
Since September 2024, the crypto market has shown signs of shifting toward an altcoin season, though it hasn’t fully materialized as expected. In September 2024, the Fear and Greed Index hit "Extreme Fear" levels, similar to September 2023, which historically preceded significant altcoin rallies. For instance, in late 2023, after a similar dip, altcoins like Solana ($SOL ), Cardano ($ADA ), and others saw explosive growth, sometimes far outpacing Bitcoin’s recovery due to their higher volatility.
In September 2024 itself, some altcoins began showing bullish signals. Posts on X and web analyses from that time highlighted altcoins like $TRX (Tron), $AAVE , and ADA (Cardano) as potentially outperforming Bitcoin, driven by factors like meme coin mania, strategic upgrades (e.g., Cardano’s Chang hard fork), and increased market interest. Specific data from X posts indicate that by December 2024, altcoins like $SUI (+800%), $XRP (+414%), and $DOGE (+365%) had seen massive gains since the market bottom on August 5, 2024, suggesting a strong recovery and growth phase for altcoins entering the fall.
However, the broader altcoin season—where altcoins consistently outperform Bitcoin over a sustained period—has been delayed or inconsistent in 2024 and early 2025. Web sources note that Bitcoin’s dominance remained high, peaking at around 61.53% in November 2024, which slowed altcoin momentum. Despite this, by December 2024, the Altcoin Season Index (as tracked by platforms like Blockchain Center) crossed the 75% threshold, indicating an official altcoin season for a brief period, with many top altcoins outperforming Bitcoin over 90 days. Memecoins like dogwifhat ($WIF ), $PEPE , and Dogecoin ($DOGE ) led the charge, with gains of over 1,500% in some cases, but utility-focused altcoins like Ethereum ($ETH ), Solana (SOL), and Avalanche ($AVAX ) also showed strong performance.
As of early 2025, the picture is mixed. Web analyses from January and February 2025 suggest that while there was a minor altcoin season in 2024, it was relatively weak compared to past cycles, and the altcoin market cap hasn’t reached its all-time high. Posts on X from February 2025 indicate continued growth for major utility altcoins, with XRP up 357%, HBAR up 302%, and others showing triple-digit gains over the past six months, even after a recent sell-off. However, the Altcoin Market Cap (ALTCAP) has faced a 40% drop since its December 2024 high of $1.64 trillion, and it’s currently testing a critical support level around $1.20 trillion. If it holds above this level, there’s potential for another rally, but a breakdown could signal the end of the bull market for altcoins in 2025.
Overall, while altcoins did explode in performance following the Fear and Greed Index lows in September 2023 and began recovering similarly in September 2024, the full-scale altcoin season many anticipated has been tempered by Bitcoin’s continued dominance and market corrections. As of February 2025, sentiment on X and web reports suggest cautious optimism, with some believing an altcoin season could still emerge later this year if Bitcoin dominance drops and altcoins break key resistance levels. However, the market remains volatile, and past performance doesn’t guarantee future results.
Unveiling the Altcoin Surge: Patterns and Potential in Crypto Market Cycles
Since September 2024, the crypto market has shown signs of shifting toward an altcoin season, though it hasn’t fully materialized as expected. In September 2024, the Fear and Greed Index hit "Extreme Fear" levels, similar to September 2023, which historically preceded significant altcoin rallies. For instance, in late 2023, after a similar dip, altcoins like Solana ($SOL ), Cardano ($ADA ), and others saw explosive growth, sometimes far outpacing Bitcoin’s recovery due to their higher volatility.
In September 2024 itself, some altcoins began showing bullish signals. Posts on X and web analyses from that time highlighted altcoins like $TRX (Tron), $AAVE , and ADA (Cardano) as potentially outperforming Bitcoin, driven by factors like meme coin mania, strategic upgrades (e.g., Cardano’s Chang hard fork), and increased market interest. Specific data from X posts indicate that by December 2024, altcoins like $SUI (+800%), $XRP (+414%), and $DOGE (+365%) had seen massive gains since the market bottom on August 5, 2024, suggesting a strong recovery and growth phase for altcoins entering the fall.
