--- title: 'Top 5 Cryptocurrencies to Buy in 2026: Expert Picks' source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=mdcsjOn9XOE' video_id: 'mdcsjOn9XOE' date: 2026-07-12 duration_sec: 1270 --- # Top 5 Cryptocurrencies to Buy in 2026: Expert Picks > Source: [Top 5 Cryptocurrencies to Buy in 2026: Expert Picks](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mdcsjOn9XOE) ## Summary The video analyzes five cryptocurrencies expected to grow the most in 2026: Bitcoin, Bittensor (TAO), Ethereum, Solana, and Aster. It highlights key drivers such as institutional adoption, technological advancements, and macroeconomic factors like global liquidity expansion and Fed rate cuts. The presenter also shares three signs for optimal entry timing. ### Key Points - **Bitcoin as Digital Gold** [00:01] — Bitcoin is the foundation of crypto, decentralized, with a limited supply of 21 million units. It's a store of value without intermediaries. - **BlackRock CEO's Bitcoin Prediction** [01:34] — Larry Fink stated Bitcoin could reach $700,000 if sovereign wealth funds allocate 2-5% of portfolios to it. - **JP Morgan's Bitcoin Pivot** [02:44] — Jamie Diamond, previously critical, announced in May 2025 that JP Morgan would offer Bitcoin buying to customers. - **US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve** [03:14] — President Trump signed an executive order creating a strategic Bitcoin reserve, prohibiting sale of government-held Bitcoin. - **M2 Global Liquidity and Bitcoin** [03:41] — Global M2 money supply hit $112 trillion in September 2025, a record high. Bitcoin has high correlation with M2; liquidity expansion historically leads to Bitcoin price surges. - **Bittensor: Decentralized AI Network** [04:49] — Bittensor (TAO) is a decentralized network of AIs collaborating without central control. Users contribute computing power or data and earn TAO tokens. - **NVIDIA CEO Endorses Bittensor** [06:03] — Jensen Huang said decentralized AI is inevitable and Bittensor represents the future of AI development. - **Venture Capitalist on Bittensor** [06:47] — Chris Burniske of Placeholder VC tweeted that Bittensor could be the most valuable protocol of the AI era. - **TAO Token Economics** [07:13] — Bittensor uses subnetworks, each requiring TAO for transactions. TAO supply is limited, creating upward price pressure with growing demand. - **Ethereum as Operating System** [08:53] — Ethereum enables decentralized applications (DeFi, NFTs, stablecoins). It's the preferred infrastructure for institutional tokenization. - **BlackRock's Tokenization Vision** [09:49] — Larry Fink's 2025 letter stated tokenization will be the next financial disruption, with Ethereum as key infrastructure. - **Stablecoin Market Cap Milestone** [10:57] — Stablecoins surpassed $300 billion in October 2025, largely on Ethereum, indicating ready capital for crypto investment. - **Ethereum Scaling Improvements** [11:24] — At ETH Tokyo 2025, Vitalik Buterin announced Ethereum will scale 10x faster by 2026 via rollups, Proto-Danksharding, and L2 consolidation. - **Ethereum Price Prediction** [12:05] — Tom Lee predicts Ethereum could reach $15,000 in this cycle due to institutional adoption and RWAs. - **Solana's Real Adoption** [13:12] — Solana has 57 million monthly active users, processing thousands of transactions per second with low fees. - **Stripe CEO on Solana** [14:23] — Patrick Collison said Solana is the first blockchain capable of high-frequency global payments; Stripe is integrating Solana. - **Fed Rate Cuts Boost Crypto** [15:01] — The Fed began cutting rates in September 2025, historically leading to risk asset rallies within 6-12 months. - **Solana ETF Anticipation** [15:54] — Analysts expect a Solana ETF in the US, which could bring significant institutional capital, similar to Bitcoin's ETF impact. - **Aster: Decentralized Derivatives Protocol** [17:18] — Aster achieved $5 billion open interest in two weeks, generating $25 million daily fees. It rivals Hyperliquid. - **Binance Founder and Mr. Beast Support** [18:51] — CZ tweeted support for Aster; Mr. Beast bought over 700,000 AST tokens. Aster's price surged 10,000% in a week. ### Conclusion The video emphasizes that understanding the fundamentals behind these projects—Bitcoin's institutional adoption, Bittensor's AI potential, Ethereum's infrastructure role, Solana's user growth, and Aster's revenue generation—is key to long-term profitability in crypto. ## Transcript cryptocurrencies in circulation on the market and thousands of new ones are released every day. I've been studying and analyzing all these projects, and these are the five cryptocurrencies that will grow the most in 2026. And I'm going to give you the three signs you should look for to buy at the right time and take advantage of the huge growth they'll experience in the coming months. We start with the classic, with the queen. And I know