{"id":425990,"date":"2020-06-02T19:30:50","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T19:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/?p=425990"},"modified":"2020-06-02T19:34:37","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T19:34:37","slug":"bitcoin-crash-altcoin-season-profit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/news\/bitcoin-crash-altcoin-season-profit\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Crash May Be Profit-Taking To Prepare For Incredible Altcoin Season"},"content":{"rendered":"
As difficult it may be to believe, you’ve read that headline accurately \u2013 altcoins may finally be ready to break out against Bitcoin<\/a> and bring the battered and beaten asset class more in line with the recovery the number one cryptocurrency has had.<\/p>\n The first shot fired came today with the latest Bitcoin price flash crash, which appears to have been whales taking profit into altcoins ahead of an upcoming altcoin season.<\/p>\n This afternoon, Bitcoin price plummeted over $600 in less than five minutes<\/a> in a dramatic flash crash.<\/p>\n Crypto traders and investors scrambled to dump the asset without taking a larger loss in the selloff, further causing a cascade effect. The move also liquidated over $220 million worth of long positions<\/a> on the notorious crypto margin trading platform BitMEX.<\/p>\n What wasn’t as obvious, however, is the fact that much of the capital leaving BTC may have made its way into altcoins like Ethereum, Ripple, Chainlink, and others.<\/p>\n Related Reading | Crypto Exchange Coinbase Fails To Stay Operating During Explosive Market Volatility\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Last night’s pump into Bitcoin saw a crash in altcoins that almost immediately recovered<\/a>. As buyers further drove up the price of the first-ever cryptocurrency, a large player kicked off today’s selloff and potentially started a trend reversal.<\/p>\n Coinciding with the selloff in Bitcoin<\/a>, on the total altcoin market paired against BTC, altcoins pumped while Bitcoin dumped at the exact same moment the leading cryptocurrency asset crashed on the USD trading pair.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The number one crypto trading sideways is the prime environment for altcoins to thrive in, and a full-blown altcoin season is long overdue. It’s been well over a year since altcoins truly saw the upside, not counting the early 2020 rally that almost immediately got wiped out in the Black Thursday market collapse.<\/p>\n An altcoin season may soon be upon us, according to chart and date patterns.<\/p>\n Markets are cyclical and history often repeats. There are also strange correlations around dates that don’t always make sense.<\/p>\n For example, the BTC block reward halving which is said to be incredibly bullish for Bitcoin in terms of supply and demand appears to be a trigger for a powerful altcoin season.<\/p>\nBitcoin Flash Crash Potentially Sees Captial Flow Into Alts<\/h2>\n
Falling Wedge Breakout And Historical Recurrence Suggest Altcoin Season Is Finally Here<\/h2>\n