{"id":80242,"date":"2025-09-11T15:44:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T12:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=80242"},"modified":"2025-09-11T15:48:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T12:48:12","slug":"altseason-index-hits-highest-since-late-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/altseason-index-hits-highest-since-late-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Altseason index hits highest since late 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Key altcoin-market gauges have neared last year\u2019s peaks. Over the past 24 hours the Altcoin Season Index from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coinglass.com\/pro\/i\/alt-coin-season\">CoinGlass<\/a> rose from 67 to 78.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-2fa68ef9d1e13e8f-3987051246065987-1024x556.png\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-265643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-2fa68ef9d1e13e8f-3987051246065987-1024x556.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-2fa68ef9d1e13e8f-3987051246065987-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-2fa68ef9d1e13e8f-3987051246065987-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-2fa68ef9d1e13e8f-3987051246065987-1536x833.png 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-2fa68ef9d1e13e8f-3987051246065987.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: CoinGlass.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Blockchain Center\u2019s altseason index shows a similar reading. By its criteria, to confirm the trend 75% of the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market capitalisation must outperform bitcoin over 90 days.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-1f528aa3242488f5-3987097421853537-1024x500.png\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-265644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-1f528aa3242488f5-3987097421853537-1024x500.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-1f528aa3242488f5-3987097421853537-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-1f528aa3242488f5-3987097421853537-768x375.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-1f528aa3242488f5-3987097421853537-1536x749.png 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-1f528aa3242488f5-3987097421853537.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blockchaincenter.net\/en\/altcoin-season-index\/\">Blockchain Center<\/a>.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The gauges last reached such levels in December 2024, when the reading peaked at 88.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The altcoin sector\u2019s market capitalisation has topped $1.8trn. The combined market value is 5.2% shy of its all-time high.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"324\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-5d7e43dad1a49945-3987110726030676-1024x324.png\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-265645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-5d7e43dad1a49945-3987110726030676-1024x324.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-5d7e43dad1a49945-3987110726030676-300x95.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-5d7e43dad1a49945-3987110726030676-768x243.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-5d7e43dad1a49945-3987110726030676-1536x485.png 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-5d7e43dad1a49945-3987110726030676.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/charts\">CoinGecko<\/a>.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Over the past week most top-ten coins by market cap have outperformed bitcoin. The biggest gain came from the meme coin <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/inside-the-dog-how-dogecoins-infrastructure-works\">Dogecoin<\/a>, which jumped 16.6% over the period.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"669\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-76066fdb1caf7b45-3987128258176373-1024x669.png\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-265646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-76066fdb1caf7b45-3987128258176373-1024x669.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-76066fdb1caf7b45-3987128258176373-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-76066fdb1caf7b45-3987128258176373-768x502.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-76066fdb1caf7b45-3987128258176373-1536x1004.png 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-76066fdb1caf7b45-3987128258176373.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/\">CoinGecko<\/a>.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are market participants saying?\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>The crypto trader known as Daan Crypto Trades forecast that a rising altcoin market cap will trigger a new wave of excitement and increase demand for risk assets. This will also \u201chelp attract new investors\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Total Altcoin Market Cap has been knocking on the door of the 2021 all time high, which it has yet to break.<\/p>\n<p>Once we do see the altcoin market as a whole back in price discovery, I expect that to kick off some wider excitement and risk on for alts. This will also help with\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gFncHkGOom\">pic.twitter.com\/gFncHkGOom<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daan Crypto Trades (@DaanCrypto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DaanCrypto\/status\/1965865178576441511?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, everything will depend on US macroeconomic data and the <span data-descr=\"US Federal Reserve System\" class=\"old_tooltip\">Federal Reserve<\/span>\u2019s rate decision, he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The analyst using the pseudonym Ash Crypto <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Ashcryptoreal\/status\/1965695069341831645\">said<\/a> the current cycle comprised several mini-altseasons, but the sector is now primed for \u201cparabolic growth\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-f65e4b07a689f517-3987173445532350-1024x666.png\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-265647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-f65e4b07a689f517-3987173445532350-1024x666.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-f65e4b07a689f517-3987173445532350-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-f65e4b07a689f517-3987173445532350-768x500.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-f65e4b07a689f517-3987173445532350-1536x999.png 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-f65e4b07a689f517-3987173445532350.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: X.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe potential scale may exceed all expectations,\u201d he noted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Researcher Karan Singh Arora confirmed that traders are reverting to riskier strategies as the altseason index strengthens. In his view, current readings have reached multi-month highs, which traditionally signal a shift from bitcoin\u2019s dominance to broad-based gains across the rest of the market.