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15 Senior Digital Asset Inventory: Which Old Projects Still Have a Chance to Turn Around?
The crypto market is like a prolonged war; projects that survive multiple cycles often possess stronger vitality. Today, we analyze 15 veteran coins that have endured market baptism—why they can persist until today and what stories lie behind them.
First Tier: Payment Veterans
XRP: Possible Rebirth After Legal Battles
Basic Information
XRP’s goal back then was clear—it wasn’t to be a coin in the crypto circle, but to provide cross-border clearing solutions for traditional financial institutions. It once partnered with global banks and payment companies, ranking among the top three by market cap in 2017-2018.
But in 2020, the US Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit, plunging XRP into legal turmoil. After years of litigation, the dust settled in August 2025—the court confirmed XRP is not a security in the secondary market, and Ripple paid a $50 million fine.
Technical Features
Future Outlook If XRP-related ETFs are approved, banks adopt RLUSD stablecoin, and cross-border payment demand truly kicks off, this long-suppressed project may see a concentrated release. Regulatory approval + real-world application landing could see XRP re-enter mainstream visibility.
LTC: Stable Supporting Role
Basic Information
Litecoin has been dubbed “Bitcoin’s silver” due to its faster transaction speed and lower costs, gaining market attention. However, its founder sold all holdings at the 2017 bull peak, raising doubts about the project.
But LTC never disappeared; instead, it kept upgrading its infrastructure. In 2025, Canary Capital launched a spot LTC ETF, and LitVM introduced the first zero-knowledge proof Layer-2 network supporting EVM-compatible smart contracts and cross-chain interoperability.
Technical Features
Future Expectations LTC’s value lies in stability and reliability. When Bitcoin ecosystem warms up, LTC, as a “veteran stablecoin,” often gets driven by capital. It won’t skyrocket tenfold, but it won’t go to zero—this resilience is the hallmark of veteran projects.
Second Tier: Smart Contract Competitors
ADA: Academic Dedication
Basic Information
Cardano has taken a different path from the start—each upgrade is preceded by academic papers, peer review, and formal verification. This earned ADA the nickname “most rigorous blockchain,” but at the cost of slower ecosystem development.
In 2025, ADA partnered with PUC-Rio in Brazil to establish Ada Labs, focusing on blockchain economics, DeFi, and renewable energy solutions. While not as active as Ethereum, the ecosystem is steadily growing.
Technical Features
Potential Catalysts On-chain governance implementation, major application launches, and projects in Africa adopting ADA could inject new vitality. To challenge Ethereum’s dominance, ADA needs more real-world applications.
DOT: Elegant Cross-Chain Infrastructure Design
Basic Information
Polkadot’s core advantage is its complete cross-chain architecture—relay chain provides security, parachains handle execution, and all chains communicate seamlessly via the IBC protocol. The system design is sophisticated but complex to implement.
In 2025, Polkadot was included in Hong Kong government’s “strategic enterprise” projects, with continuous influx of institutional investments. This indicates rising market recognition of its long-term value.
Technical Features
Prospective Outlook The demand for cross-chain solutions truly exploding, more parachains launching, and ecosystem leading applications emerging could drive DOT’s growth. As an infrastructure-level project, DOT’s value won’t disappear; it just needs to wait for the cross-chain narrative to warm up again.
NEAR: Developer-Friendly High-Performance Chain
Basic Information
NEAR’s key selling point is developer experience. Its sharding tech supports infinite scalability, Rainbow Bridge enables seamless interoperability with Ethereum, and user-friendly account names are designed thoughtfully.
In 2025, NEAR partnered with OceanPal to launch SovereignAI, building blockchain-native confidential AI cloud infrastructure based on NEAR, integrating NVIDIA tech to support agency-based commercial applications. This shows NEAR exploring new growth points.
Technical Features
Imaginative Space Large social or AI applications landing, ecosystem user growth, and deep integration with trending narratives could trigger explosive growth for NEAR.
ICP: The Most Ambitious Chain
Basic Information
The Internet Computer’s dream is enormous—it aims not just to be a blockchain but to rebuild the entire internet. On-chain YouTube, on-chain TikTok, on-chain cloud services, directly competing with AWS and Google Cloud.
The biggest issue was the token release structure at launch, causing the price to fall from over $700 to single digits. But the technology remains full of imagination.
Technical Features
Key to Breakthrough If a truly user-based on-chain application emerges, ICP’s technical potential can be fully unleashed. It takes time, but the imagination space is limitless.
ATOM: The Ecosystem Father’s Self-Rescue
Basic Information
The Cosmos ecosystem is undeniably powerful—star projects like Osmosis, dYdX new version, Celestia all carry Cosmos DNA. But ironically, as the ecosystem grows stronger, ATOM itself is often suppressed.
In 2025, staking ATOM surged to a record high of 274 million tokens, with an annual yield stable at 16.34%. This indicates a rising market recognition of its long-term value.
Technical Features
Rebound Logic The value of ATOM may be late but won’t be absent. The stronger the ecosystem, the larger the eventual rebound space. Stable staking yields also support long-term holding.
Third Tier: Core Infrastructure of DeFi
AAVE: The Engine of On-Chain Finance
Basic Information
AAVE was the first project to bring flash loans into the public eye. Though it sounds like a “scam tool,” it actually forms the underlying infrastructure of the entire DeFi ecosystem—arbitrage, liquidation, risk management, all require flash loans.
AAVE has the largest asset scale and strongest security recognition in DeFi lending. During the 2020-2021 DeFi summer, it was synonymous with “on-chain bank.”
