Bitcoin Fear & Greed Index Enters 'Fear' Zone, Then Shows Signs of Recovery

On Friday, Bitcoin Fear & Greed Index entered the “fear” zone, dropping to 37, according to CryptoQuant data. However, on Saturday morning, the index

Bitcoin price rose on Friday after a stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs report showed a net gain of 254,000 jobs in September. Economists had expected a gain of 140,000 jobs.

The unemployment rate edged down to 4.1% in August from 4.2%. Economists had expected the unemployment rate to hold steady at 4.2%.

Bitcoin was last up 3% on the day at $62,100. The world's largest cryptocurrency by market cap had earlier hit a session high of $62,300.

The jobs report comes as the U.S. central bank is expected to raise interest rates by 75 basis points at its upcoming meeting on Nov. 1-2.

Bitcoin price movements

The jobs report is also being watched for signs of inflation. The consumer price index, a measure of inflation, rose 0.4% in August on a month-over-month basis, compared with expectations of a 0.3% increase.

On a year-over-year basis, CPI rose 8.2% in August, above economists' estimates of an 8.1% rise and slowing from the 9.1% print in June.

Bitcoin, which is known for its price volatility, has risen about 11% so far in October. But the cryptocurrency is still down more than 60% from its all-time high of nearly $70,000, hit in November last year.

Institutions sell, BlackRock buys

Institutions appeared to be selling their Bitcoin holdings last week as the price of the apex crypto remained largely unchanged, a report by Farside Investors showed Monday.

Of the nine institutional Bitcoin exchange-traded products, only one bought BTC last week. BlackRock (BLK) was the sole buyer, adding $40.8 million to its Impact Beta Equity ETF (PIE) on Oct. 1.

Coinbase Global (COIN) and ProShares also did not make any transactions in their respective ETFs.

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