Crypto Sentiment Index Plunges After Trump’s Tariff Scare
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Crypto market sentiment has dropped to its lowest level in almost six months after US President Donald Trump announced a 100% tariff on China. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index, which gauges overall market sentiment, fell to a “Fear” level of 27 in its Saturday’s update, representing a decline of 37 points from Friday’s “Greed” reading of 64. The decline came as Bitcoin (BTC) briefly dipped to $102,000 on the Binance perpetual futures pair following Trump’s announcement of sweeping tariffs on Friday. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index posted a “Greed” score of 71 when Bitcoin reached new highs on Monday. Source: Alternative.me Over the past 24 hours, approximately $19.27 billion worth of long and short positions have been liquidated across the crypto market, according to CoinGlass. Crypto market is flashing strong “buying signal,” says analyst In an X post on Friday, Bitwise European head of research, Andre Dragosch, said that the company’s intraday crypto asset Sentiment Index just “generated a strong contrarian buying signal.” “The index reached an intraday low of -2.8 standard deviations – its lowest level since the ‘Yen Carry Trade Unwind’ in the summer of 2024,” Dragosch said. Bitwise’s intraday cryptoasset sentiment index is flashing a “strong contrarian buying signal.” Source: Andre Dragosch The last time the Crypto Fear & Greed Index was this low was April 16, shortly after Bitcoin tumbled to $77,000 amid uncertainty escalating around trade tensions. Just days before, on April 9, Trump announced a 90-day pause on higher reciprocal tariffs, reverting the tariffs to the 10% baseline for most countries. Earlier this week, the Index was in “Greed” territory after Bitcoin reached new highs of $125,100 on Monday. Bitcoin’s recent highs didn’t lead to euphoria However, Santiment analyst Brian Quinlivan pointed out on Friday that Bitcoin’s recent all-time highs didn’t generate the…
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