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Post is by: Indi_Drones and the url/text [ ](https://goo.gl/GP6ppk)is: /r/CryptoMarkets/comments/1npqw3a/thoughts_on_xrp/ I invested 20% of my overall folio in this coin, and my plan is to hold it long. (I can afford the L's if everything goes completely wrong). I wonder if any of you invested in XRP in your crypto folio, how much does it make up in total investments? And your overall thoughts on the coin. I think it's going to have a very very bullish run in 2026 following all the news the past few months. SEC Case dropped. ETF XRP news awaiting in October with a massive 99% chance of it suceding when it was around 80% back in August. I mean everything in my books is 'greenlighting' that XRP can be the next big coin and join the trifecta of Crypto alongside BTC and ETH. Yeah curious as to your thoughts on this. ALSO for some reason I am seeing a SHIT TON Of hate towards XRP on a lot of crypto Subreddits, like strangely odd hate. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/CryptoMarkets) if you have any questions or concerns.*

ForbodingWinds

ETH has still outperformed BTC quite significantly within the last year if we are speaking about the alt season specifically.

ForbodingWinds

Bitcoin up about 20% YTD. ETH up about 24% YTD. Both far outperforming the S&P.

nomoney110

Order of the layers: top: BTC. middle: alts. bottom: ETH.

ShortSqueezingBalls

Sitting happy with XRP up more than BTC or ETH this cycle

chief_erl

It’s so simple. Just buy the crypto and hold. I’m several hundred thousand in profits at this point on like a 50k investment. Started buying eth/BTC and some alts in 2017 and have only held. Never traded or used leverage or any of that shit. I’m several thousand percent up on many of my ETH buys from 2017/18. I did pick some bad alts along the way that I took big losses on when they failed but overall the buy and hold strategy has worked very well. Have patience.

jwz9904

Unleash your wrath on ETH

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Why is ETH falling? I AM GETTING VERY ANGRY!!!!!!!!!

1_BigPapi

It's a good 6 year lead on ETH and a much much more complex ecosystem to grow  Bitcoins simply has to be a digital rock you collect. Ethereum has to build an objectively neutral, reliable, and decentralized economy of services. That takes longer to understand and gain adoption. All things considered, it's impressive what Ethereum accomplished so far.

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Post is by: cobidik and the url/text [ ](https://goo.gl/GP6ppk)is: /r/CryptoMarkets/comments/1nppfg1/why_is_xrp_tanking_despite_all_the_etf_hype/ Hi Everyone, Just sharing my thoughts on XRP’s rough week. My perspective, not advice. Do your own research and manage risks. The ETF buzz is everywhere, with high approval odds for more by year end. Grayscale’s spot ETF launched September 22. But even with the Fed’s rate cut last week, XRP’s seeing red candles, dropping hard. I’ve seen this with BTC and ETH ETFs: markets often sell the news, no matter how good. Price action beats hype. Charts look tough. We hit a wall, got rejected, and now we’re testing the 200 day moving average. If that breaks, we could slide lower. RSI’s oversold but shaky, volume’s decent, not wild. I grabbed some crypto on the dip, but picked Solana over XRP. Its chart’s cleaner, RSI’s cooled, setup felt better. Traded $24k on Bitunix, a platform with tight spreads and great liquidity, found it recently, works smooth. For Q4, I’m watching that 200 day moving average next week. ETFs might pull in slow institutional cash, but that takes months. If 2025’s quiet, I’m eyeing 2026 for the big cycle, with clearer regs and growing adoption. Timing’s key. My approach: stick to the charts, lock in gains when everyone’s hyped, buy fear at support. Red candles hurt, but that’s crypto. I’m positive on XRP long term with ETFs and fundamentals. For now, stay patient, keep risk in check, ignore the social media noise. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/CryptoMarkets) if you have any questions or concerns.*

hduynam99

I don't want to be that guy on the internet. But most of my coin have strong performance than BTC or ETH.

biba8163

First almost everything is VC backed including XRP and ETH which were funded by VCs. Second, you don't have some type of formula based on some analysis you do about the quality of VC backing, the unlock schedule, etc for choosing the right Altcoin to invest in. If you made a ton of money getting in early on a project that took off, it's more luck than any type of research you do or your skill. People generally tend to get lucky on some Alt and will lose money thinking they have a strategy that works. The vast majority of Alts lose money so the more Alts you buy/trade + volatility, statistically you're going to end up losing money. Lets take 4 projects that entered the market around the same time between 2019-2020. DOT was $6 range, HBAR was $0.07 range, ALGO was in $1 range and SOL in the $0.10 range. All projects doing massive unlocks and dumping tokens into circulating supply. - DOT has dumped 2X the circulating supply and is LOWER than in 2019 when it entered the market. - HBAR has dumped 4X the circulating supply and has gone UP 4X from 2020 which isn't bad until you consider BTC and ETH went up more than 10X. - ALGO has dumped 8X the circulating supply and is below 2019 and 2020 prices - SOL has dumped 12X the circulating supply but is UP from $0.40 to $200 Everybody tries to act like they were bullish on SOL but EVERY single analysis that was done on SOL when it was pennies in 2020 was that the token unlock schedule was going to dump it to kingdom come. Meanwhile DOT and ALGO price have dumped to kingdom come over 5-6 years and HBAR has measly gains over 5 years considering it was a tiny marketcap nobody knew about back then. > Solana Unlocks 11.3 Million SOL Tokens secretly and then tries to cover up (SOL $0.60) https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/g9mf24/solana_unlocks_113_million_sol_tokens_secretly/ > When it evaluated for 20 something cents, and then opened at around $1 on binance, I noped out of there. https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/g9mf24/comment/fovqamq/ > Solana (+441%) dump is going to be historic. Imagine paying over $1 when pre sale paid $0.04-$0.20. (SOL $1) https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/fykd3i/solana_441_dump_is_going_to_be_historic_imagine/

