{"id":90389,"date":"2026-05-07T07:01:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T07:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=90389"},"modified":"2026-05-07T07:01:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T07:01:43","slug":"bitcoin-crosses-82000-but-fear-greed-still-indicates-a-fearful-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=90389","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Crosses $82,000, But Fear &amp; Greed Still Indicates A Fearful Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Fear &amp; Greed Index suggests digital asset traders are fearful even after the latest price recovery above $82,000 that Bitcoin has observed.<\/p>\n<h2>Crypto Fear &amp; Greed Index Is Still Pointing At A Fearful Market<\/h2>\n<p>The \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/bitcoin-recovery-fear-greed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener \">Fear &amp; Greed Index<\/a>\u201d is an indicator created by <a href=\"https:\/\/alternative.me\/crypto\/fear-and-greed-index\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Alternative<\/a> that tells us about the average sentiment present among traders in the Bitcoin and wider cryptocurrency markets. It represents the investor mentality as a score lying between 0 and 100. All values above 53 on the scale correspond to a sentiment of greed, while those below 47 suggest fear among the investors. Naturally, the metric being between these two cutoffs implies a net neutral market mentality.<\/p>\n<p>Here is how the latest value of the Fear &amp; Greed Index looks:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-679360 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/meter.png?w=366&amp;resize=366%2C329\" alt=\"Bitcoin Fear\" width=\"366\" height=\"329\"><\/p>\n<p>As displayed above, the indicator has a value of 46, which means that Bitcoin traders are holding a sentiment that leans fearful. The degree of fear is only slight, however, as the metric is sitting right on the edge of the zone.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the Fear &amp; Greed Index had surged to a value of 50, implying that sentiment was exactly in the balance. Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/bitcoin-prints-biggest-monthly-win-in-a-year-amid-renewed-market-optimism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener \">bullish momentum<\/a> in the market continuing over the past day, however, sentiment has actually deteriorated. This could be a potential indication that investors are still not convinced by the recovery surge.<\/p>\n<p>Though the latest pullback in the metric doesn\u2019t mean that the recovery hasn\u2019t caused any uplift in sentiment. As the chart below shows, the Fear &amp; Greed Index was in the depths of fear during the first half of April.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-679362 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chart_c88669.png?w=640&amp;resize=640%2C305\" alt=\"Bitcoin Fear &amp; Greed\" width=\"640\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chart_c88669.png?w=1126 1126w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chart_c88669.png?w=640 640w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chart_c88669.png?w=768 768w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chart_c88669.png?w=980 980w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chart_c88669.png?w=130 130w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chart_c88669.png?w=750 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"><\/p>\n<p>The indicator was so low back then that it was inside a zone called the extreme fear. This region, which corresponds to values of 25 and lower, indicates the presence of the worst FUD in the market. The index saw a long stay inside this region before the recent Bitcoin recovery rally finally triggered a sustained break.<\/p>\n<p>While the sentiment is currently still inside the fear territory, it\u2019s possible that the investor mood could improve further in the coming days if the current bullish momentum continues. It only remains to be seen, however, how things will play out in the market.<\/p>\n<p>In some other news, the price uplift during the past day has meant that a large number of <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/bitcoin-75300-expert-predicts-liquidation-wave\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener \">liquidations<\/a> have occurred over in the derivatives sector. These liquidations have heavily leaned in the short direction, as the heatmap below from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coinglass.com\/liquidations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CoinGlass<\/a> shows.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-679380 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/data_f9321c.png?w=640&amp;resize=640%2C346\" alt=\"Bitcoin Liquidations\" width=\"640\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/data_f9321c.png?w=785 785w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/data_f9321c.png?w=640 640w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/data_f9321c.png?w=768 768w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/data_f9321c.png?w=750 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"><\/p>\n<p>Out of the $211 million in liquidations that Bitcoin-related contracts have witnessed, over $200 million have involved the bearish bets. Overall, short liquidations have amounted to $441 million in the digital asset sector.<\/p>\n<h2>Bitcoin Price<\/h2>\n<p>Bitcoin has surged to the $82,500 mark following the latest continuation to its rally.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/x\/SGKU38J4\/\" alt=\"Bitcoin Price Chart\" width=\"1486\" height=\"957\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fear &amp; Greed Index suggests digital asset traders are fearful even after the latest price recovery above $82,000 that Bitcoin has observed. Crypto Fear &amp; Greed Index Is Still Pointing At A Fearful Market The \u201cFear &amp; Greed Index\u201d is an indicator created by Alternative that tells us about the average sentiment present among [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-90389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90389\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}