Deep Tide TechFlow News, January 6, reported by The Block, GMCI index data shows a decline in the total market value of crypto games and Layer 2 projects in 2024, while other sectors including Layer 1 tokens, meme coins, DePIN, etc., have all seen growth. Among them, the crypto game index fell by 16%, and the Layer 2 index fell by 30%.
It is worth noting that the crypto game index does not include TON, which benefits from nearly 1 billion Telegram crypto game users, with an annual increase of over 100%. In the Layer 2 sector, Mantle, Polygon, and Arbitrum account for over 60% of the total index value, with the price drops of POL (formerly MATIC) and ARB dragging down overall performance.
Looking ahead to 2025, the Layer 2 sector may see a turning point. The Ethereum Layer 2 network Linea, incubated by ConsenSys, plans to issue tokens in the first quarter, and the Layer 2 network Unichain developed by Uniswap will also launch its mainnet in early 2025. In 2024, the GMCI 30 index representing the top 30 digital assets rose by nearly 90%, ranking third among all 12 indices, only behind meme coins and the AI index.
