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title: 'Top 8 Crypto Coins To Go ALL IN October 2026'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=yhLZH0rbcEY'
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date: 2026-09-30
duration_sec: 754
channel: 'Altcoin Daily'
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# Top 8 Crypto Coins To Go ALL IN October 2026

> Source: [Top 8 Crypto Coins To Go ALL IN October 2026](https://youtube.com/watch?v=yhLZH0rbcEY)

## Summary

In this video, Aaron Arnold of Altcoin Daily presents his top 8 altcoin picks for the current crypto cycle, emphasizing coins with strong technology, institutional backing, and unique value propositions. He highlights Zcash, Midnight, Ethereum, NEAR, Solana, Hyperliquid, Ondo, and Tau, providing insights from industry figures and recent developments.

### Key Points

- **Introduction and Disclaimer** [00:00] — Aaron introduces the video as a list of top 8 coins to 'get rich in crypto without getting lucky,' but clarifies it's not financial advice and is based on his 8 years of experience.
- **Zcash and Google Co-founder** [01:34] — Zcash is featured due to Sergey Brin's praise for its zero-knowledge proof technology, which he finds 'mind-boggling' and a sign of early research becoming real.
- **Midnight as Next Zcash** [02:45] — Midnight, by Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson, is presented as a newer, smaller coin with better technology than Zcash, offering private smart contracts and a programming language for private execution.
- **Ethereum's Momentum** [03:45] — Ethereum is included due to its robust ecosystem, Wall Street adoption, and anticipation of its best Q3 ever, with smart money accumulating.
- **NEAR as Dark Horse** [04:29] — NEAR is described as 'what Ethereum aimed at being,' having implemented sharding and acting as a hub for cross-chain connections, with parallels to both Bitcoin and Ethereum.
- **Solana's Growth** [06:27] — Solana is highlighted for its increasing capital inflows, with apps generating more revenue than Hyperliquid, Ethereum, and Robinhood combined in the last 24 hours, and its role in the tokenization super cycle.
- **Hyperliquid's US Expansion** [08:06] — Hyperliquid is featured due to its upcoming entry into the US market, with regulatory approval for the first TrueBitcoin perpetual futures contract on a CFTC-registered exchange.
- **Ondo and BlackRock** [08:57] — Ondo is included because BlackRock is teaming up to launch tokenized investment portfolios, marking a significant step in bringing traditional finance on-chain.
- **Tau's Tokenomics** [11:06] — Tau (BitTensor) is featured for its Bitcoin-like tokenomics (21 million fixed supply, halving every 4 years) but with an incentive mechanism for AI model development, described as 'the Bitcoin of entrepreneurship.'

### Conclusion

Aaron concludes by encouraging viewers to sign up for VX exchange for trading these coins, reiterating his picks as high-potential investments for the current cycle, and reminding that this is his opinion, not financial advice.

