It has not been a good year for either Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) or Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB). Both meme coins are down about 5% for the year, at a time when market leader Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has soared by more than 80%. Even worse, Dogecoin and Shiba Inu are not even garnering attention from short-term crypto speculators, who are instead focused on Bitcoin Ordinals, the new non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for the Bitcoin blockchain.

But the good news is that there are still plenty of interesting cryptocurrencies out there, and many of them have superior long-term growth prospects and greater utility than dog-themed meme coins. Here's a closer look at three cryptos that should be on your radar right now.

Stacks (CRYPTO: STX) is a Layer-2 blockchain that sits on top of the main Bitcoin blockchain. What this means in practical terms is that Stacks adds utility to Bitcoin that goes far beyond just payments. The goal of Stacks is to make possible the use of smart contracts on Bitcoin, and that opens the door to an entirely new set of use cases that include NFTs, decentralized finance (DeFi), and new decentralized applications. 

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