NASDAQ-listed SharpLink Gaming will build the first Ethereum treasury, backed by Ethereum Co-Founder Joe Lubin.
It will purchase 120,000 ETH worth $425 million, mirroring Strategy’s Bitcoin stockpiling playbook.
This could provide a notable tailwind for Ethereum’s price to rally, with the forthcoming buying pressure creating a sense of excitement and FOMO, which attracts even more buyers to the market.
SharpLink’s interest also reflects the rising market sentiment surrounding $ETH, and that sets a notably bullish precedent for the broader altcoin market. As the largest altcoin, Ethereum’s growth provides substantial liquidity for smaller altcoins to soar at a faster pace.
Here are four top picks for the best cryptos to buy now ahead of Altcoin season:
MIND of Pepe
As the Ethereum price rises, we can expect ecosystem tokens like Pepe to explode. However, lower market cap Pepe alternatives have the potential to rise even more.
MIND of Pepe is one of those with real potential. It’s not just a Pepe-themed meme coin; it’s a powerful AI agent that utilizes Pepe branding to attract a larger audience.
The MIND of Pepe agent will scan the market to identify trading opportunities and share these with $MIND holders via the project’s token-gated Telegram community.
It can also launch its own tokens, which $MIND holders will get insider access to. Moreover, the project offers a data terminal where users can get powerful AI-generated insights into market conditions.
The project is undergoing a presale and has raised over $10 million so far, which illustrates strong market appetite.
However, the presale is set to end in three days, meaning prospective buyers have limited time to buy $MIND before its price potentially explodes.
Virtual Protocol
Virtuals Protocol is another AI agent-focused cryptocurrency with strong potential. It’s much more established than MIND of Pepe, which limits its upside potential. However, its main benefit is that it currently leads the crypto top gainers.
Out of the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, $VIRTUALS has made the largest returns today, with a 13% uptick. This signals investor interest, which indicates that further growth may be ahead.
Virtuals Protocol’s app allows anyone to create their own agent with text-based prompts. It costs 100 $VIRTUALS to create an agent on the platform, which creates a steady and predictable token demand stream.
The project has a strong use case, and token utility is a core part of that. So, considering the popularity of AI cryptos in recent months, everything appears in place for the price to boom in the months ahead..
Solaxy
Solaxy is building the world’s first Solana layer 2 blockchain. As mentioned, Ethereum’s growth enables the broader altcoin market to rally. This doesn’t just end with Ethereum-based tokens.
As Ethereum bounced from $1,700 earlier in May and rallied by 50%, it ignited a wave of excitement throughout the altcoin market. Some of the biggest winners were Solana-based tokens, with Moo Deng securing a 10x gain, Launch Coin on Believe doing a 70x, and many other projects seeing 2x gains or more.
With that in mind, Solaxy could be the best crypto to buy now. It’s building something that could change how users interact with Solana. It’s tackling Solana’s congestion issue and aims to provide cheaper, faster, and more reliable transactions.
🚨 28 Days Remain 🚨
In just 28 days, the Solaxy pre-sale will end, but that is not all.
Announcing for the first time is Solaxy’s Igniter Protocol, where $SOLX holders will be able to create and launch their very own Tokens.
This is just the beginning of $SOLX domination.… pic.twitter.com/3990nDdRWu
— SOLAXY (@SOLAXYTOKEN) May 19, 2025
This could unlock new use cases and attract more users, ultimately making the Solana ecosystem more valuable.
Solaxy is undergoing a presale where it has raised $41 million so far. This makes it the biggest-ever Solana presale and indicates $SOLX could see huge gains once it lists on exchanges.
PancakeSwap
PancakeSwap is a decentralized exchange (DEX) on BNB Chain. It’s the ecosystem’s leading app by revenue, having generated over $6 million in fees during the past 24 hours, according to DeFiLlama.
But here’s where it gets interesting. It isn’t just BNB Chain’s highest-earning app; it’s also the third-most-profitable protocol across the entire crypto industry, only trailing behind stablecoins Tether and Circle.
Why is this so important? Simply put, revenue not only reflects adoption, but it also equips the project with cash reserves, which it can use for ecosystem development. In other words, it proves that the project has a functional business model and simultaneously provides the financial resources for further growth.
PancakeSwap’s revenue is over two times higher than Uniswap’s, but Uniswap’s market cap is four times higher than PancakeSwap’s. This discrepancy suggests that PancakeSwap will, at the very least, outpace Uniswap in the weeks ahead. In a best-case scenario, it might even flip Uniswap by market cap.
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