OTHERS Market Cap: Altcoins Testing The Longterm Floor

This is not a short-term trade idea.
This chart tracks the total crypto market cap excluding the top 10 assets.
In other words, this is not Bitcoin, Ethereum, or the largest crypto names.
This is the broader altcoin market.
That makes this chart important for one reason:
altseason is not confirmed by one or two large-cap coins moving.
Real altseason requires breadth.
The structure here is very clear.
Since the 2022 collapse, OTHERS has been building a rising long-term floor.
2022 marked the first major reset low. 2023 formed a higher low. Now, in 2026, the market is testing the same rising structure again. This is the important zone.
Price is sitting near the horizontal support around the 165B area while also approaching the rising trend structure that has supported the market since the 2022 bottom. That creates a structural confluence:
horizontal support
+
rising floor
+
compressed volume
+
RSI still trapped under a long-term downtrend
This is why I do not treat this chart as random noise.
The broader altcoin market is testing whether the post-2022 structure is still alive.
But there is an important distinction: a floor test is not confirmation. For this structure to turn into a real rotation signal, I would want to see:
1. OTHERS hold the 165B support zone
2. price reclaim the lost range above the current base
3. RSI break the long-term downtrend
4. volume expand after the reclaim
5. ETH/BTC and TOTAL3/BTC confirm broader relative strength
Until that happens, this remains a floor test.
Not a confirmed altseason signal.
The invalidation is also clear.
If OTHERS loses the rising floor and closes below the 165B support zone with weak momentum, then the broad altcoin market is not ready for rotation.
That would suggest the lost-years phase continues. But if this floor holds and momentum starts to recover, the message changes. It would mean the market is not only seeing isolated altcoin pumps.It would mean breadth is starting to rebuild. That is what matters. Bitcoin can lead a cycle. Ethereum can trigger rotation.
But OTHERS shows whether the broader altcoin market is actually participating.
This is one of the most important breadth charts for Altseason Watch.
road altcoin market is testing the floor.
If it fails, rotation remains premature.
If it holds and breaks momentum structure, the next phase becomes much more interesting.
One chart can be noise.
Breadth is the signal.
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OTHERS (wide) 2w chart

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Altcoin Dominance

This chart tracks the total crypto market cap excluding the top 10 assets.
In other words, this is not Bitcoin, Ethereum, or the largest crypto names.
This is the broader altcoin market.
That makes this chart important for one reason:
altseason is not confirmed by one or two large-cap coins moving.
Real altseason requires breadth.
The structure here is very clear.
Since the 2022 collapse, OTHERS has been building a rising long-term floor.
2022 marked the first major reset low. 2023 formed a higher low. Now, in 2026, the market is testing the same rising structure again. This is the important zone.
Price is sitting near the horizontal support around the 165B area while also approaching the rising trend structure that has supported the market since the 2022 bottom. That creates a structural confluence:
horizontal support
+
rising floor
+
compressed volume
+
RSI still trapped under a long-term downtrend
This is why I do not treat this chart as random noise.
The broader altcoin market is testing whether the post-2022 structure is still alive.
But there is an important distinction: a floor test is not confirmation. For this structure to turn into a real rotation signal, I would want to see:
1. OTHERS hold the 165B support zone
2. price reclaim the lost range above the current base
3. RSI break the long-term downtrend
4. volume expand after the reclaim
5. ETH/BTC and TOTAL3/BTC confirm broader relative strength
Until that happens, this remains a floor test.
Not a confirmed altseason signal.
The invalidation is also clear.
If OTHERS loses the rising floor and closes below the 165B support zone with weak momentum, then the broad altcoin market is not ready for rotation.
That would suggest the lost-years phase continues. But if this floor holds and momentum starts to recover, the message changes. It would mean the market is not only seeing isolated altcoin pumps.It would mean breadth is starting to rebuild. That is what matters. Bitcoin can lead a cycle. Ethereum can trigger rotation.
But OTHERS shows whether the broader altcoin market is actually participating.
This is one of the most important breadth charts for Altseason Watch.
road altcoin market is testing the floor.
If it fails, rotation remains premature.
If it holds and breaks momentum structure, the next phase becomes much more interesting.
One chart can be noise.
Breadth is the signal.
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OTHERS (wide) 2w chart
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Altcoin Dominance

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▸ Crypto Cycles: cycle phase mapping, structural analysis
▸ Fractals: historical pattern, cycle anatomy
▸ Onchain
▸ Macro
▸ Market Psychology
▸Altcoin Charts
Subscribe on X → @Cryptollica
x.com/Cryptollica/creator-subscriptions/subscribe
▸ Fractals: historical pattern, cycle anatomy
▸ Onchain
▸ Macro
▸ Market Psychology
▸Altcoin Charts
Subscribe on X → @Cryptollica
x.com/Cryptollica/creator-subscriptions/subscribe
Exención de responsabilidad
La información y las publicaciones no constituyen, ni deben considerarse como, asesoramiento o recomendaciones financieras, de inversión, de trading u otro tipo, proporcionadas o respaldadas por TradingView. Obtenga más información en Condiciones de uso.