Technical Features
Investment Logic As long as DeFi ecosystem persists, AAVE is a money printer. Its stable cash flow model makes it one of the most reliable yield protocols in crypto.
UNI: The Permanent Benchmark of DEX
Basic Information
Uniswap defined the AMM model, making DeFi truly possible. Before it, on-chain trading required order books and centralized matching. Uniswap changed the rules—permissionless, anyone can provide liquidity, any token can list.
In January 2025, Uniswap V4 officially launched, introducing “hooks” contracts, allowing developers to customize pools, fees, and LP behaviors, greatly enhancing protocol flexibility. This is another DeFi revolution.
Technical Features
Practical Issues UNI is mainly a governance token, with no protocol dividends, so its price movement is unrelated to protocol revenue. If someday UNI initiates buybacks or dividends, it will make a qualitative leap.
MKR: Guardian of Decentralized Stablecoins
Basic Information
MakerDAO’s core is the DAI stablecoin—the only truly decentralized stablecoin. Unlike USDT and USDC backed by centralized institutions, DAI is fully backed by over-collateralized assets. This feature gives it an irreplaceable position in DeFi.
MKR is the governance and risk control token; holders vote on collateral ratios, stability fees, and parameters. In 2024, MakerDAO rebranded as Sky, reflecting its evolution toward a broader vision.
Technical Features
Long-term Value As long as stablecoin demand exists, MKR remains a super core asset. It is the “central bank” of DeFi, with an unshakable status.
Fourth Tier: Community-Driven Assets
DOGE: Value Embodied in Community Consensus
Basic Information
Dogecoin started as a joke but has played out the most interesting story in crypto—relying on internet culture, community power, and Elon Musk’s support, it transformed from a joke into a top ten currency by market cap.
In November 2024, Trump announced the creation of the “Government Efficiency Department” (DOGE), led by Elon Musk. This political branding further strengthened DOGE’s status as a “meme coin” and symbol of power.
Technical Features
Future Drivers Musk’s tweets can trigger price movements; the power of internet culture is perfectly demonstrated here. If ZKP and other tech upgrades are realized, DOGE might combine community hype with on-chain capability.
SHIB: From Meme to Product
Basic Information
Shiba Inu claims to be “Dogecoin killer,” but unlike DOGE, SHIB aims to shift from pure meme to actual products. Ecosystem products like ShibaSwap DEX, Shibarium Layer-2, NFTs, and games are continuously launched.
This makes SHIB a “meme traffic plus real product” hybrid—if Shibarium ecosystem really takes off, it won’t just be a meme anymore.
Technical Features
Development Key Whether Shibarium ecosystem can truly scale, and whether metaverse and gaming applications can bring real users, are critical for SHIB’s upgrade from meme to ecosystem token.
PEPE / FLOKI: Containers of Emotion and Topics
PEPE
FLOKI
PEPE is a cultural and emotional icon; after listing on an exchange, it officially became one of the “mainstream meme coin trio.” FLOKI is different—developing Valhalla metaverse game, FlokiFi DeFi ecosystem, and more practical applications.
Technical Features
PEPE: Pure meme, no utility
FLOKI:
Investment Psychology Meme coin price swings depend entirely on community hype and market sentiment. If you accept “value comes from cultural consensus,” PEPE is your playground; if you want real products, FLOKI is worth watching.
Fifth Tier: Infrastructure Assets
FIL: Long-termism in Decentralized Storage
Basic Information
Filecoin doesn’t tell stories; it truly enables file storage. As the incentive layer of IPFS, it shifts internet storage from centralized to decentralized. Its vision is to rebuild the internet’s storage layer—making data permanent, secure, and decentralized.
It’s a genuine long-term project but less sexy. Its economic model and mining mechanism are complex—miners need to stake FIL to mine, but after mining, they sell tokens for cash, creating ongoing selling pressure.
Technical Features
Catalysts Large-scale adoption of decentralized storage in Web3, growing AI data demands, and global storage market decentralization trends could unlock FIL’s value. It is an infrastructure project, waiting for ecosystem explosion.
LINK: The Invisible Champion of Oracles
Basic Information
Chainlink’s importance cannot be overstated—without oracles, there is no DeFi; without LINK, no oracles. Its position in the on-chain ecosystem is akin to the internet’s DNS system.
Blockchains are closed systems and cannot directly access external data. LINK acts as a bridge between on-chain and off-chain—DeFi needs price data, insurance needs flight data, gaming needs randomness, all provided by LINK.
In 2025, Chainlink launched Chainlink Runtime Environment at SmartCon, an end-to-end smart contract orchestration layer for institutions, capable of connecting external data, cross-chain, and meeting compliance.
Technical Features
Market Status LINK has an interesting phenomenon—people use it daily but rarely think about its token. Like water and electricity, you use it daily but don’t think about the stock of the utility company. It works silently, revealing opportunities only at critical moments.
Breakout Opportunities Integration of RWA assets, surging off-chain data demand, large-scale institutional adoption of on-chain finance—all could trigger demand for oracles. LINK is a “infrastructure-level value,” a long-term “water, electricity, coal” for the entire crypto world.
Conclusion: Time Will Prove Everything
These 15 projects are alive today for unique reasons. Some rely on technological accumulation, some on community consensus, some on foundational infrastructure status.
Market cycles tell us: ultimately, the winners are often not the brightest but the most resilient. When the spring breeze blows again through this market, these veterans’ value will be rediscovered.