Deep Tide TechFlow News, on January 6, reported by The Block, GMCI index data shows that the total market value of crypto games and Layer 2 projects has declined in 2024, while other sectors including Layer 1 tokens, meme coins, DePIN, etc., have all achieved 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 more than 60% of the total index value, with the price declines of POL (formerly MATIC) and ARB dragging down overall performance.
Looking ahead to 2025, the Layer 2 sector may welcome 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 nearly 90%, ranking third among all 12 indices, second only to meme coins and the AI index.
