How To Find 100x Altcoins Before They Take Off!!

Many believe that the days of 100x returns in crypto are over, but this couldn’t be further from the truth. In recent years, many cryptocurrencies, not just meme coins, have achieved 100x gains. With altcoins beginning to show activity, now is an opportune time to search for the next big altcoin gems before they become widely known. You can significantly increase your chances of finding them if you understand where and how to look.

Disclaimer: It’s crucial to remember that nothing in this guide is financial or investment advice. This content is purely educational, intended to help you identify altcoins with potential.

Proof That 100x Gains Are Still Possible: The Virtuals Protocol Example

To illustrate that significant gains are still achievable, consider the Virtuals Protocol. Last year, the AI niche was prominent, and towards the end of the year, the ‘AI agents‘ narrative started gaining traction. This is when Virtuals Protocol, a crypto project enabling the creation of AI agents, began to go parabolic. These AI agents trade against the Virtual token, generating demand for Virtual with every trade.

The result was astonishing: the Virtual token rallied from $0.05 to $5, achieving a 100x return. This rally took less than three months, specifically from mid-October 2024 to late December 2024. This serves as concrete proof that a 100x return is not only possible but can also happen very quickly.

How to Find the Next 100x Altcoins Yourself: A Strategic Approach

If you prefer to find the next 100x altcoins independently, a structured approach is key.

Step 1: Identify Promising Niches and Understandable Narratives

The first step is to determine which crypto niche is likely to become big in the coming months and which narratives within that niche will be easiest for investors to grasp and invest in.

• Niche vs. Narrative: A niche is a broad crypto category (e.g., tokenized Real World Assets or RWAs), while narratives are specific themes within that niche (e.g., tokenized real estate).
• High Potential: When a crypto niche gains popularity (like tokenized RWAs), the cryptos belonging to narratives that are simplest for investors to understand tend to offer the highest potential returns.
• Accessibility Matters: The cryptos you find must also be easy for investors to allocate to. This means they should be listed on major exchanges like Binance or Coinbase, or exist on chains that are cheap, fast, and accessible, such as Solana, Sui, Hyperliquid, or Base. Less accessibility equates to less capital inflow.

How to Identify Popular Niches and Narratives: In the Coin Bureau’s experience, the answer lies in observing what niche or chain is currently popular and then deducing its logical next step or “sequel”.

• Example: Ethereum’s Rally: Ethereum was very popular due to excitement around the stablecoin niche following the Genius Act in the US, as most stablecoins are on Ethereum. This attracted attention and capital to ETH.
  • Chain-Native Niches: Each chain has its native niches. For Ethereum, that’s DeFi. DeFi altcoins on Ethereum rallied alongside ETH, partly due to stablecoin use in DeFi.
  • Connecting Niches: This suggests connections. Since stablecoins and DeFi are in play, the logical next niche is tokenized RWAs. Many tokenized RWAs trade against stablecoins and are likely to be used in DeFi.
• Example: Solana’s Rotation: The top five chains for tokenized RWAs are Ethereum, ZKYNC, Solana, Aptos, and Stellar. Solana is a strong example, having recently launched permissionless tokenized stocks integrated into its DeFi protocols.
  • Capital Rotation: Evidence shows capital rotates into Solana’s ecosystem when Ethereum’s activity slows. When ETH chopped, Solana (SOL) rallied above $200.
  • Solana’s Popular Niche: On Solana, meme coins are popular and related to DeFi. Many Solana meme coins rallied when SOL pumped, partly because they trade against SOL, increasing their fiat value as SOL’s rises.
• Example: Meme Coin Sequel: What niches are related to meme coins? NFTs often come to mind, as many meme coins launch NFT collections for utility and community engagement. Recently, NFT collections on Ethereum and Solana started rallying for the first time in years.

Understanding Narratives: Once you identify the niche and likely chains, focus on narratives that are easy for investors to understand.