Familiar_Television1

At this point in the cycle, yes. But depends on the altcoin. Most things are overvalued right now. I would buy Litecoin below $110, ETH below 3K, BNB below $800. And only LTC is in that range.

SenseiRaheem

The gulf between first place (BTC) and second place (ETH) is crazy.

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tldr; Ether (ETH) gained 75% relative to Bitcoin in Q3, driven by institutional demand, with futures traders showing strong interest. Despite recent price stagnation, analysts believe ETH could reach $5,000 by 2025 if it reclaims the $4,580 level. Institutional accumulation has surged, with US spot ETH ETFs and Strategic Ethereum Reserves increasing holdings significantly. However, retail participation remains weak, with persistent sell-side pressure. A shift in retail sentiment could complement institutional demand and drive ETH's price momentum further. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.

hduynam99

I just take a look at their investor, BTC ratio and ETH ratio. It looks like a solid one, of course it will outperform ETH and BTC.

webauteur

Crypto has helped me out financially. Recently I had to sell my 1 ETH to pay for some expensive car repairs. That bummed me out. I am now doing more research to replace my investment. Today I was looking at the price history for Algorand. It seems to be a real bargain compared to when I bought a small bag, but it is showing the same long term stagnation I see in other coins. I might explore decentralized finance instead of putting money into a coin.

bizaroo933

ETH also looks very tired bro, it touched ATH like 5 mins and then it collapsed

TheDoge420

Tom Lee approves this message just one thing though : ETH 42,500

Due-Inspection-5660

ETH to $4,250 within 6 hours. Bookmark this!

b1mm3rl1f3

ETH is giving you a last chance

trillionSdollarstech

Exactly. This is what companies start to understand. Bitcoin inflate by 0.7% per year. Staked ETH deflates by 2% per year. This is clearly a better store of value

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Post is by: CherrySorbetta and the url/text [ ](https://goo.gl/GP6ppk)is: /r/CryptoMarkets/comments/1npjz1b/best_nokyc_crypto_swap_service/ Looking for a decent instant exchange to swap BTC to ETH. I’ve been using Changelly, but they just froze a $60k order and blamed some “internal issue,” which doesn’t exactly build confidence and made me realize that I'm not the only one that has such issues with them, it's now everywhere :/ Now I’m trying to find something more reliable, preferably no KYC and without the reputation for locking funds. Anyone got a go-to option they actually trust? *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/CryptoMarkets) if you have any questions or concerns.*

jawni

It was $0.11 when I checked but now I'm checking more and the fees are higher. It does seem like Ethereum is a little cheaper. Either way though both are considering more expensive than most other options. But just for reference I'll include some blocks/txns from the same time for anyone doubting this: Ethereum: https://etherscan.io/tx/0x419ce224f187a70cff773227183fed4ed8edd002c1ec024592e5db3dff732191 (ETH transfer, $0.04) https://etherscan.io/tx/0x6206c7523e492d33abf09af8d3506a53c3ac632d20461d671fef092609a9dd6e (USDC transfer, $0.07) Cardano: https://cexplorer.io/block/734cdbbd9b2a6e159bc65a52e4cb27a51d4c62874f14e286b2e21477ce321e63 ($0.36, ADA transfer) https://cexplorer.io/block/9a6c4e59ed6c66a16eb4571c3e0a96091ff6f039b9e166b71efb609a08d6ddbb ($0.12, ADA transfer) (I tried to pick some transactions that are similar for an apples to apples comparison but obv. fees will vary)

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Post is by: hduynam99 and the url/text [ ](https://goo.gl/GP6ppk)is: /r/CryptoMarkets/comments/1npjv7o/how_i_choose_my_altcoin/ I’ve talked a lot about altcoin season in previous posts, and now I want to share a simple trick that works for me when it comes to picking altcoins to invest in. 1. Backing matters. Altcoins with top tier venture capital backing are the strongest bets. VCs have money, connections, and will do everything they can to push the project forward. The downside: when the market turns, they often exit hard to protect their funds. That’s why it’s important to keep an eye on risk score for BTC and ETH to track the overall market cycle. (You can always find them on your ALT home page/ about) 2. Strength vs BTC and ETH. What’s the point of holding an alt that underperforms Bitcoin or Ethereum? Always check: * ALT/BTC ratio * ALT/ETH ratio If your alt is holding up better, it will usually recover faster when BTC and ETH bounce. (You can go on trading view check ratio like this: ALTUSD/BTCUSD) 3. Support levels matter. On weekly or monthly charts, if the ratio holds a strong horizontal cycle support, that’s often a sign the alt is set to come back stronger. 4. Use ETH risk score as index for low cap alts. * If ETH risk is in a fair zone (around 50), and ALT/ETH is holding a bottom, that’s a good setup. * If ETH risk is hot (80–100), consider DCA’ing out of alts, that’s the heated zone. Final note: Many new alts don’t have enough history for solid ratios. But as long as the ratio trends up, that alt is showing relative strength vs BTC and ETH. Right now ETH price: 4,041, Risk score: 52 over 100. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/CryptoMarkets) if you have any questions or concerns.*