you're thinking, "But Bitcoin again, that's already gone up or isn't there anything new?", well, that's precisely the first mistake many people make. Bitcoin is not a fad, it is not what it once was. Bitcoin is the foundation on which was. Bitcoin is the foundation on which this entire sector is built. It is the first cryptocurrency that was created and remains the most important in the market. And not only because of its history, but because of what it represents. What exactly is Bitcoin? Well, Bitcoin is digital gold, but it's not just any gold. It is an asset that allows you to send value from one person to another without the need for banks, governments, or intermediaries. It is decentralized, transparent, and has decentralized, transparent, and has a limited issuance of only 21 million units. And this is key. No more printing is possible. There is no central bank for Bitcoin. No one can manipulate its supply, and this makes it a more efficient store of value than traditional gold. But if all this seems interesting to you, wait until you see who's buying Bitcoin right now , because if you thought this was just for a few internet geeks or small investors, you're going to be blown away by what's coming. Larry Fink, does that name ring a bell? It's the COD BlackRock, the largest asset manager on the planet. We're talking about a company that handles more than 11 billion dollars, or 11 trillion US dollars, and that's more than the gross domestic product of Germany. It's more than Japan, it's more than the United Kingdom. And this gentleman publicly stated in 2025 that Bitcoin could reach $00,000. And he didn't say it in just any tweet or on just any podcast. He said it in front of institutional investors with cameras present, fully aware of the impact of his words. And it wasn't a no, I think it will go up a lot, it was a clear and well-thought-out calculation. If the world's largest sovereign wealth funds, such as those of Norway, Singapore, or Saudi Arabia, allocate only between 2 and 5% of their portfolio to Bitcoin, the price would mathematically go to more than $00,000. And this isn't hype, this is institutional mathematics. But it doesn't stop there because Jamie Diamond, the CEO of JP Morgan, which is the largest bank in the United States, spent years saying that Bitcoin was a fraud, a scam, a bubble; it was basically nonsense to him. And yet, in May 2025, he publicly announced that his bank would offer its customers the possibility of buying Bitcoin. Yes, [music] the same one who said Bitcoin was a scam, now offers Bitcoin from his own entity. And that's is changing, and the financial giants know it. But watch out, here comes the bombshell. In March 2025, Donald Trump, as President of the United States, signed a historic executive order , creating a strategic Bitcoin reserve for the country, as if it were oil, as if it were gold. Bitcoin [music] officially enters as a national strategic asset and in that order the government is prohibited from selling the bitcoins it owns. [music] Think about it, if the most powerful country in the world decides to keep Bitcoin as a national reserve, are you really going to continue thinking that this is already outdated? And to close this part about Bitcoin, let me tell you about the most underrated technical signal of all. It's called M2 Global and it's basically the amount of money circulating in the world: cash, bank accounts, savings. And in September 2025, M2 Global reached an all-time high of $112 trillion. And that means one thing, [music] there is more liquidity available than ever before. And here's where it gets interesting. Bitcoin has a very high correlation with the global M2. When money flows, when it When money flows, when it grows, Bitcoin rises, and when money dries up, when there is less liquidity available, Bitcoin falls. And right now we are in a liquidity expansion phase. And history tells us that when that happens, Bitcoin skyrockets in the following months. Do you realize everything that's happening? In other words, governments are buying it, banks are offering it, companies are holding onto it, and liquidity is increasing. Bitcoin is not over, Bitcoin is starting a new stage and if you are watching this video, you still have time to position yourself, but above all, do it wisely. The next cryptocurrency on the list is absolutely insane, and I assure you that very few people truly understand it. It's called Bit Tensor and its token is Tao. And if you're interested in the world of artificial intelligence, you're going to be blown away, because this isn't about one that draws little pictures for you or another app that competes with Chat GPT. This is a whole different league. What is Bittensor? Because it's unlike anything you've ever seen. Imagine this. A decentralized global network, made up of hundreds of artificial intelligences that collaborate with each