Altseason is dead, expect shorter cycles and ‘violent’ rotations: Crypto exec

[TastyChillySauce00]

Altseason is really dead the cycle is gone I mean back then people called altseason because there is a time when almost all altcoins made new ATH no matter the coin had a use case or not. But today only a few altcoin that made new ATH I just knew altcoin is BNB and TRX that beat the previous ATH.

Even ETH itself the queen of crypto still cant made new ATH, the dino Coin like Chainlink, Cardano or Litecoin cant back to previous ATH. One of the problem in my opinion is to many altcoin right now so the liqudity is divided by lot and memecoin in my opinion poisoning crypto. I had a friend that buy crypto because an AD from instgram that some guy buy memecoin made x1000 buy lambo, in reality my friend buy memecoin and ending losing all his money and called all crypto is scam.

Seems like we are already past the discovery age in the altcoin market. What remains are the better coin chosen by market through capital voting.
BNB and Tron is getting all the market attention for some reason, the same way XRP keep getting new investor. Actually I think at this point people don't really care about altcoin and their gimmick anymore but just choosing high market cap coins.

[passwordnow]

That's right, it will take a few more times before we see those pumps again in the altcoins market. But right now, I don't think that anyone should think of it right away. We're still far from the next cycle and just recently came from the bull run and so, the altcoin season that people are hoping for. Put that up on the next cycle and not for this year because this is not the year for it. There will be more to come for the altcoins and who knows that many of the ones that we're holding are likely to be dead in a matter of years before the next cycle.

[Webetcoins]

Apart from Bitcoin, all altcoins suffer from many problems such as centralization, blockchain shutdown, the possibility of coin burning, infinite supply, low usage, or lack of onchain activity. there is no real alternative that can replace Bitcoin, and it is natural for investment to be distributed among many altcoins, which leads to a gradual decrease in their price (and here I am not talking about a pump dump scam).

So are you saying that Bitcoin has its own issues too? But I think they are not really an issue.
There are altcoins that are centralized but I think not all has that issue you stated there.

In fact, some of those are not even an issue like for example the coin burning, as it only helps to lessen the massive supply which then increases the value of the altcoin.

Diversifying exist but it is only optional. Price increases if there is a demand, though maybe you are also referring about Bitcoin there but that is true.

[WatChe]

That's right, it will take a few more times before we see those pumps again in the altcoins market. But right now, I don't think that anyone should think of it right away. We're still far from the next cycle and just recently came from the bull run and so, the altcoin season that people are hoping for. Put that up on the next cycle and not for this year because this is not the year for it. There will be more to come for the altcoins and who knows that many of the ones that we're holding are likely to be dead in a matter of years before the next cycle.

The alt cycle is very much linked with Bitcoin and since bitcoin is down there are not much chances of alt season at the moment. We can't say that there won't be any alt season this years because Bitcoin price is unpredictable and if it goes up later this year then we might see an alt season. But this bearish season is also an opportunity to buy top alts at discounted price, like Ehtereum has once again come down to 2000$ and it also has the ability to go up in the long run. Rather then worrying about alt coin season time, we must prepare ourself for possible alt coin season.   

[asriloni]

Okay, so the "expert" is "Andrei Grachev, managing partner of DWF labs". Have you guys ever heard of the guy or even the company? Of course not, they are a nobody and he is a nobody in a nobody place. This is why I hate these type of news, because it's making it sound like some big name in the business made this claim.

Andrei Grachev is a part of DWF Labs. DWF Labs itself was one of crypto VC who was actively invested in the new altcoins project. If you're really familiar with alts, you would know who he was. He said that there would be no alt season caused by majority of DWF portfolios are underperform.

It's kinda weird if you're doubting him when he was actively throwing money to push the altcoin development. So i guess what he said is based on the fact. If you're aware alts never bounced. When btc was dipping, it's dumping. However, when bitcoin is up, but it's still dumping or doing sideways sometimes.

So it's significantly impacting the venture capital portfolios too. Don't be surprised when someone from one of crypto venture capital said no more alt season.

[dansus021]

Altseason is really dead the cycle is gone I mean back then people called altseason because there is a time when almost all altcoins made new ATH no matter the coin had a use case or not. But today only a few altcoin that made new ATH I just knew altcoin is BNB and TRX that beat the previous ATH.

