Which crypto coins lit up September with the biggest gains?
It signals broad bullish momentum, with everything from meme coins to DeFi tokens and big caps closing September deep in the green.
Everyone wants to be the person who bought in early and walked away with 100x or even 200x gains. And while some call it luck, crypto has shown again and again that it’s less about chance and more about spotting where the buzz is building and where attention is flowing.
September 2025 was proof of that. We saw wild swings; tokens crashing to lows, others breaking into all-time highs, and market sentiment flipping overnight. Some coins came out of nowhere to shock everyone, while the heavyweights reminded us they’re still in the game.
Take Aster (ASTER), for example—a next-gen decentralized exchange that offers both Perpetual and Spot trading. It soared an unbelievable +2116% in 30 days, the kind of move that makes you double-check the chart. MYX Finance (MYX) followed with +1245%, thanks to buzz around its WLFI token, showing that DeFi tokens can still catch fire when the narrative clicks.
MemeCore (M) pulled a +316% run, proving meme coins aren’t going anywhere. Even older players had their moment: Zcash (ZEC) climbed +71%, and Pump.fun (PUMP) lived up to its name with a solid +61%.
It wasn’t just the small caps making noise. The big names moved too. BNB finally cracked the $1,000 mark, pushing nearly 20% higher on massive trading volume. Avalanche (AVAX) gained 25% on fresh ecosystem activity, while Worldcoin (WLD) and Mantle (MNT) picked up double-digit growth on adoption narratives.
And then there was Bitcoin (BTC), steady above $114K. It didn’t run as hard as the rest, but adding 5% in a month at that size is exactly why it remains the market’s anchor.
The bigger picture here is that September wasn’t driven by one hot trend. Meme coins, DeFi, privacy tokens, and large-cap giants all had their turn. When money spreads that widely, it usually points to broad bullish sentiment, not just a one-off hype cycle.
David Adubiina