AuspiciousEther

>cost - Cardano fees are larger than pretty much every other chain. I think only Tron and ETH L1 It's usually less than 0.10 to move ETH on L1 these days (while the number of tx is at ATH). Not entirely sure, but I think Cardano is more expensive.

BitpanelDave

If I had to use one word: uncertain. Cardano’s big pitch was peer-reviewed research and a slow, methodical rollout, but after 8 years it still hasn’t delivered meaningful real-world use cases compared to faster, more flexible chains. Without a clear differentiator, I don’t see much upside over the next 3 years. Personally I’d stick with the majors (BTC, ETH, etc.) until Cardano or others prove real adoption.

biba8163

RWA in 2024/2025 People are falling for the meme that everything is going to be tokenized and the whole world of assets from stocks, bonds, real estate, etc will be all traded on blockchain platforms. 1 1/2 years ago, ETH investors started celebrating Blackrock BUIDL tokenizing on their platform. In almost 2 years, there have been 8K transactions and maybe $1K in fees generated. https://etherscan.io/token/0x7712c34205737192402172409a8F7ccef8aA2AEc This is intended for institutions to self-custody assets. It's does not mean everything can be tokenized and traded on blockchains. An absolute meme pilot that crypto has hyped into everything being tokenized soon. If you've worked in banks and brokerages you know that 75% of all trades all algorithmic, High-Frequency (HFT) trades. The last few years, there have been improvements in things such as hollow-core fibers to try to improve systems by nanoseconds for trading systems to gain advantages. A nanosecond is a billionth of a second. There is no blockchain that can process transactions at those speeds. Hell, even to scale centralized servers handling that kind of load and latency, you have to employ scaling strategies like containerization using Kubernetes, in-memory databases, edge locations to deliver data to minimize latency, etc. What's worse is scammers like Sergey Nazarov have run with this idea that everything will be tokenized on-chain and he's building magical oracles that will have Data Containers containing a Unified Golden Record will know within seconds everything that's happening Off-Chain in the Real World and tokenized assets will reflect updates to debt levels, tax liens, property ownership changes, etc all within seconds. Again, if you've worked at a bank or a financial institutions you know the difficulty of even simple things like QDROs, inheritance, etc. And this scammer's Hocus Pocus Magical Oracles are going to solve all that! > *"what is the status of the real estate? Are there any tax liens? Is there any debt? Change of ownership? As the status of the real world asset changes, you should have a real world update to the on-chain token....You go from not a 1-month window of verifying an asset but to a few seconds window....The way to do that is to make a connection to what's going on in the real world and what's On-Chain by creating an Unified Golden Record"* - Sergey Nazarov https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/1jlb8bb/chainlink_is_now_working_with_the_federal/mk2t3ac/

counterboy12

While I recommend PoS, I don’t recommend ETH monolithic chain architecture. It can’t scale properly

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Post is by: CherrySorbetta and the url/text [ ](https://goo.gl/GP6ppk)is: /r/CryptoMarkets/comments/1npha9l/best_nokyc_crypto_swap_service/ Looking for a decent instant exchange to swap BTC to ETH. I’ve been using Changelly, but they just froze a $60k order and blamed some “internal issue,” which doesn’t exactly build confidence and made me realize that I'm not the only one that has such issues with them, it's now everywhere :/ Now I’m trying to find something more reliable, preferably no KYC and without the reputation for locking funds. Anyone got a go-to option they actually trust? *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/CryptoMarkets) if you have any questions or concerns.*

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tldr; Ethereum treasuries are emerging as a transformative business strategy, offering yield-bearing opportunities unlike Bitcoin. Nearly 10% of Ethereum's circulating supply is under institutional control, with companies staking ETH to generate income. Liquid staking provides flexibility, allowing businesses to earn yields while maintaining liquidity. ETH is evolving into a productive asset, combining growth potential with regular yield, and is reshaping corporate finance strategies. Challenges include risk management, regulation, and governance. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.

SeverusSchnaps

I buy ETH, BTC and collect cashback in usdc that I swap for BTC or eth. I don't care for others. 