• Use Your Imagination: There’s no strict rule, but think broadly. Examples include tokenized real estate within tokenized RWAs, or decentralized bank/savings account within DeFi.
• Logical Follow-Ups: Cat memecoins could become a narrative in the memecoin niche as a follow-up to dog-themed coins, even if it doesn’t seem strictly logical in the traditional sense.
• Current Cycle Considerations: Niches like meme coins and AI may have seen most of their percentage gains for this cycle because many of their narratives pumped significantly in 2024. This doesn’t mean they won’t rally, but likely less compared to other niches.
  • For AI, AI infrastructure cryptos might have peaked, but AI agents, especially fusions with DeFi (like DEF AI), decentralized hedge funds, and decentralized personal assistance, could still see large rallies.
• The ‘Mom/Dad Test’: To ensure a narrative is truly easy to understand, ask yourself: “Is this something that my mom or dad would understand and invest in?”. If the answer is a firm ‘no’, it’s probably not a good narrative. If it’s “yes,” you’re on the right track. Remember, they must also be able to easily invest in the crypto.

Step 2: Research Cryptos within Identified Narratives

Finding specific cryptos within these niche-narrative combinations can be challenging.

• Utilizing Grok: Grok, the AI integrated directly into X (Twitter), can be a useful tool. Most AIs struggle with crypto research due to bad or outdated data, but Grok’s integration with X means it accesses the most up-to-date information. Asking Grok questions like “which GameFi game is the most similar to Minecraft” can be a good starting point.
• Chain and Accessibility: It’s crucial not to only pay attention to the coin or token, but also its underlying chain. A decentralized Minecraft crypto on an obscure, hard-to-access blockchain is unlikely to perform well.
• Market Cap is Critical: The market cap ultimately determines how much a crypto can pump.
  • High Market Cap Limitation: For example, The Sandbox (SAND) is a GameFi crypto similar to decentralized Minecraft, but its market cap is already around $800 million. A 100x pump would push SAND’s market cap to over $80 billion, making it larger than Cardano and Hyperliquid combined, which is highly unlikely.
  • Rule of Thumb: As a rule of thumb, an altcoin needs a market cap of less than $100 million to have a realistic chance of hitting a 100x. A 100x increase on a $10-20 million market cap results in a $1-2 billion market cap, which was common for hundreds of cryptos during the 2021 peak (currently, only about 80 cryptos have multi-billion dollar market caps). This suggests dozens of current sub-$100 million altcoins could reach $1 billion or more in the coming months.

While predicting exact 100x altcoins is impossible, filtering by niche, then narrative, then chain, and finally by market cap will narrow down the possibilities significantly. Through research, you’ll likely find only a few dozen cryptos that genuinely have a realistic chance of a 100x return.

Step 3: Focus on Key Ecosystems and Players

Based on research, altcoins with the most 100x potential appear to primarily exist on Solana and Base.

• Why Solana and Base?:
  • They are fast, low-cost, and easily accessible chains. Solana is accessible via the Phantom wallet, and Base via Coinbase’s Base app.
  • Ethereum’s and Solana’s ecosystems are the largest and most active across metrics like active wallets, stablecoin volume, and total value locked. Users and capital tend to flock where others already are, meaning these ecosystems are likely to remain dominant for the rest of this cycle.
• Strategic Bets: While other ecosystems will undoubtedly see 100x altcoins, they will be much harder to find, and the likelihood of astronomical gains will be lower. With limited capital, it’s strategic to focus your bets.
• Niches on Solana and Base: This focus narrows down the list of narratives. Niches central to Solana and Base include memecoins, tokenized RWAs, AI agents, DePIN, GameFi, and potentially SocialFi.
• Identify Key Player Connections: Altcoins with the closest connections to key players within the Solana and Base ecosystems are likely to outperform others.
  • Research Tip: Look at which crypto projects these key players are following and promoting on social media. Even better, listen to their interviews to see which projects they mention. You’ll be surprised by the amount of ‘alpha’ (insider information) you can gain this way, helping you decide whether to buy or sell.

By following these steps, you can strategically position yourself to discover the next 100x altcoins in the dynamic world of cryptocurrency.