Top 10 Low Cap Cryptocoins to Invest in 2022.
Investors looking for portfolio diversification are all focused on popular cryptocurrencies, and understandably so. You want to get solid gains while protecting your capital, of course. But perhaps the real gains to be made are in the new, lower cap altcoins with solid fundamentals.
There are a lot of options for low cap cryptos with potential in 2022, so here are some low market cap coins that look to be good investments.
Adventure Gold [AGLD]
- Price: $1.15
- Market Cap: $80.8M
- Exchanges: Binance, Coinbase
Adventure Gold or AGLD is the Loot NFT project’s native ERC-20 token. Dom Hofmann, co-founder of Vine, designed Loot which is a text-based, randomized adventure gear generator that is stored on-chain. The project lacks a front-end interface, pictures, statistics, or functionality deliberately. Instead, it is built on a collection of 8,000 text-based NFTs that are subject to interpretation by the community. The floor price of Loot on OpenSea is $8164 as of February 8, 2022. Loot has spawned a slew of spin-off projects as well. On September 2, 2021, Adventure Gold was released, allowing owners of a Loot NFT to claim 10,000 tokens at no cost. With the price of AGLD soaring in the early days of trade, this airdrop may have been worth up to $70,000 per NFT. Will Papper, the founder of AGLD, stated that he wants to provide a currency for the decentralized gaming world in order to provide a standard for projects based on Loot.
Solanium [SLIM]
- Price: $1.22
- Market Cap: $73.3M
- Exchanges: Gate, Kucoin
Solanium is a decentralized platform for fundraising and trade built on the Solana blockchain. A DEX UI, staking, wallet management, governance, and a launchpad are all included in the platform. Staking SLIM gets users xSLIM tokens. xSLIM is utilized for a variety of perks like early or exclusive pool entry, Launchpad fee distribution, increased chances in the sweepstakes to win project allocation, as well as the ability to vote on governance proposals.
Phala Network [PHA]
- Price: $0.29
- Market Cap: $79.1M
- Exchanges: Binance, Huobi
Phala Network is a cloud computing service that secures the privacy of controlled applications while providing computational capacity equivalent to other cloud services. Developers may implement secret smart contracts operating inside TEE Enclaves in the CPU using the TEE-Blockchain Hybrid Architecture. Phala is based on Substrate and will operate as a Polkadot ecosystem’s parachain.
Phala Network has several uses:
- Purchasing trustworthy computer resources in the network and data exchanges using PHA tokens.
- Phala is a contract-based information exchange network that enables standardized data collecting, analysis, and trade methods. Both buyers and sellers benefit from Phala’s protocol, which creates a secure yet private transaction economy.
- Gatekeepers must stake a specific quantity of PHA tokens, which can be sliced in the event of wrongdoing.
- Stakeholders who own a particular quantity of PHA can become members of the Phala DAO and participate in community governance.
Highstreet [HIGH]
- Price: $5.55
- Market Cap: $68.3M
- Exchanges: Binance, Uniswap
Highstreet is the native currency of a decentralized commerce-focused play-to-earn metaverse with support for virtual reality. HIGH presents a market where in-game things may be redeemed for real-life objects, in addition to establishing a two-way financial flow between the physical and virtual worlds. Users may explore the metaverse, battle monsters, and complete tasks while earning things that are both digital and real-world usage. The initiative intends to establish a new age of retail by providing an easy, safe, and enjoyable way to make online purchases. Highstreet HIGH is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game that blurs the lines between the actual and virtual worlds. On the platform, all in-game items are represented as ERC-721 non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that are divided into two fractions. While purchasing the digital fraction allows players to utilize the item in the metaverse, purchasing the NFT as its whole allows gamers to get the item in real life as well. This project ensures that every product supplied on the market is authentic. The authentication procedure in the gamified marketplace ensures that only confirmed and trustworthy vendors may join the site. HIGH currently sits at $5.58 as of Feb 10, 2022.
Ethernity Chain [ERN]
- Price: $6.36
- Market Cap: $83M
- Exchanges: Binance, Gate
Ethernity Chain is a platform that lets users profit from the growing popularity of NFTs. It’s billed as a decentralized financial crossover project with validated NFTs, according to the creators. All NFTs may be bought and traded on-chain in the Ethernity Chain ecosystem. It was raised through a public sale on the Polkastarter platform on March 8, 2021.
