What are the Best DeSci Coins to Buy at a discount – as Trump meme coins suck liquidity out of the altcoin market? Discover VitaDAO and Data Lake.
While Donald Trump and his newly launched meme coin is sucking all of the liquidity from the rest of the market, now is the time to look at strong narratives and fine blue-chip coins within those sectors to buy at a discount.
Today, we will look at the best DeSci (Decentralized Science) plays as the narrative has taken a hit along with everything else due to Trump’s 10 billion dollar meme coin.
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CZ, Vitalik, and Arthur Hayes Are All Bullish On Decentralized Science And You Should Be Too
Back in November 2024 there was a Decentralized Science (DeSci) meetup at Devcon, led by Vitalik Buterin and CZ. In the days following that viral meet-up, the DeSci category on CoinGecko shot up over 30%, passing $1 billion in combined market cap.
Even though the sector has been flying under the radar since that November meetup, its combined market cap is over $1.3 billion today. This illustrates the steady growth of the emerging industry during a period when AI and meme coins have dominated mindshare.
During his talk at the event, CZ expressed his hopes of seeing “1,000 DeSci projects next year.” It is next year, and multiple promising DeSci projects are on the horizon. However, we will look at two already established tokens that look ready to explode once the DeSci rotation comes back around.
Meanwhile, earlier last week Arthur Hayes shocked markets with a 7 DeSci coin accumulation by his fund Maelstrom.
DeSci Gem No.1 – Data Lake ($LAKE)
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was started by two medical doctors and entrepreneurs, Ligia Kornowska and Wojciech Sierocki, Forbes 30 under 30 in December 2020. It has worked alongside further life sciences partners and patient organizations to carry out successful projects in registry science, Patient Support Programs, and preselection to clinical trials.
Last year, Data Lake further developed its custom technology for managing patient recruitment and consent for research, marketing, and medical procedures. The technology is based on Data Lake’s blockchain, the Data Lake Chain, a roll-up built on top of Arbitrum’s Orbit tech stack.
While already one of the more established DeSci projects on the market, the Data Lake team continues innovating. In December 2024, it announced its upcoming ‘LAKE.fun’ platform. It is billed as a “groundbreaking platform that empowers researchers to tokenize their scientific projects, build communities around their research, and enable participants to contribute meaningfully while being rewarded in LAKE tokens.”
The market cap of LAKE currently sits at around $7.5 million while processing $93,000 in volume in the past 24-hours. This is a blue-chip DeSci project that continues to build and has no centralized exchange exposure right now. With the launch of LAKE.fun and an eventual return to utility-based projects, Data Lake represents a solid bet for the upcoming DeSci szn.
DeSci Gem No.2 – VitaDAO ($VITA)
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is a project at the center of DeSci, specifically longevity science research. As a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), it is a leading DeSci project with links to Vitalik Buterin. The DAO focuses on funding early-stage longevity research. Researchers with ideas on how to extend lifespans can pitch their thesis to secure funding.
VitaDAO’s goals have received backing from pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. Since its launch in 2021, VitaDAO has raised over $10 million, dedicating over 40% of this to various research initiatives.
VITA is the sixth largest DeSci token by market cap, per CoinGecko. To emphasize how early we are into the power of DeSci, VITA, at number 6, has a market cap of just $60 million. Even the number one token in the sector, BIO, stands at just north of $400 million. This means there is a race to become the first billion-dollar DeSci coin, and VITA is definitely in the race.
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