However, the broader altcoin season—where altcoins consistently outperform Bitcoin over a sustained period—has been delayed or inconsistent in 2024 and early 2025. Web sources note that Bitcoin’s dominance remained high, peaking at around 61.53% in November 2024, which slowed altcoin momentum. Despite this, by December 2024, the Altcoin Season Index (as tracked by platforms like Blockchain Center) crossed the 75% threshold, indicating an official altcoin season for a brief period, with many top altcoins outperforming Bitcoin over 90 days. Memecoins like dogwifhat ($WIF ), $PEPE , and Dogecoin ($DOGE ) led the charge, with gains of over 1,500% in some cases, but utility-focused altcoins like Ethereum ($ETH ), Solana (SOL), and Avalanche ($AVAX ) also showed strong performance.
As of early 2025, the picture is mixed. Web analyses from January and February 2025 suggest that while there was a minor altcoin season in 2024, it was relatively weak compared to past cycles, and the altcoin market cap hasn’t reached its all-time high. Posts on X from February 2025 indicate continued growth for major utility altcoins, with XRP up 357%, HBAR up 302%, and others showing triple-digit gains over the past six months, even after a recent sell-off. However, the Altcoin Market Cap (ALTCAP) has faced a 40% drop since its December 2024 high of $1.64 trillion, and it’s currently testing a critical support level around $1.20 trillion. If it holds above this level, there’s potential for another rally, but a breakdown could signal the end of the bull market for altcoins in 2025.
Overall, while altcoins did explode in performance following the Fear and Greed Index lows in September 2023 and began recovering similarly in September 2024, the full-scale altcoin season many anticipated has been tempered by Bitcoin’s continued dominance and market corrections. As of February 2025, sentiment on X and web reports suggest cautious optimism, with some believing an altcoin season could still emerge later this year if Bitcoin dominance drops and altcoins break key resistance levels. However, the market remains volatile, and past performance doesn’t guarantee future results.
DOGE, SHIB, PEPE Plummet: Meme Coins Erase Gains Despite Early Post-Election Hype
Many cryptocurrencies have erased all the gains accumulated since the 2024 United States Presidential Election, with meme coins particularly affected, according to IntoTheBlock.
In a recent tweet, the analytics firm highlighted that the meme coin market capitalization is nearing its November 2024 levels.
Such a trend effectively depicted the undoing of the surge witnessed during the winter “meme coin season.”
Meme Coin Meltdown
The OG meme coin – Dogecoin (DOGE) – which rallied from around $0.20 before the election to a multi-year high of almost $0.5 following Donald Trump’s victory on November 5, 2024, has since retraced most of its gains. It is currently trading at $0.20 after this morning’s market-wide crash.
Next up was Shiba Inu (SHIB), which experienced a similar trajectory as it plunged from December’s peak of $0.000033 to $0.0000133 – lower than the pre-election levels.
Additionally, Pepe’s (PEPE) price more than halved from $0.0000264 in December to $0.00000575, marking a 78% decline over two months. Bonk (BONK), too, mirrored this trend, crashing from a December high of $0.000054 to $0.0000125 by late February.
FLOKI’s (FLOKI) price tumbled from $0.00027 in late November to $0.000077 as of February 24th. Notably, dogwifhat (WIF) experienced a dramatic drop, plummeting over 89% from $4.20 shortly after the election to $0.51 at the time of writing.
Bitcoin and XRP Retain Strong Post-Election Gains
Despite the broader market downturn, Bitcoin (BTC) and XRP have managed to hold their post-election gains, distinguishing themselves from the steep declines across the meme coin sector. Bitcoin was trading near $65,400 before the election results and soared above $109,000 in January. Although it has pulled back, the leading crypto asset remains strong, currently trading near $90,000 – still over 42% above its November level.
Similarly, XRP climbed from $0.706 in early November to $3.33 in January. Despite a subsequent decline to $2.21, the token remains up by a whopping 245% since the election period. Its rally has been propelled by growing anticipation over XRP ETFs, especially after the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recognized multiple filings in early February.
However, it was Brazil that approved the world’s first spot XRP ETF. The fund, set to launch on the B3 exchange, will be managed by Hashdex with administrative support from Genial Investimentos. At the same time, the SEC is examining spot XRP ETF applications in the US from leading asset managers including 21Shares, Bitwise, Grayscale, and CoinShares.
