Grayscale Research has updated its list of the top 20 cryptocurrencies to watch for the next three months. The company refreshes this list every quarter to highlight digital coins with strong growth potential based on trends, user adoption, and long-term value.
Three New Cryptos Added
Grayscale has added three new cryptocurrencies to its list:
- Maple (SYRUP): A lending platform for big investors and regular crypto users.
- Geodnet (GEOD): A decentralized version of GPS for accurate location tracking.
- Story Protocol (IP): A blockchain project that helps creators protect and make money from their work.
This shows that Grayscale is focusing on crypto projects that solve real-world problems in lending, location tracking, and intellectual property rights.
How Grayscale Organizes the Crypto Market
Grayscale divides the crypto market into five categories:
- Currencies – Digital money like Bitcoin.
- Smart contract platforms – Networks like Ethereum that allow apps to be built on them.
- Financial projects – Cryptos focused on lending, borrowing, and trading.
- Consumer & culture – Things like NFTs, gaming, and entertainment.
- Utilities & services – Cryptos that provide essential tools and services for the blockchain world.
Right now, Grayscale is tracking 227 different cryptocurrencies, which together are worth $2.6 trillion in total market value.
Why These 3 Cryptos Were Added
1. Maple (SYRUP) – A Crypto Lending Platform
Maple Finance is a lending service that helps big investors and everyday users borrow and lend money using crypto.
- It has $600 million worth of assets locked in its system.
- It makes $20 million a year in fees.
- It plans to grow to $2 billion by working with other crypto projects like Pendle (PENDLE).
Grayscale likely added Maple because lending is a big part of DeFi (decentralized finance), and the project is growing fast.
2. Geodnet (GEOD) – A Better GPS System
Geodnet is a crypto-powered location tracking service that helps industries like farming, self-driving cars, and robotics.
- It has over 14,000 active tracking devices in 130 countries.
- Its yearly revenue grew 500% in the past year, reaching $3 million.
- It offers a cheaper and more accurate alternative to traditional GPS services.
Since GPS is mostly controlled by governments and big companies, Geodnet’s decentralized approach could change the industry.
3. Story Protocol (IP) – Protecting Creative Work with Blockchain
Story Protocol helps artists and companies protect their content, like music and artwork, on the blockchain.
- It has secured music rights for Justin Bieber, BTS, Maroon 5, and Katy Perry.
- It launched its own IP-focused blockchain in February 2025.
With AI creating more copyright issues, this project could help artists and businesses prove ownership of their work and earn money from it.
Three Cryptos Removed from the List
While adding new ones, Grayscale removed three cryptos from its top 20:
- Akash Network (AKT)
- Arweave (AR)
- Jupiter (JUP)
Grayscale says these projects are still important, but they don’t offer as much potential growth as the new additions.
Where is Grayscale Focusing Now?
Apart from these changes, Grayscale is keeping an eye on three big trends in crypto:
- Scaling Ethereum – Making Ethereum faster and cheaper to use (projects like Optimism).
- AI + Blockchain – Combining artificial intelligence with crypto (projects like Bittensor).
- DeFi & Staking – Earning rewards by holding crypto (projects like Lido DAO).
Earlier this year, Grayscale also said it was looking at 40 more altcoins to possibly invest in, meaning they are still searching for the next big opportunity in crypto.
