{"id":50049,"date":"2026-07-16T18:29:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T18:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptd.in\/forget-bitcoin-bottom-analyst-says-these-altcoins-could-move-first\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T18:29:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T18:29:19","slug":"forget-bitcoin-bottom-analyst-says-these-altcoins-could-move-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptd.in\/et\/forget-bitcoin-bottom-analyst-says-these-altcoins-could-move-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Forget Bitcoin Bottom: Analyst Says These Altcoins Could Move First"},"content":{"rendered":"

Crypto trader Axel Bitblaze has laid out a fresh market thesis built on a video from analyst Taiki Maeda, arguing that assets like Hyperliquid (HYPE), Lighter (LIT), and Zcash (ZEC) are already trading like winners of the next cycle while most investors are waiting for a fourth-quarter bottom.<\/p>\n

He says that markets tend to move before the crowd agrees a bottom has formed, so the better window to position could be mid-to-late Q3 and not whenever things look safe.<\/p>\n

The Case for HYPE, LIT, and ZEC<\/h2>\n

On July 15, Maeda shared a video on his X account in which he said<\/a> that crypto was bottoming and that he would be longing HYPE, LIT, and ZEC.<\/p>\n

His take was expanded on by Bitblaze in a July 16 post, who noted<\/a> that Hyperliquid has bought back about 3.4% of the circulating HYPE supply this year, allowing the token to perform well even as sector mainstays such as Bitcoin (BTC) struggled.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf BTC volatility causes another $HYPE dip without changing its fundamentals\u2026 that could be an accumulation opportunity,\u201d wrote the analyst.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Lighter\u2019s LIT token was presented as a higher-risk alternative, with Bitblaze crediting its reported partnership with Robinhood for giving the decentralized perpetual exchange access to a much wider audience. He also noted that buybacks have removed more than 6% of LIT\u2019s circulating supply, helping to push it to an all-time high on the second-to-last day of 2025, when many altcoins were losing ground.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, ZEC carries the most caution. In his market update video, Maeda said he sold the privacy coin after the discovery<\/a> of a vulnerability in its Orchard shielded pool that could have allowed bad actors to create unlimited amounts of fake ZEC, triggering a 60% collapse. He did, however, buy most of the ZEC back after reassessing the project\u2019s outlook, with the Ironwood upgrade set for July 28 expected to introduce stronger quantum resistance and use formal verification to reduce the risk of hidden bugs.<\/p>\n

That update, according to Bitblaze, could help push up the asset\u2019s price. Recall that last week, Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox said that they were close to producing a mathematical proof that Ironwood\u2019s new shielded pools have no undetectable counterfeiting bugs, taking<\/a> ZEC\u2019s price past $500.<\/p>\n

The token is trading at about 0.8% of Bitcoin\u2019s market cap, and per Maeda\u2019s model, it could go anywhere between $650 and $700 if that ratio climbs back to 1%.<\/p>\n

Traders Urged Not to Wait for Bitcoin<\/h2>\n

Bitblaze said that crypto has been in a bear market since the euphoria experienced in mid-2025 when ETH was closing in on $5,000. Now, people are waiting for the bottom, which, according to him, has been penciled in for Q4 2026.<\/p>\n

But he believes the market has a tendency to \u201cfront-run what everyone expects,\u201d meaning it is better for traders to start positioning themselves between August and September \u201cbefore the recovery becomes obvious.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cDon\u2019t wait for Bitcoin and the entire market to look perfect,\u201d the analyst advised. \u201cThe next winner usually starts separating from the market before everyone accepts that the bottom is forming.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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