The Fear and Greed Index has read Fear to Extreme Fear for 14 straight days. Bitcoin has been trapped between 60,024 and 64,806 for a month, unable to clear 65k while the S&P 500 posts its best quarter since 2020.
Directional bets are struggling in this exact setup. Funding rate capture, cross-exchange arbitrage, and DeFi lending do not care which way BTC breaks.
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When Fear Stops Trending: The Case for Market-Neutral Yield in Bitcoin's Rangebound Market
Fear and Greed has held Fear to Extreme Fear for 14 straight days while Bitcoin sits trapped between 60,024 and 64,806. Here is why directional bets struggle in this regime and how market-neutral yield captures return regardless of direction.
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