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Bitcoin sentiment on Wednesday, August 19, 2026

The measured Fear & Greed score for this day, with the cited news mentions behind it. Perception scores the mentions daily across thousands of curated sources.

Fear & Greed score
79/100
Reading
Extreme Greed
Mentions scored
5,182

Sentiment distribution

How the day’s mentions broke down across positive, neutral and negative.

Positive
38%
Neutral
53%
Negative
9%

On Wednesday, August 19, 2026, the Bitcoin Fear & Greed Index measured 79, which reads as extreme greed. The score comes from 5,182 Bitcoin mentions across thousands of curated sources: 38% positive, 53% neutral, 9% negative.

79
Index score

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