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March 12, 2026

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Crypto Risk Appetite Report 12th March 2026

This week's edition of our Market Sentiment Report.

BLOCK SCHOLES BTC RISK APPETITE INDEX – With the conflict in the Middle East now in its 13th day, BTC has continued to hold up around $70K, while our Risk-Appetite Index shows a slow rebound in sentiment. Still, since crossing the -0.5 threshold below more than 50 days ago, BTC’s current performance is the second worst on record.

BLOCK SCHOLES ETH RISK APPETITE INDEX – ETH’s spot price has traded rangebound over the past week between $1,900 and $2,100 with inflows into Spot ETH ETFs showing modest demand over the past two days. Despite our risk-index metric also showing a small bounce in ETH, it is currently down 40% since crossing the -0.5 threshold.

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Thahbib Rahman

Research Analyst

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BLOCK SCHOLES BTC RISK APPETITE INDEX – With the conflict in the Middle East now in its 13th day, BTC has continued to hold up around $70K, while our Risk-Appetite Index shows a slow rebound in sentiment. Still, since crossing the -0.5 threshold below more than 50 days ago, BTC’s current performance is the second worst on record.

BLOCK SCHOLES ETH RISK APPETITE INDEX – ETH’s spot price has traded rangebound over the past week between $1,900 and $2,100 with inflows into Spot ETH ETFs showing modest demand over the past two days. Despite our risk-index metric also showing a small bounce in ETH, it is currently down 40% since crossing the -0.5 threshold.

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BLOCK SCHOLES BTC RISK APPETITE INDEX – With the conflict in the Middle East now in its 13th day, BTC has continued to hold up around $70K, while our Risk-Appetite Index shows a slow rebound in sentiment. Still, since crossing the -0.5 threshold below more than 50 days ago, BTC’s current performance is the second worst on record.

BLOCK SCHOLES ETH RISK APPETITE INDEX – ETH’s spot price has traded rangebound over the past week between $1,900 and $2,100 with inflows into Spot ETH ETFs showing modest demand over the past two days. Despite our risk-index metric also showing a small bounce in ETH, it is currently down 40% since crossing the -0.5 threshold.

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