Bitcoin Hits New High Above $111,000, Analysts Predict Biggest Altcoin Season in History Is About to Begin
As Bitcoin surges past $111,000 and sets a new all-time high (ATH), crypto market analysts believe a historic altcoin season is just around the corner.
Based on past capital flows and market behavior, experts say that “altseason” – a period of strong growth for altcoins – is likely to explode in the coming months.
Why the 2025 altseason could be the biggest ever?
Prominent analyst Wimar.X notes that in previous cycles, altcoin seasons typically began around 380 days after each Bitcoin halving. With the next halving event taking place in April 2024, this timeline suggests that the altcoin season could begin as early as May 2025.
“The biggest altseason in history will begin on May 25. During this cycle, the altcoin market cap could reach $15 trillion,” Wimar.X predicts.
Besides the timing factor, there is another technical signal that often appears before altcoin seasons: Bitcoin hits a new high and then enters a sideways or mild correction period. During that time, Bitcoin’s dominance (BTC Dominance) tends to decrease, facilitating capital flows to altcoins.
In fact, the BTC Dominance index has dropped from a high of 65.4% to a low of 62%, then stabilized around 63.7% – a clear signal of capital shifting.
“The crypto market operates in cycles – and it has done so year after year. When Bitcoin dominance declines and prices start to stagnate, that’s a recipe for altcoins to break out,” Wimar.X asserted.
Carl Moon – founder of the analysis channel The Moon Show – agreed, stating: “Bitcoin dominance is declining! Altcoin season is coming!”
Q2 history supports the altcoin rally
Data from analytics platform Coinglass shows that Q2 is typically a period of strong growth for both Bitcoin and Ethereum. Specifically, Bitcoin recorded an average return of 26.89% in Q2, while Ethereum posted an impressive 66.8% gain.
As altcoins tend to follow Ethereum’s trend, this increases the possibility that Q2/2025 will be the time for the altcoin market to explode – especially when Bitcoin sets a new ATH and money flows begin to diverge.
Altcoin Season Index Signals Mixed
However, not all indicators support an immediate altseason scenario. According to data from Blockchain Center, the Altcoin Season Index currently stands at 18 – well below the 75 threshold that is considered to be the threshold for an altcoin season.
The index measures the percentage of altcoins in the top 100 that have outperformed Bitcoin over the past 90 days. With only 18% of altcoins meeting this criterion, it appears that the current rally is still dominated by Bitcoin.
Will history repeat itself?
The question is whether the altseason will continue to follow the traditional pattern of previous cycles, or will investors have to be more patient to see a real shift of capital from Bitcoin to altcoins?
Despite some mixed signals, market sentiment is currently increasingly positive. If history repeats itself and macro conditions support it, altseason 2025 could be an unprecedented milestone in crypto history.