Bitcoin ($BTC), the undisputed frontrunner of the crypto sector, is currently trading at a price of $118,632, just 3.3% below its record peak of $122,838 reached on Monday.
As this flagship digital asset continues edging towards uncharted price levels, enthusiasm is spilling over into projects throughout the broader crypto market.
This surge in sentiment has driven top altcoins and the top meme coins—including TRON, Sui Network, Solana, Pepe, Trump, SPX6900, and FartCoin—to achieve fresh highs in recent months, strengthening expectations of considerable upside potential across both segments.
With confidence growing ahead of the next projected bull market, investors are honing in on select altcoins that could surpass their historical crypto price records.
Ripple (XRP): Dominant Remittance Crypto Displays Explosive Price Prospects
Ripple’s XRP remains at the forefront of bridging traditional financial networks with blockchain-enabled remittance systems.
The blockchain coin has been positively surging this week, rising 33% in the last seven days and 10% in the last 24 hours to trade at $3.26 as of this writing.
Offering near-instant cross-border transfers with minimal fees, XRP continues to attract institutional interest and was even recognised by the United Nations for its ability to facilitate global transactions without intermediaries.
Following years of legal wrangling with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ripple secured a major victory in 2023 when a court ruled its retail XRP sales were not securities transactions. In 2025, the SEC officially concluded the case, ending a four-year saga.
This legal closure cemented XRP’s regulatory standing, creating an important precedent for altcoins industry-wide. Consequently, investor confidence surged, driving XRP’s price up by 431% within a year—vastly outperforming Bitcoin’s 80% gains during the same period.
Currently oversold with a relative strength index (RSI) of 86, XRP is overdue a dip, but its former $3 resistance level may now flip to a strong psychological support level, allowing it to consolidate recent gains as it eyes $4, a target achievable even before the end of the month.
Earlier this year, technical analysis revealed a bullish flag formation, suggesting XRP bulls are now chasing a new all-time high (ATH) to replace its previous high watermark of $3.40 recorded in January 2018.
Pump.fun ($PUMP) The Newly Launched Crypto Underpinning Solana’s Meme Coin Factory Gets off to a Rocky Launch
The Pump.fun protocol launched on January 19, 2024, on Solana. It is a crypto launchpad, meaning it lets anyone with the will mint and launch cryptocurrencies—typically meme coins—and it gives each project a fair launch, meaning everyone can buy and sell a token when it is first created.
On July 12 this year, this veritable meme coin launch factory launched its native PUMP token and garnered $1 billion in investments within 12 minutes.
The team minted 1 trillion PUMP tokens (33% of the total supply) priced at $0.004 each. Of these, they sold 15% to retail investors during the ICO, and another 18% to institutional investors. The team thus raised $600 million during the ICO, and institutional investor participation pushed the total funds raised to over $1 billion.
While it’s too early to see trends forming, one thing the graph shows was a sudden pump followed by a sudden dump. Prices hit an ATH of $0.006812 yesterday before falling 21.4%. Of that figure, the last 24 hours account for 15% of the drop and now the token is trading at $0.005352, just 4.5% up from an all-time low (ATH) of $0.005126.
Given the fact that the token’s presale price was $0.004, the optics are not good, which is why the team has initiated buybacks in a bid to stabilize the price.
It may have been a volatile launch, but Pump.fun is an established protocol, and the team knows what it’s doing. Given the fact that meme coins on Solana account for $15 billion of the $79 billion meme coin market, there is little doubt that demand for this project will grow as it finds its feet in the market.
Cardano ($ADA): Will This Sustainable Ethereum Challenger Crypto Set New Price Records in 2025?
Interest in Pepe ($PEPE) continues to climb, driven by growing institutional backing and robust technical metrics. Recently, along with XRP and Solana, Cardano was pointed out by Donald Trump as a candidate for inclusion in a proposed U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
Founded in 2014 by Ethereum co-founder Charles Hoskinson, Cardano is renowned for its research-driven approach and energy-efficient Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus, which later influenced Ethereum’s own migration away from Proof-of-Work.
Currently commanding a market cap of $9 billion, ADA would need to more than triple its corner of the market to overtake Solana and challenge Ethereum’s dominance.
Over the past week, Cardano outperformed Bitcoin in the broader rally, registering an 8% gain in 24 hours against Bitcoin’s 0.6% dip. Over the last seven days, ADA grew 28.5%, while Bitcoin only added 6%.
Projections indicate ADA could appreciate from its current $0.81 to nearly $2 by mid-year, with the most bullish forecasts expecting a full recovery to its all-time high of $3.09, marking a rebound from its 75.5% decline since September 2021’s market peak.
A bullish flag formation between November and April signals further potential upside, though ADA’s RSI briefly is now in overbought territory and rising, which will no doubt trigger some profit-taking as investors take advantage of its inflated price. This means there will be a dip in the short-term.
Major resistance is expected at $1.15, while strong support sits between $0.85 and $0.90.
Snorter ($SNORT): Early-Stage Low Price Presale for a Promising Crypto Trading Bot Meme Coin Hybrid
Identifying high-potential crypto projects before they enter mainstream adoption can deliver outsized returns. While dominant altcoins continue to lead, emerging tokens are charting innovative growth trajectories.
One such project is Snorter ($SNORT), a hybrid meme token and trading bot built on the Solana blockchain, with plans to expand cross-chain in the near future. Snorter integrates seamlessly with Telegram, delivering real-time market data directly within chat groups.
With transaction fees as low as 0.85%, Snorter offers a competitive edge over rivals like BonkBot, Maestro, and Trojan. Its platform includes MEV-protected swaps, copy trading, anti-rug pull mechanisms, and limit order sniping, creating a comprehensive tool suite for traders.
Investor interest is gaining traction, with its presale raising over $1.9 million so far. The staking program offers variable yield currently set to 199% APY, although this declines as more participants join, so it rewards earlier backers significantly more than those who join in the late stages.
Whether you’re a seasoned investor or new to meme coins, Snorter is positioning itself as a versatile ecosystem for navigating the fast-moving crypto landscape.
Keep up with Snorter on X, Instagram, or join the presale on the Snorter website.
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