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Been watching the charts lately and it's getting interesting — Bitcoin dominance is cooling down, and that's usually when things get wild in alts. Not saying it's guaranteed, but this is typically how alt season plays out.
So here's what's on my radar: Ethereum's been lagging on the ETH/BTC pair, but that could flip fast if risk appetite comes back. Solana's got that high-beta L1 momentum going for it. Then you've got the meme coins — Shiba and Doge move when liquidity rotates into them. Sui's another one worth watching with that fast L1 narrative. And yeah, some people are eyeing Terra Classic for those speculative rotation plays.
But real talk — none of this happens unless a few things line up: BTC dominance actually drops, liquidity actually flows into alts, and we get that risk-on sentiment back. The alt season narrative also needs some fuel — could be memes, AI tokens, L1 hype, whatever.
What most people miss is that alt season doesn't pump everything at once. It rotates in waves. First L1s pump, then memes run, then AI tokens, then low-caps. It's a sequence, not a free-for-all.
If you're building a watchlist for the next alt season, don't sleep on the newer launchpad tokens and exchange ecosystem plays either. Smart money's already looking at those.
Current prices I'm seeing: ETH at $2.26K (down 0.41%), SUI at $1.22 (down 2.77%), TAO at $297.90 (down 4.42%). Dips like this are usually where the real accumulation happens before alt season really kicks off.