Julia Holmes 
On January 24, 2024, DefiDraft published a list of seven crypto projects for the year ahead. On October 13, 2026, DefiDraft examined every one of them again. The five projects with a traded token are all valued below their price on the original publication date, by between 65.6% and 97.9%, and the two projects without a token no longer operate a functioning website. That record closely resembles the IDO data showing 1 of 38 projects returned a profit.
Over the same period, Bitcoin rose from $40,085 to $83,412, an increase of +108.1%. This page therefore keeps the original seven crypto projects in their original order and adds the information the 2024 version never provided: the price on the day of the recommendation, the current price, and the date on which each figure was recorded. Nothing below represents a prediction or a recommendation to purchase.
Key Takeaways
- All 5 listed tokens from the 2024 list of crypto projects are down since January 24, 2024. An equal stake in each would show a loss of 85.2%.
- Bitcoin gained +108.1% and Ether gained +12.6% over the same period, from the same January 24, 2024 starting point.
- Secret Network fell the most, -97.9%, while Ocean Protocol fell the least, -65.6%.
- Four of the five set a new all-time low during 2026: Secret Network, Internet Computer, Osmosis and Mina.
- Bowled.io returns an HTTP 530 error and Vitruveo’s domain no longer resolves, so neither can be checked.
- Only Internet Computer is still in the CoinGecko top 100, at rank 61.
The 7 Crypto Projects at a Glance: Then and Now
| # | Project | Price on Jan 24, 2024 | Price on Oct 13, 2026 | Change | Rank now | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Secret Network | $0.3778 | $0.0080 | -97.9% | 1,616 | Listed |
| 2 | Ocean Protocol | $0.4176 | $0.1435 | -65.6% | 604 | Listed |
| 3 | Bowled.io | – | – | – | – | Site error 530 |
| 4 | Vitruveo | – | – | – | – | Domain gone |
| 5 | DFINITY (Internet Computer) | $11.53 | $3.13 | -72.9% | 61 | Listed |
| 6 | Osmosis | $1.46 | $0.0428 | -97.1% | 637 | Listed |
| 7 | Mina Protocol | $1.05 | $0.0760 | -92.7% | 293 | Listed |
The 2024 prices are the Binance daily closing prices on the publication date of the original article. For four of the five tokens, Coinbase recorded an identical close within one cent, so the starting point does not depend on a single exchange. Current prices come from CoinGecko and were recorded during the afternoon of October 13, 2026, and the rank column shows the CoinGecko market capitalization ranking on the same day.
Interpret the change column against one important fact. Bitcoin more than doubled during the same period, so these losses did not occur in a declining market. They occurred while the largest digital asset appreciated considerably, which is the clearest indication that the individual selections, rather than general market conditions, explain the outcome.
Wrong fit: reading this table as a verdict on the technology. Secret Network, Osmosis and Mina still have live websites and traded tokens. The table measures the tokens, and the tokens are what a reader of the original list would have bought.
The 7 Crypto Projects, One by One
Each entry below preserves the order of the original list. It summarizes what the 2024 article claimed, what the available data shows on October 13, 2026, and which readers should not interpret the original entry as guidance. Project descriptions follow the information each project maintains with CoinGecko rather than the promotional language of the original article.
1. Secret Network (SCRT)
The 2024 article called Secret Network the leading privacy chain, built around encrypted smart contracts.
CoinGecko describes SCRT as the native coin of a network whose nodes compute over encrypted data. On January 24, 2024, SCRT closed at $0.3778 on Binance. On October 13, 2026, CoinGecko priced it at $0.0080, a change of -97.9% since the pick. Its market value had shrunk to $5.5M, its rank had fallen to 1,616, and it set its all-time low of $0.0066 on 2026-09-03. Daily trading volume was only $57,403, an extremely thin market for a token that once ranked among the leading privacy projects. DefiDraft covered the network at its peak, when Secret offered $400 million in funding.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Price on January 24, 2024 (Binance close) | $0.3778 |
| Same day on Coinbase | not listed on Coinbase |
| Price on October 13, 2026 (CoinGecko) | $0.0080 |
| Change since the 2024 pick | -97.9% |
| Market value | $5.5M |
| CoinGecko rank | 1,616 |
| All-time high | $10.38 on 2021-10-28 |
| Below all-time high | -99.9% |
| All-time low | $0.0066 on 2026-09-03 |
| One-year change | -96.0% |
| 24-hour volume | $57,403 |
| CoinGecko categories | Artificial Intelligence (AI), Infrastructure, Smart Contract Platform, Cosmos Ecosystem |
| Website | scrt.network – https://scrt.network |
Verdict: The weakest result of the seven: still operating, but nearly all of its market capitalization has disappeared.
