Altcoin Season Looms as Santiment Spots Market Shift
Get ready—the crypto underdogs are gearing up for their moment. Santiment’s latest data suggests altcoins are primed to break out, with historical patterns pointing to an imminent rally.
Forget Bitcoin’s dominance—small-cap tokens are flashing buy signals. On-chain metrics show retail piling into altcoin projects while Wall Street hedgies remain distracted by ETF paperwork and compliance theater.
Will this be another 2017-style frenzy or a calculated surge? Either way, the smart money’s already positioning. Just don’t expect your bank’s ’crypto specialist’ (read: intern with a Coinbase account) to understand why.
Altcoin Price Action Heats Up
Over the past week, major altcoins such as Cardano ADA $0.72 24h volatility: 0.9% Market cap: $25.75 B Vol. 24h: $828.92 M , XRP XRP $2.29 24h volatility: 1.6% Market cap: $133.84 B Vol. 24h: $3.02 B , and Dogecoin DOGE $0.18 24h volatility: 1.3% Market cap: $26.71 B Vol. 24h: $1.20 B have posted healthy gains of around 10%.
Meanwhile, the Crypto Fear & Greed Index has moved back into the “Greed” zone after weeks of macroeconomic uncertainties, which is another signal that investors are gearing up for renewed bullish action.
This comes amid growing political support under Trump’s administration and increasing altcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) filings by asset management giants.
As per the data by TradingView, the crypto total market cap, excluding BTC, shows a steady uptrend, with the value recently reclaiming the $1.05T mark.
Crypto total market cap excluding BTC | Source: TradingView
The Fibonacci retracement from the previous high to the recent low suggests strong resistance around the 0.5 level at $851B, which has now been convincingly broken. RSI sits at 62, indicating growing bullish momentum without being overbought.
Meanwhile, the MACD shows a bullish crossover with widening divergence, suggesting further upside potential. If the current trend holds, the market could target the $1.2T zone next.
Here’s my Big Altcoin Bull Run Portfolio:
♦️Major Altcoins 👇👇
▪️ $SUI – #SUI 👉: 75 $
▪️ $APT – #APT 👉: 125 $
▪️ $LINK – #LINK 👉: 250 $
▪️ $HBAR – #HBAR 👉: 75 $
▪️ $DOT – #DOT 👉: 80 $
▪️ $NEAR – #NEAR 👉: 75 $
▪️ $ICP – #ICP 👉: 100 $
▪️ $ONDO – #ONDO…
— @CryptoELlTES (@CryptooELITES) April 28, 2025
Analyst group Crypto Elites has shared bullish price targets for several top altcoins on X. It projected that Sui SUI $3.54 24h volatility: 7.8% Market cap: $11.52 B Vol. 24h: $2.00 B could surge to $75, Aptos [NC] might reach $125, and Chainlink LINK $15.14 24h volatility: 1.3% Market cap: $9.95 B Vol. 24h: $383.78 M could rise to $250.
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