What is the current market capitalization of alts? Outlook on popular altcoin projects in 2025.

As of mid-June 2025, the market capitalization of altcoins (tokens other than Bitcoin and Ethereum) in the cryptocurrency market shows a strong recovery trend, currently hovering around $900 billion, with a 24-hour increase of 3.2%. This data marks a significant rebound from the low in April, when the total market capitalization briefly fell below $800 billion (a drop of over 50% from the peak of $1.6 trillion in December 2024). Well-known analyst AltcoinGordon recently pointed out that the market cap structure of altcoins shows "significant upward potential," indicating that a new round of market activity may be starting.

##Current Hot Altcoin Overview

1. Solana (SOL): As a representative of high-performance chains, SOL is currently priced around $145, with a 24-hour trading volume reaching $2.1 billion. Its ecosystem's Total Value Locked (TVL) in DeFi surged by $860 million within five days, surpassing $8.81 billion, making it one of the most active public chains in terms of capital inflow.
2. Cardano (ADA): After experiencing a pullback of over 20% within the month, ADA has formed technical support in the range of $0.63 - $0.64. On-chain data shows that whales have accumulated a total of 310 million ADA over the week, indicating long-term confidence.
3. Avalanche (AVAX): With the advantages of its subnet architecture, the AVAX price has rebounded to the $19 mark. Previously, it received support from a $25 billion ecosystem fund, driving a surge in the number of developers.

##Emerging Forces and Explosive Potential

• Ethereum (ETH): As a bellwether for altcoins, its spot ETF net inflow reached $2.08 billion in February 2025, setting a record. Analysts are generally bullish, projecting it to reach $4,000, and if the ETH/BTC ratio replicates the 2021 cycle, it could challenge $32,000.
• Emerging track leader:
  • Ondo (ONDO): Benefiting from BlackRock's tokenization strategy, reaching a historic high of $1.82;
  • Pendle (PENDLE): A leading DeFi yield protocol with a market cap exceeding $85 billion;
  • Sui (SUI): Focuses on high throughput, with a theoretical TPS of 300,000.

##Market Trends and Investment Window Technical indicators are releasing positive signals: the RSI value of SOL is 68, and ADA is 65, both of which have not entered the overbought zone, indicating that the upward momentum continues. Institutional funds are synchronously pouring in, with altcoin funds seeing an inflow of 150 million dollars in a single week, reflecting a recovery in risk appetite.

Multiple institutions predict that the third quarter of 2025 may be a key rebound period, with the market value expected to move towards a target of $2.75 - $7 trillion. Gordon emphasized: "It is necessary to maintain strategic positions in high liquidity tokens to capture excess returns."

##Summary The current altcoin market is at the intersection of valuation repair and technical breakthroughs. Investors should focus on three major directions: high-performance underlying chains (SOL/AVAX), ecosystem-driven leaders (ETH), and new protocols addressing real needs (SUI/ONDO). In market fluctuations, it is necessary to combine on-chain data with macro rhythms (such as interest rate policies and ETF dynamics), gradually positioning during pullbacks to welcome the potential main upward wave in Q3.

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