India, June 15 -- Crypto markets extended gains as the interim peace deal between the U.S. and Iran eased global risk aversion, triggered short squeeze and boosted overall market sentiment. However, monetary policy decisions inter alia due from Bank of Japan, Federal Reserve as well as Bank of England limited large gains. Bitcoin traded between $66,298 and $63,634 in the past 24 hours. Overall crypto market capitalization increased a little less than 3 percent during the same period.
The improvement in market sentiment reflected in CoinMarketCap's Fear and Greed Index, a measure of the sentiment prevailing in the cryptocurrency market. The index has improved to 24 ("fear") from 23 ("fear") a day earlier and 15 ("extreme fear") a week earli...