UC_DiscExchange

If the market as a whole goes down. At this point it's foolish to think anything other than XRP and ETH just following general Bitcoin trends with some possible added volatility.

biba8163

**November 2021**: *The total Altcoin marketcap is lower than it was in 2021* even with thousands of more coins inflating total marketcap with values they can't support. | | 2021 | 2025 | Δ |:-----------|------------:|:------------:|------------:| | BTC | $1.23 Trillion| $2.25 Trillion | 82.93% | Stablecoins | $0.11 Trillion| $0.32 Trillion | 190.91% | Ex.BTC/Stablecoins | $1.52 Trillion| $1.31 Trillion | -9.66% | Total Crypto | $2.86 Trillion| $3.88 Trillion | 35.66% **December 2024**: *The total Altcoin marketcap is lower today than it was in December 2024.* - BTC marketcap is up $160 Billion (up 6.5%) - USDT supply is up $30 Billion - USDC supply is up $30 Billion - *Besides the 3 big Alts ETH* (up 5%), XRP (up 12%), BNB (up 38%), *almost every single Alt is down* https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20241216/ **Rising Stablecoin Supply masking BTC dominance** *In 2021, Stablecoins were 7% the size of the total Alt Marketcap. In 2025, Stablecoins are 24% the size of the total Alt Marketcap.* The rising stablecoin supply hides BTC's true dominance and tends to throw the Altseason Bagholder Index into premature ejaculation mode when BTC is stagnant, Alts show resiliency and billions in stablecoins are minted. **Consolidation into big Alts may be the only hope for Alts** ETH, XRP, BNB and SOL have appreciated or at least retained value since December. Not sure if this will be a long term trend but might be of note that money has been completley sucked out of thousands of Alts while 3-4 big Alts appreciated. This usually happens in other industries as they mature but it's a big stretch to call crypto an industry and most of the top projects that are hot today are generally gone in 5 years because their use case and utility is mostly fictional.

biba8163

A worthy risk to gamble on shitcoins that have been losing value to the dollar for 1/2 a decade or almost a decade? - ADA was ~$0.70 in December 2017. Losing money to a depreciating U.S dollar for almost a decade. Peer-reviewed research meme coin. - LINK was ~$20 in August 2020. Losing money to a depreciating U.S dollar for half a decade. Hocus Pocus Protocol meme coin. The risk/reward is not there for Alts. You're gambling. Educate yourself. **November 2021**: *The total Altcoin marketcap is lower than it was in 2021* even with thousands of more coins inflating total marketcap with values they can't support. | | 2021 | 2025 | Δ |:-----------|------------:|:------------:|------------:| | BTC | $1.23 Trillion| $2.25 Trillion | 82.93% | Stablecoins | $0.11 Trillion| $0.32 Trillion | 190.91% | Ex.BTC/Stablecoins | $1.52 Trillion| $1.31 Trillion | -9.66% | Total Crypto | $2.86 Trillion| $3.88 Trillion | 35.66% **December 2024**: *The total Altcoin marketcap is lower today than it was in December 2024.* - BTC marketcap is up $160 Billion (up 6.5%) - USDT supply is up $30 Billion - USDC supply is up $30 Billion - *Besides the 3 big Alts ETH* (up 5%), XRP (up 12%), BNB (up 38%), *almost every single Alt is down* https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20241216/ **Rising Stablecoin Supply masking BTC dominance** *In 2021, Stablecoins were 7% the size of the total Alt Marketcap. In 2025, Stablecoins are 24% the size of the total Alt Marketcap.* The rising stablecoin supply hides BTC's true dominance and tends to throw the Altseason Bagholder Index into premature ejaculation mode when BTC is stagnant, Alts show resiliency and billions in stablecoins are minted. **Consolidation into big Alts may be the only hope for Alts** ETH, XRP, BNB and SOL have appreciated or at least retained value since December. Not sure if this will be a long term trend but might be of note that money has been completley sucked out of thousands of Alts while 3-4 big Alts appreciated. This usually happens in other industries as they mature but it's a big stretch to call crypto an industry and most of the top projects that are hot today are generally gone in 5 years because their use case and utility is mostly fictional.

jawni

Irrelevant and underwhelming. Why those words? Well lets just lay out some things that are important to the success of a blockchain in 2025 and how Cardano is doing in each area: speed - Cardano is slow AF, 20 second block times. cost - Cardano fees are larger than pretty much every other chain. I think only Tron and ETH L1 are ever more expensive. throughput - tiny blocks that can't fit much, looking at cexplorer right now shows blocks with 30-40 txns taking up almost half the block space, meaning at that rate with similar sized transactions it would max out at 60-100 txns per block and with 20 second block times, that's only 3-5 TPS. scaling solutions - Hydra has been usable for 2+ years now but no one uses it, Leios still in development, and no one outside of IOHK/CF seems to want to build or use any scaling solutions for Cardano usage - It barely even manages a single transaction per second and before you "ackshually EUTXO means transactions can have more outputs", they typically have like 1 extra output if any. If you look at DEX activity, the network only did $2,700,000 in volume in the last 24 hours(with the highest volume coin being a memecoin), compared to $27,000,000,000 in DEX volume throughout all of crypto. That mean's Cardano's share of the total DEX volume in crypto is .01%. developer traction - very few protocols in general, for it's size, and really not a single Cardano project that has reached "escape velocity" where people elsewhere actually care about it. Cardano is a $30b chain and the most successful projects unique to it is... Liqwid at $62m? stablecoins - They haven't been able to get any major stablecoins issued on Cardano and the few that are there have limited liquidity. cash flows/economic sustainability - SPOs get paid over 99% from the ADA reserve and less than 1% comes from actual fees paid. Individual fees are already expensive as it is with little competition for block space, so fees need to come down on average by a lot, but also need to at least 100x in aggregrate despite not really having the block space to do so. RWAs - Cardano has Palmyra, a commodities trading platform, and that's about it. Leadership - Charles continues to brag about how Cardano is doing everything right, he lacks humility, he's often hypocritical, he's overly adversarial, and the rest of IOHK/CF are obviously at fault as well for being such an early mover in crypto and failing to materialize it into anything. Especially considering they have a large engaged community that seems to never engage with the actual chain that they supposedly believe is the best. It would be one thing if Cardano was valued at like $500m, but it's literally the 5th highest valued smart contract platform and in most important metrics would be placing close to dead last.