The divergence highlighted the trajectory maintained by established cryptocurrencies amidst heightened market volatility and profit-taking in speculative assets such as meme coins.
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Crypto Market Crash: $370 Billion Wiped
The post Crypto Market Crash: $370 Billion Wiped Out as Bitcoin$BTC Hit 3 Month Low Price appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News The crypto market is facing a sharp drop today, with its total value falling nearly 8% to around $2.90 trillion. This has made the entire crypto market losing over $370 billion in value since last week. The sudden crash has also led to massive liquidations, with $1.51 billion lost in the last 24 hours. Crypto Market Trading In Red In the last 24 hours, around $150 billion has vanished from the crypto market, triggering panic among traders. Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market cap, has dropped nearly 8%, reaching a three-month low of $87,000 before settling at $89,470. Altcoins have suffered even bigger losses, with major assets like Ethereum, XRP, Solana, and Cardano falling between 10% and 20%. Even memecoins, which were booming recently, have been hit hard as Doge is down almost 10%, followed by Shiba Inu, Pepe, and the Official Trump token. The market crash followed recent remarks from President Trump announcing that the U.S. would move forward with tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico. He argued the U.S. was treated unfairly and confirmed tariffs would start as planned, raising concerns about the earlier pause ending soon. Citadel News and Bybit Hack Add to Fears Another unexpected factor was the market’s reaction to Citadel Securities’ announcement. The $65 billion financial giant said it was entering the crypto space as a liquidity provider. Instead of boosting confidence, this news led to more selling, as investors reacted negatively. At the same time, the Bybit exchange was hit by a huge hack on February 21st. According to Arkham Intelligence, this is the biggest financial hack in history, even bigger than the $611 million PolyNetwork hack in 2021. Events like these shake investor trust and make people more cautious. Is This a Market Crash or Just a Pullback? Although things look bad, history shows that crypto often sees big drops before recovering. Bitcoin has fallen by 10% or more many times in past bull runs and bounced back stronger. Right now, the stock market is unstable, and investors are being more careful. But te key question is whether this is just a short-term dip or the start of a longer downturn. Only time will tell.
Crypto market turns risk-off: Where are Bitcoin and meme coins headed?
Bitcoin corrects nearly 6% on Tuesday, down to $86,400.
Meme coins on Solana and blue-chip tokens like Dogecoin, Shiba Inu, Pepe and TRUMP start recovering.
Analysts at Nansen identify a risk-off
sentiment among crypto traders and commented on catalysts driving Bitcoin's price lower.
Bitcoin ($BTC ) traders faced over $746 million in liquidations in the past 24 hours, according to Coinglass data. Meme coins led the market crash last week, with developments surrounding $TRUMP and $MELANIA and the $1.4 billion exc hange hack, where stolen funds were laundered through Solana meme coins.
Bitcoin stabilizes at support, meme coins begin recovery
Crypto price data shows that Bitcoin stabilized above the $86,000 level on Tuesday after it slipped under the $90,000 level. BTC wiped out nearly 6% of value on the day, and derivatives traders faced $746 million in liquidations in a 24-hour timeframe.
Pepe 社群媒體數據
過去 24 小時,Pepe 社群媒體情緒分數是 3.2,社群媒體上對 Pepe 價格走勢偏向 看漲。Pepe 社群媒體得分是 59,038,758,在所有加密貨幣中排名第 7。
根據 LunarCrush 統計,過去 24 小時,社群媒體共提及加密貨幣 1,058,120 次,其中 Pepe 被提及次數佔比 3.43%,在所有加密貨幣中排名第 9。
過去 24 小時,共有 78,426 個獨立用戶談論了 Pepe,總共提及 Pepe 36,306 次,然而,與前一天相比,獨立用戶數 減少 了 4%,總提及次數增加。
Twitter 上,過去 24 小時共有 1494 篇推文提及 Pepe,其中 28% 看漲 Pepe,14% 篇推文看跌 Pepe,而 58% 則對 Pepe 保持中立。
在 Reddit 上,最近 24 小時共有 98 篇貼文提到了 Pepe,相比之前 24 小時總提及次數 減少 了 13%。
社群媒體資訊概況
3.2