BlockBeats News, January 20 — According to Alternative data, the cryptocurrency fear and greed index today dropped to 32 (yesterday was 44), with a weekly average of 26, indicating that the market remains in a “fear” state.
Note: The fear index threshold is 0-100, including indicators: volatility (25%) + market trading volume (25%) + social media buzz (15%) + market surveys (15%) + Bitcoin’s proportion in the overall market (10%) + Google trending searches analysis (10%).
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