The majority of cryptocurrencies have increased significantly in price since their inception. However, the market capitalization of Bitcoin has often been higher than that of all other cryptocurrencies put together.
The lowest ever Bitcoin dominance percentage has been 35%, which was reached in January 2018. Interestingly enough, this was the time when the price of BTC was at an all-time high.
Bitcoins’ market cap dominance is currently at 68%.
Twitter analyst @davthewave has projected a movement in which Bitcoin continues to assert its dominance until the end of 2019.
According to him, the bitcoin market cap is trading inside an ascending wedge and will continue doing so for the rest of the year and afterward, it will break down. This seems reasonable since alternate coins have not increased for a very long period of time. If they were to do so, the market cap dominance of bitcoin would decrease as a result.Still on track…. pic.twitter.com/ksxuoezib3
— dave the wave🌊🌓 (@davthewave) October 14, 2019
Resistance and Wedge
BTC’s market cap dominance has been trading inside an ascending wedge since January 2018, when it reached the aforementioned low of 35%.
The main resistance area is at 77%, as evidenced by the May and July 2017 highs. If the price continues to increase at the rate predicted by the wedge, it will reach it in early 2020.
Technical Indicators
Looking at the RSI, we can see a strong developing bearish divergence.
However, since the market cap dominance is not actually traded in an exchange, it seems somewhat futile to use indicators to predict its movement.
However, we can try to make a prediction for future movement by using finding similarities between Bitcoin’s price movement and the market cap of altcoins.
Consolidation
The alternate coin market cap is outlined in the graph below with candlesticks, while the orange line represents the price of Bitcoin.
We can see that whenever the Bitcoin price reaches a high, the altcoin market cap usually reaches a low. This was especially evident in December 2017.
However, when Bitcoin consolidates, the altcoin market cap increases.
This seems reasonable since investors look to take out money from Bitcoin and flow that into altcoins in search of higher returns.
This was especially true at the beginning of 2019, prior to the current upward trend. During that period, the rate of increase of altcoins surpassed that of BTC.
Therefore, if the price of Bitcoin were to consolidate, we could see further increases.
BeInCrypto has discussed the possibility of bitcoin consolidating in one of our previous articles.
Do you think the Bitcoin market cap dominance will begin to decrease? when will it start to do so? Let us know in the comments below.
Disclaimer: This article is not trading advice and should not be construed as such. Always consult a trained financial professional before investing in cryptocurrencies, as the market is particularly volatile. Images are courtesy of Shutterstock, TradingView.
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Valdrin Tahiri
Valdrin discovered cryptocurrencies while he was getting his MSc in Financial Markets from the Barcelona School of Economics. Shortly after graduating, he began writing for several different cryptocurrency related websites as a freelancer before eventually taking on the role of BeInCrypto's Senior Analyst.
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Valdrin discovered cryptocurrencies while he was getting his MSc in Financial Markets from the Barcelona School of Economics. Shortly after graduating, he began writing for several different cryptocurrency related websites as a freelancer before eventually taking on the role of BeInCrypto's Senior Analyst.
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