Ethernity received a round of strategic investments from Black Edge Capital, Morningstar Ventures, Spark Digital Capital, Woodstock, and Genesis Block Ventures prior to launching ERN. The price of ERN as of Feb 10, 2022, is $5.58.
Tranchess [CHESS]
- Price: $1.11
- Market Cap: $69.7M
- Exchanges: Binance, Gate
Tranchess is a yield-boosting asset tracker that offers a variety of risk-return options. Out of a single core fund that tracks a certain underlying asset, Tranchess offers a distinct risk/return matrix. The term Tranchess was inspired by both the game of chess and the French word “tranche,” which is commonly connected with tranche funds that appeal to different types of investors with varied risk appetites. Tranchess was seen on the markets on June 24, 2021.
The primary fund, dubbed Token Queen, follows a single underlying asset and may be divided into two sub-funds. And in the meantime, it has many of the popular DeFi features, such as single-asset yield farming, borrowing and lending, trading, and so on. Its primary features include a zero lock-in period for users holding the QUEEN token, protection against oracle attacks, and enhanced yield returns, among other things. Its current price is $1.13.
QuickSwap [QUICK]
- Price: $208.7
- Market Cap: $68.2M
- Exchanges: Binance, Coinbase
Quickswap is a Polygon Network based DEX. It uses the Uniswap V2 AMM protocol to allow Polygon users to exchange tokens through a liquidity pool. The quick token is the protocol governance token, and staked dQuick tokens will allow you to receive a percentage of the network’s trading fees. It is currently selling at $198.19 on Feb 10, 2022.
Star Atlas DAO [POLIS]
- Price: $2.54
- Market Cap: $54.9M
- Exchanges: FTX, Kraken
Built on the Solana blockchain, Star Atlas is a space-themed strategy video game. It’s a MMO metaverse set in the year 2,620 in the future.
Using Unreal Engine 5’s Nanite to produce cinematic grade video games and graphic experiences, the gaming platform examines some of the most recent technology achievements. Within the Star Atlas universe, players may trade, acquire, and produce NFTs, creating an economy that mirrors the tangibility, ownership, and significance of real-world assets. Because Star Atlas is based on the Solana blockchain, it will benefit from the network’s transactional capacity, which may exceed 50,000 transactions per second. The price of the Star Atlas DAO as of 9th Feb 2022, is $2.80.
Rarible [RARI]
- Price: $9.05
- Market Cap: $54.8M
- Exchanges: Coinbase, Kraken
Rarible is an NFT marketplace and issuance platform for creators that uses the RARI token to incentivize users that actively interact with the system. On the Rarible platform, users may simply generate non-fungible tokens for one-of-a-kind digital commodities like as artworks, games, and more. The platform provides customers with a fully functional marketplace that can be browsed and categorized by many categories for a smooth and simple user experience.
NFTs can be developed and posted by all users on the Rarible platform. The RARI token is a key component of the platform since it is utilized to reward active users and to participate in protocol governance. The current value of RARI sits at $9.46.
EPIK Prime [EPIK]
- Price: $0.14
- Market Cap: $33.1M
- Exchanges: Huobi, Kucoin
Epik is the world’s leading NFT licensing tech company, placing brands into video games to generate premium digital items and interactions for over one billion gamers worldwide. Epik has the largest digital ecosystem with hundreds of the world’s most popular entertainment brands, with over 300 video gaming clients. Epik is generally regarded as the industry leader in blockchain partnerships for premium licensed digital collectibles, NFTs, and unique experiences, all of which are driven by Epik’s patented interoperable cross-chain technology. Epik was the first and only NFT business to enter into NFT agreements with AAA game companies. ViacomCBS, Warner Music, Garena, Tencent, and Universal are among the clients. Currently, EPIK sits at $0.182.
2022 is a fantastic moment to invest in cryptocurrencies based on your budget now, that many expanding firms are embracing cryptocurrencies as valid forms of payment. This is only the beginning!
Note: The author is not holding any cryptocurrencies mentioned in the list. It’s not financial advice, use the information mentioned in the article for research purposes.

Hitesh Malviya is the Founder of ItsBlockchain. He is one of the most early adopters of blockchain & cryptocurrency enthusiast in India. After being into space for a few years, he started IBC in 2016 to help other early adopters learn about the technology.
Before IBC, Hitesh has founded 4 companies in the cyber security & IT space.
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