Even ETH itself the queen of crypto still cant made new ATH, the dino Coin like Chainlink, Cardano or Litecoin cant back to previous ATH. One of the problem in my opinion is to many altcoin right now so the liqudity is divided by lot and memecoin in my opinion poisoning crypto. I had a friend that buy crypto because an AD from instgram that some guy buy memecoin made x1000 buy lambo, in reality my friend buy memecoin and ending losing all his money and called all crypto is scam.

Seems like we are already past the discovery age in the altcoin market. What remains are the better coin chosen by market through capital voting.
BNB and Tron is getting all the market attention for some reason, the same way XRP keep getting new investor. Actually I think at this point people don't really care about altcoin and their gimmick anymore but just choosing high market cap coins.

The only reason in my opinion why BNB and TRX getting pumped because their founder basically is Crazy rich and have ton of cash BNB is backed by CZ and Binance itself that can easily buy BNB and they have commitment to buy more their holding, while the Tron founder is crazy rich that he just bought a banana art for million USD.

XRP is getting pump because they already settle their law businness with SEC and you know that XRP ath is at 3.9 but their previous ath is 3.4 which IMo this still small gain

[bitgolden]

since Bitcoin had proven track record and I think safe to agree that this is already foundation of decentralization. But maybe we should not generalized all altcoins then call them all as a failure. But for other like those shitcoins which mint lots or infinite supply. I think there's nothing to expect with them since eventually their project will die later on, I take those project as money cash grab by its dev.

For now its hard to point out which coin out there can replace Bitcoin, since even they say ETH have great possibilities the uncapped supply might give it a problem in future.

Also for other projects out there usually what we can see are the pumps and dump, which I think not good to deal with if we are looking for serious coin to invest for long term.

There are way too many shitcoins out there, and they are not going to be good at all. But the reality is that we are not going to see these be a lot more different, it would be pretty same.

I get that it is not going to be good for the shitcoins but it is going to be good for the rest and we need to just arrange a period where it can be good for us if we just wait for the big names. Bitcoin or ETH or anything like that will be fine, it is the shitcoins that will be in danger these days instead.

[Iranus]

For now its hard to point out which coin out there can replace Bitcoin, since even they say ETH have great possibilities the uncapped supply might give it a problem in future.

Even if ETH has a finite supply, it cannot replace Bitcoin. Bitcoin is completely different from the rest of the market. The difference lies not only in the supply but also in the degree of decentralization and the core purpose.

Bitcoin was created as a p2p monetary system to address the problems facing the traditional financial system. Meanwhile, altcoin are not created to improve or provide any practical application. They were all created solely for the purpose of speculation and enriching the developer.

With their two completely different purposes, altcoins will not be able to replace bitcoin, no matter how long it takes.

[BitJannik]

I think the market is different now because there are too many altcoins and not all of them get attention at the same time. Before, people saw many coins rise together, but now money seems to move from one project to another much faster. That's why some coins can grow strongly while many others stay quiet. For me, this is why people need to be more careful and not expect every altcoin to follow just because a few are moving.

[Emitdama]

Seems like we are already past the discovery age in the altcoin market. What remains are the better coin chosen by market through capital voting.
BNB and Tron is getting all the market attention for some reason, the same way XRP keep getting new investor. Actually I think at this point people don't really care about altcoin and their gimmick anymore but just choosing high market cap coins.

That is what happens in many cases during the bear time, but not so much in bull. In bear years we are usually talking about how to get the best out of the big names, and the shticoins just crash to zero or near zero and the yare gone, because people get out of them very quickly. During the bull years though since everything goes up people just assume the best and we could see it get better with time.

So we have to make sure that we do the best that we can do and get the best return that is possible for us. The shitcoins will not live during this period and we can get the best coins remaining on bear. Bull is different though, so wait for it and there will come a day when all the shitcoins get attention yet again.

[coin-investor]

Know that many coins will still increase 5, 10, 25x more but it will be few at a time and many will disappoint.

That's because the focus is now on Bitcoin, Ethereum, and some top altcoins. Altcoins have limited investor interest and capital, so their cycles are short, and it will take some time before they make a big pump.
This is one of the risks of investing in altcoins. There is a possibility of a big pump, but you cannot rely on it in the long term. The concentration of your portfolio should be on the top 2 coins in the market.

[sana54210]

In bear years, we should of course be ready for the prices to not go up, it's the common thing and always happens that way, it's not a new thing. But one thing is for sure, we are growing huge, and the market is bigger, so going 10x higher is not something we will see often if ever. Not for bitcoin, not for ETH, and many other big coins like that.

