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Key Takeaways What are the ingredients to make a true altcoin season? A range-bound Bitcoin price action coupled with a rapid drop in Bitcoin Dominance would signal that an altseason was well underway. How should traders and investors prepare for such a scenario? By the time these signals come, it could be too late. The TOTAL3 making new highs meant that it might be prudent for investors to assume more risk, hoping for greater returns than even Bitcoin can provide. The altcoin market could see a bullish boost in the coming weeks. The historically volatile month of September has been crossed relatively safely. Now, Ethereum [ETH] was challenging the supply zone at $4.7k, and Bitcoin [BTC] set a new all-time high on Sunday, the 5th of October. While the major crypto assets prepare to go into price discovery, what should the altcoins, large and small, expect? In a post on X, crypto trader and analyst Mags revealed why they were selling a part of their Bitcoin holdings and rotating into altcoins. Source: Blockchain Center It boiled down to superior returns, even though altcoins tend to face greater volatility and hence represent more risk. The altcoin season index was near the 75 mark at press time. This reflected a market on the precipice of an altseason, where BTC is outperformed by the wider market. Times are tougher now, and only selective alts are likely to rally enormously. Conditions are much different now compared to 2017, when the handful of crypto tokens tended to explode higher together, a true altseason. The analyst also noted that volume was coming back to altcoins, but saved the most important part for last. Altcoins tend to go vertical when… Capital rotation is a concept we shouldn’t forget. The higher BTC goes, the more profit the holders…

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