In 2024,

Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) are expected to continue their dominance of the cryptocurrency market. Bitcoin will benefit from the fourth halving event, which will reduce mining rewards, increasing its scarcity and often leading to an increase in its value. The adoption of Bitcoin by US ETFs will also boost its market value and attract more institutional investors.

For Ethereum, the smart contract network will see a major upgrade known as EIP-4844, which will improve transaction efficiency and reduce costs, strengthening its position as a hub for decentralized finance (DeFi) and other decentralized applications. Second layers such as Polygon and Arbitrum will continue to play a major role in scaling the network.

Other promising coins include Solana (SOL) and Polkadot (DOT), which are popular among developers due to their speed and low costs, making them strong competitors to Ethereum. New projects like Filecoin, which provides decentralized storage solutions, and Render, which is used in artificial intelligence, are also starting to gain attention.

Among the new trends, AI-related cryptocurrencies will play a bigger role, as projects like The Graph and Internet Computer seek to combine AI with blockchain technologies to provide new solutions.