Wrong fit: anyone who treats a privacy feature as an investment thesis. The technology still functions as described, and the token lost almost its entire value regardless.
2. Ocean Protocol (OCEAN)
The 2024 article presented Ocean Protocol as a marketplace where people could sell their own data.
CoinGecko describes Ocean as an ecosystem for sharing data and related services. OCEAN closed at $0.4176 on Binance on January 24, 2024, and Coinbase recorded $0.4173 for the same day, so the two sources agree. On October 13, 2026 it traded at $0.1435, a change of -65.6%. That makes Ocean the strongest performer among the five listed tokens, which reveals more about the group than about Ocean itself. Its market capitalization was $34.6M and its rank was 604.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Price on January 24, 2024 (Binance close) | $0.4176 |
| Same day on Coinbase | $0.4173 |
| Price on October 13, 2026 (CoinGecko) | $0.1435 |
| Change since the 2024 pick | -65.6% |
| Market value | $34.6M |
| CoinGecko rank | 604 |
| All-time high | $1.93 on 2021-04-10 |
| Below all-time high | -92.6% |
| All-time low | $0.0128 on 2019-08-10 |
| One-year change | -49.3% |
| 24-hour volume | $123,650 |
| CoinGecko categories | Artificial Intelligence (AI), Storage, Polygon Ecosystem, Ethereum Ecosystem |
| Website | oceanprotocol.com – https://oceanprotocol.com |
Verdict: The least damaged of the five listed tokens, still well below its 2024 price.
Wrong fit: anyone who interprets “best of the seven” as a favorable result. It still lost approximately two thirds of its value while Bitcoin doubled.
3. Bowled.io
A cricket-themed social gaming platform that the 2024 article said would bring millions of fans on-chain.
Bowled.io was the only entry in the 2024 list without a token price, and that remains true. A search of CoinGecko on October 13, 2026 identified no coin under that name. The project website, bowled.io, returned HTTP 530 on the same day, which is an error page served by Cloudflare when it cannot reach the server behind the domain. The 2024 article named partnerships and acquired brands, and none of them can be checked against a live site today.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Token on CoinGecko | No coin found by search |
| Website status on October 13, 2026 | HTTP 530 (Cloudflare origin error) on October 13, 2026 |
| Price on January 24, 2024 | Not published in the 2024 article |
| Price on October 13, 2026 | No source available |
| Change since the 2024 pick | Cannot be measured |
| Website | bowled.io – https://bowled.io |
Verdict: A project that cannot currently be verified from its own website.
Wrong fit: anyone searching for a project to follow. There is no functioning website to examine and no listed token to monitor.
4. Vitruveo
A creator-focused layer-one blockchain that the 2024 article said would pay creators steady income.
On October 13, 2026, the domain named in the 2024 article, vitruveo.xyz, returned no DNS record at all, so the website no longer resolves. CoinGecko search found only a wrapped version of the VTRU token, not a listing for the original coin. DefiDraft could not read a price for VTRU from any of the sources used on this page, and it does not print one.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Token on CoinGecko | Only Wrapped VTRU found |
| Website status on October 13, 2026 | vitruveo.xyz and www.vitruveo.xyz returned no DNS record on October 13, 2026 |
| Price on January 24, 2024 | Not published in the 2024 article |
| Price on October 13, 2026 | No source available |
| Change since the 2024 pick | Cannot be measured |
| Website | vitruveo.xyz – https://www.vitruveo.xyz |
Verdict: A project whose own domain has gone dark.
Wrong fit: anyone who wants to verify a project’s claims directly. The website the 2024 article referenced no longer loads.
5. DFINITY (Internet Computer) (ICP)
The 2024 article described DFINITY’s Internet Computer as a fast, scalable network for running apps directly on-chain.
