The digital assets industry smashed records and blew past major milestones in 2024, catapulting Bitcoin past $100,000 to a new all-time high.
But the world’s oldest cryptocurrency isn’t the only thing that was on the up-and-up this year. Several industry newcomers also saw their stars rise.
From rolling out beloved meme coin launchpads to unveiling new trading platforms and stirring up drama on Crypto Twitter, here are our picks for 2024’s rising stars in crypto and Web3:
Sasha Plotvinov: NOTCOIN founder
Sasha Plotvinov’s Notcoin, a play-to-earn (P2E) game on Telegram, helped drive the stunning resurgence of crypto-based gaming this year.
Notcoin racked up roughly 35 million users at its peak, onboarding large swathes of new people…
Jan 09 2025
