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There are rumors that there will be an altcoin season soon. ETH will be the one coin that would most likely trigger the craze, affecting other altcoins among the top ranks in market cap.

If I had to guess, this October (aka as Uptober in crypto land) will be a bullish month for alts. Bitcoin will remain "stagnant" within the $112k - $116k range for a while. But the crypto market is often unpredictable, so anything's possible.

What do you think? Will altcoin season take place the following month? If not, why? What would be your prediction?

Your input would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Total2 bounced back high from resistance, so uptober altseason is possible.

I would manage my expectations though, if I really want next altseason I will just invest in high trading volume altcoin such as ETH and maybe some new L1 coins to speculate on.
Previous rally that just happened recently with ETH surge, Aster, and XPL taught me that low trading volume old altcoin don't have prospectful future. They just stagnates.

I think most coins will rise in October, November & December. Perhaps we get true Altcoin season in December or
January, once Bitcoin tops out. People usually flow into Alts once Bitcoin pumps hard & we are yet to see that so for now, peak Altcoin season is delayed.

Many expect Bitcoin to end 2025 with at the price of least 150k. Some say even 200k+. And for that imho a good Uptober is a must.
Sometimes this takes the fuel (fiat) the alts were expecting. So it's not easy to predict what happens next and you have to be aware that alts prices may or may not increase compared to Bitcoin (of course, against fiat it may still be bullish, but with current inflation all around the world, that's not a big deal).

Altseason won't come next month, at least for my reasons, Bitcoin Dominance (BTCD) is still strong. Due to the still strong dominance, I personally don't believe altseason will come if we talk next month. But things can change, that's how it's in the crypto industry, everything changes so quickly, we can only monitor how the situation is happening & get a little prediction about what the future holds.

I will advice you to take this information too serious because they can be spread by people who want to create shitcoins and get people to invest in them. When people have the mindset that altcoin season will come soon, most people with go and buy tokens of low price, mostly new tokens with the hope that the altcoin season will pump the price of those token they have purchased so that can make huge profits.

If you look at the previous years data, October to december are usually periods thar favor altcoins more than they do bitcoin even though bitcoin will go up too. Bitcoin dominance on the other hand will suffer because alts will likely go up higher than bitcoin will go before go into what might be a climaxing end to the bull run unless Trump and all other factors decide that we are worthy to break out of the 4-year crypto market cycle.

TLDR: Uptober is for alts.

And as what we have seen, Bitcoin has touch new all time high while Ethereum has a hard time, at least one time in August if I'm not mistaken. But Bitcoin has been breaking grounds. And if we go on the premise that Ethereum should be lead the altcoin season, then it might take sometime and we don't know that if it can still go up in the next several months.

So for me, it's a very hard road for Ethereum and we don't know if we will have a altcoin season. Because it will take a lot of money to pour into the altcoin market right now just to be able to see some kind of movement. And right now, it seems that the bear market has slowly getting into the picture.

Imho Ethereum going PoS was a disaster for HODLers, especially for the smaller ones. So for me Ethereum having overall hard times is not a surprise.

But I've just looked into the charts and August gave quite a recovery, allowing event to slightly surpass the 2022 ATH (vs USD).
September, however, was more bad than good, but in crypto we always have up and down alternation (longer or shorter), so overall it's not that bad and I can understand the hopium in the ETH boat.

But..., altcoins are not only Ethereum, you know...

People are expecting the altcoin season very soon, but I will say that nobody really knows when it will start  whether it will be in October or December. I don’t think anyone can say the exact month when the altcoin season will begin.

It’s also possible that the altcoin season may not be like what happened in the last bull run, where almost every altcoin was just pumping. So, it’s better to limit our expectations. Even if we want to invest, we should focus on reputable altcoin projects like Ethereum, Solana, BNB, and so on.

It would not be wise to invest in all these pump-and-dump projects. Even if the season comes, it’s possible that such projects will continue to scam investors by using pump-and-dump strategies where the price can be pumped today and dumped the next day.Therefore, we should do proper research before investing in any altcoin.

I fear it could be downtober (just kidding :P).

There are positive indicators, such as interest rates. The market is poised to rise, and many are no longer optimistic about the price. Therefore, the September close is very important and must be above the $113,000 level. If that happens, there is a high probability we will see a bullish season.

