The cryptocurrency industry has experienced heightened volatility in the past few days as investors position their portfolios for maximum gain. Bitcoin (BTC) price briefly rallied above $70k on Monday before quickly retracing below $68k on Tuesday during the early Asian session.
While most of the altcoins led by Ethereum (ETH) slipped in the past 24 hours, speculation in the meme coin industry escalated.
According to the latest crypto oracles, meme coin projects such as Pepe (PEPE), Bonk (BONK), dogwifhat (WIF), and Floki Inu (FLOKI) registered positive results in the past few days.
Altcoin Season at Hand
After months of speculation and waiting, Bitcoin dominance has signaled the beginning of the macro altseason. From a technical standpoint, Bitcoin dominance closed last week below the macro-rising trend, thus signaling heightened crypto cash rotation to the altcoin industry.
Moreover, Ethereum’s price rallied more than Bitcoin’s in the past few weeks following the recent approval of spot Ether ETFs in the United States and Hong Kong.
Additionally, the ETH/BTC pair is retesting the upper border of a falling macro channel, which could lead to a further rise.
Crypto Whales Response
According to an on-chain data analysis provided by Santiment, Bitcoin whales, with wallet balances between 10k and 10k BTCs, have declined in the last two months. Similarly, Bitcoin transactions valued at least $100k have significantly declined in the past two months.
On the other hand, Ethereum wallets with at least 10k Ether have added nearly 22 million ETH units in the past 14 months. A similar behavior has been observed with XRP wallets, which have at least 10 million units in the recent past. Specifically, XRP wallets with at least 10M units have added 3.17 billion units in the past 16 months.
