After the end of the memecoin supercycle, this year we could see a major rally among utility-based coins, especially those that have witnessed a high network activity in the previous rallies.
Among them Ethereum, XRP, Solana, Chainlink and SUI remain top choice based on several factors listed below.
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Ethereum (ETH)
Ethereum is expected to reach its ATH this year as ETH ETFs might get approval for staking in 2025. Previously, Ethereum ETFs failed because of a lack of staking rewards, which essentially act as a second source of income for stakers.
Several experts including Ali Martinez have predicted Ethereum to reach $6k to $10k by the end of 2025.
Ethereum is the most desired altcoin among all because of its high value in the DeFi ecosystem. Ryan Adams, the co-founder of Bankless had previously called Ethereum as a Triple Point Asset for these reasons.
XRP (XRP)
XRP could see a major rise in its value in the next few years due to its rising demand amongst financial giants. The XRPL blockchain (which uses XRP for transaction fees) is being increasingly adopted by financial giants like Standard Chartered and e-commerce giants like Amazon.
The XRPL blockchain could also be adopted by the US Government for its internal transactions, as proposed by the US SEC.
Another success of XRP was seen in the RWA markets, where it enjoys being a top choice for tokenizing money market funds. One such fund, which was partially tokenized by Ripple, was the €3.8 billion Abrdn Liquidity Fund.
Experts predict a $12.5 price per XRP by the end of 2025 based on these aspects.
Solana (SOL)
Solana is a fast layer-1 blockchain and despite its losses due to the end of Memecoin Supercycle, the project enjoys wide confidence in it due to the ability to process high amount of transactions in a relatively fast timeframe.
Solana’s latest success comes from its upcoming ETF, where institutions have been found investing $1 billion in the token. The US SEC is expected to approve the long-awaited Solana ETFs in mid-2025 after new SEC chief Paul Atkins assumed office in April 2025.
Experts argue Solana could cross its past ATH of $294 in 2025 due to the above mentioned factors. VanEck predicted even larger target of $520 by the end of 2025.
Chainlink (LINK)
Chainlink could be one of the largest potential gainers if we see an altcoin rally in 2025. The blockchain virtually secures every major project in the crypto space like Uniswap, Synthetix, AAVE, Lido and many other projects.
It also has a mature cross-chain transfer mechanism called the Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP). This mechanism allows users to transfer assets directly to over 50 blockchains like Ethereum, Polygon, Base, Arbitrum, and many others.
Further, Chainlink has also emerged successful in the RWA space with its partnership with 21X.
Based on these aspects, various experts predict a target close to $50 for Chainlink.
SUI (SUI)
SUI is one of the fastest Layer-1 chains featuring a theoretical speed of 100,000 transactions per second. This high speed supports several applications that need high-speed chains but at a low cost. A few use cases include sports, ecommerce shipping, metaverses, blockchain-based logbooks, and many other applications.
Further, with the introduction of its ETF, SUI aims to dominate the high-throughput layer-1 space and challenge top rivals like Solana and Tonchain.
The recent rise in SUI’s TVL indicates it might see a long-term rally starting in mid or late 2025. The peak of this rally could take SUI to $22.
