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Altcoin breadth on Binance has deteriorated sharply, with a large majority of 
tokens now trading below a widely watched long-term trend level, an exhaustion 
signal that CryptoQuant contributor Darkfost frames as a liquidity problem as 
much as a price problem. In a post on X, Darkfost (@Darkfost_Coc) shared a 
CryptoQuant chart tracking the share of Binance-listed altcoins trading below 
their 50-week moving average alongside Bitcoin’s price. His headline claim: 
“LIQUIDITY CRUNCH PUSHES 83% OF ALTCOINS INTO BEAR TREND,” arguing that most 
investors exposed to non-Bitcoin, non-stablecoin assets are “now in 
significant difficulty,” particularly those still holding positions. Altcoin 
Breadth Breaks Down On Binance Darkfost’s chart, titled “Altcoins performance 
(Binance)”, shows the percentage of altcoins below the 50-week moving average 
rising back into historically stressed territory. In his latest read, 83% of 
Binance altcoins are below that threshold, a sign that weakness is not 
isolated to a handful of names but spread across the tape. He also pointed to 
an even more extreme episode earlier this month. “Since the end of the bear 
market in 2023, a new record was set on February 7, with more than 92% of 
altcoins on Binance trading below this key technical support,” he wrote, 
describing it as a post-2023-cycle high in downside participation. Related 
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Venture That stands in stark contrast to the conditions seen during earlier 
upside phases. Darkfost noted that in March 2024 only 6% of Binance altcoins 
traded below the 50-week line, and in December 2024 the figure was 7%. Outside 
of those multi-month windows, he added, at least half of altcoins remained 
under the threshold, behavior he characterized as meaningfully different from 
the prior cycle’s breadth dynamics. Darkfost framed the altcoin drawdown as 
inseparable from Bitcoin’s trend and the macro backdrop, suggesting that the 
market’s risk budget has tightened while altcoin supply has expanded. Related 
Reading: House Democrats Urge Treasury Probe Into Trump Family’s Crypto 
Venture “The market continues to be driven by BTC’s movements, which has been 
in a downtrend since October 2025 following an ATH at $126,000. At present, 
BTC’s momentum remains highly uncertain, with price still hovering at roughly 
46% of its all time high. Rising geopolitical tensions, particularly between 
the US and Iran, alongside increasingly hawkish projections and tone from the 
Fed expressed in the latest FOMC minutes, are making the current environment 
especially challenging for highly volatile assets such as altcoins,” he wrote. 
The chart itself marks BTC near the mid-$60,000 range, underscoring his 
broader point: in a regime where Bitcoin direction is unclear and macro inputs 
are hostile to duration and volatility, breadth in higher-beta tokens can 
deteriorate quickly and then stay impaired. Why The 50-Week Line Matters 
Darkfost emphasized the 50-week moving average as a long-horizon filter used 
by market participants to separate corrective phases from structurally 
constructive ones. When a majority of tokens sit below it, rallies tend to be 
narrower, selection pressure rises, and “alt season” narratives become harder 
to sustain without a decisive shift in liquidity conditions. He attributed the 
current setup to “the increase in altcoin supply across the broader crypto 
market combined with still constrained liquidity conditions,” a combination 
that can mechanically dilute marginal flows. In that environment, he argued, 
outperforming becomes less about broad beta exposure and more about 
understanding how market structure has changed. At press time, the total 
crypto market cap excluding Bitcoin stood at $943.46 billion. Featured image 
created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com

Altcoin Liquidity Crunch: 83% Of Crypto Tokens Slip Into Bear Trend

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