Taking advantage of the adjustment of BTC and meme sectors, funds rotated to Ethereum ecological tokens and unpopular altcoins. However, some old altcoins, such as xrp, ada, xlm, eos, etc., have increased more, and XRP has even returned to the top three in market value, with a total market value of up to 250 billion US dollars.

These tokens have a characteristic: after a long period of bottom consolidation, there are no hot spots and no concepts, and retail investors have few chips left. The market makers have a high degree of control, so even if the market value is large, the resistance to pulling up the price is relatively small.

But will this end the alt season early? BTC has risen, memes have risen, Ethereum alts are also catching up, and now the old unpopular coins are also starting to rise sharply. Is this the last round?

Compared to before, this cycle has more VC altcoins and meme coins, which to some extent has disrupted the original rotation order, but market trends and cycles generally do not change. The rally of obscure old coins does indeed indicate market risks to some extent; the winds can come quickly and leave just as fast. Especially since this cycle of altcoin season lacks an ecological narrative, the number of coins and total market value is much higher than in the previous cycle, relying purely on funds for the rally seems a bit hollow.

But when will the market end? It's hard to say; it requires obvious negative news or a general contract short squeeze. Some old coins with significant short-term gains can be considered for reduction, securing profits.

No matter what you're trading, focus on the leaders:

For example, in the Meme track, pay attention to the leading ones like PepeDogeShibPnutChillguy, etc.;

In the DeFi track, pay attention to Uni, Aave, Link, Crv, Ens, etc.;

In the public chain field, pay attention to Sol, Sui, Algo, etc.;

As Ethereum enters a slow oscillation upward, it is more suitable to look for those altcoins with good resistance to declines to buy in batches, aiming for higher returns in the upcoming rapid rise of Ethereum!

It's okay if you missed XLM/XRP/ADA, as long as you pay more attention to news and market trends, there are still opportunities.

If you haven't decided which coins to focus on yet, you can take a look at a few that I recommend.

SOL

In the hot year of 2021 for 'Alt L1', EVM-compatible L1s like Fantom, NEAR, and Avalanche absorbed the overflow traffic due to high Ethereum Gas costs.

Amidst this, Solana did not follow the trend but instead established a new ecosystem outside of EVM, and with the support of SBF, the founder of FTX, who was in his prime at that time, and the operations of the team itself, the price of SOL skyrocketed from less than 1 dollar when it was first listed to over 200 dollars.

However, as the overall market transitioned from frenzy to calm, and with the collapse of FTX, one of Solana's biggest supporters, SBF, was imprisoned, SOL fell to around 7 dollars, and many well-known NFT projects on Solana left, leading many investors to believe that Solana's story might come to an end.

Surprisingly for many, in this cycle, Solana revived by relying on Meme and, along with the rise of several ecological projects like the re-staking project Jito, the price of SOL soared, breaking the nearly 260 dollar high set in early November 2021 about a week ago.

HBAR

HBAR is the one with the lowest market cap among ETF applicants and is also a coin in the core concept sector of the understanding king.

Now upgraded to a public chain, it almost occupies all popular tracks, once marked with an observation label by Binance and then removed; there must be manipulation behind it, still the favored child of Grayscale, seriously undervalued.

Strong background support: The founder has a close relationship with Trump's team, bringing more potential resources and policy support to the project.

Deep cooperative resources: Close cooperation with large players like ADA and XRP, with significant ecological synergies.

The market has not yet fully focused on HBAR, but its undervalued state and future potential make it a point worth paying attention to!

BNB

As the only public chain that has truly diversified its ecosystem among 'exchange platform tokens,' BNB issued by Binance has left a deep impression in both bear markets and bull markets.

With the market recovering and Binance launching Launchpool and Launchpad projects at almost a crazy rate, BNB has also surged, breaking the previous bull market peak price on June 24 this year, reaching over 700 dollars.

Compared to the quiet exit of Huobi's HECO Network, BNB still has a lot of potential value to explore both within the exchange and on the BNB Chain.