The Altcoin Season Playbook: My Top Picks for a Massive Rally

Altseason is starting.
Prepare yourself now.
These are the altcoins I’m buying right now, and why.
A thread 🧵
1) - Phase 2 (Ethereum)
The money rotation from $BTC to $ETH is happening right now.
$ETH is up +73% in Q3, and it’s only just starting.
But what comes next is even better…
2) - Phase 3 (Large-Cap Altcoins)
Once $TOTAL3 breaks out here, the real altseason begins.
Daily 40% gains will become normal.
The key is to position yourself before this starts…
So which altcoins am I buying?
Keep reading to find out 👇
3) - $BNB
Binance is the largest crypto exchange.
They’re burning tokens constantly.
CZ holds the majority of $BNB.
Obvious pick for any portfolio.
4) - $SOL
When altseason finally comes, memecoins will explode.
Most memes are on solana, a lot of adoption will come with retail.
New ATHs are extremely likely.
5) - $DOGE
Dogecoin should be a part of everyone’s portfolio.
Memecoins will do well in general.
But there’s another memecoin I like even more…
6) - $ADA
Retail will come back to crypto, see Cardano, remember the gains they made with it before, and buy it again.
Very obvious retail play.
7) - $LINK
Chainlink is showing strength right now and is clearly a bluechip, data-focused altcoin.
I bought Chainlink during the bear market bottom and I do think it will go even higher this bull market.
8) - $SUI
Sui is a strong layer 1. This is another coin I’ve nailed the bottom on many times.
The mister crypto community has benefitted greatly from this coin & I do think Sui will head higher from here.
9) - $AVAX
I hold some $AVAX in my portfolio.
I think it’s a pretty good coin and I’m bullish on it, but I do think other coins will outperform it this cycle.
10) - $ENA
I really like Ethena, made lots of gains with this coin and the fundamentals are very strong.
Great stablecoin volume, good price momentum and consistently shows strength.
11) - $PEPE
Pepe is my top memecoin. I’ve made more than a 100x and I do think it will go even higher from here.
This memecoin has an extremely strong community & is one of the most popular memes in the world.
Easy 10x from current levels in my opinion.
12) - $AAVE
Aave is a very strong and underrated DeFi coin with lots of different use cases.
Aave is my favorite DeFi play.
Extremely undervalued in my opinion.
13) - $TAO
Bittensor is one of the best AI coins out there right now.
Price action is good and I think the strong trend will continue.
14) - $APT
I really like Aptos, especially at these prices right now.
Undervalued relative to $SOL in my opinion, I’ve been buying the dip on Aptos recently.
15) - $ONDO
I’ve been opening up trades on Ondo recently and It’s been going well. Price action remains strong.
Lots of room for growth from here too.
16) - $KAS
Kaspa is an interesting bitcoin beta play.
It has underperformed recently, but the community is great & I do think Kaspa will rally from here soon.
17) - $ARB
I do hold Arbitrum in my portfolio, but it’s more of a 50/50 trade for me.
Good altcoin to consider adding to your portfolio, but not my top pick.
18) - $RNDR
Render is a great AI coin that also has a DePin narrative.
It’s still at relatively cheap prices right now.
I think this will be one of the best performing altcoins of the cycle.
19) - $FET
Fetch AI has a very similar narrative to Render.
Also at pretty good prices right now.
20) - $INJ
Cosmos Layer 2 coin, strong DeFi use-case with potential for growth.
I still hold a small amount of $INJ in my portfolio.
21) - $STX
Another bitcoin beta-play worth considering.
Looks extremely undervalued right now.
I’m considering buying more at these prices.
22) - Next steps
I will slowly scale out of most of my altcoins positions at ATHs, it will depend on momentum and I will keep you updated as we enter altseason.
I’m setting up multiple new positions over on WEEX to prepare.
Arthur Hayes is best known as the former CEO of BitMex. However, he is also an influential and provocative essayist and crypto commentator who was convicted, then pardoned, for violating the Bank Secrecy Act
Arkham/23 hours ago

This article argues that a recessionary crash is inevitable, based on the historic inversion and normalization of the yield curve. Despite a longer-than-usual delay, the author maintains a firm bearish outlook and predicts Bitcoin will drop to the $90K–$94K range. The author outlines a clear plan to sell spot holdings and take short positions in anticipation of this coming move.
Doctor Profit/3 days ago

A massive supply chain attack has compromised 18 foundational NPM packages, affecting billions of weekly downloads. Hackers pushed malicious code designed to be a crypto clipper, which silently swaps wallet addresses to steal funds. The incident was quickly caught, but it highlights a critical vulnerability in the core infrastructure of the crypto ecosystem.
StarPlatinum/4 days ago

The article argues that upcoming Federal Reserve rate cuts will inject trillions in liquidity, triggering a new macro cycle for crypto. This shift in capital from traditional assets to riskier ones is expected to ignite a massive altseason. The author identifies this as the perfect setup and lists several low-cap altcoins with high potential for explosive growth.
Pepesso/5 days ago

A look into the controversial history of crypto influencer Gainzy reveals a pattern of profiting from shilling and insider moves, not trading. The story alleges his involvement in an ICO rug pull and secret token sales as a sponsored streamer. Now on PumpFun, Gainzy is accused of crashing his own memecoin live on stream, with a new wallet profiting from his followers losses.
StarPlatinum/2025.09.05

The article argues that passive, buy-and-hold crypto investing is flawed, as it offers lower returns with far greater risk than the stock market. Instead, it suggests that crypto’s true advantage lies in active trading strategies. A simple long/short strategy, for example, demonstrated vastly superior risk-adjusted returns, proving that to succeed in the volatile crypto market, you must be an active participant, not a passive one.
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