As June comes to an end and we move into the second half of the year, this week’s choices are set to benefit from increased trading activity and speculation as the result of significant developments and potential project upgrades and announcements that should strengthen their market positions and bring more attention to the projects' tokens.

Waves (WAVES)

Waves is a cryptocurrency platform that aims to facilitate the trading of digital assets of all kinds as well as real-world commodities. The project was created by Russian physicist, Sasha Ivanov, and allows anyone to create their own custom token and trade it on the Waves platform. The project has also hosted a number of ICOs and been a reliable choice for teams looking to raise funds via an Initial Coin Offering.

Why Waves?

The Waves team continue to develop their platform and after launching their DEX and mobile wallet last year, they also expanded to incorporate Smart Contract capabilities. They have activated smart asset functionalities and will also conduct a node release that will help to enable full scale dApps on the platform. The release it set for June 25 with Waves CEO Sasha Ivanov confirming the launch on Twitter.

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Tron (TRX)

TRON is a blockchain based decentralized protocol that aims to construct a worldwide free content entertainment system while utilizing blockchain and distributed storage technology. The protocol allows users to publish, store, and own data, while the decentralized system manages subscriptions, distribution and the push of content.

Why Tron?

The Tron team continue develop their platform and have recently released their Sun Network second layer scaling sidechain solution, and have also expanded the platform’s smart contract capabilities, and transactions per second (tps) rate. The team look set to announce further developments this week and CEO Justin Sun is set to host a live stream AMA session this week on June 25. As ever, TRX remains responsive to developments and any significant announcements could result in a price appreciation of the TRX token.

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Matic Network (MATIC)

Matic Network is a layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum which aims to provide major scalability improvements for decentralized applications by utilizing a modified version of Plasma with sidechains based on the Proof-of-Stake consensus mechanism. The project makes use of the MATIC token and recently held an IEO on Binance.

Why Matic?

The team continue to remain active and are in the middle of a host of platform upgrades which include their Proof-of-Stake Validator onboarding, Plasma implementation, and Plasma cross asset swaps. The upgrades will allow deposits and withdrawals of Ethereum-based assets using the Matic Plasma implementation in alpha, as well as Plasma - cross-asset swaps between ERC721-ERC20, ERC20-ERC20, and ERC721-ERC721 tokens on testnet. Matic recently held a successful IEO on Binance and the upgrades should help to maintain some positive sentiment around the project.

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How did the coins perform last week?

BTC had a stellar week and grew by around 16% in value and is currently trading at around $10,610. A number of altcoins struggled to keep up, and LIT fell by around 13% in value, and is currently trading at $0.13. LTO suffered a similar fate, and fell by 16% over the week, and is currently trading at $0.12. Over the course of the week, the market climbed from $285B to $320B.