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Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto traders are the most fearful in over six months as BTC price action clings to $100,000. Key points: Bitcoin and altcoins plunge to their deepest “extreme fear” levels since March this year. Crypto could be nearing a market inflection point, based on sentiment data. Gold steals the show from crypto and stocks as the US government shutdown ends. Data from the Crypto Fear & Greed Index on Wednesday confirms that traders are now deep in the “extreme fear” zone. Bitcoin, crypto sentiment at seven-month lows Bitcoin may still be trading at six figures with a $2 trillion market cap, but in trading circles, the mood could hardly be more bearish. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index, which measures market sentiment using a basket of components, now stands at 15/100 — its lowest level since early March. That number eclipses even the height of panic over US trade tariffs, which centered on April’s “Liberation Day” and saw BTC/USD put in a local low under $75,000. “Below 20? I’ve never seen this indicator that low,” trader and analyst BitQuant wrote in a reaction on X.  “Retail must have already left the market.” Crypto Fear & Greed Index (screenshot). Source: Alternative.me BitQuant referred to a lack of participation by smaller crypto investors — a characteristic that has characterized much of the current bull run. In its latest research, analytics platform Santiment drew similar conclusions, while suggesting that a market turnaround may be due as a result. “When the crowd turns negative on assets, especially the top market caps in crypto, it is a signal that we are reaching the point of capitulation,” it wrote Tuesday.  “Once retail sells off, key stakeholders scoop up the dropped coins and pump prices. It’s not a matter of ‘if’, but ‘when’ this will next…

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