Altcoins are still being pumped up, and high-profile projects are being lifted. However, some of the tokens pumped in February $UNI, $ZROand $HERwhich eventually fell further.
Altcoin pumping is still possible, but increasingly unreliable. Short-term price increases indicate that crypto infrastructure can respond to short-term trading changes.
Several altcoins rose in February, seemingly defying the market weakness. One of them is $UNIThis is likely still associated with robust DEX activity. $HER We have come out of the doldrums. Other pumps included $ZRO And H.
Were all runners these days conditioned for the dump?
Several assets have skyrocketed recently, each gaining about 20-60% in 24 hours. For now, all the gains have disappeared and some are trading even lower than before.$UNI
> Excited about BlackRock investment news$ZRO
> Pumped by its own blockchain… pic.twitter.com/CXEMmno90T
— CryptoRank.io (@CryptoRank_io) February 20, 2026
But in the end, all the tokens were worse off than they were before the pump.
$HERThe rise coincided with the unlocking of multiple investor classes, challenging the market to absorb around $257,000 of tokens each day. $HER has a low percentage of tokens unlocked, falling in the lowest range since the token’s launch. $HER It traded at $0.59 after rising to $0.74 in February.
$UNI The month started near $5 but crashed to $5. $3.42near record lows. $ZRO It rose to $2.50 and then fell to $1.49.
Is the altcoin pump still happening?
Altcoin pumps are still occurring despite the weakening. $BTCETH, SOL and other blue-chip assets. In the short term, altcoins will be easily expandable through market makers. Some tokens have a limited market or are highly concentrated on one exchange, resulting in local pumps.
The altcoin seasonal index is as follows: 45 pointsneutral area between $BTC and the rest of the crypto assets. Some assets perform better in this range $BTCeven with dramatic pumps. As of February 20th, 16 altcoins have outperformed. $BTC In a period of 3 months.
However, most of the top 100 assets made significant cuts. $BTC.
Altcoins enter overbought zone
A small number of altcoins are currently entering the overbought zone after a short-term pump. Assets from previous up cycles are now coasting in neutral territory based on the Relative Strength Index (RSI).
As reported by Cryptopolitan, selling pressure on altcoins is near all-time highs, but the performance of some assets has been outliers.
One of the best performing assets is $kiterecently hit an all-time high of $0.26. $kite It is also one of the most overbought altcoins despite only entering the market in the past six months.
$kite is one of the newly minted altcoins, indicating that while there is still energy to drive new projects, it will not pull all its assets. |Source: Coin Gecko
$kite It rebounded against the market during one of the worst months in the cryptocurrency industry. This altcoin was listed on Binance, but unlike other projects, it did not crash. $kite The company also went against the grain somewhat, launching its product during what many at the time perceived as a bear market.
of $kite Rally has not yet demonstrated its sustainability and viability of the project. $kite is currently building a new L1 chain for agents, riding the headwinds of the AI agent narrative. This is an ambitious undertaking in a market already saturated with blockchain.
However, the short-term rally in altcoins shows that there is enough liquidity in the market to place short-term directional bets. So far, the reliability and liquidity of stablecoins has not translated into an overall market recovery, as traders remain cautious about liquidations.
