The 12 hottest crypto narratives of 2024:

Decentralized AI

Representative projects: Bittensor (TAO), The Render Network (RNDR), Grass

re-pledge

Representative project: EigenLayer

Bitcoin L2

Representative projects: Lightning Labs, Stacks, BitVM

Modular

Representative project: Celestia

Data Availability (DA)

Representative projects: Celestia, EigenDA, Avail

DePIN

Representative projects: Helium, Hivemapper, Filecoin

Alt L1s (alternative L1 public chain)

Representative projects: Solana, Avalanche

Intents (enhancing the experience of DeFi users)

Representative projects: Anoma, Essential, PropellerHeads

Interoperability

Representative projects: LayerZero Labs, Axelar Network, Wormhole

Ordinals

Representative projects: NodeMonkes, Quantum Cats

Parallel EVM

Representative projects: Monad, Sei

RWAs

Representative projects: Ondo Finance, Parcl, Mattereum