Cryptocurrency Fear and Greed Index Rises to 13, Market Sentiment Shifts to "Extreme Fear"

June 13 – Per data from Farside Investors, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs saw a net inflow of $85.9 million yesterday, with BlackRock’s IBIT bringing in $57.7 million in net capital. By contrast, U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs recorded a net outflow of $4.9 million, where ETHA alone logged a net outflow of $4.5 million.

June 13: Coinbase Bitcoin Premium Index Turns Positive After 24 Days, Signaling U.S. Buying Sentiment Rebound Per Coinglass data, the Coinbase Bitcoin Premium Index has remained positive for two consecutive days, currently standing at 0.208%. U.S. market buying sentiment is starting to recover after 24 straight days of negative premium. BlockBeats Note: The Coinbase Bitcoin Premium Index measures the gap between Bitcoin’s price on Coinbase—a leading U.S. crypto exchange—and the global average Bitcoin price. It is a critical metric for tracking U.S. capital inflows, institutional investment interest, and shifts in overall market sentiment. A positive premium means Coinbase’s Bitcoin price trades above the global average, typically indicating strong U.S. buying pressure, active entry of institutional or compliant funds, ample U.S. dollar liquidity, and generally optimistic investment sentiment. Conversely, a negative premium means Coinbase’s Bitcoin price sits below the global a

June 13. A bearish signal has emerged in the ETH futures market. Per data, the annualized funding rate for ETH perpetual futures flipped negative on June 5, meaning short traders are paying a premium to hold their positions. ETH has slumped 30% over the past five weeks, yet long traders still aren’t willing to ramp up their risk exposure. Total open interest for ETH futures is down 30% from a month ago, hitting a 13-month low. Adding to the pessimism: U.S. Ethereum spot ETFs saw a net outflow of $323 million in the last two weeks, signaling weak institutional demand. On-chain activity is also under strain. Ethereum’s total value locked (TVL) has fallen 33% to $37.5 billion over the past two months, and May’s DApp revenue dropped 43% compared to the prior six months—typically a sign of slowing network fees and weaker ETH utility demand. But staking demand tells a different story, standing in stark contrast to the derivatives market’s gloom. Right now, the wait time for ETH staking vali

June 13 – Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox released a statement thanking Anthropic for helping protect Zcash users. Anthropic, acting on Shielded Labs’ request, conducted a security audit of the Zcash protocol using Mythos, finding no additional critical vulnerabilities. Shielded Labs and other teams are advancing further security enhancements, with future updates planned.

June 13 — According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a crypto whale opened a 5x-leveraged long position for 54,986 SPCX, worth an estimated $9.09 million. The whale also holds a 25x-leveraged short position on 320.74 BTC, valued at roughly $20.4 million, with an unrealized gain of more than $1.18 million.

June 13 — A new Galaxy Research analysis suggests Bitcoin’s current cycle low won’t plummet as steeply as in past bear markets, thanks to a lack of extreme speculative signals at the cycle’s recent peak. The firm pegs Bitcoin’s potential bottom between $62,000 and its network realized price of $53,600. Galaxy Research director Alex Thorn emphasized Bitcoin’s iconic four-year cycle is still sticking to historical timing, while peak-to-bottom declines have narrowed steadily over time: early cycles saw drops of 85% and 84%, followed by a 77% decline in 2022, and a projected 51% drop for the upcoming cycle. Thorn notes Bitcoin’s October 2025 peak is an anomaly compared to prior cycle tops: only 2 of 11 traditional top indicators triggered here, including a first-time failure of the widely tracked Pi Cycle Top indicator. The BTC peak MVRV ratio hit 2.29, well below the prior cycle’s range of 2.93 to 5.91. That said, key bottom signals haven’t materialized yet. Just 4 of 13 bottom indicat