Cryptocurrency analytics company Santiment has announced that negative sentiment regarding Bitcoin on social media has reached historical levels. According to the company’s data, the ratio of positive to negative comments about Bitcoin on X, Reddit, Telegram, and other platforms has fallen to its lowest level since Santiment began using its modern social media monitoring system.
Santiment cited a firmware vulnerability affecting Coldcard devices as one of the main reasons for the fear in the market. The incident reportedly particularly shook investors because the attack directly called into question personal storage and cold wallet systems, which many investors consider the most secure method for protecting their crypto assets.
The analytics company recalled that there have been much larger-scale crises in the past, such as the FTX and Mt. Gox crashes and the “Black Thursday” during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it was stated that the Coldcard incident had a different impact on individual investors. According to Santiment, this time the discussions focused more on the security of hardware and cold wallets in general, rather than on the often-criticized centralized exchanges, bridges, or leveraged trading platforms.
According to the data, for every 1 negative comment about Bitcoin, there are only 0.58 positive comments. Thus, fear has historically surpassed greed by a significant margin.
Santiment noted that the data currently only covers a one-day period. Nevertheless, it stated that the current level of panic is higher than the peak of war fears seen earlier in the year and the social media panic recorded during past major crypto crises.
