Altcoins in 2026: what are people watching or holding outside of BTC and ETH?

[QubitZero13]

Not a shilling thread. Not looking for token recommendations without reasoning. Genuine discussion of what is happening in the wider crypto ecosystem beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum and what has caught people's attention for technical or use-case reasons.

The altcoin landscape has consolidated significantly since the 2021 season. Many projects that had large market caps then are now effectively dead. What remains and what has emerged that is worth understanding?

[SpinorWave]

Solana's developer ecosystem has genuinely developed since 2021. The speed and cost advantages are real for certain use cases. Whether the concentration concerns have been adequately addressed is a legitimate question I do not have a confident answer to.