{"id":458131,"date":"2021-03-05T20:00:52","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T20:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=458131"},"modified":"2024-06-11T14:13:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T14:13:46","slug":"bitcoin-dominance-trendline-altcoins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/bitcoin-dominance-trendline-altcoins\/","title":{"rendered":"Prepare For Liftoff: Bitcoin Loses Bear Market Trendline Against Altcoins"},"content":{"rendered":"
Aside from a few rare outliers, over the last several years, owning Bitcoin has been the better investment compared to other cryptocurrencies. Altcoins like Ethereum and others have only recently caught up, and BTC dominance has maintained the lion’s share of the crypto market cap.<\/p>\n
However, dominance has lost an important trendline dating back four full years to the peak of the last bull market, and it could suggest a major turnaround is about to occur across the crypto market. Could this be the altcoin season crypto investors have been waiting for?<\/p>\n
At peak Bitcoin fever in 2017, interest turned to altcoins<\/a> that were much cheaper per coin by comparison as investors searched for the next BTC.<\/p>\n Related Reading | Five Signs That Say Altcoin Season Hasn\u2019t Even Started Yet<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Those investors ended up learning the hard way that there is no replacement for Bitcoin. Altcoins plunged by as much as 99% in most instances, while Bitcoin wiped out only 84% of its gains by comparison. Both scenarios are now far in the rear view, and since then Bitcoin has a commanding lead.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n At the height of that fever, dominance reached as low as 35%, but has since remained around or above 63%. That key level was lost at the same time a pivotal trendline was, and now there could be no over-performance in Bitcoin<\/a> for the next year or more.<\/p>\n The trendline in question dates back four years to the bull market peak, and has kept dominance supported ever since.<\/p>\n Bitcoin dominance<\/a> holds the key to unlocking the true potential of any altcoin season, which thus far the leading cryptocurrency by market cap has kept locked away for many years now.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Losing the previous long term trendline resulted in some short term consolidation followed by a large move lower. A bearish retest of 70% BTC dominance failed, sending the important crypto market metric falling back lower to the second ascending trendline.<\/p>\n Related Reading | Altcoin Season Is Here: \u201cBuy Crypto\u201d Surpases Bitcoin Searches On Google<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nBTC dominance has lost an important monthly trendline dating back to the top of the last bull market | CRYPTOCAP-BTC.D on TradingView.com<\/a><\/pre>\n
Altcoins Are Ready To Explode If Dominance Dives Further<\/h2>\n
A zoomed in view shows how many times BTC dominance tried to reclaim the line | CRYPTOCAP-BTC.D on TradingView.com<\/a><\/pre>\n