Bitcoin’s Fear & Greed Index Has Spent More Time in Fear Than Greed Over the Past Year

Bitcoin’s Fear & Greed Index is sitting around 49 today, which places sentiment in the Neutral zone.

Looking back over the past 12 months:

• Extreme Greed: 23 days
• Greed: 76 days
• Neutral: 55 days
• Fear: 124 days
• Extreme Fear: 87 days

That means Fear + Extreme Fear accounted for far more time than Greed conditions over the last year.

Interesting contrast considering how many discussions online still frame the market as overly euphoric.

One takeaway is that sentiment often stays cautious for much longer than people expect, even during recovery phases or rallies.

Curious how others use sentiment indicators like Fear & Greed:

• Useful contrarian tool?
• Too lagging to matter?
• Or mostly noise compared to liquidity and price structure?