ICP closed at $11.53 on Binance on January 24, 2024, and Coinbase recorded the same figure. On October 13, 2026 it traded at $3.13, a change of -72.9% since the recommendation. It remains the largest project on this list by a considerable margin, with a market capitalization of $1.74B and a CoinGecko rank of 61. It set a new all-time low of $2.00 on 2026-08-01, and DefiDraft has tracked its slide in reports such as ICP falling to $3.13.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Price on January 24, 2024 (Binance close) | $11.53 |
| Same day on Coinbase | $11.53 |
| Price on October 13, 2026 (CoinGecko) | $3.13 |
| Change since the 2024 pick | -72.9% |
| Market value | $1.74B |
| CoinGecko rank | 61 |
| All-time high | $701 on 2021-05-10 |
| Below all-time high | -99.6% |
| All-time low | $2.00 on 2026-08-01 |
| One-year change | -12.1% |
| 24-hour volume | $95.7M |
| CoinGecko categories | Artificial Intelligence (AI), Infrastructure, Smart Contract Platform, Layer 1 (L1) |
| Website | internetcomputer.org – https://internetcomputer.org |
Verdict: The only project on the list still inside the top 100, despite losing most of its 2024 valuation.
Wrong fit: anyone who reads a top-100 rank as safety. ICP hit its all-time low in August 2026, more than five years after its peak.
6. Osmosis (OSMO)
The 2024 article named Osmosis the main cross-chain exchange of the Cosmos network.
CoinGecko still describes Osmosis as a leading exchange in the Cosmos network. OSMO closed at $1.46 on Binance on January 24, 2024, with Coinbase in agreement at $1.46. On October 13, 2026 it traded at $0.0428, a change of -97.1%. Its market value had fallen to $32.0M, its rank to 637, and it set an all-time low of $0.0263 on 2026-07-29.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Price on January 24, 2024 (Binance close) | $1.46 |
| Same day on Coinbase | $1.46 |
| Price on October 13, 2026 (CoinGecko) | $0.0428 |
| Change since the 2024 pick | -97.1% |
| Market value | $32.0M |
| CoinGecko rank | 637 |
| All-time high | $11.25 on 2022-03-03 |
| Below all-time high | -99.6% |
| All-time low | $0.0263 on 2026-07-29 |
| One-year change | -67.4% |
| 24-hour volume | $40.6M |
| CoinGecko categories | Decentralized Exchange (DEX), Smart Contract Platform, Exchange-based Tokens, Decentralized Finance (DeFi) |
| Website | osmosis.zone – https://osmosis.zone |
Verdict: A functioning exchange whose token has lost nearly all of its value.
Wrong fit: anyone who connects a product’s activity to its token price. The exchange continues operating, and the token still declined by more than 95%.
7. Mina Protocol (MINA)
The 2024 article praised Mina as a small, fixed-size blockchain with built-in privacy features.
CoinGecko describes Mina as the lightest blockchain, powered by participants. MINA closed at $1.05 on Binance on January 24, 2024, and Coinbase recorded $1.05. On October 13, 2026 it traded at $0.0760, a change of -92.7% since the pick. Its market value was $98.3M and its rank was 293, with an all-time low of $0.0367 set on 2026-06-30.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Price on January 24, 2024 (Binance close) | $1.05 |
| Same day on Coinbase | $1.05 |
| Price on October 13, 2026 (CoinGecko) | $0.0760 |
| Change since the 2024 pick | -92.7% |
| Market value | $98.3M |
| CoinGecko rank | 293 |
| All-time high | $9.09 on 2021-05-31 |
| Below all-time high | -99.2% |
| All-time low | $0.0367 on 2026-06-30 |
| One-year change | -41.0% |
| 24-hour volume | $16.2M |
| CoinGecko categories | Smart Contract Platform, Layer 1 (L1), Zero Knowledge (ZK), FTX Holdings |
| Website | minaprotocol.com – https://minaprotocol.com |
Verdict: A distinctive architecture that did not protect its token from a decline exceeding 90%.
Wrong fit: anyone who interprets a technical innovation as an investment case. Mina’s design is genuine, and the token still lost most of its value.
What the Same Money Did in Bitcoin and Ether
Any list of crypto projects to watch deserves evaluation against the alternatives a reader actually had. The simplest alternative in January 2024 was holding Bitcoin or Ether, and both closing prices for that date come from the same Binance source used for the seven recommendations.
| Holding | Price on Jan 24, 2024 | Price on Oct 13, 2026 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bitcoin (BTC) | $40,085 | $83,412 | +108.1% |
| Ether (ETH) | $2,235 | $2,516 | +12.6% |
| Equal stake in the 5 listed picks | – | – | -85.2% |
An equal investment across the five listed selections would have retained roughly 15 cents of every dollar, while the same dollar in Bitcoin would now be worth slightly more than two dollars. Ether performed considerably worse than Bitcoin, yet it still outperformed every individual selection on the list. The two projects without a token cannot be measured at all, which suggests the complete record of the 2024 list is probably no better than these figures indicate.
