20 Important Trends in the Crypto Assets Field in 2024

At the beginning of the new year, we have compiled 20 important trends to watch in the Crypto Assets sector for 2024. From underlying infrastructure to top-level applications, these trends will shape the future direction of the industry.

1. Parallel EVM Chain

The development of parallel EVM chains is accelerating. Some projects have announced upgrade plans aimed at becoming the first parallel EVM chain. Although the recent market enthusiasm has cooled, the competition for public chain performance continues.

2. Modular Blockchain

Modular blockchain architecture is thriving, encompassing multiple aspects such as data availability, consensus mechanisms, and execution layers. This trend is driving blockchain design towards greater efficiency and scalability.

3. Solana Ecosystem

The Solana ecosystem has recently experienced significant growth, especially in the infrastructure of decentralized exchanges (DEX). Future focus will be on project development in key areas such as asset issuance, circulation, and leveraged trading.

4. Decentralized Physical Infrastructure ( DePin )

Although the emergence of the DePin concept seems somewhat sudden, there is still potential in this field to incubate innovative applications. The key lies in designing reasonable economic models and incentive mechanisms to promote long-term sustainable development.

5. Restaking (

The risk-free yield brought by Ethereum's POS has injected new vitality into the DeFi space. Various projects are innovating around this fundamental yield, designing more attractive yield products.

6. Sei Ecosystem

With the launch of Sei V2, its ecosystem is expected to experience rapid development. Key focus areas include asset issuance, circulation, and leverage trading, among other core DeFi functions.

7. Starknet Ecosystem

The development of the Starknet ecosystem is highly anticipated, especially in the two directions of DeFi and full-chain gaming. The development of DeFi projects will be influenced by the Starknet DeFi Committee, while full-chain gaming may become another growth point for the ecosystem.

8. Atomicals Protocol

As a new type of token standard on Bitcoin, Atomicals has stronger orthodoxy compared to BRC-20. The market maintains a strong interest in its mainstream projects, but the overall trend still needs further observation.

9. GameFi

A number of high-quality game projects have emerged in the fourth quarter of 2023, expected to be launched successively this year. These projects are likely to bring new growth momentum to the GameFi sector.

10. On-Chain Games

The game model that fully puts game assets on the blockchain is emerging, and this model is expected to bring players a deeper engagement experience. However, the development in this area is still in its early stages and requires ongoing attention.

11. Proof of Work ) PoW ( Project

The mining community maintains a continuous demand for new mining opportunities. Keeping an eye on the new product launches from mainstream mining machine manufacturers may be a simple strategy to seize related investment opportunities.

12. Cosmos Ecosystem

Although the Cosmos ecosystem is relatively niche, its continuous innovation vitality makes it a field worth paying attention to. This ecosystem has the potential to incubate high-quality projects.

13. Derivatives Trading

The complexity of DeFi protocols is continuously increasing, providing professional traders with more arbitrage and hedging opportunities. Some projects excel in user experience and functional design, making them worth ongoing attention.

14. Intent ) Intent ( and AI

Although the popularity of the concept of "intention" has cooled down, related projects are still continuing to develop. The integration of this field with AI may bring new breakthroughs.

15. Berachain

The "Proof of Liquidity" ) concept proposed by Berachain may trigger a competition around economic models and token economics design, focusing on optimizing capital efficiency.

16. De-Centralized Science(De-Science)

Decentralized science is an emerging research direction, currently focusing mainly on the fields of medicine and AI. This trend may gain more attention in the future.

17. Stablecoin Innovation

The stablecoin sector is undergoing a new wave of innovation, exploring aspects such as new architectural designs, capital efficiency optimization, and interest rate mechanisms.

18. High Risk High Return Model

High-risk, high-reward models similar to OHM still exist in the market, and recent projects have achieved significant returns. However, participants need to fully understand the associated risks.

19. ZK Proof Hardware Acceleration

Zero-knowledge proof hardware acceleration is a cutting-edge research direction. Although there are currently few relevant projects, it may become an important technological breakthrough point in the future.

20. ZK Co-processor

The ZK co-processor is another technology direction worth paying attention to. Although our understanding is still not deep enough at the moment, its potential is worth further exploration.