It was an important year in the history of the crypto industry. Many people joined the decentralized universe and NFTs came into force. There were however a few cryptocurrency projects that stood out and gained attention.

DailyCoin has put together a list of the 10 top crypto projects in 2021 as the year comes to an end. It includes 10 digital assets that were compiled using CoinMarketCap’s annual statistics.

#10 Decentraland
Decentraland uses blockchain technology to allow users to build avatars, purchase virtual land, and wear virtual clothes. Decentraland actually sells digital land plots for many millions. It hosts many events including music festivals, where DeadMau5 and Paris Hilton perform.

Transactions in Decentraland are done with MANA (the native token of the country), whose value rose from $0.08 at 2021’s beginning to $5 by November.

Decentraland is also being considered by government agencies: Barbados has plans for a diplomat embassy to be built in the metaverse.

Attracting over 300,000 daily active users, it’s no wonder that this crypto project has been one of the most successful in 2021.

#9 Harmony
Harmony is a blockchain-based platform that is fast, transparent, has low fees, and facilitates the creation of dApps; it’s position as a catalyst for several Web 3.0 innovations has helped determine Harmony’s popularity. The blockchain’s superb features include the sharding process, Verifiable Random Function (VRF), and the effective proof-of-stake (EPoS) consensus mechanism.

To encourage innovation and to attract developers to Harmony’s mainnet, the project offers a grant program.

Harmony’s cryptocurrency, ONE, jumped from $0.0041 in January 2021, to $0.36, 10 months later in November.

#8 PancakeSwap
PancakeSwap is the world’s most popular decentralized platform to trade, earn, and win cryptocurrency on. PancakeSwap is a decentralized platform that has the largest number of users and trading volumes. It also boasts stakes in excess $12,000,000,000.

It allows you to instantly trade crypto currencies without the need for registration. PancakeSwap is different from central trading platforms such as Binance (NASDAQ:), Coinbase (NASDAQ;), and it ensures 100% ownership for your digital assets.

#7 CryptoPunks
CryptoPunks, which is an NFT-giant with 10,000 characters that were created using the Ethereum blockchain, is one such collection. These avatars are consistently ranked high on lists of most expensive NFTs sold. They typically sell for $350,000 to $500,000 but have been sold for many millions. For $11.75million, the most costly avatar was purchased.

CryptoPunks was created by Larva Labs, and is inspired by ERC-721 standards that drive most digital art. It’s one of the most popular NFT projects in 2021.

#6
Solana, which has over 400 projects from NFT and DeFi in its ecosystem, is one of the most popular blockchains.

A few of the Solana’s top selling points are its ultra-fast transaction speed and environmental-friendliness – the cryptocurrency’s PoS and PoH verification processes consume significantly less energy than or Ethereum transactions.

SOL, a cryptocurrency, has experienced a substantial spike in its final quarter. Its current price is $172 65 as of writing. Over the last year its TVL has increased by $660 millions.

#5 OpenSea
OpenSea was the original NFT marketplace and is the largest. Since its launch in 2017, the platform has been dominating NFT markets in 2021.

OpenSea was able to raise $23,000,000 in March 2021 and see transactions increase by over 100x. It also crossed the $10 Billion mark for all-time sales volume.

#4 Polygon
Polygon, a rapidly-growing blockchain company that seeks solutions to the biggest problems in the cryptocurrency industry, is growing quickly. Polygon, an Indian-based scaling solution to Ethereum, recently launched an update to make MATIC its native token. This will allow transactions to be visible and have a deflationary impact.

MATIC reached a high of $2.45 at the close of May 2021. It is now valued at $2.06, having recently rebounded by 35% after the December 4th crash.

#3 The Sandbox
Sandbox allows users to create their in-game experiences and make money. It is best known for its ability to sell land and real property, with 25% of all NFT-sales being recorded recently.

Partnering with renowned partners has made virtual gaming platforms possible, such as

Adidas (OTC):, the Smurfs and The Walking Dead. Steve Aoki. Snoop Dogg. Many more famous creators are highly likely to join the project’s ambitions in 2022.

SAND’s price spiked in the last two months, accordingly with the emergence of the metaverse.

#2
Axie Infinity, a NFT-based virtual world game with over 2,000,000 daily users, is called Axie Infinity. Axies are pet pets of the metaverse, where they breed, raise, fight and defend other creatures.

Axie Infinity is inspired by Pokémon and Tamagotchi, and the game uses a play-to-earn model, which allows users to earn tokens (AXS) while playing. Governance tokens allow users to participate in decision making and manage the Axie Community Treasury.

At the time of writing the live AxieInfinity price is $91.44. There has been a 24 hour trading volume of $226.477.018. AXS was $160 at its highest on November 6, when it reached $91.44.

#1 Gala
Gala Games is 2021’s top-ranked blockchain project. The gaming platform is partially owned and operated by its players, who earn Gala tokens simply by playing, and can use them to decide the future of the game, the entirety of which is determined by the player-owned ‘Node Ecosystem’. Gala Games is easy to understand and navigate, even for those with little to no crypto experience, and this has doubtless played a large part in it’s meteoric rise in 2021.

This year, GALA’s price has risen by an astronomical 40760.00%.

Why you should care

CoinMarketCap’s top crypto projects for 2021 can assist you in deciding which tokens should be studied and whether they could make a good investment.

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