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The altcoin market needs to see a significant rally if crypto projects want to continue receiving a healthy amount of venture capital funding, according to one crypto analyst.
Unless altcoins see a “substantial bull market,” fewer crypto projects will be funded, leading to lower valuations across the altcoin market, Reflexivity Research co-founder Will Clemente <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://x.com/WClementeIII/status/1833898689393287233" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" text="null" title="https://x.com/WClementeIII/status/1833898689393287233">said</a> in a Sept. 12 X post.&nbsp;
<h2 id="clemente-expects-dispersion-of-funds">Clemente expects “dispersion” of funds</h2>
However, Clemente doubts the altcoin market’s chances of achieving such a rally.
“With the amount of supply coming onto the market, I expect dispersion and am just not confident this will happen,” he wrote.&nbsp;
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 Altcoin market dominance, excluding the top 10 cryptocurrencies, has plunged 23.10% over the past six months. Source: TradingView
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CoinMarketCap has <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/article/4c191fce-5816-49d5-a2cb-4e95c6026eb2" rel="null" target="null" text="null" title="null">said</a> that it tracks over 8,000 cryptocurrencies and that it’s difficult to determine “the exact number” of existing tokens.
Clemente explained that the heavy investment in altcoins — seen as high-risk, high-reward assets — is falling short of market performance standards.
“My point is that too much money was given to funds that are now clearly underperforming benchmarks by being majority allocating to ‘beta.’”
It comes as traders and analysts question whether the altcoin market will experience a rally similar to those in previous market cycles.
Glassnode lead analyst James Check <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/altcoin-season-different-crypto-analyst-pepe-bitcoin" rel="null" target="null" text="null" title="null">argued it won’t unfold as expected</a> because new crypto traders rush to buy the most speculative assets too soon.
“The joke has been told, everybody knows the punchline, and they’ve just gone straight to the punchline, and it is just not funny anymore,” Check said in an Aug. 29 episode of the Rough Consensus podcast.
<h2 id="other-analysts-remain-optimistic">Other analysts remain optimistic</h2>
However, other crypto traders are showing more optimism for the altcoin market.
“Some particular ones are doing great, through which we’re starting to show some momentum,” MN Trading founder Michael van de Poppe <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://x.com/CryptoMichNL/status/1834327309949829430" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" text="null" title="https://x.com/CryptoMichNL/status/1834327309949829430">wrote</a> in a Sept. 12 X post.
Related: <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/altcoin-bloodbath-token-prices-fall-double-digits" rel="null" target="null" text="null" title="null">‘No clear catalyst’ for bloodbath as top altcoins fall double digits</a>
“I don’t believe September is going to be worse; I think we’ll gradually accelerate upward from here,” van de Poppe added.
“Altcoins are undervalued. I’m buying,” pseudonymous crypto trader Mister Crypto <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://x.com/misterrcrypto/status/1834180654927413255" rel="null" target="null" text="null" title="null">added</a>.
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Meanwhile, Bitfinex analysts <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-altcoins-performance-show-possible-regime-change-bitfinex" rel="null" target="null" text="null" title="null">explained that altcoins have remained relatively</a> strong despite Bitcoin’s recent downturn, suggesting investors might be adjusting how they safeguard their capital during market uncertainty.
“The shift hints at a potential regime change where investors are exploring value in altcoins, diverging from the typical pattern of flocking to Bitcoin during downturns,” the analysts said on Sept. 9.
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