Cryptocurrencies are here to stay. There -- I said it.

The big names in the space are attracting serious interest from institutional investing firms. Governments around the world are grappling with the legal and regulatory future of decentralized finance systems. Crypto investors and enthusiasts envision lighting-fast, low-fee payment alternatives, digital banking apps with ultra-personalized feature sets, and radically different solutions for copyright, asset management, and automated contracts.

Many of the leading cryptocurrencies make sense as investments in this rapidly evolving market. Ethereum has firmly established itself as the leader in smart contracts, boosted by an ambitious list of recent and upcoming technical improvements. Bitcoin remains the gold standard for hard-to-hack value storage. And if Web3 is the future of the web, then Polkadot should become the best way to take advantage of many different cryptocurrencies in a single app or service.

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Source Fool.com