Top 10 Altcoins to Watch for 2025: The Next Big Crypto Gems

1. iDEGEN (IDGN)

Topping our top 10 altcoins to watch for 2025 is a newcomer straddling the lucrative narratives of AI and meme coins: iDEGEN. iDEGEN is conducting the most exciting social experiment with its unfiltered and unsanitized AI agent on X. Programmed to post hourly tweets and respond to every interaction, iDEGEN was developed to train its sophisticated AI on the mad genius that is Crypto Twitter. The result? An AI agent with the most based, outrageous, yet thoroughly redpilled takes. There are no corporate guardrails, no human oversight, and no regard for political correctness.

The best part? It’s still in its presale phase. Its adaptive pre-market auction is designed to rise and fall based purely on the market’s invisible hand. Consecutive buys within its 5-minute intervals pump prices, enabling early adopters to sit on gains before the inevitable moon when it launches. Moreover, this approach ensures IDGN token prices can withstand sudden shifts in sell-side pressure when it hits markets, allowing it to sustain its pump to the Citadel.

If you’re looking for the best presale left on the board in 2024, iDEGEN is your golden ticket.

2. Ethereum (ETH)

Ethereum had been languishing for most of the year compared to other altcoins that turned in sizzling gains—but its status as the #1 altcoin is virtually unassailable entering the new year. Ethereum has outperformed Bitcoin in terms of gains in the past quarter, even as the latter minted new all-time highs. A retest of its 2021 all-time high of $4878 is definitely in the cards, making right now a good time to buy low.

3. Solana (SOL)

No other altcoin has made such significant strides as Solana. Bottoming out in the single digits last January 2023, Solana surged back into the top 5 and minted new all-time highs by 2024, resulting in over a 10x for investors who bought in during its 2023 bottoms. Solana made its bones this year through its thriving meme coin sector, drawing in retail investment like no other. With Solana set for ETF application approvals in 2025, you can expect it to set new highs next year.

4. Cardano (ADA)

Cardano has largely underperformed regarding price action, but it has always prided itself on its research-first approach. Rome wasn’t built in a day, and ADA holders have reaped the benefits of its sensational run past the $1 mark in November and December. With founder Charles Hoskinson angling to work with the incoming administration on crypto policy, Cardano could gain momentum to hit new all-time highs in 2025.

5. TRON (TRX)

Since its origins as a decentralized content-sharing platform, TRON has evolved. It has become a major player in the DeFi ecosystem and the cross-border payments industry. With a stablecoin capitalization second only to Ethereum, TRON emerged in 2024 as the preferred blockchain network for stablecoin payments due to its scalability, low fees, and instantaneous speeds.

6. Avalanche (AVAX)

Avalanche was one of the hottest cryptos of 2021, surging to all-time highs of $147 at its height. With the rate of development led by major financial institutions on the Avalanche blockchain, AVAX’s discounted prices, ranging at the $40 mark, could be an optimal buy-low opportunity ahead of what could be a big year for DeFi in 2025.

7. Chainlink (LINK)

Decentralized oracle provider Chainlink has been often criticized for its poor price performance relative to other altcoins—but slow and steady is winning the race for LINK marines. With its position as the oracle provider of choice for leading DeFi apps, Chainlink is set for a pump in a year when many expect DeFi to bounce back. This could translate to a big-time boost for LINK.

8. Toncoin (TON)

2024 was undoubtedly Toncoin’s breakout year. The Telegram-adjacent Layer-1 blockchain protocol surged to prominence from its bustling Web3 gaming, DeFi, and meme coin sectors. Its native integration with the world’s fastest-growing social messaging app, Telegram, could send TON prices off the charts in 2025.

9. Stellar (XLM)

Stellar had long been written off as a curio from bull runs past. But the XRP-adjacent cross-border payment solution flipped the script on that narrative by enabling smart contract development on its platform earlier this year with the Soroban update. Since then, XLM prices have increased 4x from the beginning of November, giving it plenty of momentum ahead of 2025.

10. Polkadot (DOT)

Polkadot is another L1 also-ran from 2021, poised to make a resurgence in 2025. As evidenced by its prices rising by 4x from the $3 range in November to peak at just under $12 at the beginning of December, Polkadot has plenty of pump potential yet