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud835\uddd4\ud835\uddf9\ud835\ude01\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddee\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfb \ud835\udddc\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude05 \ud835\udde5\ud835\uddf6\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude00 \ud835\ude01\ud835\uddfc \ud835\udff3\ud835\udff2 \u2014 \ud835\udddb\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddf4\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude00\ud835\ude01 \ud835\udde6\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\uddd7\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf0 \ud835\udfee\ud835\udfec\ud835\udfee\ud835\udff0 \ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>With the Altseason Index at its strongest reading in nine months, traders are beginning to lean risk-on again.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd38 Strong <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETH&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ETH<\/a> breakout and outperforming <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BTC&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$BTC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd38 Alts rotating\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mwc24D47B1\">pic.twitter.com\/mwc24D47B1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Karan Singh Arora (@thisisksa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thisisksa\/status\/1965986174192771394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Three key catalysts for Ethereum<\/h2>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sygnum.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/09\/resurgent-ethereum-could-see-demand-outstrip-supply\/\">Sygnum<\/a>, since the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/pectra-steering-ethereum-toward-scale-and-mass-adoption\">Pectra<\/a> upgrade in May this year, the price of the second-largest cryptocurrency has risen 140%. On 24 August it <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/week-in-review-ethereum-hits-a-new-ath-as-two-bitcoin-pools-seize-51-of-hashrate\">set a new<\/a> all-time high at $4,946.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Analysts have repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/jpmorgan-identifies-four-factors-behind-ethereums-outperformance\">said<\/a> that Ethereum is outpacing bitcoin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-5a2e2798011f62ef-3987202517718651-1024x629.png\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-265648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-5a2e2798011f62ef-3987202517718651-1024x629.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-5a2e2798011f62ef-3987202517718651-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-5a2e2798011f62ef-3987202517718651-768x472.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-5a2e2798011f62ef-3987202517718651-1536x944.png 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-5a2e2798011f62ef-3987202517718651.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Performance of bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana since the Pectra upgrade. Source: Sygnum.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Experts at the digital bank Sygnum highlighted three factors propelling ETH\u2019s rally:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>supply shock<\/strong>: after Pectra went live, about 30% of Ethereum\u2019s supply was taken out of circulation, creating scarcity;<\/li>\n<li><strong>institutional demand<\/strong>: spot ETFs based on the asset have attracted $29bn, and corporate treasuries have accumulated tokens worth over $21bn;<\/li>\n<li><strong>regulatory clarity<\/strong>: the <span data-descr=\"US Securities and Exchange Commission\" class=\"old_tooltip\">SEC<\/span> acknowledged that staking is not a securities offering.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-17761c0b8d41cae5-3987226406613548-1024x225.png\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-265649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-17761c0b8d41cae5-3987226406613548-1024x225.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-17761c0b8d41cae5-3987226406613548-300x66.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-17761c0b8d41cae5-3987226406613548-768x169.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-17761c0b8d41cae5-3987226406613548-1536x338.png 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-17761c0b8d41cae5-3987226406613548.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Amount of ETH held by public companies and ETFs. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strategicethreserve.xyz\/\">Strategic ETH Reserve<\/a>.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cUnless the macroeconomic situation or regulators introduce unforeseen changes, Ethereum has every chance to continue rising in the current market cycle,\u201d Sygnum emphasised.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At the time of writing the second-largest cryptocurrency trades around $4,500. Over the past 24 hours the asset has risen 2.8%, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/us-producer-inflation-data-sparks-crypto-market-rally\">helped by<\/a> positive US producer-inflation data.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-edcdf87d49da0f6a-3987259553500666-1024x600.png\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-265650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-edcdf87d49da0f6a-3987259553500666-1024x600.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-edcdf87d49da0f6a-3987259553500666-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-edcdf87d49da0f6a-3987259553500666-768x450.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-edcdf87d49da0f6a-3987259553500666-1536x900.png 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-edcdf87d49da0f6a-3987259553500666.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hourly ETH\/USDT chart on Binance. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/ru.tradingview.com\/chart\/?symbol=BINANCE%3AETHUSDT\">TradingView<\/a>.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier, experts <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/experts-outline-market-dynamics-before-and-after-fed-meeting\">outlined<\/a> market dynamics before and after the Federal Reserve meeting.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key altcoin-market gauges have neared last year\u2019s peaks. Over the past 24 hours CoinGlass\u2019s Altcoin Season Index rose from 67 to 78.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Altcoin Season Index rose from 67 to 78 in 24 hours.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[20,18,46],"class_list":["post-80242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-altcoins","tag-bitcoin","tag-ethereum"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"686","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Altcoin Season Index rose from 67 to 78 in 24 hours.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80242","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=80242"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80244,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80242\/revisions\/80244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}