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Bitcoin sentiment on Thursday, August 20, 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
- 4,839
Sentiment distribution
How the day’s mentions broke down across positive, neutral and negative.
- Positive
- 39%
- Neutral
- 52%
- Negative
- 9%
On Thursday, August 20, 2026, the Bitcoin Fear & Greed Index measured 79, which reads as extreme greed. The score comes from 4,839 Bitcoin mentions across thousands of curated sources: 39% positive, 52% neutral, 9% negative.
79
Index score
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