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

Mister Crypto
/2025.09.11 23:22:05
The author predicts that a new altseason is starting as money rotates into Ethereum and large-cap altcoins. To prepare, the author shares a personal portfolio of top picks across the DeFi, AI, and memecoin narratives, including $PEPE, $SOL, and $ENA. The strategy is to position now before the rally, with a plan to scale out of positions at new all-time highs.

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.

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