{"id":25284,"date":"2025-07-12T14:20:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T11:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/santiment-signals-the-onset-of-altcoin-season\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T14:20:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T11:20:21","slug":"santiment-signals-the-onset-of-altcoin-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/santiment-signals-the-onset-of-altcoin-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Santiment Signals the Onset of Altcoin Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Market data suggests the beginning of an altcoin season, though there are concerning signals. This was <a href=\"https:\/\/app.santiment.net\/insights\/read\/this-week-in-crypto-summary-july-11th-2025-crypto-whales-come-alive-as-bitcoin-makes-history-8803\">reported<\/a> by Santiment experts.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin has reached a new all-time high at <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-breaks-above-118000\">over $118,000<\/a>. Against this backdrop, most leading cryptocurrencies have outperformed the flagship in price dynamics over the past seven days.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"531\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cryptocurrency-Prices-Charts-and-Crypto-Market-Cap-CoinGecko-Google-Chrome-39-1024x531.jpg\" alt=\"Cryptocurrency Prices, Charts, and Crypto Market Cap  CoinGecko - Google Chrome\" class=\"wp-image-261892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cryptocurrency-Prices-Charts-and-Crypto-Market-Cap-CoinGecko-Google-Chrome-39-1024x531.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cryptocurrency-Prices-Charts-and-Crypto-Market-Cap-CoinGecko-Google-Chrome-39-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cryptocurrency-Prices-Charts-and-Crypto-Market-Cap-CoinGecko-Google-Chrome-39-768x398.jpg 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cryptocurrency-Prices-Charts-and-Crypto-Market-Cap-CoinGecko-Google-Chrome-39.jpg 1275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Data: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/\">CoinGecko<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The largest Ethereum wallets (holding 10,000 ETH or more) have collectively accumulated 75.74% of the total coin supply. This is the highest level of asset concentration among whales since May 2017, and it serves as a &#8220;strong bullish signal,&#8221; noted the company&#8217;s experts.<\/p>\n<p>The number of XRP wallets holding more than 1 million coins has reached a record high of 2,743. The volume of cryptocurrency they own has also increased. Both trends are &#8220;very positive signs&#8221; for Ripple&#8217;s asset, Santiment emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>According to analysts, the altcoin season will continue as long as Bitcoin remains above the key psychological level of $110,000. In such a situation, traders are comfortable redistributing profits from the rise of digital gold into other coins, they added.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Experts Advise Caution<\/h2>\n<p>One concerning signal is the <a href=\"http:\/\/mvrv\">MVRV<\/a> metric for Bitcoin. The market price to realized value ratio of the asset has already surpassed the level recorded in May during the previous ATH, which was followed by a correction.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/19c5f8150d9ecdbdd748af260de88179dbf1762dc4de1b8c5047836d8649d951_1752265202505_chrome_2025-07-11_16-19-54-1024x506.png\" alt=\"19c5f8150d9ecdbdd748af260de88179dbf1762dc4de1b8c5047836d8649d951_1752265202505_chrome_2025-07-11_16-19-54\" class=\"wp-image-261895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/19c5f8150d9ecdbdd748af260de88179dbf1762dc4de1b8c5047836d8649d951_1752265202505_chrome_2025-07-11_16-19-54-1024x506.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/19c5f8150d9ecdbdd748af260de88179dbf1762dc4de1b8c5047836d8649d951_1752265202505_chrome_2025-07-11_16-19-54-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/19c5f8150d9ecdbdd748af260de88179dbf1762dc4de1b8c5047836d8649d951_1752265202505_chrome_2025-07-11_16-19-54-768x379.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/19c5f8150d9ecdbdd748af260de88179dbf1762dc4de1b8c5047836d8649d951_1752265202505_chrome_2025-07-11_16-19-54.png 1031w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Data: Santiment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Santiment also highlighted the leadership in weekly growth within the meme coin segment \u2014 up 17%. This potentially indicates the final stage of the market rally, experts believe.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;When speculative assets lead the market, it may indicate that greed is peaking,&#8221; they noted.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For Ethereum, a concerning signal is the extremely optimistic sentiment regarding the asset. Typically, this indicates the approach of a short-term price peak, Santiment stated.<\/p>\n<p>The altcoin season index from CoinMarketCap stands at 27. This value indicates that traders still prefer Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"345\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crypto-Altcoin-Season-Index-CoinMarketCap-Google-Chrome-1024x345.jpg\" alt=\"Crypto Altcoin Season Index  CoinMarketCap - Google Chrome\" class=\"wp-image-261893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crypto-Altcoin-Season-Index-CoinMarketCap-Google-Chrome-1024x345.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crypto-Altcoin-Season-Index-CoinMarketCap-Google-Chrome-300x101.jpg 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crypto-Altcoin-Season-Index-CoinMarketCap-Google-Chrome-768x259.jpg 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crypto-Altcoin-Season-Index-CoinMarketCap-Google-Chrome.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Data: CoinMarketCap.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The dominance of the leading cryptocurrency is 62.5%. Analyst Matthew Hyland noted that despite this, altcoins have shown impressive growth. However, the real rally will begin after Bitcoin&#8217;s dominance falls to 45%, he is convinced.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BTC dominance hasnt even sneezed and Alts are ripping<\/p>\n<p>What do you think happens if it drops from 65 to 45\u2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4842K3saM2\">https:\/\/t.co\/4842K3saM2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matthew Hyland (@MatthewHyland_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MatthewHyland_\/status\/1943712192458526743?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Back in April, Blockstream co-founder and CEO Adam Back described the boom in corporate Bitcoin treasuries as <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/adam-back-sees-bitcoin-treasury-boom-as-alternative-to-altcoin-season\">a profitable alternative<\/a> to the altcoin season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Market data suggests the beginning of an altcoin season, though there are concerning signals. This was reported by Santiment experts. Bitcoin has reached a new all-time high at over $118,000. Against this backdrop, most leading cryptocurrencies have outperformed the flagship in price dynamics over the past seven days. Data: CoinGecko. The largest Ethereum wallets (holding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[20,1146,1138,1478],"class_list":["post-25284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-altcoins","tag-cryptocurrency-market-forecasts","tag-opinions","tag-santiment"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"31","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}