{"id":457408,"date":"2021-02-24T01:00:11","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T01:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=457408"},"modified":"2024-06-11T14:13:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T14:13:33","slug":"bizarre-bitcoin-fear-and-greed-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/bizarre-bitcoin-fear-and-greed-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Bizarre Bitcoin On-Chain Correlation With Fear And Greed Index Discovered"},"content":{"rendered":"
Fear and greed<\/a> are just two key emotions that drive the price action behind all markets, including Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n A bizarre correlation has been discovered<\/a> in on-chain Bitcoin network data that directly matches up with the cryptocurrency market “fear and greed” index. Here’s why this find is so striking and and what information investors, traders, and analysts can glean from the data.<\/p>\n There’s nothing else quite like Bitcoin<\/a> and the way the network and user base behaves. As a result, certain tools have been developed to analyze the cryptocurrency network’s on-chain metrics, including the total number of transactions, how much money is being spent, and much more.<\/p>\n The data also includes very specific and specialized information such as\u00a0unspent transaction output (UTXO).<\/p>\n Related Reading | Why March Is The Bloodiest Month In Bitcoin History<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n As a speculative asset, nothing else quite behaves like Bitcoin. Shifts in sentiment take price action to the extreme. As a result, tools have been developed to monitor the fear or greed<\/a> in the market.<\/p>\n Interestingly, one crypto analyst has discovered that the percentage of UTXOs in profit matches the fear and greed index perfectly.<\/p>\n So we've all been wondering how the Fear & Greed index looks in bull markets since the data only goes back to 2018. I figured it out today. This is the F&G index compared with the data on % of BTC UTXOs in profit provided by @glassnode<\/a>: pic.twitter.com\/TF0ywd4Ble<\/a><\/p>\n — Stillman (@Stillm4n) February 22, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nBitcoin Behaviors: Fear And Greed Appears In Unspent Transaction Outputs<\/h2>\n
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