Ditch Bitcoin? These 4 Altcoins Are Outperforming the OG Crypto

Bitcoin’s dominance is slipping—while these altcoins are stealing the spotlight. Here’s where smart money’s flowing in 2025.

Ethereum (ETH): The DeFi king isn’t slowing down. With Layer 2 adoption exploding, ETH’s utility—and price—keep climbing.

Solana (SOL): Speed wins. SOL’s throughput crushes ETH’s, and institutional adoption is quietly accelerating.

BNB: Love it or hate it, Binance’s token keeps printing. Exchange dominance + burn mechanics = relentless demand.

Avalanche (AVAX): Institutional darling. Its subnet architecture is becoming the go-to for TradFi experiments.

Sure, Bitcoin’s the ‘safe’ play—if you think double-digit volatility is safe. Meanwhile, these alts are where the real action is.

Bitcoin recently surged to an all-time high of $111.9K, reigniting enthusiasm across the crypto market. As prices climb, many investors no longer ask if crypto is back, but which coins could outperform Bitcoin? With BTC becoming increasingly expensive, the spotlight has shifted to smaller-cap tokens that offer utility and growth potential.

Four emerging projects have caught the eye of serious investors due to their early-stage value, innovative features, and strong market momentum. The following cryptos stand out for their unique offerings and high potential to deliver better returns than Bitcoin in the coming months.

Solaxy (SOLX)

Solaxy aims to reshape the solana ecosystem by introducing the first Layer-2 scaling solution that uses roll-up architecture. By processing transactions off the main chain, batching them, and sending them back to Solana for final processing, Solaxy should be able to alleviate Solana’s growing network congestion problems. 

What sets Solaxy apart is its dual-chain approach. The SOLX token functions as a bridge between Solana and Ethereum, connecting two of the largest crypto communities. This means more liquidity, broader exposure, and increased use cases, especially for DeFi and meme coin trading.

Even though the project is still in its presale phase, with an incredible $40 million raised so far, the team is already delivering on its roadmap promises, publishing both the testnet bridge and block explorer recently.

During the presale, SOLX is available at a discounted rate, rising in price in each phase. While the presale lasts, investors can stake their tokens to earn a dynamic yield of 99%. With over $40 million raised and less than 21 days remaining in the presale, this could be the last chance to buy SOLX before it explodes onto exchanges.

Jupiter (JUP)

Jupiter has become a key player on Solana, acting as the network’s top decentralized exchange. Known for helping users find the best rates across the Solana ecosystem, the project has expanded to offer perpetual futures, limit orders, gasless swaps, portfolio tracker, crypto wallet, and more.

The Jupiter team announced a buyback program at the beginning of 2025 and has bought over 46 million tokens worth $28 million at current prices. These tokens will be locked for three years, acting like a deflationary mechanism during the bull cycle.

Recently, the Jupiter team announced that they will start offering lending and borrowing this summer, which has been dominated by Kamino so far. This shows the constant expansion of the products and Jupiter’s massive future.

The JUP token is a governance token that gives holders voting rights. Voters are rewarded each quarter with JUP tokens and tokens that launch on the Jupiter launchpad. Jupiter partnered with Huma Finance for its token launch. JUP voters received a presale allocation at a fully diluted value of $75 million for the HUMA token, giving even more utility to the JUP token. X user, Jonathan Carter, has given his JUP price target at $0.855.

BTC Bull Token (BTCBULL)

As bitcoin pushes toward $150K, BTC Bull Token holders stand to benefit the most. This new meme coin offers real Bitcoin airdrop rewards to its holders when BTC crosses $150K and $200K, giving them exposure to the biggest crypto asset by market cap as it makes new highs.

When BTC trades at $250K, a massive BTCBULL token airdrop will occur. The BTC Bull Token team has already secured 10% of the token supply for airdrop purposes. But airdrop rewards aren’t the only mechanic tied to Bitcoin’s price. As Bitcoin reaches $125K, then $175K, and finally $225K, the team will burn up to 15% of the total token supply, increasing scarcity and positively affecting the token price.

Built on ethereum instead of Bitcoin’s BRC-20 standard, BTCBULL is compatible with popular wallets and easily tradable on decentralized exchanges. Moreover, this allows investors to stake BTCBULL during the presale to earn a dynamic yield of $63%. Thanks to its Best Wallet partnership, users can buy BTCBULL with a card and receive the BTC airdrop rewards in the same wallet account, streamlining the entire process from purchasing tokens to claiming rewards.

As a meme coin with real Bitcoin utility, BTCBULL could thrive alongside BTC’s climb, potentially offering higher returns relative to simply holding Bitcoin. With over $6 million raised in its presale, BTC Bull Token is heavily backed by investors.

Hyperliquid (HYPE)

Hyperliquid has drawn significant attention recently, especially after its native token surged over 50% over the past week. Built as a decentralized perpetual exchange with deep liquidity and an order-book model, Hyperliquid offers zero gas fees and extremely fast execution, two major draws for active traders.

This is why many whales trade on Hyperliquid, and many X accounts follow these whales as they open new long and short orders daily.

Hyperliquid’s standout feature is that it doesn’t rely on Ethereum or Solana. Instead, it uses its own blockchain optimized for speed and security. This independence allows it to offer competitive performance while avoiding congestion issues.

Traders can access up to 50x leverage on assets and the platform supports a wide variety of markets, including altcoins and meme coins. Recently, the platform reached a record of $10 billion in open interest with 24-hour fees of $5.6 million and USDC total value locked of $3.5 billion, showing the platform keeps growing.

HYPE is the governance token and plays a central role in the ecosystem. Holding HYPE in essence means that investors are holding Hyperliquid’s stock, which gives the exposure to the platform as it grows. BigChasing on X believes HYPE could trade to $100.