Confirmed: Altcoin Season Starts This Day for 3 Coins

Biggest news of the day! The chances of FED Rate cuts on Sep 17 are over 90% now. Big banks like Standard Chartered expect to see a double rate cut of  50 bps. 

Last time an altcoin season happened, the overall altcoin market cap jumped 5.7%. Surpassing the BTC market cap pump by 1.3%. That means if the rate cut is announced on September 17, we will see alts pump harder than ever. But not all alts will pump equally. So we picked out the coins that will pump the most and will continue to pump throughout!

1) Cardano (ADA)

Institutional holdings of ADA have surged by 300% year-to-date in 2025. This means ADA has experienced significant institutional inflow. 

Recently, the ADA Whale activity has also spiked, with large wallets accumulating over 210 million ADA in Q3 2025, increasing their stake to 10.3% of the total supply. This accumulation signals confidence in Cardano’s long-term fundamentals, and why is that happening? It had two main reasons for it: 

1.  The U.S. Clarity Act has reclassified ADA as one of 3 “mature blockchains,” and the act will come into play by October 2025. That means we will see more institutional inflow and whale confidence.
2. With the clarity act on its way, it is paving the way for ADA ETF approvals.  Once that happens, floodgates to retail inflow could be triggered. Leading to a massive ADA rally. 

If you are curious about how many ADA you need to hold to become a crypto millionaire, check out our latest video. 

2) HBAR

In the latest news, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has once again delayed decisions on altcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) – Canary HBAR. As per the latest filing, the regulator extended the period to approve or disapprove Canary HBAR ETFs by an additional 60 days, setting November 8 as the new deadline. A positive approval of the ETF will prove to be a major catalyst that could drive institutional inflows and significantly boost HBAR’s price. But that’s not it. HBAR’s new and ongoing partnerships put it on center stage 

It has an ongoing Collaboration with SWIFT. While it’s not a new announcement, Hedera’s ongoing testing and collaboration with SWIFT for blockchain-based cross-border payments remained a highlighted partnership in September, signaling potential future integration in international payments. Which is going to be massive.

On September 4, Hedera announced that it was selected as the blockchain platform for Wyoming’s Frontier Stable Token, the first stable token issued by a U.S. state under the Wyoming Stable Token Act of 2023. This partnership highlights state-level adoption of Hedera’s network for regulated digital assets. 

In both updates, Hedera is ready to become the network of choice for state and international digital transfers, and that can lead to a massive HBAR pump in the near future. So, after the Sep 17 rate cuts, HBAR could see a massive inflow due to its next leg pump of ETF approval.

3) SEI

SEI pumped primarily through the first half of this year. The critical rally phase occurred from March to July 2025. After dipping to lows near $0.13 in March 2025, SEI started recovering strongly around July 2025 when it reached approximately $0.27, driven by the anticipation of a major upgrade. We will come to that in a moment. 

Sei Network experienced a price pump primarily driven by key developments and institutional interest. The first major development occurred in mid-2025, when SEI surged approximately 50% in June, largely due to Wyoming’s selection of SEI Network for its state-backed stablecoin pilot project. 

Additionally, institutional confidence was underscored when Circle revealed in its June 2025 IPO that it held 6.25 million SEI tokens, the largest crypto holding on its balance sheet. Now, the next leg up we will see is SEI’s Giga upgrade, promising a significant performance boost.

Key upgrades:

1. 50x faster execution and throughput, targeting over 200,000 transactions per second (TPS) with a throughput metric called “5 gigagas” per block.
2. Sub-400ms transaction finality, enabling fast confirmation times suitable for real-time and high-frequency applications.

In short, these 3 altcoins are about to turn unstoppable after the rate cuts, whether they happen on Sep 17 or later. But these are good ones to have in your bags

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