other, train, learn, and exchange information without a giant company controlling everything. That's Bittensor. It's a kind of collective brain of communicate on an open network, without censorship, without monopolies, and where you can participate. And how? You can contribute computing power, you can contribute data or models and in return you receive tokens as a reward. It's could talk to each other, share what they know, and you were part of that system earning money. Does it seem futuristic to you? Well, it is, but it's already working and growing more every week. And who is behind this narrative? One clue is that the big players have already seen it. And if all this sounds powerful to you, wait until you see who is betting on this narrative. The first one is Jensen this narrative. The first one is Jensen Juan. He is the CEO of Envidia. Yes, that company that has exceeded 3.5 trillion dollars and that manufactures the GPUs with which the whole world is being trained. Literally, without it, today there would hardly be any Chat GPTE, Google I, or even Meta. And what did Jensen say? He said that decentralized AI is inevitable and that projects like Bit Tensor represent the future of how artificial intelligence will develop. Amazing, isn't it? And he didn't say this for marketing purposes, he's not paid to say it, he said it because he sees the change coming before anyone else. The second person is before anyone else. The second person is Chris Burniska. He is a partner of Place Holder BC, one of the funds that invested in Ethereum when it was worth $8, in Solana when it was worth two, and this guy tweeted verbatim, "Bitensor has the potential to be the most valuable protocol of the artificial intelligence era ." And when someone with that kind of track record says it, you have to listen. Now the question is, why can Tao climb so high? Let me explain why economic point of view. Bitensor is not a simple blockchain with an AA model on top, it is a network with what they call subnetworks. Each subnetwork is an AI specialized in something specific, and each new subnetwork that joins needs to use the TAO token to send data, to validate transactions, to reward nodes, and to access services. In summary, each new subnetwork equates to more demand for Tao. And here's the brutal part. Tao's offer is limited. Does this sound familiar? From Bitcoin. No more tokens can be created than those defined by the protocol. And this, if you combine a fixed supply with a growing demand, equates to upward pressure on the price. It's a very simple formula, but extremely powerful. And why does this matter to you? Because this model. They believe that AI is dominated by OpenE and Google and they don't see that a silent revolution is brewing in parallel. A revolution that is committed to autonomy, collaboration between models, and a new way of building artificial intelligence from the community and not from a monopoly. And you can be part of it from the beginning, because Bittensor isn't a project to jump into, do a quick thing, and run away. It is an infrastructure that can change how the digital world works in the next decade. And if this escalates as many believe, Tao's price today could seem like a bargain in a few months and years. The third crypto. You definitely know this one, and it's the second largest cryptocurrency on the market. But if you only focus on that, you're not seeing even 10% of what it really represents. Because Ethereum is not just a currency. Ethereum is like the operating system of the crypto world. And let's get to the point. If Bitcoin is digital gold, Ethereum is digital silver with superpowers. It is a network that allows you to create any decentralized application on top of its infrastructure. And when I say any, I mean centralized exchanges, such as Uniswap, Deffi protocols for lending, staking, such as Ave, crypto games, NFTs, stablecoins and soon, surely [music] even the new financial infrastructure of Wall Street. Ethereum is the place where the future of money is being built, where new ways of exchanging value, coordinating people, and financing projects are being created, all without intermediaries. And who is betting on Ethereum? Many people do n't realize it yet, but Ethereum is the favorite of large institutions. In his 2025 annual letter , Larry F, CEO of BlackRock, the world's largest fund we were talking about earlier, said something brutal. Tokenization will be the next big disruption. financial and Ethereum is the key infrastructure to make it happen. And when the CEO of a $12 trillion fund says they're going to use Ethereum to move real-world assets, he's not just saying it. In addition, Visa and Mastercard are already integrating payments over Ethereum using stablecoins, and many governments are exploring launching their digital currencies, CBDCs, using Ethereum as a technological base. And why is this important? Because