Altcoins made you rich in 2017

Altcoins made you rich in 2021
And now this chart is all over CT again
It is promising something which doesn't make sense
Yes, around the current dominance level of Alts outside top 10, a bounce is likely.
But upside where most will do 20X ?
That is a big exaggerated.
Let me tell you why 👇
Everyone's pointing at the 2017 and 2021 peaks saying altcoins outside the top 10 are about to reclaim 20%+ dominance.
The trendline says so, right? Wrong.
In 2017, there were roughly 1,000 crypto projects. By 2021, that number exploded past 10,000.
Today, we're sitting above 40,000 listed tokens all competing for the same pool of capital.
More supply, same demand = structural dilution.
Dominance per project mathematically shrinks over time.
The upper trendline connecting those two peaks assumes the 2025/2026 cycle produces an even bigger altcoin frenzy.
But the game changed.
Bitcoin ETFs now suck institutional billions directly into BTC.
Liquidity is more concentrated than ever before.
We're currently at 7.39%, barely bouncing off the lower support line after years of bleed.
That lower trendline isn't a launchpad.
For most of these coins, it's a ceiling.
Two data points don't make a law of physics.
They make a coincidence.