According to @WatcherGuru, the Bitcoin Fear & Greed Index fell to 24, indicating Extreme Fear in the market. According to Alternative.me, a score of 0-24 is categorized as Extreme Fear and the index combines volatility, momentum/volume, social media, dominance, and search trends to measure crypto sentiment. According to Alternative.me, Extreme Fear can mean investors are too worried, which some traders interpret as a potential buying opportunity for BTC.

According to @TO, the Ninjalerts dashboard shows the Crypto Fear and Greed Index at 18, highlighting an Extreme Fear reading shared publicly on X (source: @TO). According to Alternative.me, a score of 18 falls within the 0–24 Extreme Fear range in its Crypto Fear & Greed Index methodology (source: Alternative.me). According to Alternative.me, the index is calculated primarily for BTC and combines BTC volatility, market momentum/volume, social media sentiment, BTC dominance, and Google Trends to quantify risk appetite (source: Alternative.me). According to Alternative.me, Extreme Fear can indicate that investors may be overly worried, which some traders view as a potential contrarian signal, while it still reflects very low risk appetite in BTC markets (source: Alternative.me).

According to @rovercrc, the Crypto Fear & Greed Index jumped today from 24 to 38, marking a 14-point rise in the crypto market sentiment gauge (source: @rovercrc on X, Oct 13, 2025). The Crypto Fear & Greed Index is published by Alternative.me and is designed to quantify investor sentiment on a 0 to 100 scale (source: Alternative.me). Alternative.me classifies readings below 25 as extreme fear and 25 to 49 as fear, so today’s move reflects a shift from extreme fear to fear (source: Alternative.me). With neutral at 50, a reading of 38 remains in the fear zone below neutral, a context traders track when evaluating crypto risk appetite alongside BTC and ETH (source: Alternative.me).

According to the source, the Bitcoin Fear and Greed Index is at 44, indicating a Fear reading now, source: Alternative.me Crypto Fear and Greed Index. A sub-50 reading denotes risk-off sentiment on a 0–100 scale where 0 is extreme fear and 100 is extreme greed, source: Alternative.me. Alternative.me states that fear can mean investors are overly worried and may present buying opportunities, while greed can precede corrections, a sentiment gauge traders use to inform BTC positioning and risk management, source: Alternative.me.