{"id":6714,"date":"2026-02-17T10:38:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T10:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=6714"},"modified":"2026-02-17T10:38:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T10:38:39","slug":"crypto-fear-greed-index-hits-record-low-after-10-10-liquidation-shock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=6714","title":{"rendered":"Crypto Fear & Greed Index Hits Record Low After \u201810\/10\u2019 Liquidation Shock"},"content":{"rendered":"

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  • The Crypto Fear and Greed Index hit a record low of 5 on February 12, reflecting extreme risk aversion as sentiment continues to sour.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Bitcoin is hovering near a $60,000 stress point where $1.24 billion in put options are concentrated, just above a long-term support level of $58,000.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Market confidence has struggled since a massive October 2025 liquidation event, while declining Coinbase revenues and warnings from Michael Burry highlight ongoing financial pressure.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    Just when things couldn\u2019t get any worse for the market, the Crypto Fear and Greed Index hit a record low.\u00a0<\/p>\n

    The gauge fell to 5 on Feb. 12, its weakest reading to date, indicating broad risk aversion. The index combines signals from volatility, momentum, social media activity, Bitcoin dominance and search trends into a single score from 0, extreme fear, to 100, extreme greed.<\/p>\n

    This comes as BTC hovers above the US$68K level, with more investors treating US$60K (AU$91K) as the market\u2019s stress point, with derivatives positioning and technical levels clustering around that zone as sentiment across crypto continues to sour.<\/p>\n

    As Crypto News Australia reported, the largest concentration of open interest sits in put options that pay out if Bitcoin falls below US$60,000. Open interest in those US$60,000 puts is about US$1.24 billion (AU$1.90 billion). Just below, BTC\u2019s 200-week moving average, a long-term support level watched by many traders, sits a little above US$58,000 (AU$88,740).<\/p>\n

    Read more: Australia\u2019s SMSFs Embrace Crypto as Regulation and ETFs Fuel New Wave of Adoption<\/strong><\/p>\n

    A Deep Red Market\u00a0<\/h2>\n

    The mood shift has been building for months, with many market participants tracing the break in confidence back to Oct. 10, 2025, commonly referred to as 10\/10.\u00a0<\/p>\n

    That day saw what was described as the largest liquidation wave in crypto history, with more than US$19 billion (AU$29.07 billion) of leveraged positions forcibly closed in 24 hours across more than 1.6 million accounts.\u00a0<\/p>\n

    Bitcoin fell about 14% and altcoins dropped far more sharply, exposing how quickly thin liquidity and heavy leverage can turn a selloff into a cascade. Sentiment has struggled to recover since.<\/p>\n

    The downturn is also showing up in listed companies tied to crypto prices and trading volumes. Investor Michael Burry warned in a Substack post that further declines in BTC could translate into sizable losses for public firms and potentially spill into other markets.\u00a0<\/p>\n

    He argued the crypto asset has acted more like a speculative trade than a hedge, contrasting its recent weakness with gold and silver reaching record highs on geopolitical tension and currency concerns.<\/p>\n

    Coinbase\u2019s latest results underscored that pressure with a Q4 revenue of US$1.78 billion (AU$2.72 billion), down 22% from a year earlier and below the US$1.84 billion (AU$2.82 billion) analysts expected.<\/p>\n

    Related: Coinbase Swings to $667M Loss as Crypto Slump Crushes Trading Volumes<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

    Cryptocurrency,Digital Asset,Fear and Greed Index#Crypto #Fear #Greed #Index #Hits #Record #Liquidation #Shock1771324719<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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