OMG is a phenomenal project that is already functioning in the real world on a level far above any other project on the list in this article. This article was good...great list, but I'm quite surprised to see OMG left out. OMG is bridging the gap between banks, merchants, and users. They operate specifically in Thailand and Japan at the moment. They've recently announced a deal to process payments with McDonalds in Thailand... probably a decent amount of funds set to flow through their network. The project has a handful of the original Ethereum Devs/founders involved, which is enough to let your know it's got legs. It's not coincidental that it's one of the top performing coins in the market within the past week during this crazy bull run we've had.

Couple others deserving to be mentioned... Ardor, Augur, Factom, and IOTA.