According to @ysiu, CoinMarketCap’s Fear and Greed Index printed 15 three times in 2025 versus a mid–late 2023 low of 32, nearly double today’s level, source: @ysiu on X. CoinMarketCap classifies readings in the teens as extreme fear, signaling risk-off sentiment in the market, source: CoinMarketCap Fear and Greed Index. He adds that BTC trades around $91k today versus roughly $25k in 2023 despite the fearful sentiment, source: @ysiu on X. He attributes the improved backdrop to a more positive U.S. stance under Trump and increased institutional adoption of crypto in 2025, source: @ysiu on X. For traders, this divergence between extreme fear readings and a higher BTC price underscores a sentiment dislocation worth monitoring in positioning and volatility as sentiment gauges reflect market risk appetite, source: CoinMarketCap Fear and Greed Index; @ysiu on X.