The most profitable sectors of the crypto industry for the first half of 2024 have been revealed, with memecoin and emerging sectors taking the lion's share of the profits.

According to data from BitEye, CoinGecko and Wu Blockchain, memecoin leads the competition, recording a staggering 1,834% return since the beginning of 2024. In second place is the real-world asset tokenization sector. (RWA), delivering 214% returns to investors. Artificial intelligence blockchain projects yield 72%, while decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePIN) reach 59%.

Major digital assets such as Bitcoin and ETH continue to perform well as ETH shows year-over-year gains of 50% and Bitcoin returns around 45%.

Additionally, layer 1 platforms deliver an average return of 43%, while sectors like gaming and DeFi lag behind the competition but still achieve modest returns of 19% and 3% respectively. In contrast, layer 2 protocols declined noticeably, with an average total loss of around 41%.

Profit analysis by sector | Source: BitEye, Wu Blockchain

Memecoin fever

The rapid growth of memecoin can be partly attributed to the Solana network. In May, 541,000 new token projects were created on the Solana blockchain alone. Celebrities and online KOLs like Andrew Tate, rapper Lil Pump, and Iggy Azalea flocked online to launch their memecoins. Many of these projects have been accused of insider trading and in some cases Pump & Dump schemes.

Solana's architecture and focus on user-friendly features simplifies the token and smart contract deployment process. Indeed, Pantera Capital has fondly called the network the MacOS of blockchain.

Tokenize real-world assets

The growing field of real-world asset tokenization is a favorite topic of institutional investors and banks.

Seen as the next frontier for digital assets, tokenization of real-world assets could eventually comprise $874 trillion in assets, as investment funds, stocks, bonds, mutual funds Support and even real estate of the world move onchain.

Projects like Chainlink continue to make strides in bringing the world's assets onto the blockchain, with new partnerships prioritizing asset digitization through distributed ledger technology.



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