ALTS | TOP Altcoins for 2025

Altcoins are forever growing and expanding, but it's important to look at coins that have a future BEYOND the first month of trading.

Note that these will not be NEW alts, no microcaps, but rather alts that are worth considering in a portfolio.
Let's first run through the several distinct types of altcoins, each with unique characteristics and purposes. With that, I will list some of the top altcoins to consider for 2025 in that category:



Security Tokens
These represent ownership in a traditional asset, such as shares in a company. They are subject to securities regulations and offer fractional ownership.

Currently, the ones I'm watching are tZERO and SPiCEVC. The whole idea behind tZERO is to make trading digital securities just as easy and seamless as trading stocks on conventional markets. This makes it a game-changer for both investors and companies looking to tokenize their assets. SPiCE VC is a venture capital fund that’s making waves in the blockchain world by offering tokenized access to its portfolio. If you're not familiar with it, SPiCE VC is one of the pioneers in the security token space, and it gives investors the chance to gain exposure to a range of tokenized assets.
The SPiCE token itself represents a share in the fund’s future profits, making it a really interesting option for those who want to diversify their investments without going through the traditional venture capital route.

Payment Tokens
Designed to function as a digital currency, these aim to facilitate peer-to-peer transactions and act as a medium of exchange. Bitcoin is the original example, and many altcoins attempt to improve upon its features such as transaction speed or scalability.

1) XRP | XRPUSD
I'm no fan of XRP, but the potential collaboration with Bank of America could prove to be good for the price.

2) BNB | BNBUSDT
Initially created to pay for fees on the Binance exchange, now used in various applications and transactions.

Stablecoins
These aim to minimize price volatility by pegging their value to a stable asset, most commonly a fiat currency like the US dollar. This peg can be maintained through various mechanisms, such as holding reserves of the pegged asset (fiat-backed)/ using algorithms to manage supply (algorithmic stablecoins)

1) USD Coin (USDC) | USDC
Issued by Circle, USDC is known for its strong regulatory compliance and transparency. Circle is a regulated financial institution that holds reserves of US dollars and other highly liquid assets in segregated accounts at regulated financial institutions.

2) Tether (USDT) | USDT
Issued by Tether Limited, USDT is the largest stablecoin by market capitalization.

Utility Tokens
These provide access to a specific product or service within a blockchain-based ecosystem. They are not designed as investments but rather as a means of accessing functionality within a network or platform.

1) ETH | ETHUSD
Ethereum keeps growing, and its still the king of ALTs.

2) SOL | MEXC:SOLAUSDT
Sol could be regarded as a major competitor to ETH, and at the current moment still has a bright future.

3) TON | TONUSDT
Developed to offer payment services using technology created by Telegram, Toncoin could see growth in 2025.


4) ARB | ARBUSDT
Arbitrum is a Layer-2 scaling solution for the Ethereum blockchain, designed to improve transaction speed and reduce costs and could grow in 2025 and beyond.


5) AVAX | AVAXUSDT
Focusing on high performance and scalability, Avalanche supports the creation of custom blockchain networks and decentralized application.

Meme Coins
These cryptocurrencies often originate as jokes or based on internet memes and trends. They typically lack underlying utility or technological innovation and their value is driven primarily by community hype and social media sentiment.

1) DOGE | DOGEUSDT
Dogecoin is a classic, and still shows much room for growth both in upside potential (price) as well as adoption.

2) PEPE | PEPEUSDT
Pepe has grown to an impressive market cap, and seems to be one of the meme's that are here to stay. (At least for a while).

3) WIF | WIFUSD
Dogwifhat is a little scary, fairly recently released and still has to retest opening levels. However, there is a large hype surrounding it and the general market seems to be optimistic about its future.


_______________________

Note that these are just SOME of the great options. I'll do a dedicated post on promising microcaps soon.