01

Let’s Be Honest: 100x Is a Lie—Until It’s Not

Everyone is looking for the next 100x coin. That one and only coin which you bought for $1,000 and turned into $100,000 without you even noticing.

However, in 2025 the truth is hard to swallow:

Most coins (99.99%) will never 100x.

And what about that small 0.01%? Chances are you won’t see them on Twitter.

The market is different. VCs usually don’t fund projects based on whitepapers only now. The retail crowd is more alert. Rug pulls are happening at a quicker pace. And regulation is closing the gap.

So is 100x still possible?

Yes.

But only if you are the one who knows the place, the signs, and the things to be ignored.

02

What a 100x Coin Really Looks Like in 2025

Let’s ditch the dream and deal with reality. The four harsh stages a 100x coin has to pass are

• Early discovery (pre-launch or sub-$10M cap)
• Survivability (avoid rug, exploit, regulatory takedown)
• Narrative tailwind (AI, modularity, gaming, etc.)
• Liquidity expansion (CEX listings, whales, funds)

If the failure of one of them happens, the 100x dream is gone.

But if these four are on the same page, then a token becomes something creative. The tokenization is done in a narrative wave, backing is given, users are gained—and price follows attention.

Such a real 100x-er in 2025 may be like this:

• Market cap: $2M–$5M
• Tokenomics: Low float, slow vesting, high FDV risk
• Chain: Built on Solana, Base, or EigenLayer L2
• Sector: AI, DePIN, ZK infra, crypto social, RWA tokenization
• Team: Completely anonymous, or semi-approved docs, ex-major tech, sometimes born from memes
• AI Agents + Crypto (e.g., Autonolas, Ritual)
• Modular Infrastructure (e.g., Celestia ecosystem)
• EigenLayer Restaking Apps
• Real World Assets (RWA) on-chain
• Solana memecoins with actual utility (yes, that’s a thing now)
• Thoughtful → Slow unlocks, fair launch, deep LP incentives
• Predatory → VC-friendly, 90% team-held, no real emissions plan
• The circulating supply is less than 30% of the total
• There are no huge cliff unlocks in the next 3–6 months
• The utility is very clear, and it is the first choice of product users (only protocol use, not governance)
• Sub-wallets a16z
• Arthur Hayes’ wallet
• Wintermute trading bots
• Smart LP addresses (try DeBank or Arkham)
• Dune Analytics dashboards showing TVL spikes on obscure protocols
• Token Terminal for very early revenue signals
• DeBank “Smart Money” wallets
• Zapper/Nansen tracking of whale buys
• Hyperliquid Pre-Launch Perps (you can long tokens before they exist)
• Canto, Solana, Mode Ecosystem launchpads
• EigenLayer restaking LRTs in the pre-token phase
• @unrektbot — Hunter of fresh pairs
• @alpha_sniper — Notifies whale wallet buys
• @kaito_alerts — On-chain narrative shifts

Be careful while using this information. The noise-to-signal ratio is quite high.

05

100x is very rare, but 10x is attainable (and usually more beneficial).

One thing that most influencers won’t tell to you is that:

100 times isn’t always the cleverest option.

The result of 10x with 80% certainty will overtop 100x with 5% odds.

More and more professional investors are concentrating on ten-bagger coins at a very early stage and then they are rotating their gains in maturing market of 2025. The effect of compounding is the winner here:

• 3x → 3x → 3x = 27x
• vs
• 0x → 0x → maybe only one 100x if lucky

If you aim at 100xd, use only a small, high-risk part of your portfolio. Most of it should be consisting of sustainable, mid-cap positions which have the capability to survive during bear markets and comply with regulations.

06

Red Flags: This Is Not Your 100x.

First, do not invest in such coins that:

• Start with a $500M fully diluted valuation
• More than 40% of the total supply is allocated to the “ecosystem fund” (in other words: VC unlocking)
• Marketed as “first AI Layer-1 for metaverse gaming with stablecoin rewards”
• Are promoted by accounts that have more engagement than credibility
• Have a very high volume (more than $10M) but very few holders (less than 500) (maybe trading with wash)

Moreover, the more a project is attempting to appear as a meme, the more is the likelihood of it being a scam that will be dumped.

07

Final Thoughts: You Are Not Early. You Are Just Not Late Yet.

Most of the 100x coin hunters are already too late in 2025.

Yet, it doesn’t mean the game is finished. It only means the rules have changed.

These are not the 100x coins that you can find on Binance. Rather they are in Discord servers, protocol GitHubs, less known Farcaster Frames, and Dune dashboards with the appearance of Excel nightmares.

If i were to trap one i would:

• Dig right into the tech (Zero knowledge, AI agents, MEV infrastructure…)
• Trace where the smart money is going (wallet tracking > influencer threads)
• Grasp the story lines before they hit retail
• Make small, sharp bets—then rotate when the wave crests

And at the top of the list?

Don’t go after 100x. Go after the edge. In a market that’s ever shifting, it’s early that’s better than luck.