Why the comparison uses daily closing prices
Daily closing prices provide a consistent, verifiable reference that any reader can reproduce using public exchange data. Intraday prices would introduce arbitrary choices about timing, and an average across the day would require data that several sources no longer publish without registration. The Binance and Coinbase figures used here are both free, public and available without an account, so every starting price on this page can be independently confirmed.
The current prices come from a different source, CoinGecko, because CoinGecko aggregates trading across many exchanges and also publishes market capitalization, ranking and historical extremes. Mixing sources introduces a small inconsistency, but the differences between exchanges for these tokens are measured in fractions of a cent, while the changes being measured exceed sixty percent.
- Bitcoin: +108.1% since January 24, 2024.
- Ether: +12.6% over the same period.
- Best pick on the list: Ocean Protocol at -65.6%.
- Worst pick on the list: Secret Network at -97.9%.
Wrong fit: concluding that holding Bitcoin always wins. This compares one window with one start date. A different start date would give different numbers, and nothing here predicts the next window.
Why Lists of Crypto Projects to Watch Age Badly
The 2024 article was not unusual. It followed the format most lists of crypto projects still use today: an enthusiastic introduction, a feature summary for each project, and a closing disclaimer acknowledging that the market is risky. The information it omitted is precisely what makes such lists so difficult to evaluate afterward.
Five gaps in the 2024 version
- No price for any token on the day of the pick, so the reader could not track the result.
- No market value or volume, so a very small token looked as solid as a large one.
- No date on any claim about users, partners or speed.
- Two projects with no traded token at all, listed beside five that had one.
- No later check, so the list kept looking current long after it stopped being true.
What to check before trusting any list
A short verification routine catches most of the problems described above. Look up each token on a price tracker and record the price, the market capitalization and the daily trading volume on the day you read the list. Then confirm whether the project website still loads and when it was last updated. A token with minimal daily volume can decline extremely quickly, and an abandoned website is a stronger warning than any feature description.
Token supply matters as well. A token that releases substantial new supply can decline even while the underlying project grows, as DefiDraft explained in its guide to token unlocks, vesting and supply schedules. Finally, treat any list that provides no dates as already outdated, because it offers no reliable way to determine its age.
How market value shaped the losses
The five listed tokens started from very different sizes, and size influenced how severely each one declined. Internet Computer remains a substantial network with a market capitalization above one billion dollars, while Secret Network has contracted to roughly five million. Smaller tokens typically have fewer buyers, thinner order books and less institutional interest, so sustained selling affects their price more dramatically.
- DFINITY (Internet Computer) (ICP): market value $1.74B, daily volume $95.7M.
- Mina Protocol (MINA): market value $98.3M, daily volume $16.2M.
- Ocean Protocol (OCEAN): market value $34.6M, daily volume $123,650.
- Osmosis (OSMO): market value $32.0M, daily volume $40.6M.
- Secret Network (SCRT): market value $5.5M, daily volume $57,403.
The relationship is not perfect. Ocean Protocol is smaller than Mina yet declined less, so size alone does not explain every result. The broader pattern remains useful, however: when a list combines a billion-dollar network with a token valued at a few million dollars, it is combining very different levels of risk without telling the reader.
Wrong fit: using this routine to pick winners. It helps you avoid the worst surprises. It does not tell you which token will rise, and no list can do that reliably.
How this list was compiled
DefiDraft took the seven crypto projects from the January 24, 2024 version of this article and kept their original order. Current prices, market values, ranks, all-time highs and lows, and one-year changes came from the CoinGecko coins API, read on October 13, 2026. CoinGecko’s public API will not return prices older than one year, so the 2024 price is the Binance daily close for January 24, 2024, checked against Coinbase’s daily candle where Coinbase lists the token. Bitcoin and Ether were priced the same way. Bowled.io and Vitruveo were searched on CoinGecko and their websites were loaded on the same day. Ten Google results for “crypto projects to watch” were reviewed, and the readable ones were checked for a before-and-after price on their own earlier picks. None printed one. This page is for information only and is not financial advice.
