Is Altcoin Season Around the Corner? Bitcoin Halving Points to Potential Boom, Analyst Reveals
July 13 2024 - 3:00AM
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Although Bitcoin recent price plunge has sent several Altcoins on a
free fall, with declines ranging from 30% to 70%, there appears to
be a beacon of hope set to shine through the murk. The recent
Bitcoin Halving in April is what the altcoin market needs to
recover and surge beyond its highest levels. Related Reading:
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Bitcoin usually undergoes a Halving every four years, and this
major event halves the block reward for miners in half. This fall
in supply has normally triggered a bullish rally not only for
Bitcoin but also for the altcoin market. Crypto analyst Wise Advice
elaborates that following each Bitcoin halving, there is a
pronounced potential for altcoins to surge. The analyst
particularly noted: I know when altcoin season will happen. And
I’ll show you it… ‘Halving’ It all depends on it […] When halving
happens, after 1–1.5 years, the BTC ATH come And near that, ETH and
other altcoins boom. Historically, this Halving period has seen an
explosion of attention for altcoins, driving their prices higher
due to the scarcity concerns from Bitcoin following this event. For
example, in the previous Bitcoin Halving on November 9, 2021,
leading altcoins, including — Ethereum (ETH) and Solana (SOL),
Polkadot. (DOT), Avalanche (AVAX) all recorded a new all-time high.
For context, ETH peaked at $4,800 on November 10, SOL came in too
with its new peak at $250 5 days earlier as revealed by Wise
Advice, while DOT’s peak at $55 happened on the 4th of that month,
and AVAX peak at $144 occurred later that month on the 21st. How
Does The Halving Points To Alts Season Now? As Wise Advice’ post
suggests, such patterns underscore a recurrent theme: post-halving,
money flows from Bitcoin into altcoins, significantly buoying their
market positions. The analyst explained: The more they buy, the
higher the price goes. And it makes investors profitable. They sell
a part of it and send to Ethereum and other tokens. The market cap
of these are way lower, so even the inflow of $100 million can make
a huge change (a month before the ATH, Bitcoin MC was in 2.5 times
larger than Ethereum.) That’s why Solana and Polkadot’s ATH was 4-5
days faster. Then money goes to even smaller Alts. And they start
to overperform big ones. The smaller they were, the bigger the
growth was. Notably, this shift is often reflected in Bitcoin’s
dominance index—a metric that measures Bitcoin’s market
capitalization relative to the total market cap of all
cryptocurrencies. As observed post-halving, a decline in this index
signals a growing interest in altcoins. Related Reading: Crypto
Analyst Says Bitcoin Could Reach $100,000, But What About Altcoins?
Bitcoin dominance is now at 54.60%, a slight decrease from above
55%. Earlier this month, according to TradingView. Notably, the
fact that the index is still somewhat high, as it still stands
above 50%, suggests that the market still favors BTC. However, the
recent decrease could be the early signs of an emerging altcoin
season. Analysts at Glassnode make a similar point, linking present
market circumstances with those in late 2020 when smaller stocks
and riskier assets boomed, pointing towards an impending altcoin
season. Rotation coming? Yesterday, we saw how #Nasdaq declined
>2% – while #IWM rallied >3%. This is a clear indication of
Rotation. The move to riskier assets. Will we also see this is #BTC
and #Alts? Well – in November 2020, we had a day just like
yesterday. IWM soared and… pic.twitter.com/WG9pooRxh1 — 𝗡𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰
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