There are opinions about it, not rumors.

Rumors would mean that someone would have some insight information about that and some crypto pump cabal would be setting up a bull market.

But market is way too big for that, and anyone planning to manipulate it would risk all they have. Only ones who are likely to pump it are some high level political leaders, and i am afraid if that happens, it could mean that we are having financial crisis like never before in the near future.

It's impossible to predict, but if i had to guess, we are near the next big bear market starting, as mooning too much from here doesn't see healthy.

Well, I think that spot ETFs for popular altcoins will trigger a frenzy. I've read that the SEC is planning to approve a Solana spot ETF by October. Perhaps, that will be enough to trigger the altcoin season? Bitcoin dominance remains high because institutional investors have been buying it like crazy. Even Ethereum's market dominance increased as a result of "Wall Street's" involvement in it.

Without the support of institutional investors, I fail to see how altcoins will survive in the long run. Retail investors aren't that interested in them (except for "meme" coins). As it's said in the real world, "patience is a virtue". We might need to wait quite some time before altcoins turn bullish again. Just keep buying while prices are low to sell after the hype. Rinse and repeat.

After many years , altseason is almost here  ;D

We will see more dips next few months but ultimately, it is soon going to be the time where altcoins finally outperform Bitcoin and those of us mainly in altcoins can cash out some profit.

Unlike you, the recent surge in ETH as well as the Perp DEX trend explosion has shown me that there is no fixed or specific formula when investing in altcoins. This is a speculative and manipulative market, which all depends on the steering by the market makers.

Did you know Aster is not a new project, but a project founded in 2023 called APX Finance and almost died because no one remembers it anymore? After merging with Astherus, it was rebranded Aster and received investment from YZi Labs in 2024. I bet none of us knew about it until CZ shilled and turned it into one of the hottest trends on the market today.

So in my opinion, old or new altcoin doesn't matter. The important thing when investing in altcoins is whether we are lucky enough or not  :D.

At the time of this writing, Bitcoin is slowly increasing in price. Most top-ranked altcoins are also in the "green zone". However, gains are not as much as Bitcoin's. BNB is the only altcoin that's been on a frenzy these days. It keeps reaching a new ATH (currently valued at $1,087). October is just getting started, so anything can happen in the long run.

I'm not in a hurry for altcoin season to kick into full gear, though. Times like these are great to accumulate more coins at a discount. Just buy while prices are low, to sell once the hype makes a comeback. Top coins in market cap is where the money is. Do your own research and you'll see what I mean.

Well it does like like it this way this month will give us all alot of gains. Bitcoin breaking price point of 120k now so I do think we will make alot of gains. 
The top alt coins are all making gains right now. The biggest gains in last 7 days is Solana up 18.36 percent.
https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-breaks-120k-as-uptober-phenomenon-repeats/

Soon huh? But actually, this talks about the altcoin season is never-ending. As long as we never get it yet, people will keep on doing so. It is no surprise on why ETH will be the leader, it is because it is the first in the altcoin rankings.

Just like Bitcoin that is also the first which also controls the whole crypto market. October seem to be a bullish month for it to be called as Uptober, so I wouldn't wonder if apart from a Bitcoin pump, there will also be an alt season that can take place.

But if let say BTC will remain stagnant on those prices that you mentioned there, that is still fine for me and it is still more superior compared to the rallying alts. But if let say as well that there will be no alt season in October, we shall not worry as there are still more upcoming months or years :).

That's where the problem comes. An altcoin investor is probably in a rush to see the increase in value of their held coins, and if possible, it's okay for them to see Bitcoin down than their altcoins.

Bitcoin could easily go up even if it goes down to $110k. But the profits that an altcoin investor can make during a pump in their preferred coins are different, especially if those are the cheap coins that will suddenly boost in value. I do understand what they wish for because I have been in that position before.
The other problem in today's era is the stablecoins, which makes it tough for alts to gain value.

once the price of Bitcoin increase significantly and there be a bull run which is expected in October November and to run through December, a lot of new investors will start looking at altcoins that could pump and give them that profits that they thinks that Bitcoin could not give them if the have invested the same amount on Bitcoin, so definitely altcoins will follow up as Bitcoin start gaining significantly.

