Best Crypto to Buy Now: Altcoin Season Heats Up with Ethereum Leading the Charge

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• Ethereum posts first monthly positive returns in 2025 following whale and ETF buying pressure, surging 46% in May as whales boosted their balance by 1.4 million ETH.
• Analysts say Ethereum’s breakout versus Bitcoin could trigger a 250x altcoin market rally, with ETH/BTC forming bullish cup-and-handle patterns targeting 55% upside.
• Bitcoin Pepe raises $13.6m in its extended presale, timing perfectly with the altcoin rotation as the world’s first Bitcoin Layer 2 meme ICO prepares massive exchange announcements for June 17th

The altcoin rotation everyone has been waiting for has just kicked into gear. Bitcoin’s stranglehold on the market is cracking.

Ethereum just posted its first positive monthly return in 2025, rallying 46% in May as institutional money floods back into altcoins. Meanwhile, whale addresses holding between 10K-100K ETH grew their holdings by a massive 1.4 million ETH during the month—the largest monthly whale buying pressure since July 2022.

Institutional investors poured $494 million into Ethereum ETFs during May—nine straight days of buying that shows they’re betting big on higher prices. 

Ethereum is forming some interesting patterns that historically precede massive altcoin runs.

When you look at the ETH/BTC chart, it’s showing patterns that historically appear right before major altcoin rallies begin. When Ethereum starts outperforming Bitcoin, it signals that investors are rotating money out of Bitcoin and into alternative cryptocurrencies.

Above: ETH/BTC ratio breaks higher, which may stimulate a huge altcoin season soon. Source: TradingView. 

Analyst Trader Tardigrade believes Ethereum’s breakout versus Bitcoin could initiate the altseason in 2025, taking cues from periods when Ether’s outperformance versus Bitcoin has coincided with massive rallies in the altcoin market, namely the 2,500%-plus gains during the 2020-2021 crypto bull market.

$ETHBTC is forming a Bullish Cup and Handle pattern