BlockBeats News, January 26 — According to Alternative data, the current cryptocurrency fear and greed index has dropped to 20 (from 25 yesterday), with a weekly average of 44, indicating an escalation of the market “extreme fear” sentiment.
Note: The fear index threshold ranges from 0-100 and includes the following indicators: volatility (25%) + market trading volume (25%) + social media buzz (15%) + market surveys (15%) + Bitcoin’s proportion in the overall market (10%) + Google trending searches analysis (10%).
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