The Crypto Worry and Greed Index, probably the most broadly used gauges of crypto investor sentiment, has fallen again right down to “excessive worry” ranges after briefly recovering on Wednesday.
The Crypto Worry and Greed Index is at 18 on the time of this writing, down from the 20 recorded on Friday, in keeping with CoinMarketCap. 20 indicators “worry,” an environment of warning amongst traders, however an enchancment over rock-bottom market sentiment.
Sentiment briefly spiked to 25 on Wednesday, however contracted as geopolitical tensions between the US, Israel and Iran proceed to erode threat urge for food and enhance macroeconomic uncertainty amongst market contributors.
The index hit a yearly low of 5 in February amid the crypto market downturn and several other headwinds, together with renewed geopolitical tensions and macroeconomic considerations, equivalent to uncertainty over rate of interest coverage, liquidity ranges and rising US authorities debt.
Crypto belongings have been in a bear market for the reason that October 2025 crash, which slashed the value of Bitcoin (BTC) by over 50% from its all-time excessive, earlier than BTC staged a restricted restoration, and erased a whole lot of billions of {dollars} in worth from the altcoin market.
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Alts endure essentially the most as sentiment craters
38% of altcoins are hovering close to all-time low costs, which is extra extreme than the aftermath of the FTX collapse, in keeping with CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost.
The worth collapse was accompanied by a few 50% discount in crypto buying and selling quantity, Darkfost instructed Cointelegraph.
“Altcoins stay the final sector of the crypto market the place liquidity usually flows, so this example isn’t a surprise, given the geopolitical and macroeconomic deterioration noticed over the previous a number of months,” he mentioned.
Mentions of altcoins on social media platforms sank to their lowest stage in two years, in keeping with crypto market sentiment evaluation platform Santiment.
In February 2026, worldwide Google search quantity for “Bitcoin going to zero” additionally hit its highest stage since 2022, in keeping with knowledge from Google Traits, corroborating the low investor confidence measured by different sentiment indicators.
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