Digital assets, crypto, or, as it has been rebranded, Web 3.0, is absolutely worth looking into, not least because of the VC money going into it.
The number of developers working in Web3, as seen in this chart, is exploding and doesn’t fall with falling prices (full slide deck worth a flick).
To stay one step ahead this was a good piece from the Generalist, where Mario goes around asking those in the know what the next trends and most exciting projects are.
Some really cool, deliberately slightly out there stuff.