A fear reading in the Fear and Greed index coincided with softer crypto prices, while stock index futures moved higher in an otherwise subdued session.
PUMP rose 20%, standing out as the session's main move while broader crypto prices edged lower. Market sentiment was described as firmly in "fear" by the Fear and Greed index, which stood at 34, even as stock index futures pointed higher and the dollar was flat, underscoring a divergence between digital assets and traditional risk markets in a quiet trading period.