## Transcript

We've seen an incredible explosion. Maybe I can do far more than what Zcash does, but near is sort of what Ethereum aimed at being. Mike is also working to bring HyperLiquid into the United States.
Nowadays, I look at things like Zcash, for example. Get rich in crypto without getting lucky. This is totally possible if you follow the right people.
somebody needs to tell you the good coins, like these, versus the coins you might want to avoid this cycle, like these. Listen, today's video is not financial advice. This is all just my opinion, but I've been in crypto for eight years.
Most people have no idea what they're talking about. I do. My name is Aaron Arnold of Altcoin Daily. It took me eight years to learn the secrets of the altcoin market and I'm going to teach you everything in this video in only 12 minutes, hopefully.
Let's get started. Follow along. Here's my list. Top 8 coins to get rich in crypto without getting lucky. absolutely destroy the like button if you want to see more videos like this.
Send this video to one friend who is also into crypto just like you. The more people who watch, share, and engage with this video, the higher these coins go.
Coin number one making our list is Zcash. We've talked about Zcash before. Well, now a Google co-founder is talking about it. Just like Google, he likes Zcash for its revolutionary technology.
I'm not talking about Larry Page, Google co-founder. I'm talking about Sergey Brin, Google co-founder. If there is one person who understands technology and network effect, it is this man right here.
Zcash makes our list for this very reason. Nowadays, I look at things like Zcash, for example. the fact that people are using the zero-knowledge proof, which is very theoretical computer science,
just, you know, pretty recently, and actually using it for a while, and it doesn't seem like it should be possible for you to have that work, to be honest. I haven't. I tried to get through it myself, and I'm not going to say it is true.
It's really mind-boggling. So, you know, I see the future of thinking these kind of early or early research-y, kind of out-there ideas and making them real. Listen, I like Zcash, but I want to find the next Zcash.
Now, what if you could find something newer and smaller than Zcash currently, but with even better technology? Well, that is Midnight, or Night, according to Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson,
who articulates in this clip why Midnight can do far more than what Zcash currently does Listen for yourself and tell me what you think about this in the comments below Maybe I can do far more than what Zcash currently does Listen for yourself and tell me what you think about this in the comments below Midnight can do far more than what Zcash does Midnight has private smart
contracts. It's equivalent to Bitcoin to Ethereum, where you can send Ether like you would a Bitcoin, but then you have smart contracts with Solidity. You could send Knight or other assets on the
Midnight Ledger like you do Zcash and have the same level of privacy, but then also you have compact, tight-script style programming language, and you can write smart contracts that are private and execute them privately. It's a massive, massive upgrade. Ethereum is a no-brainer to put on this
list. We talk about Ethereum all the time. Hugely bullish on Ethereum, especially with its robust and growing ecosystem, all different sorts of metrics. We are seeing Wall Street institutions,
private companies building on Ethereum, launching on Ethereum, smart money accumulating Ethereum, and with Ethereum getting ready to print its best Q3 ever, there is so much momentum behind
Ethereum. There is so much more fuel left in the gas tank, in my opinion. Next coin making our list today is NEAR. NEAR is kind of the dark horse of this cycle and Mert in this interview clip on the
Unchained podcast perfectly articulates why. What Zcash is to Bitcoin, NEAR is to Ethereum. Zcash is privacy money. NEAR is how that money moves. NEAR is the market of markets. NEAR makes
our list today. This is the bull case. This is like the dream of Bitcoin DeFi actually coming true, just not on Bitcoin and not a Bitcoin layer two, but with Zcash. Does that make sense? I
have like Bitcoin people talking about me, but I was just feeling like, so Zcash and Bitcoin are very similar, obviously, except of course, Zcash has the ability to have these shoulder transactions.
And so if you look at it in that way, then Near is what is like enabling people to kind of, you know, use DeFi with their Zcash, with their store of value.
What do you guys think of that? If you can kind of say that Zcash is an alternative to Bitcoin, and some people will say it's a better Bitcoin, but perhaps you can just say it's different with different tradeoffs for different people.
you can I think also make the same argument that near is sort of what Ethereum aimed at being right if you remember this the sharding roadmap right where Ethereum wished to scale via sharding
well who actually did that okay near did and then what about sort of this being the hub where you connect different sort of chains well near is demonstrably doing that right now um via near
and so there's kind of two parallels to both Bitcoin and Ethereum. Solana is turning into a powerhouse Most people do not realize that Solana is getting bigger better and much faster The amount of capital moving on into the Solana ecosystem keeps hitting personal milestones every single day
