50 Application Ideas in the Crypto Field for 2025: Covering Tracks such as AI, DeFi, NFT, etc
Original: cryptunez
Compiled by: Yuliya, PANews
With the booming development of the cryptocurrency industry in 2025, this article provides 50 highly potential project ideas for developers of different skill levels, hoping to inspire more people to create meaningful products in this industry.
AI Agent Applications
This is an optimized ChatGPT wrapper designed to mimic the characteristics of real people and supports user customization to create any type of agent. With the rise of technologies like virtual characters, ai16z, and zerebro, such agents have become extremely popular.
Club Penguin Metaverse Game
A recreation of the classic multiplayer online game "Club Penguin," a simple game loved by many, which became a favorite among players through simple mini-games, item accumulation, and relationship building.
RuneScape Metaverse Game
Based on the classic multiplayer online game RuneScape, this game revolves around leveling up and acquiring gold (the digital currency that supports its economic system). Although the concept is simple, executing it is nearly impossible.
More Creative Crypto Gambling Methods
Currently, most crypto casinos only offer traditional casino games while allowing users to play with the casino's native tokens. There is room to create entirely new casino games that can only be realized with cryptocurrency.
Giving NFTs "Life"
The biggest difference between cryptocurrency and NFTs lies in the emotional connection based on identity. Although people perceive them as "real," most are still static. Any technology that can make NFTs more dynamic and authentic holds great potential.
Learn-to-Earn
Incentivizing learning behavior through reward mechanisms, thus disrupting the traditional education system.
___ to Earn (Activity to Earn)
Any daily activity can be incentivized; although most projects may fail, some successful ones could change the world completely.
Frontend Aggregation Tools
Developing frontend tools based on on-chain liquidity, profiting by charging users small fees. As more liquidity migrates on-chain, this opportunity will only continue to grow.
Permissionless Launchpad Platforms
2025 will be a breakthrough year for Launchpad platforms, but no longer in the traditional model. Some hit applications (like pumpdotfun, virtuals) have transformed Launchpad platforms into permissionless ones, allowing anyone to use them, thus achieving a value transfer from "insider circles" to the public, proving its strong potential.
NFT Minting Games
Currently, almost all NFT minting processes are the same, making the process relatively monotonous. In the future, user engagement can be enhanced by gamifying the NFT minting process, but the key is to avoid exploitative designs (like Dutch auctions).
Redeemable NFTs
Redeemable NFTs are those that can be minted using a token on the issuing chain and can always be redeemed for that token. This makes NFTs equivalent to the functionality of tokens. This concept may have potential but has not yet been fully proven.
On-Chain Reputation Rating Tools
Many teams face challenges in distributing tokens to the right recipients. Developing a method to score or rank based on on-chain addresses would be highly valuable.
NFT Rarity Trading Platforms
If users could easily exchange a rare NFT for a larger quantity of non-rare NFTs, it would be an innovative feature. Intent statements could be used to let users express their perceived value of rare NFTs, creating a market through a matching engine.
Universal AI Wrappers
AI Wrappers can be used for almost anything; just create a frontend interface for any task, with the backend completed by AI agents.
Clicker Games
Simple and addictive games that can be launched on a new chain to help increase user numbers for that chain. Perhaps they can further develop brand scale through network effects.
Games with AI Agents
Introducing AI agents into any multiplayer game, allowing users to interact with AI during their first experience, thus forming a rich gaming ecosystem.
16. Games with AI Agents
Introducing AI agents into any multiplayer game, allowing users to interact with AI during their first experience, thus forming a rich gaming ecosystem.
Customizable Pump.fun
Developing a launch platform similar to Pump.fun but offering more customization options. Pump.fun's advantage lies in its simplicity, limiting customization options to ensure users understand what they are purchasing. Slightly increasing customization features may attract more users.
Order Book Dependent Applications
Order books are a significant breakthrough for high-performance chains, relying on market makers to provide liquidity. Market makers need high TPS (transactions per second) and low fees to effectively provide liquidity. This is one of the main reasons new chains (like Monad) are highly anticipated.
NFT Series
An NFT series does not need to have a grand plan from the start but can gradually evolve over time. The most successful series often evolve from simple concepts to complex ecosystems.
Whitelist Trading Platforms
Establishing a platform that allows users to trade or monetize their upcoming NFT minting whitelist spots. This platform could spark trends in the NFT market revival of 2025.
Telegram Mini-Games
With viral spread and appropriate distribution strategies, such games could quickly become popular. Existing games (like Flappy Bird) can be replicated and embedded with a token system for experimentation.
Airdrop Distribution Platforms
Designing a tool focused on helping projects conduct airdrops. This platform can aggregate on-chain and off-chain (like social data) information to help teams distribute tokens more efficiently.
On-Chain Analysis Tool Rankings
Currently, the best resource on the market is Artemis's chain comparison feature, but its functionality is still limited. More comprehensive comparison tools can be developed to help users understand the usage and purposes of various chains.
On-Chain Decentralized Measurement Tools
Although the degree of decentralization of chains is subjective, there are currently only a few resources (like L2beat) providing such information. A platform comparing L2 with mainstream L1s (like Solana and Sui) can be developed to increase transparency.
