The first quarter of 2025 is dominated by talks in the Altcoin season, as usually when the bull cycle ends. In previous sessions, the capital tends to rotate from Bitcoin to other cryptocurrencies where investors are looking for the maximum profit before the bear market arrives.
However, the story was completely different for the cryptocurrency market so far this year, as most of the big assets failed to enjoy the same capital rotation seen in previous sessions. The latest data on the series shows that Bitcoin has continued to control the encryption market, surpassing all Altcoins categories.
Is it time to buy altcoins?
In a post on April 5 on the X platform, a Darkfost wainry analyst subscriber An interesting look at the performance of all Altcoin categories for the largest encrypted currency in the world. According to The Pundit online, low -performance Altcoins compared to bitcoin in terms of market value growth.
In their publication, Darkfost compared the market growth in the market of bitcoin, the major routine (20 largest ALTCOINS), and Altcoins from mid to mid -wounded by calculating the difference between the average 365 days and 30 days (MAS). According to the analyst, the difference between MA 365 days and MA for 30 days is an indication of the momentum.
Usually, when the short -term moving average (MA 30 days) rises faster than the long -term moving average (MA 365 days), it means rapid growth in the market. On the other hand, the decrease in growth momentum is indicated by the late average movement for 30 days.
Source: @Darkfost_Coc on X
As observed in the above graph, the bitcoin beats the large and medium unions to the maximum growth in terms of the growth of the market. Darkfost pointed out that this difference in the growth rate has reached another level seen in October 2023, a period associated with a short altcoin gathering and then the dominance of BTC.
The analyst also highlighted that when the growth rate turns this negative, it often indicates that a strong correction has occurred. Historically, the negative percentage may provide a possible opportunity to buy for investors looking to enter the market.
A quick look at Bitcoin and Ethereum
As of writing these lines, the BTC price is about $ 83,500, which reflects any significant movement during the past 24 hours. At the same time, the value of the distinguished code of ETH is estimated at $ 1805, unchanged last day.
While the first cryptocurrency currency decreased by about 15 % in the first quarter of 2025, ETHEREUM lost twice its value almost in the same period. This gap in performance confirms how “King of Altcoins” has been in the past few months.
The price of BTC on the daily timeframe | Source: BTCUSDT chart on TradingView
Distinctive image from Istock, tradingvief chart
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