Market structure signal · Bitcoin cycle
Bitcoin dominance
Bitcoin’s share of the total crypto market — a read on risk appetite across coins.
Soon
Coming soon
Deferred — needs whole-market cap data we can’t self-source from a free feed yet.
Not yet in the index
What is the Bitcoin dominance?
Bitcoin dominance is Bitcoin’s market cap as a percentage of the whole crypto market. Rising dominance means money is rotating toward Bitcoin; falling dominance means capital is chasing altcoins.
It is on our roadmap but not yet live: dominance needs supply×price across thousands of coins, which we can’t compute from a free, self-owned source yet. We’re researching a free source and will add it to the index once it’s ready.
Coming soon — defined here for reference but not yet part of the index. It will be added once a free, independent data source is wired in.
How to read it
There's no magic threshold, but history gives rough bands. Think of these as context, not triggers.
| Zone | Reading | What it has meant historically |
|---|---|---|
| Risk-off | rising / high | Capital hiding in BTC; fear phase. |
| Neutral | sideways | No strong rotation signal. |
| Risk-on | falling / low | Altcoin chase; often late-cycle. |
It's a signal about months and cycles, not days. That's why CryptoMarketCycle blends it with the other signals rather than reading it alone.
Common questions
It is Bitcoin’s market capitalisation divided by the total crypto market cap, shown as a percentage.
It needs whole-market data across thousands of coins. We only use free, self-owned sources, so it is deferred until we have one — then it joins the median automatically.
Related signals
Bitcoin dominance is a coming-soon signal — not yet part of the 14-signal Crypto Market Cycle Index.
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