Ifnerite

Was once thought of as a competitor to ETH.

biba8163

We're now 17-months from BTC Halvening which was in April 2024. By now even the dumbest crypto analyst, the scammiest crypto influencer or the most gullible crypto bro should grasp that there is no Altseason coming if they only looked at the data. This cycle is completely different from previous cycles. Compare this cycle to what other cycles looked like. BTC is only up 74% from halvening. ETH is only up 33% and the total Alt marketcap is up only 22%. In previous cycles, ETH and the Alt marketcap went up over 1,000% within 12 months. We are 17 months from halvening and they have barely moved. The Alt marketcap is actually less than what it was in 2021 and ETH is actually below its 2021 value. Muted BTC returns close in line with traditional assets and institutional money going into BTC means there is no longer liquidity coming from BTC profits to Alts. Maybe a handful of Alts pump now and then but there is no possibility of a broad Alt season rally. *Performance of crypto market 1-Year and 17 Months from Post Halvening in the last 3 cycles* | BTC | Halvening | 1-YR Halv. | 17-Month Halv. |:-----------|------------:|:------------:|:------------:| | July 2016-2017 | $650 | $2,500 (285%) | $15,178 (2,235%) | May 2020-2021 | $8,600 | $56,700 (559%) | $57,484 (568%) | April 2024-2025 | $65,000 | $85,200 (31%)| $112,970 (74%) | **ETH** | July 2016-2017 | $11 | $199 (1,709%) | $473 (4,200%) | May 2020-2021 | $210 | $2,800 (1,233%) | $3,545 (1,588%) | April 2024-2025 | $3,157 | $1,580 (-50%) | $4,200 (33%) | **Alt Marketcap** *(Excl. Stablecoins)* | July 2016-2017 | $2.05 Billion | $52.17 Billion (2,445%)| $282 Billion (13,656%) | May 2020-2021 | $74.81 Billion | $1.34 Trillion (1,691%)| $1.5 Trillion (1,914%) | April 2024-2025 | $1.09 Trillion | $0.76 Trillion (-30%) | $1.33 Trillion (22%) I've been warning about this for about a year now but people are under the impression that there will suddenly be an influx of new buyers that they can offload their heavy bags of useless tokens to. > Noobs who weren't around in 2016 and 2020, you should know that 2024 looks very very different so far than at this time frame in 2016 and 2020. (Nov. 5, 2024) https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/1gkfvzs/bitcoin_price_crushing_altcoins_heading_into_us/lvlrry1/ > The market is changing: ETFs, MSTR, etc account for a lot of the inflows. This money is not going to leave BTC seeking greater return on Alts (Nov. 13, 2024) https://np.reddit.com/r/ethfinance/comments/1gq6ahm/daily_general_discussion_november_13_2024/lwymxl9/ > Each cycle is a bit different. Too many people are saying, just hold on to your coins, it's playing out exactly the same. (Nov. 13, 2024) https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/1gqexix/why_are_there_so_few_active_users_when_btc_is_at/lwxx36a/ > Be careful of people telling you this cycle is playing out exactly the same. ETFs, institutional and mainstream involvement, memecoins, L2 options and ETH competitors, it's very different (Nov. 19, 2024) https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/1gujmk1/daily_crypto_discussion_november_19_2024_gmt0/lxyt5pw/

Vegetable_Lime_8188

BTC and ETH always dip and recover. If you believe long term, now is as good a time as any

qldvaper88

It will just be fascinating. Either this place will blow up with "X alt will take over the game for y reason", just like 2021. Or it won't. Everyone was so sure ETH was dead, so I also foresee alts at large having a huge reversal.

Brilliant_Builder697

If the Euro CBDC ends up on ETH then I think we are watching the biggest irony every.

KatMain03

Well I did kind of a similar mistake, 40% of my wallet is in ETH and the rest is in memecoins. I’ve reached a point where I completely stopped investing more money in memes and i’m just ready to DCA in ETH for the oncoming years.. However thankfully the memes in question are doing relatively okay so hopefully I can leave with some nice profit and completely focus on the big two BTC & ETH

PresenceNational1080

This is exactly why most retail get rinsed in crypto. You’re hunting for the magic ticker that 2–3x’s while ignoring the fact that the entire space trades on Bitcoin’s leash. Alts only run when BTC allows them to. If dominance spikes or Bitcoin dumps, every “wise investment” you listed bleeds the same way. Eighteen months isn’t short term in crypto. That’s an entire cycle. Coins you’re hyped on now might not even exist by then. Ask the people who went all-in on EOS or LUNA how “smart” their picks felt two years later. If you want to speculate, fine, but size it like a lottery ticket. If you want actual investment, stick with BTC, ETH, or real-world assets like gold. Chasing Solana vs Sui vs AVAX is just picking which casino table to sit at. None of them will save you if your timing is wrong. The edge isn’t the coin. It’s your framework for risk and timing. Without that, you’re just donating to whoever sells into the next hype pump.

