Binance Billionaire Says Crypto FOMO Is Coming as Altcoin Index Climbs

• Changpeng Zhao highlighted that CoinMarketCap’s Altcoin Season Index is on the rise, suggesting an altcoin rally could soon be here.
• Ethereum and meme coins are already leading the charge, echoing previous market cycles where altcoins outpaced Bitcoin’s performance.

Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has hinted that an altcoin rally might be on the horizon. In a post on X, he pointed to CoinMarketCap’s Altcoin Season Index, which has jumped from just 16 a month ago to 51 today.

“CoinMarketCap has an Alt Season Index feature. Not sure how accurate it is, but it is ticking up. FOMO season soon,” CZ said. For context, when this index crosses 75, it typically signals a true altcoin season, a period when altcoins outperform Bitcoin as traders shift their focus to the broader crypto market.

In the past month, capital has clearly been moving into altcoins. Bitcoin’s dominance has dropped to 61%, its lowest since March and the sharpest slide since June 2022, while the total crypto market cap has surged from $3 trillion to $3.8 trillion in just weeks.

Adding to the buzz, the Fear & Greed Index, a popular market sentiment gauge, currently sits at 70 “Greed, indicating that investors are feeling confident and aggressively buying. While this often signals strong momentum, it can also be a warning sign of a potential market correction.

Ethereum (ETH) has been on a tear, surging about 110% in just 90 days. Back on April 1, ETH was trading at $1,823. By the start of June, it climbed to $2,529, and today it’s sitting at $3,674. It’s not just Ethereum seeing green; Solana (SOL) has increased as well by 47% in the past 30 days.

Meme coins and smaller-cap tokens have surged, with BONK surging 149% and FLOKI climbing 128% over the past month, including a 33% jump just this week alone. This rotation isn’t new. During the 2021 bull run, altcoins rocketed up by 170% while Bitcoin’s price barely moved.

The same pattern seems to be playing out again: Bitcoin pumps first, then capital flows into altcoins. Notably, the Altcoin Season Index that tracks this trend excludes stablecoins and wrapped tokens, focusing instead on the top 100 coins listed on CoinMarketCap to measure pure price performance.

Analysts Say It’s Still Early

Market watchers believe it’s still too early to call this a full altseason because many traditional bull market indicators haven’t triggered yet. Henry, known as the “Lord of Alts,” explained that out of 30 major bull market top signals, not a single one has flashed yet, with metrics like Puell, MVRV Z-Score, and Mayer Multiple all still in the safe zone.

He noted that Ethereum is starting to attract attention, liquidity is shifting, and both staking and Layer 2 activity are picking up, but emphasized, “We’re still very early, so position yourself for what could be the most hated rally yet.”

This conversation comes at the same time as a BNB bull run. Today, BNB, the cryptocurrency used to trade and pay fees on the Binance exchange, hit a new all-time high of $809.37 and is still trading steadily around that level. Its trading volume has climbed by 11%, and its market capitalization now stands at $112 billion, ranking it as the 5th largest cryptocurrency.

Over just the past week, BNB has surged 16.23%, adding to the excitement across the market.