- Ethereum futures nearly double 2024’s record, showing strong investor interest and growing institutional participation.
- Darkfost notes bearish consensus often precedes reversals, advising investors to stay cautious amid market sentiment shifts.
- Bitcoin climbs from $25K to $137K, but recent bearish clusters hint at potential corrections, highlighting market volatility.
Cryptocurrency markets are buzzing as Ethereum futures on Binance topped $6.74 trillion in 2025, almost double last year’s record. Coin Bureau says this shows strong interest from investors and highlights how futures trading is playing a bigger role in the market.
Experts add that these huge volumes come from both speculators and big institutions. Besides, the surge shows growing confidence in crypto, even with ongoing economic uncertainties.
Besides the record futures volume, market sentiment is drawing attention. Darkfost reports that the general consensus among investors has shifted bearish. This trend emerges from a mix of media articles, social data from X, and sentiment indicators. Historically, shared consensus often leads to market reversals, proving majority opinion wrong.
Darkfost notes, “We observed between July and October 2024, and again between February and April 2025,” that sentiment extremes preceded significant price corrections. Consequently, investors are advised to exercise caution while monitoring potential trend shifts.
Bitcoin Sentiment Shows Volatility, Highlighting Market Cycles
The Alpha Crypto Sentiment Gauge shows Bitcoin price and market sentiment from 2021 up until December of 2025. Bitcoin price skyrocketed from around $10,000 in the early part of 2021 to as high as $137,000.
Nevertheless, volatility was overshadowed by the dominance of 2021-2022, which was characterized by DRAMATIC depreciation from local price maximas at around $69,000. Red bars in this phase depicted bearish and very bearish market sentiments. In the bearish phase in 2022-2023, prices were below $20,000.
The recovery started in late 2023, with the increase in the price of Bitcoin above $25,000. The sentiment bars turned green and yellow, indicating the rising optimism. The 2024-2025 wave saw the price above $100,000 for Bitcoin, with a mainly positive sentiment.
