Bitcoin fear gauge spikes most since February crash — contrarian bounce setup
Bitcoin just suffered a sharp 6% drop below $66,000 and the market's fear gauge had its biggest spike since the February crash. At the same time, the SEC announced a major five-year plan to create clearer crypto rules and support the industry.
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Bitcoin's fear gauge just surged 20% — its biggest spike since the February crash — after a 6% plunge below $66,000 wiped out $1.6 billion in bullish bets. Historically, extreme fear spikes of this magnitude have often marked short-term bottoms as panic selling exhausts itself. What makes this setup more interesting is the SEC's new five-year roadmap to support crypto with clearer rules and tokenization frameworks, which is a major long-term positive that the market is ignoring right now. When extreme short-term fear collides with improving structural tailwinds, rebounds tend to be sharp. The key risk is that geopolitical uncertainty from the Iran situation keeps pressure on risk assets.