Bitcoin FOMO Hasn’t Spiked Yet: Green Signal For Rally To Continue?
February 21 2024 - 11:00AM
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Data shows social media users aren’t yet showing FOMO around
Bitcoin, a sign that the current rally could still have the
potential to continue. Bitcoin Social Volume Hasn’t Been Too High
Recently According to data from the analytics firm Santiment, the
crowd FOMO that may be associated with a rally like BTC has seen
recently hasn’t yet cropped up on social media. The indicator of
interest here is the “Social Volume,” which keeps track of the
total amount of discussion any given topic or term is receiving on
the major social media platforms right now. The metric measures
this by counting up the posts/threads/messages that are making at
least one mention of the given term. The reason it tracks the
number of posts themselves rather than the mentions is so that a
few threads with a significant number of mentions can’t skew the
indicator by themselves. Related Reading: Solana, Chainlink Among
Coins With Overheating Open Interest: Data When a topic truly
receives widespread attention on social media, a large number of
posts crop up as users across the platforms participate in talks.
Mentions, on the other hand, can sometimes spike just because some
niche circles decide to discuss the term. As such, measuring Social
Volume through posts is what provides a better representation of
the general trend being followed. Now, here is a chart that shows
the trend in the indicator for terms related to Bitcoin and
cryptocurrency: The value of the metric seems to have been subdued
in recent days | Source: Santiment on X As displayed in the above
graph, the Bitcoin Social Volume hasn’t been too out of the
ordinary recently, despite the sharp rally that the asset’s price
has witnessed. Generally, the indicator tends to rise as rapid
moves in the cryptocurrency take place since users get spurred to
talk more about the coin. When discussions rise too high, though,
it’s often a sign that FOMO is increasing in the sector.
Historically, Bitcoin has tended to move against the expectations
of the majority, so such a rise in FOMO has often resulted in top
formations for the asset. When discussions rise alongside a
drawdown instead (that is, a signal that FUD is going up), a bottom
rather takes place for the coin. From the chart, it’s visible that
last month, the indicator registered a spike around the time of the
spot ETF approvals, which coincided with the top, but such FOMO
hasn’t reappeared for the coin yet. “Despite Bitcoin’s +74% price
rise in 4 months, the crowd FOMO that would normally be associated
with this kind of surge has not been present,” notes the analytics
firm. Related Reading: Ethereum Breaks $2,900, But Watch Out For
Futures Overheating “There was certainly an interest in BTC in the
weeks directly before and after the SEC’s approval of 11 ETF’s, but
the lack of new greed in the space can actually be considered a
promising sign that this rally can continue,” explains Santiment.
BTC Price Bitcoin has seen some pullback in the past day as its
price has slipped under the $51,000 level. Looks like the price of
the asset has gone down over the past day | Source: BTCUSD on
TradingView Featured image from Bastian Riccardi on Unsplash.com,
Santiment.net, chart from TradingView.com
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