Popular crypto analyst and influencer, Kyle Doops, screens altcoins by relative strength rather than by how far they have fallen. BeInCrypto ran that test across the 20 largest non-stablecoin assets. Only 3 altcoins pass.
Bitcoin (BTC) is not among them. During a podcast, Doops was asked about a filter of altcoins trading less than 36% below their records. The Crypto Banter host did not dispute the framing.
The 3 Altcoins That Did Not Break
Most newcomers do the opposite, hunting whatever has fallen hardest.
“They look at, hey, what’s down 99.99% that’s at a massive discount. Let’s buy it. But instead, it’s better to look at what hasn’t been completely wrecked.”
Only HYPE, TRX and Monero clear the line. Below them, the field drops away. Chainlink is 78% down, Cardano 93%, Polkadot 98%.
Hyperliquid Proved the Screen
Doops named Hyperliquid his strongest example on August 28, when the interview was recorded.
“Pretty much trading at all-time highs, which is absolutely unbelievable when you consider that Bitcoin is still down massively off of its all-time highs.”
HYPE price hit an all-time high of $89.60 on September 6. It has since eased back to $78.82.
His TRON case rests on a cup-and-handle pattern. The 100% extension sits at $0.4359, fractionally above the $0.4313 record.
The Zcash Problem
The screen has a blind spot. Doops showed Zcash at $791 and liked the structure.
However, ZEC fails his own filter at 64% below its 2016 peak. It has since gained roughly 120% in a month and cleared $1,000 for the first time in nearly a decade. Privacy coins are the only sector above Bitcoin’s October 2025 high.
Investor Dan Held says Bitcoin whales urged him to buy ZEC months before the move. Buying only what has not been wrecked would have missed it.
On Solana, now 66% down, Doops was blunt.
“You have to call a spade a spade… as great as the narrative is, it’s still 64% down.”
He describes altcoins instead as “a short-term vehicle to rotate capital” back into Bitcoin.
“History would suggest that it’s probably not a great idea to be an altcoin investor.”
His own test once found one coin that beat Bitcoin cycle after cycle. Dogecoin now trades 89% below its high.
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