According to TA and many experts, the final bull run leg is imminent. We’re in a sideways chop before there should be the big breakout. At the same time, we can also still see a pullback to $100k or even to $98K. Don’t let that surprise you or shake you out. Now is the time to stay calm and focused. AND, to accumulate altcoins.
We may not see the current prices for altcoins anymore for quite a while. So, it’s important to position yourself carefully. Choose wisely, and you could reap the rewards later this year. So, that’s why today I will look into three altcoins that you should keep an eye out for the second half of 2025.
Solana ($SOL)
Solana ($SOL) is in the middle of their ‘Accelerate’ conference. That’s their yearly meet-up, which should be loaded with news and updates. This year it takes place in New York City between 19th and 23rd May. This comes straight after the Solana Crossroads conference in Istanbul, Turkey finished last week. Busy days for everyone who supports Solana.
One of the reasons we may see crypto price increases is the FTX repayments. At the end of this month, the FTX Recovery Trust starts to repay $5 billion to creditors. A large chunk of this came from $SOL liquidations. However, it’s expected that a lot of this will flow back into the market. This could be a 25% to 50% injection into crypto and altcoins. $SOL should profit from this.
Solana is also cooperating with various leading projects in their respective sectors. For example,
- Chainlink launches Build on Solana. This is a program to help top startups build, launch, and grow in the Solana ecosystem.
NEW: @chainlink Chainlink launches Build on @Solana program to help top startups build, launch, and grow in the Solana ecosystem. pic.twitter.com/TkBU03sNwz— SolanaFloor (@SolanaFloor) May 16, 2025
- Ondo Finance launched a bridging solution for tokenized real-world assets to Solana. Its $USDY stablecoin can now move between Solana and EVM chains. LayerZero accommodates this. It starts with Ethereum, Arbitrum, and Mantle.
1/ A new era for RWAs begins on @Solana.
Today, we’re expanding our first-of-its-kind bridging solution for tokenized real-world assets to Solana.
Now, USDY, the world’s leading tokenized treasuries asset, can seamlessly move between EVM and Solana ecosystems via… pic.twitter.com/gokyBtfciH
— Ondo Finance (@OndoFinance) May 1, 2025
So, this is a good entry point into $SOL, with its price around $170. A 5x to 6x should be possible for $SOL during the next couple of months. One of the altcoins to keep an eye out for.
Sui Network ($SUI)
With the Sui Network ($SUI) we’re at one of the current fave projects. Not only at Altcoin Buzz, but in the whole crypto sector. Sui is a Layer 1 that currently has the strongest comebacks after each dip or pullback. It’s not only Sui that’s on fire, but its entire ecosystem is as well.
That Sui is firing on all cylinders is backed by some interesting stats. For example,
- In only two months, the protocol reached $1 billion in stablecoin supply. Most of it is its native $USDC, but it also $FDUSD, $AUSD, $USDY, or $BUCK.
Just reached 1B in stablecoin supply (USDC, FDUSD, AUSD, USDY, BUCK).
Probably nothing. pic.twitter.com/2qKDkPekZJ
— Sui (@SuiNetwork) May 16, 2025
- There’s also increasing institutional interest in Sui. For instance, Grayscale ranked Sui in the Top 10 assets by 1 week returns.
JUST IN:
SUI RANKED TOP 10 ASSETS BY GRAYSCALE@Grayscale ranks $Sui amongst Top 10 assets by 1 week returns. pic.twitter.com/aOfh3gCbD2
— Sui Intern (unofficial) (@suintern_) May 16, 2025
That has a few crypto experts make comparisons to how Solana moved in the 2021 bull run. They see $SUI make similar moves. To clarify, $SOL did a 171x in 2021. Now, in all fairness, I won’t expect $SUI to do the same, but it does show that there’s a lot more potential upside. See the picture below.
Source: X
The current $SUI price is $3.70 with a $12.3 billion market cap. $SOL’s current market cap is $83.6 billion. If $SUI gets to $SOL’s market cap, that’s almost a 7x. That would put the $SUI price around $25, which is quite realistic. Who knows, maybe it will even do better.
Chainlink ($LINK)
Chainlink ($LINK) is the market leader in the oracle sector. However, its price development looks like an underachievement, to no fault of its own. It has strong fundamentals, a team that keeps delivering, and a massive ecosystem. But still, if you look at the $LINK price chart, it should be much higher. At around $15, $LINK is a steal, in my humble opinion.
However, that could change with Chainlink’s recent involvement with JPMorgan. It worked together with Ondo Finance and Kinexys by JPMorgan. That’s JPMorgan’s private chain. Chainlink acted as a facilitator. It made the cross-chain connection possible between Kinexys and Ondo Finance. It connected a private chain with a public chain. Plus, it involved a Delivery vs Payment of an RWA asset. We’re talking about Ondo’s $OUSG stablecoin.
Really excited about Chainlink being used to connect JP Morgan’s private chain together with Ondo’s public chain for Delivery vs Payment of Ondo’s tokenized treasuries product in exchange for cash payment on the JP Morgan Kinexys chain. This is using the Chainlink Runtime… https://t.co/gH4cyb5cgR
— Sergey Nazarov (@SergeyNazarov) May 15, 2025
That’s massive news. It could also be a catalyst for the future price development of the $LINK token. To put this in perspective, JPMorgan is a leading provider of financial services. It works together, worldwide, with entities like corporations, governments, and institutions. For example, JPMorgan moves $10 trillion per day around. Using Chainlink for this, is a massive boost.
JP Morgan moves 10 trillion dollars every day and they are using #Chainlink$LINK #CCIP https://t.co/X7wU5ESf4V pic.twitter.com/0wjj45Bz67
— ⬡ cd ⬡ (@thecryptodawg) May 17, 2025
To get more inside information on this partnership, check my recent video. So, which one of these three coins is your favorite? Or did I miss your favorite project? Let me know in the comments. And as a reminder, don’t forget to join our lively discussions on our social media channels like X or Discord.
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