I think that $500 dollar is a lot for someone and if you can use it and manage it in best way then undoubtedly you will get a big return from it and there are many alt coin in Crypto market. You just need to figure out and investment into the potential alt coin. Bnb, jup, manta, arb, fantom and there are many more. But unfortunately none of these what you have mentioned in your poll.. I don't know those altcoins. So can't say anything
I think you forgot that the current market is not inclined towards utility. It is more into meme coins and we have seen earlier this year what kind of returns these meme coins generated. I think apart from investing a significant portion of the $500 into Bitcoin the rest amount should be equally invested in meme coins such as Dogecoin, Shiba Inu, PEPE and dogwifhat. Currently due to the bear market all these coins are very cheap. When the bull market returns these coins will surely pump again.