December brings new opportunities. New liquidity and calmer market conditions. This should give us a stronger setup. We are heading into a rare window where risk drops and reward grows. Smart money is leaving clues across the market as December is now upon us. You can see it in stablecoin flows, volume spikes, and how traders shift into safer setups.
But not all altcoins will catch this wave. In fact, most altcoins will miss it. Today, I reveal five safer altcoins. They have real catalysts, strong charts, and rising interest. Let’s walk through why they matter, and why the timing could not be better.
Solana is one of the top altcoins in the crypto sector. For example, according to DeFiLlama, in TVL it takes second spot with almost $9 billion. Only Ethereum has more TVL. The attraction of Solana lies, among others, in its fast speed and low transaction costs. This attracts both projects and users.
Each month, Solana seems to break new records or lead in numbers in the statistics. For example, it surpassed all other chains in volume for wrapped $BTC. It managed to capture no less than capturing than 57% of all BTC traders.
And here is proof that new liquidity is entering the ecosystem. Circle just minted around 750 million $USDC on Solana. This brings the total issuance on Solana in only 24 hours to 1.35 billion $USDC.
Solana is home to a variety of crypto sectors. These include extensive DeFi, RWA, gaming, and NFT ecosystems. For instance, Solana captured 99% of tokenized stock trading during October. In other words, tokenized equities have found their home. That’s massive news, since RWAs have all the ingredients to become big.
With a current $SOL price of $142, you got a good entry price. A downside is $SOL’s infinite supply.
No list of altcoins seems complete without Chainlink ($LINK). Admittedly, that is one of my favorite projects. However, I not only speak about my fave chains. Check out yesterday’s video about two dead chains I discuss. Nonetheless, Chainlink remains the top oracle in the business. There’s almost no crypto sector where you don’t find Chainlink. But only calling it an oracle is underestimating what else Chainlink does.
Its CCIP or Chainlink Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol is gaining ground. That alone connects well over 70 different chains. It allows different blockchains to securely communicate and transfer assets and messages.
Then there’s the Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE). This is an orchestration layer for building and running institutional-grade smart contracts. It allows devs to connect blockchains to external systems. Think of APIs or cloud services.
Chainlink is also big in RWAs. A crypto market segment that’s expected to grow to $16 trillion by 2030. 9 Various RWA related platforms use Chainlink’s features, like Data Streams. This provides real-time, high-throughput, and verifiable data to smart contracts. So, back to its oracle roots.
Like the rest of the market, the $LINK price feels the recent pain. A price tag around $13 is something to take advantage of.
Sui Network ($SUI) is next on my list. This is also one of my favorite projects. It’s right up there with Chainlink. One of the things that recently stuck out are stablecoins on Sui. On November 24th we saw a massive 24-hour inflow of $2.4 billion. But it gets better. Over the last 7 days, DeFiLlama tells us that Sui saw the second most inflows in the top 20. Sui saw a 9.36% increase.
This means that new liquidity is entering the ecosystem. Sui’s DeFi ecosystem might profit from this. Now, StableLayer launched on Sui. It allows devs to launch their own branded stablecoin. Thus, they can benefit from the ecosystem they create. Making stablecoins work for them. But more importantly, bringing more stablecoins into the Sui ecosystem.
Talking about DeFi. Bluefin and DeepBook saw their TVL spike during November. Most recently, Haedal, and Bucket saw great strength. Bucket’s TVL grew by no less than 102% over the last 7 days.
So, it shows that the stablecoin inflows directly attributed to DeFi ecosystem growth. The current $SUI price of $1.54 gives room for December momentum.
Bittensor ($TAO) reassures that I include the AI sector in December’s list. Besides RWA, AI is the next big thing to hit crypto. See my recent video on this. Bittensor isn’t just another smart-contract platform. It’s a decentralized network designed to incentivize decentralized AI/ML contributions. That gives it a distinct use-case versus typical altcoins.
One thing that stands out is the $TAO tokenomics. It has a fixed supply with scarcity mechanics. Like Bitcoin, it has a max supply of 21 million tokens. This comes with a halving schedule. The next halving should take place in two weeks. This date is flexible, pending on network activity. The block reward drops from 1 $TAO to 0.5 $TAO per block. That’s roughly from 7,200 $TAO per day to 3,600 $TAO per day.
Such a supply squeeze is often viewed as bullish. If demand holds or rises, reduced supply pressure may push prices upward. The current $TAO price is $308. Earlier this month, $TAO found itself back above $500. With the halving coming up, I don’t rule out a price jump for $TAO around mid-December.
The Artificial Superintelligence Alliance or ASI ($FET) is next. It recently came under scrutiny due to the issues with Ocean Protocol. You can read all about this in our article. In a nutshell, it comes down to an alleged breach of trust and misuse of community resources. But please read the article.
The ASI just opened the ASI:Chain DevNet to the public. This proves that the tech is real, not hype. Before this, ASI was mostly an idea. Like a promise of a unified AI chain. However, the Public DevNet shows working code and real tooling. It’s a live network developers can test today.
The alliance sort of blowing up has definitely hurt the $FET price. The current $FET price is around 28 cents. That’s around 50% down from the time when Ocean Protocol left the alliance. So, if you like the project, it’s a good temporary down period due to this that they SHOULD bounce back from.
So, do you still believe that the crypto market can make a comeback in December? If so, what tokens should do well? Is one of the tokens that I mention also in your list? Let me know in the comments. Make sure to join our discussions on X and Discord.
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