The market will determine that and I can't conclude if the altcoins market will continue from there. The Bitcoin dominance is still very high and it's a good time to buy and hold whether Bitcoin or altcoins that have amazing community. Investors should buy Bitcoin and altcoins all together so in case we enter the altcoins season, holders would have to make more money without regretting of not buying some good altcoins to hold.

Top altcoins are scoring big. But what about low-capped coins? When will they experience a bullish run? I guess we'll have to wait a lot longer than we've thought. Perhaps, Bitcoin and top-tier altcoins need to constantly rise in price for others to follow suit. These days it's all about chains with smart contract features, AI-based tokens, and "meme" coins. At least, that's where the hype is.

October is off to a good start, so anything's possible. Better sell high before prices go down again. Summer is where crypto is usually "bearish", so if you're planning to buy, you should wait until then. I've read that spot ETFs for Solana will be approved this month. XRP will probably be the next one. Who knows how high will these coins go after they're "institutionalized"?

altcoin season could happen in this october!! but nothing is guaranteed yet although at this very moment the market is looking very bullish!!! ETH might lead the move in this circle me i am projecting like another ATH, but it kind of depends on Bitcoin. if Bitcoin stays stable then alts can grow & come fast. but if Bitcoin makes a big move up or down then alts usually suffer. my guess is we might see some good gains, but the market is always full of annoying surprises. sometimes what looks like the start of alt season turns out to be just a short pump so it is better to stay cautious and not chase every green candle. patience and timing will matter more than the hype.

Your analysis about the month of October on the price of bitcoin is already showing the results already. We cannot deny the fact that bitcoin has once again obeyed its historical trend and Bitcoin has achieved a bullish momentum from the first day of the month of October. Bitcoin is currently trading above $120K which a day to the first of October it was less than $115K.

This sudden boost has brought about more assurance from the Bitcoin enthusiasts and Bitcoin community that bitcoin will achieve another all time high before the end of the bull cycle. Speculations are already up that Bitcoin will reach $150K. The altcoin seaosn is also been talked about more and as Bitcoin trends to break ATH, altcoins are expected to follow suit to witness the altcoin season soon.

Bitcoin set a new high few hours ago hitting $125k , ETH will hit new high soon and then the money will flow into altcoins end of October / November giving us altseason.

Those of us mainly in altcoins, we are nearly there. Just all have to make sure we sell as next year is going to be brutal bear market.

Now it's down to 123k. The crypto market cycle is like that. In Q4, barring any bad news, altcoins will likely rise from October to December. Conversely, in mid-Q1 to Q2, and even at the start of Q3, everything will be in the red.

The up-and-down part of climbing value is necessary in order to build the buy-side stronger with the proceeds of each upward step.

To ensure the buy-side is stronger than the sell-side, hopefully ultimately strong enough to absorb even a "dump" of every bitcoin not owned by one of the builders of the buy-side, so that if everyone else dumps they will own the entire kit-and-kaboodle of it and the dumpers will be out of coins to dump, it is necessary to pack the buy-side more densely than the sell-side, which means things like for example "sell one million satoshis at each ten dollars of price but buy one million satoshis at every five dollars of price" columns of ascending sell offers and descending buy offers.

In essense one cannot build a strong-enough buy-side simply putting back onto the buy-side the proceeds of one's sells at the same "density" of offers, so necessarily one's buy-side column of offers is going to rise slower than one's sell-side column of offers.

Thus each time a "pump" happens, one only gets to build one's strong buy-side upward toward the top that pump reached about maybe half-way, and only even that far if only building one's buy-side only twice as "dense" as one's sell-side.

So following each pump typically one's buy-side is likely to be weak enough that dumpers will somewhat swiftly manage to dump the price half-way back down the distance the pump drove it upward.

This is not at all to suggest pumping and dumping but merely to point out that the "makers not takers" building up under where the pumpers push to typically are only going to be able to build strongly upward under it half-way, and that only if already spreading so thinly as to build their buy-side only twice as dense as their sell-side, so once the pumpers take a rest the dumpers can usually dump halfway back down or more.

