Been seeing a lot of altseason talk coming back lately, and honestly the charts do look interesting. There's this whole narrative building around potential altseason 3.0 based on market cap patterns and some familiar technical setups. The OTHERS/BTC ratio just hit a bullish MACD crossover on the monthly, which hasn't happened since before the 2021 run. Some analysts are even pointing to February 2026 as a potential cycle inflection point based on historical timing windows.

But here's the thing - the altseason index is sitting around 31, which is still pretty low. That's basically saying Bitcoin is still leading the show, not altcoins broadly. Real altseason usually shows up when the index climbs significantly, meaning capital is actually rotating across the whole altcoin market, not just a few names pumping. So yeah, the technical setups look constructive and the timing models are interesting, but until that altseason index picks up substantially, it's more of a watch-and-wait situation. Could be early, could be confirmation building. Need to see if this actually breaks into a full rotation or stays choppy.