Greener solutions to the current consensus mechanisms have been in the media limelight since Elon Musk rejected Bitcoin due to its high carbon footprint.

The market is full of optimism after the first Bitcoin futures ETF gained the SEC's approval, and successfully launched in October 2021.

New economies will be created as the digital world will become central to human socializing.

Epic Games Store will accept blockchain games but doesn't feel confident about backing NFTs due to their speculative nature.

As crypto gained more accepted, social media became a primed digital locale to distribute learnings and data about existing or upcoming cryptocurrencies.

Demand for Ethereum will increase as PoS becomes the dominant consensus mechanism.

DeFi has been overshadowed by NFTs in 2021, as investors sought new ways of generating profit.

Every emerging blockchain with smart contract capabilities gets dubbed an "Ethereum Killer," as they are built to challenge Ethereum's shortcomings.

Cardano's en-fanfare protocol upgrade, which saw the network gain smart contract capabilities, is yet to reach the "Ethereum-Killer" status.

Since Ethereum first introduced smart contracts, there has been a growing demand for network usage.