Known limitations
Every current price is a single reading on October 13, 2026. Crypto prices move by the minute, and these will have changed by the time you read this.
The 2024 starting price is a daily close. Someone who bought earlier or later that day paid a different price.
Bowled.io and Vitruveo could not be priced. The page reports what was checked and what failed, and does not estimate a value for either.
The equal-stake figure covers only the five listed tokens. Including the two unpriced projects would change it, most likely for the worse.
Community views were not included. Reddit could not be searched from this setup on the day, and DefiDraft did not want to print quotes it could not check.
| Data source | Endpoint | Used for |
|---|---|---|
| CoinGecko coins API | https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/coins/secret | SCRT price, market cap, rank, all-time high and low, read 2026-10-13T16:45:31Z |
| CoinGecko coins API | https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/coins/ocean-protocol | OCEAN price, market cap, rank, all-time high and low, read 2026-10-13T16:45:31Z |
| CoinGecko coins API | https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/coins/internet-computer | ICP price, market cap, rank, all-time high and low, read 2026-10-13T16:45:31Z |
| CoinGecko coins API | https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/coins/osmosis | OSMO price, market cap, rank, all-time high and low, read 2026-10-13T16:45:31Z |
| CoinGecko coins API | https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/coins/mina-protocol | MINA price, market cap, rank, all-time high and low, read 2026-10-13T16:45:31Z |
| Binance public candles | https://api.binance.com/api/v3/klines | Daily closing prices on January 24, 2024 for SCRT, OCEAN, ICP, OSMO, MINA, BTC and ETH against USDT |
| Coinbase Exchange candles | https://api.exchange.coinbase.com/products | Daily candles on January 24, 2024 for OCEAN, ICP, OSMO and MINA against USD, used to cross-check Binance |
| CoinGecko search API | https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/search | Bowled.io and Vitruveo search results on CoinGecko, read 2026-10-13T16:45:31Z |
What this page does not measure
- Whether any of these projects will recover from here.
- Development activity, user numbers or revenue for any of the seven.
- Prices on any exchange other than the ones named above.
- Taxes, fees or slippage for anyone who traded these tokens.
Conclusion
Of the seven crypto projects DefiDraft picked on January 24, 2024, five are down between 65.6% and 97.9%, and two can no longer be checked at all. Over the same period Bitcoin rose +108.1%. If you are reading any list of crypto projects to watch, including this site’s older ones, look for a date, a price and a market value beside every name. If they are missing, check them yourself before you act, and treat the list as a starting point for research rather than a set of picks.
Frequently Asked Questions About These Crypto Projects
How did DefiDraft’s 2024 crypto projects perform?
All five listed tokens fell, by between 65.6% and 97.9%, from January 24, 2024 to October 13, 2026. Bowled.io and Vitruveo had no price to track, and neither website was working on the second date.
Which crypto project on the list did best?
Ocean Protocol, which fell 65.6%, from $0.4176 to $0.1435. It was still the best result of the five listed tokens.
Is Internet Computer (ICP) still a top crypto project?
By market value it is the largest of the seven, at $1.74B and rank 61 on CoinGecko on October 13, 2026. Its price was $3.13, down 72.9% since the 2024 pick, and it set an all-time low of $2.00 on 2026-08-01.
What happened to Bowled.io and Vitruveo?
On October 13, 2026, bowled.io returned an HTTP 530 error and vitruveo.xyz had no DNS record. CoinGecko listed no coin for Bowled.io and only a wrapped VTRU token for Vitruveo. DefiDraft could not confirm the status of either project beyond that.
How did Bitcoin do over the same period?
Bitcoin closed at $40,085 on Binance on January 24, 2024 and traded at $83,412 on CoinGecko on October 13, 2026, a gain of +108.1%.
How should I judge a list of crypto projects to watch?
Look for a date, a price, a market value and daily volume beside every name, and check that each project website still loads. A list without dates gives you no way to tell how old its claims are.
Related reading on DefiDraft
- 2026 IDO data shows 1 of 38 projects returned profit, on how most new tokens performed in 2026.
- Token unlocks explained, on why supply schedules can sink a price.
- ICP price declines to $3.13, a report on ICP’s slide.
Every price on this page was read on October 13, 2026, and the 2024 prices are daily closes for January 24, 2024. Check a live price before acting on any figure here.