Tokenizing Stocks
Tokenizing stocks could attract trillions of dollars in trading volume to current decentralized exchanges. Regardless of the implementation difficulty, this is a significant goal in the crypto space.
Whitelist Management Platforms
Designing a platform to help NFT projects create and manage whitelists in a more flexible way (not just through lotteries).
Applications Designed for AI Agents
Most people design applications with a human-centered mindset. If shifted to applications specifically designed for AI agents, it could lead to entirely different decisions in product and distribution strategies.
Tokenizing RWA
Allowing users to take loans on-chain using real estate or vehicles as collateral. Although the difficulty of large-scale implementation is immense, if realized, it would create a massive potential market.
Providing Liquidity Hedging Tools for Users
Developing any tools that can help users hedge their illiquid investments (like NFTs, SAFTs, real estate, etc.).
SAFT Trading Platforms
Creating a market that allows investors to trade their SAFTs (Simple Agreements for Future Tokens) to the public interested in these early investments. This would provide more liquidity options for investors and ordinary users.
Crypto Twitter Hit Rate Rankings
Developing a tool that uses AI to scan historical content on Crypto Twitter, analyzing the hit rates, expressions, and confidence levels of crypto Twitter influencers' predictions on tokens, thus accurately assessing the accuracy of their public predictions.
Games with Earnings
Designing a way to embed earnings into game mechanics, such as futures bets on a football team winning a match. These bets may pay off months later, while idle funds during that time can generate earnings. Expanding this concept to other areas could create more gameplay.
Crypto Recruitment Matching Platforms
Developing a recruitment platform that matches crypto projects with crypto-native talent. By tapping into the unique skills of crypto natives, helping them build meaningful "crypto resumes," and connecting them with teams urgently needing quality talent.
Data Ownership Platforms
Developing any tools that allow users to profit from their data, such as computer data, health data, or advertising-related data. These data have not yet been monetized at the consumer level. If data could flow, it would unleash endless innovative possibilities.
Marketing Consulting Services
Providing professional services to help projects enhance their presence on Crypto Twitter and user awareness, targeting crypto natives familiar with the culture of the crypto community. Such services hold high value for projects in the crypto space.
Augmented Reality Treasure Hunts
Creating a platform that allows NFT projects (or other types of projects) to organize online and offline combined treasure hunts using augmented reality technology. This approach is not only fun but can also enhance the community's resilience against witch hunts and attract users through real interactions.
Tweet Generators for Projects and Founders
The crypto industry is an attention economy, and any tool that helps teams capture attention is highly valuable. Developing a tool that provides professional and efficient tweet templates and creative suggestions for project teams and founders.
AI Technical Analysis Assistants
Training AI to recognize common technical analysis chart patterns and developing a website where users can input token codes, and AI can generate detailed technical analysis reports, lowering the entry barrier.
On-Chain Anti-Witch Hunt Tools
Designing a tool to help project teams identify real users on-chain while preventing multiple wallets or bots from engaging in malicious activities.
Ticket Issuance Platforms
Addressing the current issue of concert or sports event tickets being snatched up by bots and resold at high prices. Designing a more efficient system to distribute tickets to those genuinely wanting to attend the event.
Concert Ticket Identity Systems
Helping artists track the real fans attending concerts and designing innovative on-chain personalized interactive experiences based on this data. This will enhance the deep connection between artists and fans.
Crypto Tax Assistance Tools
Utilizing AI to simplify the complex process of crypto tax handling. By parsing each of the user's transactions, generating straightforward accounting methods for them. This represents a potential billion-dollar market opportunity.
AI Agent Ranking Platforms
Designing a platform to evaluate and rank the performance, innovation, and goal achievement of existing AI agents. Currently, most AI agents on the market lack differentiation; this tool will help users understand the unique value of each agent.
TLDR Education Platforms in Crypto
Providing a crypto knowledge education platform for ordinary users, explaining decentralized issues, the differences between BTC, ETH, and Solana, and how to avoid scams in the simplest way, lowering the entry barrier for newcomers.
AI Research Platforms
Creating a platform entirely based on AI-generated crypto research reports. Similar to @aixbt_agent but focused on generating deeper content for 20-minute reading materials, meeting users' needs for professional information.
AI Prediction Market Arbitrage Tools
Training AI to understand the pricing logic of prediction markets, identifying pricing discrepancies and arbitrage opportunities in the market through social media and public information analysis. This tool can help users narrow market gaps and improve market efficiency.
AI Correlation Trackers
Developing an AI tool that analyzes vast amounts of data to discover correlations between assets and emerging market betas, identifying arbitrage opportunities for users. This project is similar to AI quantitative tools, although it is challenging to develop, it holds immense potential.
NFT Trait Generation Launch Platforms
Creating a trait generation platform specifically designed for NFT collections. High-quality versions will reduce the technical barriers to launching NFT collections, encouraging more creators to enter this field and enhancing overall market vitality.
Dashboard for False vs. Real On-Chain Metrics
Developing a dashboard that displays the real usage and transaction volumes on each chain, compared to false data. This tool will enhance market transparency, prompting chains to attract users through innovation rather than false narratives.
TikTok Trend Analysis Tool for Pumpdotfun
Designing a tool to monitor emerging trends on TikTok and using these trends to predict the potential explosiveness of new projects from Pumpdotfun. Although the principle is simple, its potential impact should not be underestimated.