AdFar5287

A lot of people unstaked ETH and are waiting 45+ days to get them. That's a pretty good sign to me that things will really be selling off soon.

mrjune2040

"with altseason almost on the horizon"—there is ZERO indication that's the case. For all you know the cycle has topped. People need to stop talking in cliches—global economic conditions are complex, just because something happened in the past in no way means that it will repeat. And in regards to Alt's in general—it's just diminishing returns imo, total crypto MC is already 4 trillion and you have hundreds of tokens competing for the Alt pie in an market environment with very little retail liquidity and institutional support clearly focused at the top end (BTC and ETH), it's an entirely different situation to 17/18 and 21/22 where MC's were small and retail liquidity was rampant (to the extent of being a generational bubble which created the inflation we're stuck with now).

biba8163

It's absolutely disingenuous to talk about global liquidity and outpeformance then to use the starting point of 2015 when BTC was a tiny $4 Billion marketcap asset that was almost at penny stock levels and had zero impact from global liquidity. Use February 2021 as a starting point when BTC reached $1 Trillion marketcap as a global asset. From there BTC performance is still impressive but it's more in line with other traditional assets. *Annualized from 02/19/2021 when BTC reached $1 Trillion Marketcap* | Asset | From Date | CAGR | |:-----------|------------:|:------------:| | NVDA | 02/19/2021| 73.92% | META | 02/19/2021| 26.11% | MSFT | 02/19/2021| 17.78% | GOLD | 02/19/2021| 17.18% | AAPL | 02/19/2021| 15.89% | BTC | 02/19/2021| 15.37% | QQQ | 02/19/2021| 13.74% | SPY | 02/19/2021| 12.24% | TSLA | 02/19/2021| 11.29% | GOOGL | 02/19/2021| 11.22% | AMZN | 02/19/2021| 6.89% At around ~$1 Trillion range, an asset has reached megacap status and you need significant fundamentals and/or narrative to attract real money for continued appreciation -- the returns become muted. I mean look at ETH, it is returning negative since it reached a 1/2 Trillion marketcap 4 years ago. *Annualized Return of Assets after they reached $1 Trillion Marketcap (including 1/2 Trillion Marketcap ETH)* | Asset | 1T Mktcap. | CAGR | |:-----------|------------:|:------------:| | GOLD | 5/21/1979| 5.96% | AAPL | 8/2/2018| 24.85% | AMZN | 9/4/2018| 12.15% | MSFT | 4/2/2019| 24.75% | GOOGL | 1/16/2020| 24.25% | BTC | 2/29/2021| 15.37% | NVDA | 5/30/2023| 106.73% | META | 01/24/2024| 9.97% | TSLA | 11/08/2024| 5.06% | **Asset** | **1/2 T Mktcap.** | **CAGR** | | ETH | 10/28/2021| -5.14% Even after reaching ~$100 Billion marketcap range, besides BTC crypto assets returns are much more muted or negative. *Annualized Return of Assets after they reached $100 Billion Marketcap* | Asset | From Date | CAGR | |:-----------|------------:|:------------:| | BTC | 10/30/2017| 50.08% | ETH | 01/06/2018| 19.67% | XRP | 01/03/2018| -1.17% | BNB | 11/05/2021| 14.04% | SOL | 11/11/2024| -5.17%

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crazyking77

no one knows the right time to buy and sell the coins (BTC or ETH)...for me the better way is DCA

Sakka15

To simplify it, think about it being just like a scale ⚖ where you are trying to balance out both sides to a weight that is predetermined ( predetermined by what you set as the range) and as one side gains more weight over the other (read as: gains more value) you have to take weight (tokens) from the side gaining value and add weight (tokens) to the other side to maintain the overall weight balance of the entire scale. So the liquidity pool is basically taking tokens off the side that is gaining value and giving that value to the side that needs more value to maintance the balance. So if you are in a 50/50 ETH - USDC pool and ETH keeps going up in value the pool will start swapping some of your ETH into USDC. As ETH continues to rise enough at some point you may find you now only have USDC and no ETH, you have suffered impermanent loss along this whole journey but now it is very obvious. You can also have a LP like ETH/ARB and as ARB losses weight (value) you have to take from ETH and give to ARB to keep the balance. LPs need the pair to stay balanced for as long as possible. The more the tokens diverge in the price the more impermanent loss can occur. There are other ways for to suffer from imp loss but hopefully this explains it a little more on a basic level. Just remember impermanent loss is basically just when the value you hold in the liquidity pool is lower than the value would be holding if you had just held the tokens in your wallet and not participated in the pool. It is considered "impermanent" because the value of the tokens can return back to the range you had and so no loss occurs - of course you would not be earning any fees while out of range and maybe the pair never returns to the range again. The loss only becomes permanent once you remove the liquidity, with the value loss, from the LP.

