0 · dormant50 · rotation forming100 · full altseason
This is a weighted composite of six market
conditions, not a calibrated probability: no forecast event or horizon is
defined, and no out-of-sample record is published. The six carry different
maximums and score in tiers, so a higher reading means those conditions
are scoring higher on this scale — not that more of them are present, and
not that rotation is more likely by any date.
✓BTC BULLISH ●●●○
✓MACRO SUPPORTIVE
Capital in BTC; rotation forming.
Liquidity flows downhill. It starts at the Fed, passes through financial conditions into risk appetite, arrives at crypto’s door as stablecoin float, enters through Bitcoin, and — only when every upstream gate is open — rotates down the risk curve into altcoins. The number above is the reading at the bottom of that pipe. The five stages below show where the flow stands today.
Early signs of capital stepping down the risk curve — alts outperforming on the week — but dominance and ETH/BTC have not confirmed. Forming, not confirmed.
Passes downstream: The last gate. When it opens with the others, that is altseason.
Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3, and Stage 4 are open; Stage 5 only partly open. The cascade is flowing, so the model reads 39/100, with capital in btc. The reading changes when the triggers below trip.
▲ What would raise this reading
Macro 1/3 supportive (supportive: DTWEXBGS) — remaining non-supportive signals (DFII10, NFCI) all flipping supportive would strengthen the macro leg.
BTC.D currently 58.55% (8-wk MA 58.14%, +4.27% over 4 weeks) — drop below 8-wk MA OR flip to negative 4-wk change would strengthen the dominance leg.
ETH/BTC currently 0.031496 (8-wk MA 0.030994, +6.31% over 4 weeks) — sustained move above 0.035 with accelerating 4-wk change would entrench the ETH-leadership leg, already at its strongest.
Stablecoin total $311.1B (+1.07% over 4 weeks) — spot-volume confirmation (pending data wiring) would strengthen the stablecoin leg.
Funding (Bybit perps): ETH +0.0059%, SOL +0.0058%; 7/8 basket positive; alt mcap 24h not rising — ETH AND SOL positive, ≥ 4/5 secondaries positive, AND alt mcap confirmation rising 24h would strengthen the funding leg.
Top-100 breadth: 23/95 alts (24.2%) outperformed BTC over 90d (BTC +17.06%) — share outperforming BTC crossing 25% would strengthen the breadth leg.
▼ What would lower this reading
Macro 1/3 supportive (supportive: DTWEXBGS) — supportive signal(s) (DTWEXBGS) flipping hostile would weaken the macro leg.
BTC.D currently 58.55% (8-wk MA 58.14%, +4.27% over 4 weeks) — break above 60% with weekly close would confirm a deeper dominance regime, entrenching the dominance leg at its weakest.
ETH/BTC currently 0.031496 (8-wk MA 0.030994, +6.31% over 4 weeks) — close below 8-wk MA OR flip to negative 4-wk change would weaken the ETH-leadership leg.
Stablecoin total $311.1B (+1.07% over 4 weeks) — flip to negative 4-wk change would weaken the stablecoin leg.
Funding (Bybit perps): ETH +0.0059%, SOL +0.0058%; 7/8 basket positive; alt mcap 24h not rising — ETH AND SOL both flipping negative with ≥ 2 secondaries following would weaken the funding leg.
Top-100 breadth: 23/95 alts (24.2%) outperformed BTC over 90d (BTC +17.06%) — share outperforming BTC collapsing toward 0% with sustained BTC outperformance would entrench the breadth leg, already at its weakest.
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Follow one dollar through the cascade
STAGE 1A money-market fund yields a little less than last quarter. Money just got cheaper to leave parked.
STAGE 2Its owner, earning less on cash and seeing calm volatility, decides to take some risk.
STAGE 3The dollar becomes a stablecoin. It is now standing inside crypto’s front door.
STAGE 4It buys Bitcoin first. New capital almost always buys Bitcoin first.
STAGE 5Bitcoin stalls; the dollar goes looking for beta — ETH, then further out the risk curve.
TODAYMultiply by a few hundred billion and that’s altseason. Right now the dollar is paused at stage 5 (rotation down the risk curve) — which is exactly why the gauge reads 39/100.
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One idea runs this monitor.
Liquidity flows downhill — from the Fed to altcoins. Every panel below is one stage of that pipe.
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Stages 1–2: The money and the mood
Financial conditions tell you if money is cheap. Volatility tells you if anyone dares to use it.
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Stage 3: The door
Stablecoin float is money standing inside crypto’s front door. No float growth, no sustained rally.
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Stage 4: The entry point
New capital buys Bitcoin first. Bitcoin’s bias is the tide for everything else.
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Stage 5: The rotation
Altseason is capital walking down the risk curve — dominance falling, ETH/BTC rising.
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The gauge
The Altseason Conditions score is the reading at the bottom of the pipe. The triggers listed under it are exactly what would change the call. That’s the whole model.