- Altcoins are preparing for a possible outbreak, because the dominance of Bitcoin shows signs of overload.
- The setup is very similar to the 2021 cycle – is the history about to repeat itself?
Bitcoin Dominance [BTC.D] Has violated an important structural threshold, which surpassed the 64% level for the first time in more than four years.
This upward expansion, although technical bullish, is now accompanied by a relative strength index (RSI) that is printed deep into overbough territory.
That is why it suggests potential exhaustion in Bitcoin’s [BTC] Relative outperformance.


Source: TradingView (BTC.D)
Structurally, the current setup reflects the 2021 cycle, where BTC.D marked a local top as the Altcoin Market Index below 10 level, only followed by a major rotation in Altcoins.
Against Q1 2022, the Altcoin index rose past 75, which indicates a definitive shift in market leadership and confirms the start of a fully-fledged Alt season.
Given this background, the current dynamic can form the prelude to a similar rotation.
Bitcoin’s power tested at the top
In the past week, the total market capitalization excluding Bitcoin saw a significant increase of $ 42 billion.
This indicates that if Bitcoin -Dominance reached a local peak, Altcoins experienced considerable capital flows.
Under Great Cap Altcoins, Solana [SOL] Is standing out and registers a percentage increase with double digits on its weekly graph.
Moreover, the Altcoin Market Index saw a sharp rebound, rising from 13 to 20.
This price promotion reflects the cycle structure of 2024, whereby the index fell to 87 in a similar layer in Q3 before it returned to 87.


Source: blockchaincenter.net
In conclusion, both technical analysis and historical price promotion support the chance that a market cycle of 2021 style unfolds.
If the price of Bitcoin tests a local top, while the dominance shows signs of exhaustion, the 11% line of Solana could be an early signal of capital in altcoins.
As a result, a completely Altcoin season can come true, with a target time protection from the end of Q3 to the beginning Q4.
Altcoins set to exploit the fatigue of BTC?
The BTC.D analysis of Ambcrypto underlines an important bending point in the market structure.
On April 7, BTC.D closed 64%, violating a multi -year resistance and marking the highest dominant level since the beginning of 2021.
At the same time, the RSI is printed above 80, which indicates a overbough regime and potential exhaustion in the relative outperformance of Bitcoin.
This technical divergence was validated on April 8. Bitcoin registered a 3.65% deviation, which confirmed the average reversal of overheated conditions.


Source: TradingView (BTS/USDT)
According to Ambcrypto, the confluence of the parabolic expansion of BTC.D presented in a multi-year resistance band and the rejection of Bitcoin on the macro range of $ 86k an optimal window for capital rotation in Altcoins.
Despite this set -up, however, strategic investors did not certainly have acted.
After three consecutive sessions of decrease in BTC.D, the metric then withdrew and broke back above 64%for the next seven days.
That is why the prevailing dominance of Bitcoin reinforces.
This shift in behavior means an important collection meals: a continuing high BTC.d no longer acts as a reliable precursor for capital rotation.
So, despite the technical signals, historical trendsAnd capital inflow, the chance of an Altcoin season has fallen completely.