New_Transplant

Half a coin and the rest in ETH

ecnecn

This. The world just doesn't need over 1000s of crypto blockchain solutions over night ... altcoins are just 1000s of promised solutions while BTC / ETH are just very good trust based storage alternatives for fiat (and especially weak emerging markets / third world country fiats), you can always get Euro / Dollar for your BTC / ETH no matter if you invested with Zimbabwe Dollars ... it is the only real strategy to avoid fiat devaluation and store your "wealth" in poor countries (beside gold, silver, ETF). Altcoins just speculate on greed, money investments from literally gullible fools and promised technology niche (with zero results in most cases). Altcoins will go to zero because the amount of people that can literally waste their life savings is very limited and even there is a learning curve for ultra smooth brains - ETH / BTC was a no-brainer.

Romanizer

Not sustainably. Bitcoin is the only investment in this sector consistently performing better than Broad money on a 10-year horizon. ETH came close, still +1,000% since 2015 but with heavy drawdowns in between. Most other failed to hold across the longterm.

Next-Difficulty2226

Nobody knows- nobody can predict the future or we’d all be filthy rich. Crypto as a whole rising or falling is dependant on news- news within the crypto world ( new adoptions, further advancements- whatever) and world news, wars, politics, how the current government views crypto and if there’s any plans. You’re not going to make or lose much money within the next couple months, especially investing in BTC or ETH with a couple hundred bucks unless some absolutely crazy news comes out.

vietvn85

I believe we are very near the top, even passed the top already. So from Risk/reward ratio, it's not the good time to look for quick profit. You'd better wait, or DCA into BTC. ETH has just reached ATH so it's will go down against BTC for a few weeks.

Cassette-Pen

Some will suggest buy and some suggests sell. That’s why crypto is fun and volatile. Looking at this week in my humble opinion ETH can pull back to 3800-3900 zone and head towards 4800 end of Oct.

szansky

only ETH.

babblefish111

Dumping 20% is a normal Tuesday night for BTC. If Satoshi's wallet became active again and started selling there would be blood on the streets. Mostly on the street where Michael Saylor lives. And if he starts selling as well we could well be down 50 - 60% before it stabilises. A lot of shitcoins will go to zero. No one will want to be left holding those bags. Maybe ETH and SOL might be the ones to come out of it stronger.

SeverusSchnaps

Yes, let's buy a hyped coin... It's the next GMX, Hype, Myx and whatever.  Just buy ETH and BTC and sleep like a baby at night. You won't get rugged by some dev with a platform nobody will use once we are in a bear. 

Agreeable-Diver6291

a lot of the coins with 5M+ wallets are the “household names” — BTC, ETH, USDT, USDC, maybe DOGE and TRX. Wallet count usually reflects network effect and accessibility more than “quality,” so it’s worth being cautious when using it as a metric. Tons of empty or dust wallets exist too. What I look at instead is: * **Active addresses vs. total wallets** (shows how much of that user base is actually alive). * **Transaction volume** (whether it’s retail, DeFi, or exchange settlement). * **Cross-chain liquidity** — some tokens are widely held but hard to move around efficiently. In my case, I’ve found aggregators helpful because they show which tokens actually have deep, usable liquidity across chains. r/Rubic is one example — it pulls from 100+ chains and tons of liquidity sources, so you can quickly see which assets aren’t just popular, but also liquid and tradable. what others here use as the better “real adoption” signal — active addresses, tx count, or something else?

piggleii

He's too busy making stupid predictions for ETH.

piggleii

ASTER.D continues resurgence, validating the those who sought to copy-trade the Ethereum Foundation and dump their ETH for ASTER to fund "development" of ASTER. https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/1nmdib3/comment/nfdpyy0/ As to what "development" the Ethereum Foundation is funding, well it's probably the development of their "developers" net worth.

OkRecording6095

My “Brag Trade” is I exited Cardano and ETH just off all time highs back in 2022 for Bitcoin and have held since. Nailed the trade then got my ass beat in taxes that year. Some lessons are expensive.

Illustrious-Boss9356

BTC $155k, ETH 4.7k (SOL 275, XRP 3.75 and ADA 2.0 will continue to take market share from ETH), AVAX 75, Chainlink 50. Dollar is another 4.5% weaker so in CHF, EUR, RMB terms these are barely ATHs.

opiikex

I noticed ETH was doing pretty well, above 4K and above 4.5K USD last week. I have about 1.7 ETH I've been sitting on forever. Should I dump it for fiat? I'm keeping my Bitcoin, that's about 0.9 BTC. I know you're probably thinking I should sell it for Bitcoin so I can have one whole Bitcoin. But idk. So I guess there's three options: keep it, dump it for fiat, or dump it for Bitcoin. I'd like to buy a vehicle soon, I'm still driving an old 2000 sedan. But I have about 20K in the bank

RandoDude124

BTC and ETH my friend. Put a little money in them monthly and it’ll pay off.

randallmauel

If Q4 doesnt happen Im hit as well. I was in SOL on time but Im still holding and it looks like its on decline. I was in XRP at right time but it appears to be done for cycle, same with ETH. I was expecting bigger gains and held too long. Now Avax pump is possibly over. Well here comes my first trip into the winter.

