The Bitcoin Worry & Greed Index has fallen to 25, indicating a interval of ‘Excessive Worry’ out there as Bitcoin slid beneath $90k for the primary time since August 2024.
Nonetheless, the final time Bitcoin reached this stage, it preceded a 78% surge to round $88k by November. When Bitcoin was final round $88k, the Worry & Greed Index hit 73, denoting ‘Greed.’
Thus, simply 5 months in the past, Bitcoiners felt grasping shopping for at $88k; now, they seem to have an excessive concern of the return to such heights.
The chart beneath showcases Bitcoin’s meteoric rise over the previous 18 months, from the bullish sentiment created by BlackRock’s preliminary spot ETF submitting to its acceptance and launch and Donald Trump’s victory within the 2024 election, which resulted in Bitcoin lastly breaking by $100,000.

Bitcoin has not remained inside an ‘Excessive Worry’ zone for lengthy. It has normally taken lower than two months to get well from Excessive Worry to Greed, and every time, it went on to file a brand new all-time excessive. Nonetheless, through the 2022 bear market, it took over a yr to get well equally.
Jeff Park, Head of Alpha Methods at Bitwise, commented,
“I’ve seen this film too many occasions.
Individuals want for decrease costs. Once they get them, they lose religion and discover new causes to doubt.
Then it rips. By the point they persuade themselves to purchase, it’s already at new ATHs.
Losers await affirmation whereas winners act earlier than it.”