DeFi

DeFi stands for ‘Decentralized Finance’, which aims to recreate the traditional financial system and replace it with a trustless and permissionless financial system that involves no central authority or middlemen. Most of these protocols are currently available on Ethereum, but in principle, other platforms with smart contract capabilities could work too.

2020

Latest Crypto Fear & Greed Index

The above index uses the following factors to measure market sentiment. These are – Volatility, Market Momentum/ Volume, social media, Surveys, Dominance, and Google search trends.

There are two ways to read the index:

  • Extreme fear can be a sign that investors are too worried. That could be a buying opportunity.
  • When Investors are getting too greedy, that means the market is due for a correction.