Bitcoin traded around $81,400 at the latest market check, holding above the $81,000 level after a strong rebound from its February 6 low. The move keeps BTC at the center of the current market recovery, with the asset up roughly 36% from that low while altcoins are still trying to rebuild momentum.
BTC dominance has also moved higher. CryptoQuant’s latest market-breadth read places Bitcoin dominance above 61.3%, back near levels last seen in November 2025. CoinGecko’s broader market dashboard placed BTC dominance lower, near 58.6%, showing that dominance can vary by methodology, but the direction of travel is similar: capital is still concentrated in Bitcoin before it rotates more broadly into the altcoin market.
That structure is typical of early recovery phases. Liquidity often returns first to BTC because it has the deepest books, strongest ETF access, and the clearest institutional demand. Altcoins usually need Bitcoin strength to settle before traders start taking more risk in thinner, higher-beta assets.
The latest crypto market snapshot showed the same broad pattern, with BTC holding the $81,000 zone as ETF inflows kept the rally alive and major altcoins followed more selectively.
Altcoins remain far from a confirmed rotation, but the internal picture has improved from February’s washout. TOTAL3, which tracks the crypto market excluding Bitcoin and Ethereum, is up roughly 15% over the same period. That move still lags Bitcoin, but it shows the broader altcoin basket is no longer sliding at the same pace.
The key breadth signal comes from Binance-listed altcoins. Only 2.3% of those tokens were trading above their 200-day moving average on February 6. That share has now risen to 11.7%, marking the first real break in the downtrend that had been in place since October 2025.
The 200-day moving average is widely used as a long-term trend filter. A larger share of tokens reclaiming it suggests that selling pressure is becoming less uniform. The improvement is still narrow, because nearly nine out of ten Binance-listed altcoins remain below that level, but the market is no longer showing only broad weakness.
Trading volume is also beginning to shift. Altcoin volume on Binance has risen from 31% to 49% relative to combined BTC and ETH volume over the past two months. That does not confirm an altseason, but it does show more capital moving back into speculative markets after a long period of caution.
The setup matches the wider altcoin season backdrop, where many tokens remain deeply damaged while selected majors and stronger narratives begin to rebuild. A healthier rotation would need BTC to hold its breakout, dominance to stop accelerating, and altcoin breadth to keep expanding above the 200-day average.
Bitcoin still controls the tape with price above $81,000 and dominance elevated in CryptoQuant’s model. The altcoin market is not leading yet, but the recovery is becoming easier to measure: TOTAL3 is higher, Binance breadth has improved from 2.3% to 11.7%, and altcoin volume share has climbed to 49%. A broader rotation would need those numbers to keep rising while BTC holds the $80,000 to $81,000 zone instead of pulling liquidity back into Bitcoin alone.
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