Data shows the Bitcoin Fear &amp; Greed Index has marked an improvement after the 
latest price surge, but its value is still inside the extreme fear zone. 
Bitcoin Has Witnessed A Price Jump Over The Past Day Bitcoin ended last week 
on a mixed note, first observing a sharp surge near $74,000 on Friday, but 
then dropping back into the low $70,000 levels inside the same day. The 
weekend saw the asset consolidate, but it seems the new week has brought with 
it fresh bullish momentum as BTC has jumped once more. Related Reading: 
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As the below chart shows, Bitcoin went further than the Friday jump this time, 
briefly hitting $74,400. The cryptocurrency has pulled back a bit since the 
high, but with a current value of $73,200, it remains more than 7% in the 
green on the weekly timeframe. BTC hasn&#8217;t been alone in the bullish push as 
the altcoins have also observed rallies. Ethereum, the second largest digital 
asset, has seen even better returns than Bitcoin, being up 13% on the week. 
Recent trader sentiment has been poor because of the extended bearish price 
action, but the new recovery has led to some improvement. BTC Fear &amp; Greed 
Index Now At Edge Of Extreme Fear Territory The &#8220;Fear &amp; Greed Index&#8221; refers to 
an indicator created by Alternative that tells us about the average sentiment 
present among investors in the Bitcoin and wider cryptocurrency markets. The 
index determines the trader mentality using the data of five factors: market 
cap dominance, trading volume, volatility, social media sentiment, and Google 
Trends. To represent the sentiment, it uses a numerical scale running from 0 
to 100. All values above 53 on this scale correspond to a sentiment of greed, 
while those under 47 to one of fear. The values in between imply a net neutral 
market mentality. Besides these three core zones, there are also two extreme 
territories on the index called the extreme fear (25 and under) and extreme 
greed (above 75). All the recent bearish price action pushed the market down 
into one of these extreme zones, as the chart below shows: From the graph, 
it&#8217;s visible that since dropping down deep into the extreme fear zone in 
February, the Fear &amp; Greed Index has steadily been improving this month. The 
latest Bitcoin recovery surge, in particular, has induced a notable jump in 
the indicator. Related Reading: Bitcoin Recovery Requires STH Profitability 
Above 50%: Glassnode However, the trader sentiment still hasn&#8217;t improved 
enough to escape the extreme fear zone. Nonetheless, at a current value of 23, 
the index is now very close to transitioning into the normal fear region. 
Featured image from Dall-E, chart from TradingView.com

Bitcoin Fear & Greed Surges As Price Touches $74,000, But Extreme Fear Persists

Under hostile Swedish tax rules, HIVE Digital is winding down Bitcoin mining 
and quadrupling Canadian AI data‑center capacity, swapping halving risk for 
contracted GPU revenue. HIVE Digital is quietly admitting the old Bitcoin‑only 
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Bitcoin chases $75,000 as the return of aggressive spot BTC ETF inflows, 
billion dollar buys from Strategy and an improvement in investors’ risk 
appetite propel the crypto market.

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The Ertzaintza (Basque Country police) says crypto is now present in a growing 
share of tech‑enabled crimes in Euskadi. More Than 500 Crypto Crimes In A 
Small Region In a report from last Monday, northern Spain’s Ertzaintza stated 
that they logged 541 crypto‑linked complaints in 2025, all of them undergoing 
investigation right now. The cases include 13 investigations into alleged 
fraud offenses and multiple other money laundering, embezzlement, fraud, scams 
and asset concealment related offenses, with crypto mainly as a rail to move 
or hide funds rather than the only target. Related Reading: Bitcoin Price Hits 
$74K As Geopolitical Tensions Spike, Is BTC Poised For a Fresh Leg Down? A 
Growing Trend The Basque Country situation is not an outlier, but rather a 
micro‑case of a broader European pattern of growing cases of cryptocurrency- 
related crimes. The European’s Union Police Agency (Europol) has called 
crypto‑enabled fraud and laundering a “significant burden” for law 
enforcement, with Spain regularly cited in large pan‑European operations. 
Spain has recently carried various operations dismantling multi‑million‑euro 
pyramid schemes and cross‑border laundering networks that used bitcoin and 
other coins to wash funds for thousands of victims. The 2026 Crypto Crime 
Report by blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs estimated that illicit wallets 
received 158 billion dollars in 2025, up 145% year‑on‑year, yet that was only 
~1.2% of total crypto transaction volume and a smaller share than in 2023, as 
reported by our sister website Bitcoinist. A Country Of Extreme Crypto 
Surveillance Spain is widely known in the crypto community as one of the 
countries with the thighter and most asphixiating regulations for crypto. 
Since 2021, CEXs like Binance and Coinbase are forced to share customer 
information with the Spanish Government under the Law on Measures to Prevent 
and Combat Tax Fraud. On top of the already strict reporting rules for 
foreign-held assets and harsh penalties for mistakes, lawmakers are now 
backing a proposal that would move crypto gains into the general income tax 
base, exposing high earners to rates of up to 47% on their digital asset 
profits. Related Reading: Bitcoin And US Election Cycles: An Age-Long Romance 
That Says $400,000 Is Possible What This Means For Traders Markets tend to 
price in regulatory and enforcement risk: short‑term headline spikes rarely 
change bitcoin’s long‑term trend by themselves, but harsher tax and AML moves 
in key jurisdictions like Spain can hit liquidity and local volumes. For 
traders, increased enforcement in places like the Basque Country means more 
KYC friction but also cleaner counterparties and a stronger institutional case 
over time. With scams clustering around promises of outsized yield, serious 
market participants should treat police warnings as a sentiment signal, not an 
existential threat to the asset class. BTC’s price trends to the upside on the 
daily chart. Source: BTCUSD on Tradingview Cover image from Perplexity, BTCUSD 
chart from Tradingview

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Circle Internet Group’s stock has reentered the market’s spotlight this month, 
and the reaction from traders has been swift. Stablecoin Economics Sends 
Circle Stock Soaring Shares of Circle Internet Group Inc. (NYSE: CRCL)—the 
company behind the USDC stablecoin—have more than doubled in the past month, 
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