Bitcoin sentiment
The score for Bitcoin (crypto) combines the tone of recent news with how traders are positioned, into one reading from -1 to +1, updated every 5 minutes; higher is more bullish.
-0.07
Score, 24h
neutral
+0.13
News
25 headlines
-0.46
Crowd
Binance futures
+0.85
Institutions
leveraged funds, CFTC report
-0.99
Whales
tracked Hyperliquid accounts
73
Fear and Greed
of 100, index by alternative.me
As of 2026-10-06 21:55 UTC. Every part, and the score, runs from -1 (bearish) to +1 (bullish).
Positioning note
Crowd and institutions disagree
Sellers are pressing in Bitcoin futures while the institutional side leans long. The two crowds are on opposite sides.
Score, trailing 24 hours
One reading from -1 to +1. Higher is more bullish.
-0.07
This page shows the 24-hour reading; the API also serves shorter and longer windows.
The readings
Each part runs from -1 to +1. These are the latest values.
| Part | Reading |
|---|---|
News 25 headlines | +0.13 neutral |
Crowd Binance futures | -0.46 bearish |
Institutions leveraged funds, CFTC report | +0.85 bullish |
Whales tracked Hyperliquid accounts | -0.99 bearish |
The crowd reading is how traders are leaning on the exchanges right now.
Sample headlines
A sample of the headlines behind the news reading, with the tone score each one got.
- -0.40bearish
Housingwire’s Logan Mohtashami: Real Estate vs Bitcoin & Bond Market Outlook
6 Oct 2026, 21:28 UTC
- +0.50bullish
Leon Wankum: BTC Taking on Real Estate’s $300T Monetary Premium
6 Oct 2026, 21:21 UTC
- -0.20neutral
Bitcoin Privacy Legend Amir Taaki Deported From Singapore
6 Oct 2026, 21:07 UTC
What the latest data says
As of 6 October 2026, 21:55 UTC, the 24-hour score for Bitcoin is -0.07, which reads neutral. Headlines read +0.13 across 25 articles. The crowd reading is -0.46 (bearish), the institutional reading +0.85 (bullish) and the whale reading -0.99 (bearish). The Crypto Fear and Greed Index by alternative.me prints 73 of 100.
What this data is
Sentiment for Bitcoin
Each tracked asset gets one reading from -1 to +1, built from the tone of recent news and how traders are positioned and updated every 5 minutes; higher is more bullish, lower is more bearish. The parts are shown next to the total, so you can see what moved it.
A score near zero can be calm agreement or two strong readings cancelling out, which is why the parts sit beside the total. The crowd part is how traders are leaning on the exchanges right now, and for a stock how heavily it is sold short. Where an asset has a futures market in the CFTC report, the institutional part is how the large traders there are positioned.
This page follows Bitcoin only. The full list and the cross-market view live on the Sentiment hub.
Source and updates
- Source
- XOOMAR, from news headlines, Binance futures, CFTC reports and tracked Hyperliquid accounts; CFTC Commitments of Traders; Hyperliquid; Crypto Fear & Greed Index by alternative.me
- Credit
- XOOMAR, from news headlines and Binance, Hyperliquid, Deribit and CFTC data; FINRA and alternative.me.
- Updates
- Every 5 minutes. Last update 2026-10-06 21:55 UTC.
- History
- 12 June 2025.
- This series
- The score and its four parts for Bitcoin, updated every five minutes.This page shows the 24-hour reading; the API also serves shorter and longer windows.
- Get the data
- JSON API and CSV download10 requests a minute without a key, 30 with a free key from a free account.
How to read it
- Read the parts before the total. The same 0.3 can be calm agreement or a sharp disagreement that nets out.
- Where an asset has a positioning note, that's where the information is: crowd against institutions, or headlines and positioning lining up.
- Compare an asset's score with its own history before comparing it with another asset's.
Analysis of what the data shows, not advice. XOOMAR does not recommend buying, selling or holding anything.
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