Cryptocurrency Fear and Greed Index Rises to 13, Market "Fear" Sentiment Slightly Eases

March 27 — Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott told Cointelegraph that crypto market structure legislation has bipartisan support, with industry consensus the final hurdle.

**March 27th** Per data from Farside Investors, U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded a combined net outflow of $171.3 million yesterday. Key fund breakdown: - IBIT: $41.9 million net outflow - FBTC: $32.8 million net outflow - BITB: $33.1 million net outflow - ARKB: $30.5 million net outflow U.S. Ethereum ETFs saw a total net outflow of $189.3 million, with ETHA driving $140.2 million of the outflows.

On March 27, a new address withdrew 340 Bitcoins (valued at approximately $23.14 million) from Binance, per Onchain Lens monitoring.

**March 27th Update** Per The Data Nerd’s monitoring, 12 hours prior, a whale named "Corus" executed these moves: - Deposited 1.5M USDT to Binance - Withdrew 645,500 ZRO (~$1.4M) Additionally, the whale holds 318,100 HYPE (~$12.27M) and has 3 pending accumulation orders for TAO, ZRO, and ZEC (~$1.25M total).

On March 27, 2026, Zhou Xiaochuan, former governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), attended the 2026 Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference. He noted that a good payment system isn’t about leading in a single technology or performance metric—just as instant payment isn’t necessarily better. The most critical factor is “adaptability.” Zhou pointed out that regulation should focus on combating money laundering, drug trafficking, cross-border gambling, and telecom fraud, among other issues. Several central bank governors at the forum noted that while digital currencies are now used in payment systems, fraudsters also leverage digital currencies, and such fraud is “quite rampant.” Zhou added that anti-fraud capabilities still need continuous improvement. When discussing regulatory adaptability, Zhou again addressed stablecoins. He explained that as soon as online fraud proceeds hit an account, they’re immediately split into hundreds or thousands of accounts to evade compliance c

March 27th (Bloomberg) — Private funding for the cryptocurrency sector rose from nearly $13 billion in 2024 to $20.4 billion in 2025, per Bloomberg data, though it remains below the 2022 peak of $27.6 billion. Top private funding areas include "Investment & Trading Infrastructure" and "Brokers & Exchanges" (i.e., financial applications), with payment infrastructure ranking third. Cryptocurrency payment firms raised $2.6 billion in 2025 — more than the total raised in the prior three years combined. Given Mastercard’s recent acquisition of BVNK, that figure is expected to climb further this year. By contrast, blockchain gaming funding has collapsed: It hit $37.6 billion in 2022 (roughly 14% of total private crypto funding) but was no longer listed as a separate category in 2025. For Web3 dApps, 2022 saw $5.2 billion in funding; in 2025, the dApp segment focused solely on consumer applications pulled in just $864 million.