I would say status is definitely a good bet as the foundation of the project is really good, they have an interesting system for the ico (dynamic ceilings) and the idea is quite promising
The second one I woul go for is Bancor as it also try's to create a new ecosystem that looks especially promising to me for localized coins and indices
I anticipate the trend will be for faster confirmations. That can mean services and coins that start producing less secure transactions that are useable quicker and/or services and coins that start gathering more user personal info to help prevent playing games with the blockchain. I have already seen a few coins out there that operate on a "margin" to provide the funds faster. This will appeal to many people, but really it is getting away from the basic tennants of crypto.