Altseason – Memories from previous cycles to prepare for the next explosion
🔸 1. BTC leads – Altcoins follow
Each altseason begins after Bitcoin experiences a strong rise. When BTC reaches a short-term peak or starts to go sideways, the money flow tends to shift to altcoins in search of higher profits. This was particularly evident in the years 2017 and 2021. When BTC starts to stabilize, altcoins begin to “rise”
🔸 2. Ethereum paves the way for the entire market
ETH is the largest altcoin and always kicks off the alt season. When ETH rises sharply, it triggers confidence and the money flow spreads to ecosystems like BSC, Solana, Avalanche, and DeFi, meme coins. In the 2021 cycle, ETH surged from ~$200 to over $4,000 in just a few months
🔸 3. Altcoins increase 10x – 100x
At the peak stage of altseason, a slew of coins experience explosive price increases. Shiba Inu, Axie Infinity, Solana, Dogecoin… are familiar names that have brought huge profits to investors in just a few weeks or months. However, not everyone knows when to take profits
🔸 4. FOMO mentality spreads everywhere
The keyword “altseason” often ranks among the top searches. Everywhere on social media, people discuss new coins, anonymous coins, 100x coins. This contributes to inflated expectations and causes hot money to flow rapidly, creating a real “speculative frenzy”
🔸 5. Altseason ends quickly and violently
After the peak, the altcoin market often drops sharply – some tokens lose 70–95% of their value in just a few weeks. Those who enter late or fail to take profits in time suffer significant losses
What’s the takeaway?
👉 Altseason always comes after BTC.
👉 High profits but also very high risks.