Sure maybe some low cap shitcoin could do that for a day and some people may get rich while all others lose, but the big ones will not see that. So it's sort of different than the past, we have to learn to live with the fact that we will still make more than the stock market, but we will start to go up much less than before so our profits will be smaller, still big compared to traditional markets, but smaller than before.

[jossiel]

I think the market is different now because there are too many altcoins and not all of them get attention at the same time. Before, people saw many coins rise together, but now money seems to move from one project to another much faster. That's why some coins can grow strongly while many others stay quiet. For me, this is why people need to be more careful and not expect every altcoin to follow just because a few are moving.

Since the ICO days were dead, it has started from that point because of many altcoins that have turned into scam.

It has given investors the clue that not every altcoin that they see which have good proposals and whitepapers are good investments.

Could be different now but this scenario is also the same in the past. And people always need to be careful with where they are investing.

If they don't want to put some effort, their strategy is going to mostly stay on the established coins.

[Ndabagi01]

The much hype and anticipation in altcoins have really died and this has made altcoins expectancy very low for most of their investors as it has always been in the past. Altcoins are not what I see as a reliable means of investment for big prospective results these moments again, everything about the market has changed and so is the returning rate of profitability of altcoin changed also. Altcoins are mostly good for the hypes and only a few of them have the high tendency of making you profits with most of them becoming a coin to be gambled with only.

[Johnlomape]

The much hype and anticipation in altcoins have really died and this has made altcoins expectancy very low for most of their investors as it has always been in the past. Altcoins are not what I see as a reliable means of investment for big prospective results these moments again, everything about the market has changed and so is the returning rate of profitability of altcoin changed also. Altcoins are mostly good for the hypes and only a few of them have the high tendency of making you profits with most of them becoming a coin to be gambled with only.

We were thinking that the altcoin season is going to be back but so many of us waited until the bear market commenced which was a sign that the altcoin season is not going to be available this time. Many people had lost money to trading and altcoins Investment because they thought they have to buy altcoins at the early time before the altcoin season will commence.
Investors had already forgot about the altcoin season and now is the time to buy and hold before the bull.

[kawetsriyanto]

I think this should not be news to people on this forum, in the last bull market we have experienced this already. Most of the altcoins did not really increased almost at once within a year but it extended to 3 years from 2023 to 2025. The old coins later increased, followed last by the privacy coins like monero, zec and dash. Another thing is that bitcoin marketcap did not fall like people expected.

In fact, only a few altcoins were able to surpass their previous ATH during the 2025 bull run. I don't know many others, especially top coins, but only a few. The others all failed. Except for the newcomers, whose pump and dump schemes are different.

As for top coins, the most significant is BNB. This coin managed to create new ATHs several times, even after BTC reached its ATH. BNB could even do it even more. ETH, on the other hand, is quite slow. SOL is actually quite good, but at the peak of its bull run, it failed to reach a higher ATH again.

Since the ICO days were dead, it has started from that point because of many altcoins that have turned into scam.

IC died, and then other trends emerged that ultimately remained similar to Ponzi schemes. And now, it's still centered around meme projects, which are still very trending.

[shinratensei_]

I think the market is different now because there are too many altcoins and not all of them get attention at the same time. Before, people saw many coins rise together, but now money seems to move from one project to another much faster. That's why some coins can grow strongly while many others stay quiet. For me, this is why people need to be more careful and not expect every altcoin to follow just because a few are moving.

2021 bullrun and altcoin season should be a good example and a guide to navigate around for us. The old 2021 altcoins were all going to zero and only coin with strong community and strong volume is holding on, namely ethereum, tron, solana, icp, and so on.
Some big coin are also falling such as NEO, LUNA and many more. Such an obvious example that we won't be seeing 80% of the coin we're seeing right now because market don't have the capital and attention to keep these coin from going down to literal zero.

[jossiel]

Since the ICO days were dead, it has started from that point because of many altcoins that have turned into scam.

IC died, and then other trends emerged that ultimately remained similar to Ponzi schemes. And now, it's still centered around meme projects, which are still very trending.

That's true.

Next time, we might see more of these new trends when the bull run comes again. There could be another trending narrative that shall be popular again for the next years to come.

But we know that they're also going to die eventually once they have become so popular and the first investors and its developers already made money from them.

[Josefjix]

If altcoin do not perform better last cycle then next cycle will be all dust, they could not be strong enough to outperform their previous limit anymore except for the major altcoin like Ethereum, BNB, Sol and others like privacy based coins. These are the ones to do well over many cycles of crypto bull season.

I don't focus again on these altcoin, they are long gone, long time ago.