Crypto Fear and Greed Index: current value
CoinMarketCap sentiment gauge on a scale from 0 to 100. Up to 19 signals extreme fear, from 80 extreme greed.
CoinMarketCap sentiment gauge on a scale from 0 to 100. Up to 19 signals extreme fear, from 80 extreme greed.
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What does the Fear and Greed Index show for Bitcoin?
The CoinMarketCap Fear and Greed Index currently reads 73 out of 100, which is the “greed” band (as of 09/24/2026, 07:22 PM GMT+2). It measures sentiment across the crypto market, and Bitcoin feeds into four of its five components. CoinMarketCap assigns every reading to a band: up to 19 extreme fear, 20 to 39 fear, 40 to 59 neutral, 60 to 79 greed, from 80 extreme greed.
How to read the chart
The index sums up how market participants are behaving right now, not what a coin is worth. It is most useful as a check on your own impression: if you want to buy after strong gains, a reading in the greed zone shows that many others are doing the same. A reading in the fear zone shows a nervous market, for example after a price crash.
The index becomes meaningful over time. A single reading says little, weeks spent in an extreme zone say much more. Its model is the Fear and Greed Index that CNN publishes for the stock market. Several versions exist for crypto, each built from different components. The value here comes from CoinMarketCap and is fetched again every 15 minutes.
How this number is produced
CoinMarketCap builds the index from five components: price momentum of the ten largest cryptocurrencies excluding stablecoins, expected volatility of Bitcoin and Ethereum from the Volmex implied volatility indices, the put/call ratio in the options market, the ratio of Bitcoin’s market capitalisation to the major stablecoins, and search trends and user engagement on CoinMarketCap. Every reading falls into a band: up to 19 extreme fear, 20 to 39 fear, 40 to 59 neutral, 60 to 79 greed, from 80 extreme greed.
What it does not say
The index measures sentiment, not substance. It is neither a buy nor a sell signal; it describes how the market is behaving. Extreme readings often persist longer than they are comfortable to sit through.
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- CoinMarketCap
- Update interval
- 15 min
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- CC BY 4.0
Frequently asked questions
Is the Fear and Greed Index a buy signal?
No. The index describes sentiment, not the value of a coin. Some investors act contrarian and treat extreme fear as an opportunity and extreme greed as a warning. Whether that works depends on timing: extreme readings can last for weeks, and the market can keep falling or rising during that time.
Why does alternative.me show a different value?
The alternative.me index is a separate calculation with other components, among them volatility, trading volume, social media and Google search trends. CoinMarketCap also draws on the options market and on the Volmex volatility indices. The two values therefore often differ by a few points. For the trend, what matters is sticking to one source.
Does the Fear and Greed Index only apply to Bitcoin?
The CoinMarketCap index covers the crypto market as a whole. Bitcoin carries the most weight in it, though: it enters through the momentum of the ten largest coins, through its volatility and through its ratio to stablecoins. Because Bitcoin makes up the largest part of the market capitalisation, the index is usually read as a sentiment gauge for Bitcoin.
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