In an industry often dominated by hype, these 10 projects successfully delivered protocol improvements or new products in 2024.
2024 was a significant year for cryptocurrencies and blockchain networks. It saw the launch of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) for Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) in the United States, major protocol upgrades for altcoins, and the release of new infrastructure networks.
Here are 10 crypto projects that implemented major protocol upgrades or shipped a mainnet in 2024, in no particular ranking.
The Avalanche network’s Avalanche9000 upgrade, also known as Etna — touted as the biggest upgrade in the protocol’s history — launched on the Avalanche mainnet on Dec. 16 following a testing phase on the Fuji testnet.
