Patience pays off!
The wait for the bull market, the altcoin season, will continue into 2026. Only the resilient will survive this long wait and bank profits. Why? “Markets don’t reward what everyone is waiting for. They reward what most people can’t sit through.”
Last Wednesday, the Federal Reserve cut 25 basis points on borrowing rates, taking them from 3.75%-4% to 3.5%-3.75%. Despite this rate cut, which is the third for 2025, the crypto markets did not react. As at other times, the market had already priced in the rate cut.
As such, on Friday, when the market closed for the week, Bitcoin barely managed to hold above the $90K price level. During the weekend, the flagship coin could not withstand the increasing pressure of the bears and thereafter crashed below the $90K. Priced at $89K, however, BTC’s uptrend is still intact, showing that the bulls could get into action any moment.
It is not just BTC that is still maintaining its uptrend, but the total market cap of the altcoins is also holding its shape, despite consolidating in a tight range. It continues to make higher lows as it fluctuates inside an ascending channel, showing $1.23 trillion. The next immediate resistance level that the total market cap will encounter is the 50-day Moving Average (MA), which is near $1.31 trillion.
The Altcoin Season Index (ASI) which measures the performance of the altcoins against Bitcoin is at 35 as it tries to break the downtrend of making lower highs. The ASI index has three zones on its scale. 0 to 25 is the Bitcoin season zone, 25 to 75 is the neutral zone while values above 75 mean its altcoin season. When the altcoin season kicks in, it means that more than 75% of the top 100 cryptocurrencies are out performing bitcoin.
Nonetheless according to CoinMarketCap, only 10 coins have performed better than Bitcoin during the past 90 days.
While the crypto community waits with bated breath to time the market, looking at all the charts, it would be impossible to do so. This is because the big players in the market know what the people want, and they are delaying because their goal is to “Drain your wallet. Drain your sentiment. And drain any belief you had left,” said an analyst.
People with experience know the script, BTC halving, bull cycle and then Altcoin season. However, “it starts when expectations are gone. When most have already decided:
Nothing is happening, this market is broken, I’ll come back later.” stated the analyst.
But during these times, it is important to understand why you started, what your goal is and what you actually came for. Although the wait might be a little too long, it’s about how you utilize this time to be disciplined and prepare yourself for the upcoming bull run.
