BTC just climbed out of a 59K hole while the Fear & Greed index was flashing Extreme Fear.

Most people were watching the bottom. Smart money was watching something else: the distance between where alts are NOW and where they’ve been.

$SOL is still 40%+ below its all-time high. $XRP hasn’t returned to its post-ruling euphoria peak. Both are trading like the cycle peaked months ago — yet the infrastructure under both got meaningfully better this quarter.

Here’s what I keep coming back to: the gap between alts and their ATHs isn’t just noise. It’s the opportunity. BTC recovered first — it always does. Institutions front-ran via ETFs. $250B in stablecoin dry powder is sitting idle. FOMC is in 3 days (fear is already priced). Clarity Act hits July 4th.

The setup for a proper alt rotation is one of the cleaner ones I’ve seen this cycle. Not because the market is easy — it isn’t — but because the macro catalysts are stacked and the discount is real.

Alt season doesn’t start when prices are already moving. It starts when nobody believes it’s possible.

We’re in that window.

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