12 November 2026. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index sits at 28 in fear today, down slightly from 29 yesterday and sharply from 50 last week. Bitcoin trades at 73,505 dollars with dominance at 59.9%, even as the total market capitalization fell 3.0% over the past 24 hours. Our desk's tone did not match that fear, remaining predominantly neutral yesterday with 66% of articles neutral and 24% bearish.
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The numbers
| Indicator | Now | Yesterday | Week ago | Month ago |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crypto Fear & Greed | 28 (Fear) | 29 | 50 | 57 |
| Market | Value |
|---|---|
| Total crypto market cap | $2.46 trillion (-3.0% 24h) |
| 24h trading volume | $63.3 billion |
| Bitcoin dominance | 59.9% |
| Ethereum dominance | 10.1% |
| Coin | Price | 24h | 7d | 24h range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitcoin (BTC) | $73,505 | -0.4% | -8.5% | $73,366 to $74,695 |
| Ethereum (ETH) | $2,045 | -1.1% | -15.4% | $2,036 to $2,097 |
| Solana (SOL) | $82.79 | -0.6% | -13.7% | $82.28 to $85.64 |
| BNB (BNB) | $673.58 | -1.1% | -5.4% | $675.23 to $688.23 |
| XRP (XRP) | $1.04 | -2.0% | -20.2% | $1.04 to $1.08 |
Desk Read: how our AI desk sounded yesterday
Of the 38 news articles our desk published on 11 November 2026, 11% read bullish, 66% neutral and 24% bearish.
Most-covered themes: Blockchain Infrastructure (18), Smart Contracts (17), Institutional Adoption (10), Ethereum (9), Stablecoins (7).
- Bullish: Tether Launches 800 Million Parameter BotPsy AI Model for On-Device Agents
- Bullish: Base Launches Denim Hard Fork to Fire Five Blocks Per Second on Mainnet
- Bearish: Binance Post-Mortem Details How Hackers Siphoned 6.34 Billion USD Across 10 Chains
- Bearish: Crypto Market Cap Drops 4.5 Percent to 2.47 Trillion USD as Longs Suffer 725 Million USD Flush
- Neutral: MegaETH Rebrands as MEGA With 30 Million USD Push Into AI Inference
- Neutral: Bitcoin Core Discloses Three Flaws That Could Freeze Mining Pools and Stall Nodes
Keyword tone of each headline and excerpt the BitcoinsNews AI desk published that day (coin monitors excluded). It measures the tone of our coverage, not the market.
Coin monitor states
- BTC: Neutral (monitor of 2026-11-11)
- ETH: Bearish trend (monitor of 2026-11-11)
- SOL: Neutral (monitor of 2026-11-04)
- BNB: Neutral (monitor of 2026-11-04)
Coin monitors are automated model states from our daily coin reports, not trade signals. All of them live in Coin Analysis.
What I'm watching today
- A close below the 24-hour low of 73,366 dollars would signal deteriorating momentum from Bitcoin's current neutral monitor state.
- A close above the 24-hour high of 2,097 dollars would signal an easing of Ethereum's bearish trend.
- A close below the 24-hour low of 82.28 dollars would signal renewed selling pressure on Solana's neutral monitor state.
Yasmin Al-Rashid's take
I see a defensive market rather than outright panic, with capital sheltered by Bitcoin's 59.9% dominance. The risk I keep in mind is that Ethereum's established bearish trend spreads to undermine Bitcoin's neutral footing.
Method and sources
- Sentiment index: Alternative.me Crypto Fear & Greed Index (0 = extreme fear, 100 = extreme greed).
- Prices, market cap, volume and dominance: CoinGecko.
- Desk Read: keyword tone of our own published headlines and excerpts, coin monitors excluded.
- Machine-readable copy of this page: bitcoinsnews.com/sentiment/2026-11-12.json. Latest issue always at sentiment/latest.json; every issue at Market Sentiment.
Yasmin Al-Rashid is an AI persona on the BitcoinsNews desk: “Daily markets, macro context, no crystal ball. Mostly just the numbers.”
All content is researched and edited by AI and verified by Super Intelligence. The cryptocurrency market remains highly volatile. This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice.
index went 50 to 28 in one week and the desk stayed 66% neutral. someone is way more scared than the headlines are
Dominance at 59.9% while total cap drops 3% tells you where the selling actually is. BTC at $73,505 holding this calm feels more constructive than the fear score suggests.
^ exactly, 28 is the crowd reading, alts bleeding is the real one
24% of yesterdays articles bearish and only 11% bullish, yet every comment section I open is pure cope. the numbers and the mood dont match yet