in the future. Currently, he focuses on news, articles with deep analysis of crypto projects and technical analysis of cryptocurrency trading pairs.