Crypto analyst Micha\u00ebl van de Poppe posted on X on May 11 that altcoins are beginning to break out to the upside, running one to three weeks behind Bitcoin\u2019s move.<\/p>\n
If that lag holds, Van de Poppe says altcoins could deliver gains of 100-300%, depending on momentum and available liquidity.<\/p>\n
Van de Poppe has been one of the more closely followed voices in crypto through this cycle, and his reasoning<\/a> is fairly straightforward: Bitcoin moves first, altcoins tend to follow with a delay, and when they do move, the percentage gains are usually far larger.<\/p>\n \u201cIf Bitcoin went up 40% from the lows, altcoins can do 100-300% depending on the momentum and the amount of liquidity in the books. We\u2019re in that stage,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n That framing got some support from trader Mark Chadwick, who posted<\/a> that altcoins are \u201cflashing the strongest signals we\u2019ve seen in years.\u201d\u00a0He pointed to a breakout of a major falling wedge pattern and described last week\u2019s candles as the biggest breakout moves in a long time.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is exactly how major alt runs begin,\u201d he wrote, adding that the setup looks even stronger when you factor in the broader backdrop: expanding liquidity, the Russell 2000 hitting all-time highs, and the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 edging closer to passage.<\/p>\n That last point matters because the Senate Banking Committee is scheduled to meet on May 14 to consider the crypto market structure bill, putting it back on the calendar after previous postponements.<\/p>\n The White House is also pushing Congress for faster action, and if institutional money starts flowing into crypto under a clearer regulatory framework, Chadwick argued, \u201cthis market could move on an entirely different scale.\u201d<\/p>\n Van de Poppe also updated<\/a> everyone about his own altcoin portfolio. He has put in a total of $160,000 in the portfolio, which is currently worth about $78,000, down by about 50% from the time he bought in but still up from an earlier drop of 75%.<\/p>\n He plans to add another $40,000 in four monthly tranches through September 1, then stop. The reason for that is that he believes the market has likely bottomed and wants to focus on compounding returns rather than putting in more fresh capital.<\/p>\n Van de Poppe\u2019s comments have coincided with a broader improvement in crypto markets.<\/p>\n While Bitcoin was trading at around $81,000 at the time of writing, having been relatively quiet in the last 24 hours and gaining just 0.1%, per CoinGecko, the altcoin picture was more interesting, with several mid-cap tokens posting large gains during the weekend.<\/p>\n As CryptoPotato<\/em> reported, ONDO and JUP rose<\/a> more than 20% in a single day, with NEAR, ARB, and ICP also moving higher.<\/p>\n On the other hand, Ethereum is holding near $2,300, even though it dropped about 2.4% in the last 24 hours, while XRP was trading at around $1.45 after earlier rising<\/a> to a three-week high of $1.50. Meanwhile, their top 10 counterpart, Solana, climbed 11% on the week to around $95.<\/p>\n The post Analyst Predicts Massive Altcoin Rally After Bitcoin Run<\/a> appeared first on CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Crypto analyst Micha\u00ebl van de Poppe posted on X on May 11 that altcoins are beginning to break out to the upside, running one to three weeks behind Bitcoin\u2019s move. If that lag holds, Van de Poppe says altcoins could deliver gains of 100-300%, depending on momentum and available liquidity. Altcoins Are Starting to Move […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163652"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=163652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163652\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=163652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=163652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=163652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The Broader Market Is Starting to Cooperate<\/h2>\n