A great blessing of bitcoin is it actually has some "makers not takers", enough to actually make a difference long-term, unlike so many oodles hordes swarms etc of alternative coins let alone however many billions of tokens might be "out there" by now or if not now maybe tomorrow or the next day or next week month or year or few...


-MarkM-

Bitcoin back at $124k again.  It will be up and down at times but mainly over the next few months will be up.

Some say $200k is possible by end of year, I’m not sure about that but $160k I think can happen.

It’s not Bitcoin I am focused on though as I don’t hold any , what ETH does is more important to me as I’m all in on altcoins currently.

Once ETH breaks $5k then it should go on a run and that’s when money should then flow into alts giving us some kind of altseason.

Do you think this year ETH can break 6K?

It's always uptober in the past years, no wonder it's the alt season but hey let's be aware how vulnerable the market is, there are many people trying to manipulate the current market.

Some people are hoping for a $200k BTC but let's be practical, we should secure our finances and don't ride the false hopes, be positive but make it in the right pathway, DCA if there are chances.
But still, hoping ETH and SOL to at least break ATH again, I'm not done yet with them.

Easily yes. It pumped over 200% from April to August so can definitely go from current price of $4.5k to $6k in 12 weeks by end of year.  I think $7k is even likely.

Ethereum is known to be the kings of the altcoins, so a move in Ethereum will also signify a move in other altcoins in the cryptocurrency market. It is the frontier of them all.


Everyone opinion about the altcoin season varies as far as I’m concerned. Some believed it already happened and we may not see anything happening again and if at all it does, then we will only feel a little impact of it in the market.

Some claim that the altcoin season will happen when inventors begin to sell their bitcoins and invest into altcoins, that’s when the bitcoin dominance becomes over and altcoins are being heavily invested into. If that is the case, then the price of bitcoin doesn’t have effect on the altcoin market coming.

Sooner or later, April will lose its power. Because the market doesn't like predictable behavior, and the winner is the one who thinks two steps faster.
After all, if everyone always bet on the favorite, such a strategy wouldn't always be profitable.
We need to be prepared for any turn of events, because the market is a constantly changing sea.

Obvious that we are not going to see alts be any deviated from bitcoin. And bitcoin did great, so it is going to be good for alts as well. That is why it's clear that we are not going to see this be that much different for the long term. If we can do that, then we are going to see this be a lot better for everyone.

In the end, it is going to be something that will benefit everyone, so it should not be that complicated. While I understand not wanting to be stuck with something bad, if you do invest into a high ranked alt, then you are going to go with the same direction as bitcoin does. Many (including me) go towards higher, and when you do that, it is going to be not that bad and we can definitely make some good return out of this.

Based on previous cycle patterns, whether or not an altcoin season arrives will depend on ETH's performance. But I think that is no longer true.

If you follow the market in recent days, you will see ETH is quite weak but BNB stands out as it continuously hits ATH and at times reaches $1,3k. Many coins and memes in the BSC ecosystem have grown tremendously, especially memes like $4, PALU have increased in price hundreds of times.

Several altcoins and ecosystems have grown without much concern for ETH.


I have a feeling altcoin season is here but it rotates across ecosystems and Narrative, instead of growing across the entire market as before.

We had the BNB explosion and next could be Sol. Sol ETFs are expected to be approved this month and it would not be surprising if the money flowing through Sol and the Sol ecosystem skyrockets like BNB. Meanwhile, we will probably have to wait a while longer to see ETH growth.

Whales will always try to manipulate the market for their own benefit. The only ones who end up losing are average, retail investors like you and me. Most of the people in crypto are noobs, so they will buy altcoins regardless of their current market price. All with the hopes of achieving higher returns in the long run. October has been off to a good start, so anything's possible. It's likely we'll see top-tier altcoins reaching higher market prices soon.

BNB has been on a frenzy these days, shattering new records. It's getting closer to $1.5k. Who knows? Maybe it's the "golden ticket" for endless profits. I'd diversify my investment to protect myself against volatility. Just buy, "hodl", and forget about the rest.

Well I do not think alot of investors did think it will happen like this. In only last 24 hours there is alot of the alt coins that is down 20 percent and more. 

But now we can buy some cheaper coins and make more gains. I do not think price of Bitcoin will go down so low to 100k. So the alt coins will not lose alot of the marketcap also.