{"id":386619,"date":"2019-06-18T20:01:44","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T20:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=386619"},"modified":"2019-06-18T19:40:14","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T19:40:14","slug":"crypto-altcoin-season-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/crypto-altcoin-season-bitcoin\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto Analyst: Don’t Expect Altcoin Season Until New Bitcoin All-Time High"},"content":{"rendered":"
Since the start of 2019, crypto investors and traders have been watching and waiting for the promise of “alt season,” a period in which altcoins outperform Bitcoin<\/a> significantly. There have been a few glimmers of an alt season starting, but Bitcoin’s parabolic rally has stopped it short in its tracks.<\/p>\n A “real” alt season may still be aways off, and not until Bitcoin reaches a new all-time high, according to one prominent crypto analyst and if past performance can help predict the future.<\/p>\n Bitcoin continues to rise, yet altcoins continue to bleed out both in USD value and relative to their BTC trading pairs. Crypto traders are dumping their alts into the first ever cryptocurrency, either due to FOMO’ing into Bitcoin’s rally, or through derisking in the face of mounting regulatory pressure<\/a> and one of the largest crypto exchanges eventually cutting off a portion of its userbase.<\/p>\n Related Reading | Clearing Up the Crypto Confusion For US-Based Binance Traders of Altcoins\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The increased sell pressure on alts has helped Bitcoin break through resistance, completely ignored a massive head and shoulders pattern<\/a> the market was eyeing, and continued on its rally towards $10,000<\/a>.<\/p>\n First "real" alt season started after we hit new ATH back in February 2017.$LTC<\/a> went up 700%$XLM<\/a> went up 3200%$XRP<\/a> went up 5300%$ETH<\/a> went up 1060%<\/p>\n It also happened after the #Bitcoin<\/a> halving which is in 339 days.<\/p>\n Is it gonna be different this time? pic.twitter.com\/EL3oWkDpdN<\/a><\/p>\n — Livercoin (@Livercoin) June 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nIs Alt Season Almost Two Years Away Still? Depends on Bitcoin All-Time High<\/h2>\n
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