Analyst: Market funds are rotating back to BTC from altcoins

Cryptocurrency market funds that had shifted to altcoins are now moving back into Bitcoin, crypto analyst Darkfost wrote in a CryptoQuant post. Citing an analysis of Binance trading data, Darkfost noted that the altcoin trading volume share fell from a high of 59.2% in November to 33.6% as of Feb. 13. In contrast, on Feb. 7, BTC's trading volume share was 36.8%, Ethereum's was 27.8%, and altcoins' was 35.3%. He explained that an identical pattern was observed during market corrections in October 2022, August 2024, and April 2025. "Investors are returning to the relatively stable BTC to preserve assets during times of market stress, which is also consolidating its dominance," he said. This development follows an earlier report from Decrypt which stated that investors were turning to the altcoin market for speculative opportunities while BTC was moving sideways.