The sentiment among crypto investors has oscillated between "fear" and "extreme fear" since the market flash crash on October 10, 2025.
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Vince Quill is a writer and journalist covering cryptocurrencies, macroeconomics, and financial news at Cointelegraph. His work has been syndicated on ZeroHedge and featured on the Coin Bureau YouTube channel. Before working as a financial journalist, he was a political opinion writer with over five years of experience and a real estate investor. He holds a bachelor's degree in communication from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Vince has no crypto holdings above Cointelegraph’s disclosure threshold of $1,000.
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