{"id":51457,"date":"2024-08-18T01:14:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-18T01:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bitcoin-dominance-trading-altcoin-season-benjamin-cowen-crypto-trader"},"modified":"2024-08-18T06:49:43","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T06:49:43","slug":"crypto-analyst-doubts-bitcoin-dominance-is-going-back-up-to-70-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emilynews.com\/blog\/?p=51457","title":{"rendered":"Crypto analyst doubts Bitcoin dominance is &#039;going back up&#039; to 70% again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A popular cryptocurrency analyst doubts that Bitcoin dominance will return to the levels it reached in December 2020, before the asset&#8217;s price surged approximately 220% within three months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think it is going back up to 70%, my target for Bitcoin dominance has been 60%,\u201d Into The Cryptoverse founder Benjamin Cowen explained in an interview with David Lin on Aug. 17.<\/p>\n<h3>Analyst skeptical of Bitcoin dominance returning to previous cycle highs<\/h3>\n<p>Cowen explained that during \u201cmajor altcoin seasons,\u201d such as the one in 2021, Bitcoin (BTC) dominance \u2014 the ratio of Bitcoin&#8217;s market capitalization to the entire crypto market \u2014 tends to decline but \u201cslowly\u201d returns to its previous level after &#8220;the breakdown.&#8221; However, this cycle, he is more confident that even at Bitcoin&#8217;s peak, it won&#8217;t attract the same level of dominance seen in the past.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think there is room for Ethereum and many other cryptocurrencies,\u201d Cowen added.<\/p>\n<p>Cowen believes that Bitcoin dwill \u201cmake that final move\u201d towards 60% as early as September or as late as December.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of publication, Bitcoin dominance is 57.36%, up 4.25% since July 18, according to TradingView data.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2024-08\/b2ba896e-0854-4032-ad7a-81c5957dec23.png\" \/><figcaption><em>Bitcoin dominance is up 11.20% since Jan. 1. Source: TradingView<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Though pseudonymous crypto trader Kaleo recently told their 643,700 X followers that Bitcoin dominance may have already peaked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel fairly confident this is the cycle top for Bitcoin Dominance,\u201d Kaleo stated in an Aug. 9 X post when Bitcoin dominance was around 57.50%.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDidn&#8217;t quite hit the 60% I was expecting &#8211; which is a good thing because that would have been painful,\u201d they added. Kaleo believes that &#8220;the real&#8221; alt season begins when Bitcoin dominance falls below 50%<\/p>\n<p>Traders often look for signs that Bitcoin dominance is peaking as a signal to sell Bitcoin and shift capital into alternative assets, such as altcoins.<\/p>\n<h3>Bitcoin dominance playing field is different this cycle<\/h3>\n<p>In December 2020, Bitcoin dominance reached 70.23% before its price surged around 220% to $61,283 in March 2021, just four months later, according to CoinMarketCap data.<\/p>\n<p>Cowen noted that Bitcoin dominance is &#8220;trickier&#8221; in 2024 compared to 2019, when it peaked slightly above 71%, because the stablecoin market capitalization was significantly lower back then.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related: <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Bitcoin price bounces 4% as triple \u2018death cross\u2019 sparks sub-$50K warning<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cowen recommends combining Bitcoin dominance with crypto stablecoin Tether (USDT) dominance to calculate your \u201cflight to safety dominance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the Aug. 17 interview, he explained that the combined figure is about 63%, similar to the level in June 2019, before the United States Federal Reserve cut interest rates.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of publication, the combined dominance of USDT and Bitcoin is 63.07%.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Magazine: <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>AI may already use more power than Bitcoin \u2014 and it threatens Bitcoin mining<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Check <span style=\"background: #FDFBAC; padding: 1px 4px;\">other news for today<\/span> and Please stand by..<\/p>\n<p>*********************************<\/p>\n<p>If one of the paying programs on our Monitor appeals to you, please support <em>EmilyNews<\/em> by registering for it on our website. 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