Altcoin season explained, 17 of 50 coins beat Bitcoin: what to watch now

The information provided in this article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Cryptocurrency investments carry a high degree of risk. Always conduct your own research.An altcoin season is a ratio, not a mood: only when 75 percent of the large coins beat Bitcoin over 90 days does it count as confirmed. We measured the three metrics behind it ourselves and show where they mislead.An altcoin season is the period in which the majority of large cryptocurrencies beat Bitcoin over several months. That is not a mood and not a feeling but a ratio: an index counts how many of the largest coins have performed better than Bitcoin over a fixed window. If that ratio reaches 75 percent or more, the altcoin season counts as confirmed. On October 23, 2026 it sits clearly below that. This piece explains how to recognise an altcoin season, which metrics are fit for the job and which only look like it. It names no coins and no buy signal, but the quantities you can work out yourself, and the places where the common indicators mislead. Altcoin season: what the term makes measurable and what it does not An altcoin is any cryptocurrency other than Bitcoin. The term...