A look in on some projects that have been gaining steam lately, including a few DeFi focused ones.
One of the most recent to make a splash on the scene is Aleph.im, originally built on the NULS platform and meant to help connect DeFi apps and operations across an increasing number of popular blockchains including Ethereum, EOS, Binance (BNB), NEO, and Bitcoin.
OAX Foundation and AKRO are a couple up and coming DeFi projects that are focused on the Polkadot network, which looks to have a lot of institutional investors helping propel it to be a competitor with Ethereum. Who will come out on top is anyone's guess, but there are likely to be some nice gains along the journey (my opinion, not investment advice).
Algorand is also quietly expanding its network and partnering with some big names around the globe, and its simple pure proof-of-stake operation offers one of the simplest methods of earning a percentage on the coins you hold to support the network.
Cardano (ADA) has some big technological developments coming out in relation to its Shelly hardfork, and with its recent upgrade to a rating of Superb by Flipside Crypto, ADA may be a good token to hold in the long term, especially as staking is fully rolled out.