Crypto Market Flips From Fear to 'Extreme Greed' for First Time Since 2024

In brief

• The Crypto Fear and Greed Index has hit "extreme greed," the highest reading since the 2024 cycle top.
• The score jumped from 36 (fear) a month ago and 41 (neutral) a week ago, to 81 (extreme greed) in its fastest sentiment swing of the year.
• The gauge's 2026 low was 5, deep in extreme fear on February 5.

The cryptocurrency market has entered “extreme greed” territory for the first time since late 2024, according to the Crypto Fear and Greed Index.

The index, measured on Coinmarketcap, hit 81 late Sunday evening and remains there today, breaking above the green zone that starts at 80—the threshold the index reserves for panicked buying and frothy conviction. It’s a remarkable turnaround for a market that has spent the last year deep in “fear” territory, with occasional trips to “neutral” at best.

The speed of the move is especially noteworthy. A month ago the same gauge sat at 36—squarely in "fear." A week ago it was 41, barely neutral. It printed 81 on Sunday and holds there today, a 45-point climb in 30 days that erases nearly all of the caution that defined the first half of 2026.

This is also the fastest sentiment shift between two extremes, and the only move from extreme fear to extreme greed since Coinmarketcap started tracking the index. Alternative.me has been tracking sentiment for a longer time. Its methodology still places the index in “greed” mode (not extreme by 6%), but the mood shift is consistent in the momentum: Traders are turning very bullish, extremely fast, mimicking a similar movement that happened in 2021.