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$BTC tagged $81,000, then came back into the $79,000–$80,000 range. That pullback is not a collapse. It is mild consolidation after a push. The market ran, took liquidity above $81k, and sat back down on the level that actually matters. As long as $79k–$80k holds, this still looks like digestion, not distribution. The bid underneath is still institutional. Spot ETFs keep printing net inflows. That is the part people skip when they only watch the wick. Funds did not leave because BTC failed to hold $81k for more than a minute. They are still absorbing. That is why the tape can look heavy and still refuse to break. $ETH is doing the same thing in its own way. Still stuck near $2,500, but not falling apart. That relative resilience is why some money is starting to look past the two majors. The idea of rotation is back. The proof is not. Names like $H, $LAB, $KAITO , $BEAT, and $SNDK can print a spike and still not mean anything. Activity is not leadership. A few hot ticks is not a follow-the-leader move. Capital right now looks like selective probing testing, taking a piece, leaving. It does not look like a full-risk bid spreading across the board. That is the difference between “alts are moving” and “altseason is here.” Collective upside needs volume and follow-through. This market does not have enough of either yet. Until BTC holds the $80k area and ETH stops treating $2,500 like a ceiling, the small-cap heat is just noise with a ticker. For most people, chasing the random hotspot is the expensive lesson. Waiting for a broader rotation is slower. It is also cleaner. Let BTC decide if $80k is a base. Let ETH decide if $2,500 is support. Let volume show up in more than five names at once. The market is still searching. Watching is not weakness. Forcing a trade into selective flow is.