When altseason? Here's why Bitcoin is leaving major altcoins like Ethereum be...
Ethereum and the altcoin market are stagnating against Bitcoin with the ETH/BTC pair being the key to the next altseason. Ether (ETH), the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum blockchain, has been lagging behind Bitcoin (BTC). Historically, when BTC surges, altcoins tend to rally with larger upside price movements.This time, Bitcoin has been clearly outperforming the altcoin market, particularly in December. BTC market cap dominance has recently risen to a one-year high of around 70%, largely due to the big sell-off in XRP in the past week. BTC/USD vs. ETH/BTC (yellow), LTC/BTC (orange),....
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Raoul Pal says higher risk altcoins are likely to follow Ethereum, which rose 60% in the first two weeks of 2021. As the cryptocurrency market is showing signs of bullish continuation on Jan. 15, Raoul Pal, the CEO of Real Vision Group and an avid Bitcoin (BTC) investor, is optimistic about the price of Ether (ETH). Pal also says he's looking to add “higher risk alts.”ETH/USDT 4-hour price chart (Binance). Source: TradingView.comIs an altseason coming?Following Bitcoin’s rally above $42,000, many alternative cryptocurrencies, or altcoins, have indeed performed strongly, which is....
BTC currently makes up 41% of the total crypto market cap — its smallest market share since January. Bitcoin (BTC) is facing fresh competition from altcoins this month as data shows that — technically — it is already "alt season."Figures from CoinMarketCap and TradingView show that BTC currently makes up around 41% of the overall crypto market capitalization — its lowest since the start of 2022.Bitcoin sheds market cap prowessAfter suffering at the hands of the Terra LUNA — now renamed Terra Classic (LUNC) — collapse, altcoin markets have rallied considerably in recent months. Alongside....
Clever traders frequently use these three indicators to pinpoint when an altcoin season could begin. It's widely accepted that the fate of the cryptocurrency market depends largely on the performance of Bitcoin (BTC), which makes times like these for crypto traders who prefer to invest in altcoins. When BTC price is down, altcoins tend to follow, but as a bottoming process begins, altcoins tend to perk up during Bitcoin's consolidation phases and this typically leads to a call for an altcoin season. While Bitcoin's current dip below $30,000 shows that it's a bit premature to call for an....
Michaal van de Poppe, a top crypto analyst, has offered his thoughts on the prospect of a new altseason, highlighting three cryptos that appear to be primed for new breakouts. In a new video, Van de Poppe tells his 103,000 subscribers that despite the harsh late-May correction that saw Bitcoin tumble to $30,000, an altseason […]