this institutional adoption is no longer just smoke and mirrors. In other words, these are real companies that are using Ethereum in their internal systems, and when there is real adoption, the demand for Ethereum, which is the network's native token, rises steadily. And the sign that confirms this is stablecoins. And now get ready because this is going to blow your mind. In October 2025, stablecoins surpassed $300 billion in market capitalization. And do you know where a large part of that money lives? On Ethereum. And that means dollars already ready to move within the market sentiment changes and people start investing again, that money flows directly into Ethereum and other tokens in the ecosystem. But now you might ask, does n't Deum have scalability problems? Yes, this was or is the classic criticism: that fees are high, that transactions are slow, but that's no longer a problem because at the ETH Tokyo 2025 conference, Vitalic Boerin, the creator of Ethereum, announced that the network will scale 10 times faster by 2026 and will still not lose security or decentralization. And what's the key? A set of technological improvements such as Rollaps, Protodang Sharking, and the consolidation of L2 services like Arbitrum and Cirium to process thousands of transactions per second at minimal fees. And how high could its price go? Well, according to Tom Lee, one of the most important analysts on Wall Street, Ethereum has the potential Wall Street, Ethereum has the potential to reach $15,000 in this cycle, and his argument is based on massive institutional adoption. And this is based on new narratives such as RWas, which are artificial intelligence. But above all, all traditional finance is partly migrating to blockchain, and Ethereum [music] is the main highway. And now the question is, why should we have Ethereum in our portfolio? Because Ethereum is not a fad either; it is a global infrastructure used by banks, companies, governments, and millions of users every day. So if you're building a portfolio with the next 3 to 5 years in mind , not having Ethereum is like being in the 90s and not starting to invest in the internet. It is the network that makes the entire crypto system work at the level of decentralized finance, and that is something that is not going to disappear; on the contrary, I have no doubt that it will multiply. And now let's move on to the fourth cryptocurrency. Now it's time to talk about a project that has gone from being the underrated [music] to becoming the market favorite. It's Solana and it is, without exaggeration, the blockchain that is growing the most in realmo adoption. And if you still think it's just a missing 90% of what's happening in 2025. Solana is a mainly and that is [music] speed, it's efficiency. It processes thousands of transactions per second. The fees are so low that they cost a practically nothing. And the user experience is so seamless that many believe it's years ahead of other blockchains. And do you know what happens when a network is fast? It's cheap and easy to use, so people are starting to really use it. And the fact, for example, that changes everything is that there are 57 million monthly active users. Did you hear that right? 57 million monthly active users in Solana. And these aren't empty accounts or bots, these are real people using the network every month to move money, to trade, to buy NFTs, to participate in games, in airdrops and 1 other things. And that makes Solan the network with the highest actual adoption in the entire ecosystem, after [music] Bitcoin and Sirium. And if there's use, there's demand. And if there is demand, there is a price increase. But wait, why does this get even more interesting? Patrick Collison, CEO of Stripe, the payment platform used by millions of businesses worldwide, said: "Solana is the first blockchain capable of supporting high-frequency global payments without compromising either cost or speed." [music] This isn't just talk; Stripe is already integrating Solana into its payment infrastructure. And do you know what this means? Millions of businesses will be able to accept stablecoin payments directly on Solana, [music] without absurd fees or endless waits. And for the real world, this is a total game changer . A market that is preparing to take off. Now, let me show you another piece of information that few people are mentioning, but In September 2025, the US Federal Reserve began lowering interest rates and three more cuts are expected in the coming months. But what does it matter? This matters because when interest rates fall, money seeks higher-yielding alternatives, and cryptocurrencies, which are riskier assets , especially the most widely adopted ones, tend to be among the assets that 've already seen this in previous cycles. After each rate cut, risk assets like crypto tend to take off within the next 6 to 12 months. And guess which