The digital assets industry broke records and in 2018 Bitcoin has performed well in the past with major milestones in 2024. 100,000 dollars to a new all-time high.
But it's not just the world's oldest cryptocurrency that's been up-and-coming this year. Several industry newcomers have also seen their stars rise.
Here are our picks for 2024's stars in crypto and Web3, from releasing popular meme coin launchpads to opening new trading platforms and stirring up drama on Crypto Twitter.
Sasha Plovinovs notcoin, A peer-to-peer (P2E) game on Telegram, this year has helped revive the iconic crypto-based game.
Notcoin has amassed nearly 35 million users at its peak, introducing many new people to the Web3 world. It was also one of the biggest crypto games The simulation starts In the year By 2024, the digital asset's market cap will hit $1.5 billion, or nearly double that of Pixel Token.
NotCoin co-creator Sasha Plovinov (left) speaks with Decrypt's Sander Lutz at Token 2049 in Dubai. Image: Decrypt
However, Notecoin's influence did not stop there.
The early success of Notcoin set the stage for the success of the later more popular Telegram. Tap to get crypto Games. A notcoin successor gathered the hamster fight 300 million Players.
Dylan Abruscato: Founder of the game Crypto
Dylan Abruscato has breathed new life into crypto-based games.
In the year In February 2024, the founder released Crypto: The Game, a game to save all digital assets in which players choose from a series of challenging time slots.
The project attracted around 350 players in its first “season” and created a huge buzz on social media. That early success allowed the project to return with its second installment, Crypto: The Game. (Anon Island)A few months later – this time with more players.
In June, DeFi protocol Uniswap obtained Crypto: the game for unknown value – proof of its rapidly growing popularity.
Ansem: businessman and influencer
Crypto Twitter celebrity Ansem's star has risen this year, with the influencer amassing nearly 600,000 followers on X.
The twentysomething businessman has seen his following grow in part because of his talent. Make a splash Delivering altcoin trends and key crypto market insights.
However, the desire to serve Controversial opinion At crypto industry events, as well as his tongue-in-cheek interactions with other crypto influencers, he has won many fans (and his fair share of haters).
Alon: Co-founder of Pump.fun
Alone, Solana-based meme coin startup Platform Pump.fun gained notoriety earlier this year for reviving the altcoin trading craze.
The market cap of Meme Coins is over $150 million as of press time, with the majority of the market led by Pamp.fun. The simulation starts, CoinGecko shows data.
From last August to November, Pump.fun meme coins comprised more than 50% of all monthly transactions on Solana, the most widely used network for altcoin trading.
The meme coin craze is fueled by Pump.fun, a unique live streaming platform, where Coordinated suppression And plain content was the norm.
The platform's amazing content has become a hot topic in the crypto community, with heavyweights in the digital asset industry such as the founder of Binance. Weigh in On the beautiful culture.
Jack Booth: Co-founder of the Tone Association
Jack Booth is another person who contributed to the Telegram cryptocurrency game trend in 2024.
The founder's Telegram Open Network (TON) has a community. He tried to build communities in the Ton environmentlead hackathons and other programs that offer mentoring opportunities and incentives for early adopters.
Those efforts, in turn, fueled the explosive growth of Telegram's decentralized network.
Jack Lu: CEO of Magic Eden
Jack Loo is sparking a potential NFT revival on Magic Eden, a Solana-based platform for users to hold cross-chain wallets for NFTs.
The multi-chain platform sizzled earlier this year for Bitcoin Runes and Ordinals, two types of tokens that cover 80% of the trading volume. Meanwhile, Magic Eden recorded a daily volume of $60 million this summer, making the project a leader in the revival of NFT trading, according to on-chain data.
platform The airdrop has created a buzz among traders.Over $300 million in native tokens to go to Magic Eden's faithful.
Iggy Azalea: Founder of $ MOTHER
Iggy Azalea has taken her 15 minutes of Internet defamation to the final frontier: she made a meme coin.
But unlike many of her famous peers—and some longtime Web3 developers—the unlikely queen of shitcoins has seen some success.
Iggy Azalea launched her Mother Iggy (Mother) Meme Coin in June, when the token's price doubled to a peak of nearly $0.15, CoinGecko Data It shows. The singer's token has a market cap of nearly $74 million, making it more widely traded than REKT and DOG.
The token's relative success is attributed to Azalea's efforts to build the Web3 community.
Singapore Token 2049 In September, Azalea launched its meme coin in a much-hyped move. Conference side event– A raucous wild-west-themed party full of stunts and loads of rousing antics.
While the incident was heavily criticized on CryptoTwitter, it certainly did its job of putting the singer and her avatar on the meme coin map.
Edited by Sebastian Sinclair
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