Overview
- The Crypto Fear & Greed Index fell to 15, its lowest level since March, signaling extreme fear across the market.
- Santiment reports Bitcoin chatter is evenly split between bullish and bearish, Ethereum skews modestly positive, and XRP faces one of its most fearful stretches of 2025.
- Jan3’s Samson Mow says recent selling is dominated by buyers from the past 12–18 months while longer‑term holders continue to accumulate.
- October featured the largest crypto liquidation since the pandemic at roughly $19 billion, and Bitcoin has now registered a fourth death cross, underscoring near‑term risk.
- Coinglass seasonality shows Bitcoin finished six of the past eight Decembers higher, while Capriole’s Altcoin Speculation Index sits at 25% and TOTAL3 is about 17% below its peak, highlighting selective altcoin resilience.