projects usually lead those increases. Exactly what you're thinking. Those that have users, those with a strong narrative and mass adoption like Solana. And what is expected for 2026? Well, now comes the tough part. [music] According to regulatory analysts, get its ETF in the United States after [music] Bitcoin and Sirium. And what happened when the Bitcoin ETF was approved ? Well, more than 80 billion in institutional capital came in during the first 6 months. And if that happens with Solana, we would be talking about the biggest catalyst in its history. Bigger than any technical upgrade, bigger than any collaboration with all of the above combined. In other words, institutional [music] analysts are already anticipating it. And for example, Tom Dan Levy, senior analyst at Mesari, which is one of the most respected firms in this sector, said it very clearly. Solana has the user adoption and volume necessary to justify having an ETF. And when the fundamental data, user growth, institutional interest, and the macroeconomic environment all point in the same happen. But then it's time to buy. Well, I'm not going to tell you to have to do right now, but I am going to tell you this. If you're looking for a project that combines top-tier technology, real adoption, institutional support, and explosive growth potential , Sol, Ana deserves a place, at least on your radar. Because if in 2024 many laughed at her, in 2026 they might be saying, "Damn, you had Solana [music] in front of you and you did nothing." And now for the fifth cryptocurrency. I want to close this video with a cryptocurrency that is breaking all the indicators, and I'm going to tell you that clearly from minute one. What Aster is doing is n't just empty hype, let me explain. It's real technology, it's a massive adoption rate, and the numbers seem unreal, but they're happening right now. Aster is a new protocol within the defi world that is revolutionizing the trading of decentralized derivatives. And why is that important? Because more and more investors want to operate without depending on centralized exchanges that stop shipments, futures or spot trading, but in a decentralized, fast, cheap way and without depending on anyone. And that's not all. Their proposal is so good that they are already being called the great rival of Hiperliquid. [music] The figures that nobody is showing, this is where it gets interesting is that in its first two weeks of life, Aster achieved more than $5 billion in open interest. To give you an idea, Hiperliquid, which dominates this sector, has less than half of that figure. And the commissions, well, Aster is generating approximately $25,000,000 in commissions daily. You heard right, but we're not talking about a Memecoin or future promises. We're talking about a protocol that's already generating more revenue than 95% of the market. And if you're still wondering whether this is serious or not, let me tell you who's behind it. CZ, the founder of Binance, has also publicly tweeted his support for the project. And you know what happens when Binance focuses on something that explodes. And the price of Aster skyrocketed by more than 10000% in a single week upon its release. But wait, because it gets even better. Who [musicians] is buying Aster too? Mr. Beast, the biggest YouTuber on the planet, with over biggest YouTuber on the planet, with over 450 million subscribers, bought over 700,000 Asterio tokens worth This isn't a Reddit theory, this is on the blockchain. And why is this so important? Because the Aster token, which is rising due to hype, belongs to a real company with a product, revenue, users, and a compelling narrative. Decentralization, trading, speed, and adoption. [music] And here comes the key part. The more Aster is used , the higher the demand for the token becomes. And is limited, well, you know what happens. What can we expect? Aster [music] is positioning itself as the next big FI protocol, and if it could literally become one of the top 10 cryptocurrencies in the market by 2026. The best part is that it 's still in a very early stage, which means that if you position yourself well, calmly and patiently, and know how to manage risk, you might be in the right place at the right time, and you'll be grateful for it later. So if you've made it this far , let me give you the best advice I 've learned in the last 6 years. Don't just focus on the names. Learn to understand why these projects have potential, what analysis we have done, because that is the difference between getting it right once or being profitable for years. That's why we've created a free masterclass where we teach you precisely how to invest from scratch, how to spot opportunities like these, and how to create a profitable strategy in the crypto sector. And you can find all of this in the link in the description. 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