We have a new installment in our battle of the big cap altcoin series, continuing today with two more of our favorites. We’re looking at two pretty big heavyweights in the space, with one up 41% in the last 30 days.
The other is doing even better, about twice that, at 81% in the last 30 days. We want to zoom out and try to get a good sense of which one is better set up to have the nicest run and the most gains in 2025 and beyond. In this battle, we’re matching up and looking at Ondo versus HBAR.
Just remember that I am not a financial or investment adviser, and that means this article is not official financial or investment advice.
The Case for ONDO Finance
Let’s begin here and set up the case for Ondo, with the pro arguments for why it should be the favorite in this matchup. I mentioned before that it was up 41% in the last 30 days; make that a live snapshot here of 42.7% in the last month, which is pretty good by any standard. Altcoins are starting to pick up, and the best altcoins are going to rise to the top, where the cream of the crop will benefit more than others.
This is one such example; in my opinion, things are starting to look pretty good for Ondo. For context, Ondo is a very clear leader in what is, along with AI, the fastest-growing sector in the crypto industry: RWA, or real-world assets. The case for it also skews very well if you consider the landscape in crypto right now, and I’m talking about the recent Genius and Clarity Acts and their passage in the US House. The landscape on a more macro level is looking very positive right now.
Ondo gets a nice push from both of those acts, but especially the Clarity Act, because its purpose is to clarify and separate the regulation of blockchains and their tokens. Tokens listed as mature or sufficiently decentralized in their operations are commodities, and that means their regulation comes from…