CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju has warned that the era of indiscriminate altcoin rallies is over.
In a February 25 post on X, he predicted a “selective altseason” in 2025, where only fundamentally strong altcoins will thrive while the majority struggle. With ETF approvals on the horizon, he urged investors to prepare for a market where gains will be reserved for projects with solid fundamentals.
Altcoins Likely to Outperform in 2025:
1. Potential ETF approvals
2. Sustainable attention drivers
3. Revenue-generating projectsThe era of everything pumping is over. It’s a selective altseason—most altcoins won’t make it.
— Ki Young Ju (@ki_young_ju) February 25, 2025
Expanding on his 2025 outlook, Ju outlined three key factors that could determine an altcoin’s success: potential ETF approvals, sustained user engagement, and consistent revenue generation. This aligns with the growing optimism among analysts, who believe ETF approvals could soon extend beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum, shaping the broader crypto landscape.
Supporting this sentiment, Bloomberg analysts James Seyffart and Eric Balchunas have projected high probabilities for ETF approvals on several altcoins. They estimate a 90% likelihood for Litecoin, followed by 75% for Dogecoin, 70% for Solana, and 65% for XRP. These projections indicate increasing confidence in broader institutional adoption beyond the market’s two leading cryptocurrencies.
Market optimism in the crypto sector is further driven by the pro-crypto stance of President Trump’s administration and Acting SEC Chairman Mark Uyeda. This regulatory shift has increased investor confidence in new crypto financial products. Franklin Templeton has filed for a spot in Solana ETF, indicating growing institutional interest. Additionally, Brazil is launching the world’s first spot XRP ETF, the Hashdex Nasdaq XRP Fund, which is pre-operational on the Brazilian securities regulator’s website.
Beyond ETF approvals, Ju has described U.S. President Donald Trump’s entry into cryptocurrency as a game-changer for meme coins, mainly through his TRUMP token launched on January 18. Ju notes that Trump is leveraging his large fan base and retail investor behaviour, with speculative hype driven by influencers and platforms like Robinhood and crypto exchanges influencing market dynamics.
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