Made in the USA coins are still a big deal. It’s no surprise that when JP Morgan was finally ready to come on-chain, they did it with 2 US-based projects. Yet, EVERYONE, and I mean everyone, including us here at AB, falls into the same trap.
We follow and talk about the same few projects. Projects like Ondo, Sui, Solana, XRP, Hand edera. And we talk about them for good reason. But look at this list! There’s $460 BILLION of value here in lots of great, long-lasting projects. So today, we are going to take our advice. We will look at 4 great USA altcoins that are underrated and underpublicized. As you will see, they shouldn’t be. They are just as strong as the usual suspects. So with that, let’s get to the coins.
1) Avalanche (AVAX)
First, we have one of the most American projects. In fact, it’s a very New York project. Avalanche. Avalanche has a lot of features we like. We like that it’s not one chain, but three. It means their C-Chain, which is a part of EVM, is super fast and cheap. We like that with the P-Chain, other projects, especially games, can come online with their chain. This ensures the fast transactions they need to keep their games moving.
Here is an extensive list of their current subnets. It’s one of the best-run chains we have. And yet, it’s had a rough last 12 months. Down 31% despite growth in all the metrics that matter, like addresses, users, and transactions.
We see this as a buying opportunity for one of the top projects. With an all-time high of $144 and a recent high of $54, there’s a lot of room to run once people start remembering how good Avalanche is.
The main risk here is in the waiting time. How long will it take for the market to remember this high-quality project? So you may need some patience on this one. But the cream always rises , and Avalanche is among the top projects. Plain and simple.
2) Sky (Ex-Maker)
The former MakerDAO is known as Sky. And the DAI stablecoin has rebranded to USDS. For a few years now, DAI has been the 3rd largest and most important stablecoin. It is fully backed by collateral. DAI started as a fully decentralized stable, but its extensive use of USDC as part of its collateral package means it’s less decentralized now.
Despite its important place in stablecoins, people overlook Sky. Maybe the rebrand has something to do with it? I don’t know. But as the Genius Act in the US gets closer to passing to create a legal framework for stablecoins in the US, it makes all stablecoins more valuable. Especially so to the established ones that have a big lead on the newcomers like Sky and Circle do with USDS and USDC.
SCOOP: My DC sources indicate that the #GENIUSACT could be passed in the next week. Clear efforts by @SenWarren and key staff members on the Hill have been made to thwart this legislation. Yes, there will be some changes to this bill, but the core of #stablecoin legislation to…
— PaulBarron (@paulbarron) May 16, 2025
While the rebranding is going on, you can still buy the old MakerDAO with the symbol $MKR. Its market cap is $1.5 billion. Unlike Circle or Tether, which are private, this is the largest stablecoin issuer that you can buy to earn from their profits. It’s our POV at Altcoin Buzz that the clearest two markets for product market fit in crypto are Bitcoin for long-term money and saving, and stablecoins for payments.
And now with the Genius Act passing in the Senate, stablecoins will become an active, regulated part of the US payments system with clear guidance. Stablecoin growth is a given now.
Tonight, the Senate moved forward on the GENIUS Act. This groundbreaking, bipartisan legislation will bring America’s payment system into the 21st century.
The GENIUS Act skyrockets the United States with a digital payment framework with the fastest rails possible. It will…
— Senator Bill Hagerty (@SenatorHagerty) May 20, 2025
So if you think stablecoins will continue to grow, as we do, then this should be on your radar.
3) Render (RENDER)
Render is a leader in an important area of AI. Computing power. GPUs are vital for LLMs to continue researching and answering queries from customers. All that searching and researching requires computing power. So does the storage and maintenance of the entire model itself. They need computing power and lots of it. They just had RenderCon in April, and it helped cement their place as a leading GPU marketplace.
Happening now on the #RenderCon main stage – The future of AI.
Render Network advisor @EMostaque and @NVIDIA’s @RichardKerris join Jules to dive into AI at the edge of art, science, and society and what agentic AI means for all of us. pic.twitter.com/j5KnLkxwgp
— The Render Network (@rendernetwork) April 15, 2025
I’m gonna be honest here. Why we don’t talk about this project more, I have no idea. There is only one negative about the project, and it’s in the tokenomics. While over 95% of the total supply is circulating (and that’s good), it CAN have an unlimited maximum supply.
That always makes us wary after what happened with Luna. But everything else about the project from:
- The sector, AI.
- Its operations.
- The team.
- And everything else is great.
It’s also a good time to buy $RENDER. They migrated over to Solana now, and after an all-time high of $13.53 in March 2024, they are down 60% to the current price of $4.84. That’s with no material difference in how the project operates or what they are doing. We see this as a great entry for a high-quality project in one of the top 3 growing sectors in the industry. It’s back on our radar now.
4) Optimism (OP)
And last on our list today, we have one of the leading L2s. Optimism. Optimism’s tools make it easier than ever to build out an Ethereum Layer 2. Both Binance and Coinbase built L2s using Optimism. The Superchain is helping drive Optimism forward, too.
It’s also a proxy for Base. Coinbase’s L2 is built on Optimism and is part of the Superchain. But Base doesn’t have its own token. And we suspect it won’t for a while to stay in compliance with US regulators. Especially now that Coinbase is a member of the S&P 500. So, without its token, the easiest way to bet on Base’s growth is by buying Optimism.
As the saying goes…
“First they ignore you.
Then they laugh at you.
Then they fight you.
Then they add you to the S&P 500.”…or something like that.
— Coinbase (@coinbase) May 12, 2025
Despite being up 19% in the last 30 days, Optimism has also not had a great last 12 months. OP is down 68% and well off the all-time high of $4.84 from March 2024.
Again, like with Avalanche and Render, this one might require some patience. But things are coming together and going well for Optimism and Superchain members like Base that use it. It’s only a matter of time before the market recognizes it, too.
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