The first quarter of 2025 was dominated by conversations about the Altcoin season, which is usually the case when the bull bike ends. During previous cycles, Capital tends to rotate from bitcoin to other cryptocorate that investors are looking for maximum profit before the arrival of the bear market.
However, history has been very different for the Cryptocurrency market so far this year, with most large assets that have not been able to enjoy the same capital rotation as seen in previous cycles. The latest information on the chain shows that Bitcoin has continued to dominate the crypto market and exceed all categories of Altcoins.
Is it time to buy altcoins?
In a April 5 post on the X platform, pseudonym analyst Darkfost shared An interesting insight into the chain in performance for all altcoin categories relative to the world’s largest Cryptocurrency. According to the online pound, altcoins underperform compared to bitcoin in terms of market value growth.
In its post, Darkfost compared the market’s growth of bitcoin, large capital altcoins (the 20 largest altcoins) and middle-to-small cap altcoins by calculating the difference between their 365-day and 30-day sliding mean (MAS). According to the analyst, the variation between 365-day MA and 30-day MA acts as an indicator of growth moments.
Usually, when the short-term sliding average (30-day MA) rises faster than the long-term sliding average (365-day MA), that means it quickly Growth in the market. On the back, a decreased growth moment is indicated by a trailing 30-day sliding average.
Source: @Darkfost_Coc on X
As observed in the diagram above, Bitcoin surpasses the large capital and middle-to-small-cap-altcoins in terms of their growth in the market. Darkfost noted that this difference in the growth ratio has reached a level that last seen in October 2023, a period correlated with a short Altcoin rally and then BTC’s dominance.
The analysts further emphasized that when this growth relationship becomes negative, it often signals that a strong correction has occurred. Historically, a negative relationship may present one Potential buying opportunity for investors who want to enter the market.
Bitcoin and Ethereum Price quick look
From this writing, the price of BTC amounts to about $ 83,500, which reflects no significant movement over the past 24 hours. At the same time, the ETH token is valued at about $ 1,805, without change on the past day.
While the main Cryptocurrency fell by about 15% during the first quarter of 2025, Ethereum lost almost twice its value during the same period. This gap in performance emphasizes how sadly “King of Altcoins” has been in recent months.
The price of BTC on the daily timeframe | Source: BTCUSDT chart on TradingView
Image from iStock, chart from tradingview
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