A lot of capital is flowing into Solana. Most people do not know this, but Solana apps generate more revenue than Hyperliquid, Ethereum, and Robinhood combined, at least in the last 24 hours.
The tokenization super cycle is here, and quite simply put, Solana is one of the main protocols leading the charge. Solana's new Chief of Strategy Officer, Rachel Conlon, explains how Solana is part of the token super cycle happening now.
I think that the idea and the concept of the token super cycle, which we're in now, this is not a theme or a future-facing kind of meta-trend. This is what we're in at the moment, is this idea that all value is becoming digital native.
And so I think where we are at the moment is we've seen an incredible explosion of stablecoins, of currencies, but of real world tokenized assets.
We're seeing credit funds, equities come and change. So this isn't just about looking at it through the lens of like 24-7 access to capital markets. This is an entire reworking of what is the financial infrastructure.
and even going as far as agentic payments and the role that blockchain plays in that is the supporting role. So for me, the token super cycle is what we're living in at the moment.
It's what we all hoped we would get to and it's that thesis of the entire financial value chain is being remodeled. And guys, smash the like button if you're getting value today.
send this video to a friend who also wants to know the top coins looking forward. Most people do not realize that Hyperliquid is coming to the U.S. The largest capital market in the world is about to open its doors and its bank accounts to Hyperliquid.
And that's not according to me. That is according to the top of the top regulators. Chairman Selig authorized the first ever TrueBitcoin perpetual futures. contract on a CFTC registered exchange first time. I understand that Mike is also working to bring
hyperliquid into the United States in a fully compliant and legal fashion. Ondo is BlackRock backed. We have known this for quite some time. Well, BlackRock is doubling down,
maybe you'd even call this tripling down on Ondo. And for that reason, Ondo makes our list today with the news that BlackRock is teaming up with Ondo to bring portfolios on-chain.
Like, this is a reason to be bullish on Ondo. BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, is moving deeper into blockchain technology by teaming up with Ondo to launch investment portfolios that will trade as digital tokens The three tokens launched today are based on portfolio strategies developed by BlackRock for Ondo
The move marks the first time investors can get exposure to these strategies through a token instead of something like a brokerage account. Can you explain how this collaboration came about to begin with and how it all works?
Yeah, and maybe, Tyler, I'd even zoom out further. I think in a lot of ways, this is a play on the progression of crypto So from a $3 trillion cottage industry to a $100 trillion technology that's going to power global markets.
And so we've been very focused at Ondo on building the infrastructure to power open, always-on global capital markets. But it had to start, and to your question, how did this come about with BlackRock, it had to start by getting these assets on-chain.
And so we're really excited to launch the first Ondo Intelligent Portfolio today. But again, the first step was getting the assets on-chain, and we've done that through tokenized equities, tokenized ETFs, tokenized treasuries.
And then the second step was really about what we just delivered today with Condo Intelligent Portfolios, is packaging these assets into professionally curated, diversified, instantly investable digital return streams
that can be delivered in a single portfolio token powered by best-in-class asset allocation and security selection. And again, that's what we delivered today,
the launch of the first condo intelligent portfolios, three of which are powered by BlackRock. And for someone that spent 20 years in the ETF industry, this is kind of the spy moment, the SPY moment for on-chain finance.
Final coin making our list today is an AI play and also a crypto with rather bullish tokenomics. And here, the bullish tokenomics of Tau are simply explained, so listen and learn.
Don't forget, Tau BitTensor is built very similar to Bitcoin. 21 million, fixed supply of 21 million tokens, a halving every four years. The only thing that's different is BitTensor, again, the TAL is the token.
BitTensor abstracted away the incentive mechanism. So it's a very similar idea. Let's give incentives for the people who help us. So Bitcoin does that. It gives incentives to the miners who validate transactions. But BitTensor gives incentives to people who come up with better and better AI models
or whatever the problems are that the subnet is trying to solve. So it really is, it's like the Bitcoin of entrepreneurship. If you want to make even more money in crypto, sign up for the Crypto Exchange Reacts.
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and a 50% deposit bonus on anything above your first $100. Any of these coins talked about today are available to be bought or traded on VX. My name is Aaron. This is Altcoin Daily. See you tomorrow, my friends.