Cardano (ADA)

Cardano is a blockchain led by former Ethereum veteran Charles Hoskinson and developed by the IOHK firm. Cardano aims to be the next generation blockchain project and is slated to become a full-fledged smart contract platform with a library of protocols that developers can use to build decentralized apps. The platform uses ADA as its native currency, and the project is well regarded and has been boosted by the recent news that Coinbase is exploring the option of listing ADA.

In addition, ADA is set to be listed and made available for trading by OKEx exchange on July 23, who has announced that "ADA will be listed on the OKEx from Friday 20th, July 2018 and the listing will be supported by ADA/BTC, ADA/ETH, ADA/USDT and ADA/OKB." While Cardano is very much one for the future these developments will help to sustain a bullish sentiment around ADA for the near future, and ADA is currently trading at a price of $0.16.

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. Russian physicist, Sasha Ivanov, created the project which allows anyone to create their own custom token and trade it on the Waves platform. Waves has hosted a number of ICOs and the Waves, DEX, Decentralized Exchange is a major selling point as it is intended to be highly scalable, with the ability to conduct around 1,000 transactions per second.

The Waves team is scheduled to release a DEX and Wallet Beta on July 24, after announcing "The beta stage of cutting-edge DEX and wallet on the Waves Platform will be completed on 24 of July!" The platform incorporates the native WAVES token which enables trading between assets on the DEX, and WAVES is currently available for $2.90.

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.

After recently delivering their testnet and mainnet, the team is now set to deliver their Virtual Machine Testnet on July 30. In addition, there is also an additional project set to be unveiled with founder Justin Sun stating “The next very important milestone is July 30, we will deliver our official virtual machine, and July 30 we will launch one of our secret projects”. The TRX token is one of the more volatile on the market and could appreciate in value in anticipation of the scheduled launch. TRX is currently trading at $0.03.