đĽ Altcoin Season Delayed â Is Bitcoinâs Dominance Killing the Party?
Crypto investors are growing restless. Despite Bitcoin smashing past $100,000 in early 2025, the long-awaited altcoin season remains out of reach.
According to BlockchainCenter, the Altcoin Season Index sits at just 20 â far from the 75 threshold needed to declare a true altseason.
On platform X, analyst MichaĂŤl van de Poppe addressed the crypto communityâs biggest question:
âWhen altseason?â
đ§ A Bull Market With No Altseason?
Historically, altcoins rally after Bitcoin surges â often within weeks or months. But this cycle? Itâs breaking the pattern.
Van de Poppe notes that since late 2021, Bitcoin has dominated market momentum, while altcoins have underperformed, aside from a few meme coin bursts in late 2024.
He argues that many legacy altcoins have failed to keep pace, deviating from the typical four-year crypto cycle. Investors waiting for a 2021-style replay may be disappointed â unless they rethink their strategies.
đ Bitcoin Dominance = Altcoin Suppression
The current market leans heavily toward Bitcoin Season, as reflected by the low Altcoin Season Index. Van de Poppe connects this to broader macro factors:
⢠Interest rates
⢠Central bank policies
⢠Institutional inflows into Bitcoin
With the Fedâs rate still around 4%, Bitcoin remains the asset of choice for big money. A rate cut could change that â but for now, BTC continues to soak up all the attention.
âł So Whenâs the Right Time?
Van de Poppeâs take:
âThe best time to buy altcoins is when no oneâs talking about them.â
He believes the real altseason is coming â but only for those patient enough to accumulate while prices are low and sentiment is quiet.
So if youâre waiting for altseason fireworksâŚ
đĽ They may still be loading.
