The author shares insights from conversations with various venture capitalists and founders at the Token 2049 conference in 2024. They express excitement about emerging opportunities in the crypto space, particularly in the decentralized science (DeSci) sector. The author highlights a conversation with AJ, the founder of HairDAO, which shifted their perspective on DeSci. Initially overlooked, DeSci is now seen as a promising area that could leverage crypto to address long-standing issues in scientific funding and research, traditionally hindered by academia and government constraints. The author plans to explore business models within DeSci and identify underfunded areas of science that could benefit from crypto solutions. The article also touches on the Cosmos ecosystem, emphasizing an upcoming upgrade known as Cosmos Hub 2.0. The author believes this facelift, along with Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) and Inter-Chain Accounts (ICA), will catalyze a bull market in the Cosmos ecosystem, starting in 2023. They provide context about the Cosmos Hub's origins, noting that it was the first project built using the Cosmos SDK and served as a proof of concept for the technology. Historically, Cosmos has had visionary leaders, though the lack of a clear roadmap after the founding team disbanded early has left the ecosystem without a strong guiding figure, unlike Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin.