8 Fastest Growing Crypto Trends of 2024

(that will bring your portfolio back to life)

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[🔖 Spoiler: Number 7 is best]

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Trend 1: Liquid Staking Tokens & Derivatives (LSTs & LSDs)

  • Gained popularity post-Ethereum Shanghai upgrade.

  • LSTs offer liquidity and yields, simpler than LSDs.

  • Sector valuation: ~$31 billion.

  • Key Projects: EigenLayer, Lido (LDO).

Trend 2: Layer 2 Scaling Solutions

  • Essential for scaling Layer 1 networks like Ethereum.

  • Market Capitalization: $19 billion.

  • Key Projects: MATIC, IMX, OP, ARB.

  • zkSync predicted to be adopted by most L1 chains.

Trend 3: BRC-20 Tokens and Bitcoin Ordinals

  • Introduce digital assets and tokens on Bitcoin.

  • Services like Sats Names enhance usability.

  • Market Capitalization: $2.4 billion.

  • Key Projects: ORDI, MUBI, TRAC.

Trend 4: Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePIN)

  • Integrates physical infrastructure with blockchain.

  • Market Capitalization: $13 billion (top 5 projects).

  • Key Projects: RNDR, FIL, RLC, OCEAN, DATA.

Trend 5: Real World Assets (RWA)

  • Tokenization of tangible assets.

  • Market Capitalization: $2.5 billion.

  • Expected growth to $2T by 2030 (Roland Berger: $10T by 2030).

Trend 6: GambleFi

  • Market Capitalization: $671 million.

  • Key Projects: Rollbit Coin (RLB), FUNToken (FUN), WINR Protocol (WINR).

Trend 7: Modular Blockchains

  • Market Capitalization: $3.2 billion.

  • Largest project: Celestia ($2.9 billion).

Trend 8: Crypto AI

  • Market Capitalization: $10 billion.

  • Top coins: Bittensor (TAO), Render (RNDR), Akash Network (AKT), Fetch.ai (FET).

Final Thoughts

  • Focus on long-lasting narratives like RWA and DePIN.

  • Excitement for modular blockchain narrative.

Bonus Ideas

  • $ALT buy signal at $0.32 (invalid if below $0.28).

  • $MANTA buy signal at $2.79 (invalid if below $2.56).

Learning Resource

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