{"id":26106,"date":"2025-08-15T11:22:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T08:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/institutional-demand-for-ethereum-may-ignite-altcoin-season\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T11:22:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T08:22:16","slug":"institutional-demand-for-ethereum-may-ignite-altcoin-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/institutional-demand-for-ethereum-may-ignite-altcoin-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Institutional Demand for Ethereum May Ignite Altcoin Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Current market conditions suggest the imminent onset of a full-scale altcoin season. According to a forecast by Coinbase Institutional<\/a>, this could commence in September.<\/p>\n

Capital Rotation and Market Signals<\/h2>\n

The dominance index of Bitcoin in the market has decreased from 65% in May to 59% by August. Experts view this as an early indication of capital flowing into altcoins.<\/p>\n

Analysts noted a divergence in metrics. The CoinMarketCap altcoin season index remains around 40 points, with a threshold value of 75. However, the total market capitalization of coins has increased by 50% since early July, reaching $1.4 trillion on August 12.<\/p>\n

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Source: Coinbase Institutional.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This discrepancy is attributed to high demand for Ethereum from major players.<\/p>\n

Role of the Federal Reserve and Retail Investors<\/h2>\n

Experts disagree that the anticipated rate cuts by the Fed<\/span> in September will mark a local peak for the crypto market. They believe that easing policies could instead attract retail investors.<\/p>\n

U.S. money market fund accounts hold a record amount\u2014over $7 trillion. The expected Fed rate cuts will reduce their appeal, potentially leading to a shift of some capital into riskier assets, including digital ones.<\/p>\n

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Source: Coinbase Institutional.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Analysts added that cryptocurrency liquidity has begun to recover after a six-month decline. This is aided by the growth in stablecoin issuance amid improved regulatory clarity.<\/p>\n

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Source: Coinbase Institutional.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Ethereum Factor and High-Beta Tokens<\/h2>\n

Growing interest in the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization from institutional investors has become a key market driver. Demand is supported by corporate treasuries (DATs) and narratives around stablecoins and RWA.<\/p>\n

For instance, Bitmine Immersion Technologies acquired 1.15 million ETH. Currently, the largest corporate holders control about 2.95 million ETH, accounting for over 2% of the asset’s total supply.<\/p>\n

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Source: Coinbase Institutional.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Amid the Ethereum rally, related high-beta tokens<\/span> like ARB, ENA, LDO, and OP have surged. LDO showed the largest increase, gaining 58% in a month.<\/p>\n

Lido’s success was aided by a statement<\/a> from the SEC<\/span>. Officials stated that liquid staking tokens are not securities if services primarily perform a technical function and pass on rewards in full. Analysts emphasized that this is merely the regulator’s position, which may change in the future.<\/p>\n

At the time of writing, the Altcoin Season Index stands at 45 out of 100.<\/p>\n

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Source: CoinMarketCap<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Earlier, analysts at Bitfinex suggested<\/a> that the weak recovery of altcoins following the correction of the leading cryptocurrency cast doubt on the continuation of the altcoin season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Current market conditions suggest the imminent onset of a full-scale altcoin season. According to a forecast by Coinbase Institutional, this could commence in September. Capital Rotation and Market Signals The dominance index of Bitcoin in the market has decreased from 65% in May to 59% by August. Experts view this as an early indication of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26105,"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":[20,1145],"class_list":["post-26106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-altcoins","tag-market-analysis"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"139","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}