Ok_Golf_6467

BTC 150k, ETH 10k, AVAX 500. Just let it happen, and no, these are not "the top is in" type emotions.

intelw1zard

Honestly I keep it pretty safe when it comes to both bc im not a degen crypto: BTC, ETH, SOL, ADA, XRP stocks: VOO, F, T, O, SCHD, ABR, RDDT, RIVN, TSLA, JEPQ, JEPI there is still a ton of easy money to be made

tilac

Also in from 2020. I bought BTC at $11k and ETH at $380. Stop trading and start holding.

Due-Inspection-5660

Hopefully ETH will reclaim $4,300 soon. Whispers GG.

Simke11

Even ETH is pretty poor if we are to be objective, it's now below it's '21 ATH.

GiveInsteadOfTaking

Just buy BTC until ETH hits the Bull Market Support Band, then buy ETH. Benjamin Cowen is not always right but he is right about alts bleeding to BTC.

Novel_Yam_1034

Every coin aside from BTC and ETH

siberian

I got hosed on some of the interesting Layer 1s out there. Radix, Polkadot, etc. At the time ETH was having scale problems and Solidity was a parade of hackers. A better solution was needed for scaled FinTech adoption so I was pursing those. Post-game analysis: A massive amount of the alt-market is a Dark Forest transactions and FinTech never showed up to public networks, so if you build an L1 that illuminates the forest, no one will come and play, and it dies. Still holding because sunk-cost-why-not, but that was my investment thesis at the time.

LargeSnorlax

I'm starting to wish that the market goes down to flush all the moaners out of the daily Bitcoin at $60k last year, ETH at $2600 last year, SOL at $144, BNB at $580, XRP at $0.60, you literally could've thrown a dart at the top 5 coins and made a profit Hell, DOGE TRX and ADA all doubled yearly too so just make it top 10

chefhandy

Granted. I agree. But I’m interested to see what other investments are pliable aside from BTC & ETH … like AVAX or LINK for example

chefhandy

Yeah but I’m asking for options other than BTC & ETH , dude. 🙄

robis87

lol believe me, BTC/ETH people *won't* be doing fine in just a few months either. If that makes you feel any better that is

tylikesports

Reccomend pulling out and starting to put into BTC and ETH only. Or just put that $7k into a S&P 500 index, grow it a bit, and then start adding BTC and ETH. It's still relatively early but you are sadly cooked for now.

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tldr; A Gallup poll reveals that only 14% of American investors have exposure to cryptocurrencies, with most investments still directed toward traditional assets. Despite the U.S. being a leader in high-value crypto transactions, broader adoption remains limited. A Bank of America survey supports this, showing over 75% of investors lack crypto exposure. Institutional adoption is growing, driven by ETF launches and large inflows into BTC, ETH, and SOL, but crypto remains a niche asset for most portfolios. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.

Due-Inspection-5660

Dear god, can you please push ETH back above $4,300 asap? I would really appreciate it.

EndlessSummerburn

>Bitcoin/eth holders doing fine, but dumb people like me that holds all alts. This is a right of passage. You are close to learning a valuable (and lucrative) lesson that almost every crypto winner learns the hard way. I sounded like you 10 years ago and I have heard people like you at the beginning and end of every cycle since. Bitcoin & ETH reign supreme, long term. Everything else is fun money.

Objective_Digit

I wouldn't hold ETH for 5 years either.

RamoneBolivarSanchez

I wasn’t responding to “your” question. I was responding to the headline and options Scaramucci was presenting. I’m not buying AVAX over BTC. If the question were actually BTC or smart contracts, I would pick ETH any day of the week for a long list of reasons.

New-Ad-9629

Alt coins are for trading, in my opinion. BTC/ETH are the long term game.

1_BigPapi

For the OTC buys? You can Google around but that's just an industry standard. When institutions buy large sums like MSTR or the ETH DATs buying billions, they can't buy on the open market, it would cost them more and break things. That's why all the CEX have OTC desks.

biba8163

Even a blind monkey should be able to tell from the data this cycle is very very different. We're now 17-months from BTC Halvening which was in April 2024. - BTC up 74% - ETH up 33% - Total Alt Marketcap up 22% Compare that to what other cycles looked like. *Performance of crypto market 1-Year and 17 Months from Post Halvening in the last 3 cycles* | BTC | Halvening | 1-YR Halv. | 17-Month Halv. |:-----------|------------:|:------------:|:------------:| | July 2016-2017 | $650 | $2,500 (285%) | $15,178 (2,235%) | May 2020-2021 | $8,600 | $56,700 (559%) | $57,484 (568%) | April 2024-2025 | $65,000 | $85,200 (31%)| $112,970 (74%) | **ETH** | July 2016-2017 | $11 | $199 (1,709%) | $473 (4,200%) | May 2020-2021 | $210 | $2,800 (1,233%) | $3,545 (1,588%) | April 2024-2025 | $3,157 | $1,580 (-50%) | $4,200 (33%) | **Alt Marketcap** *(Excl. Stablecoins)* | July 2016-2017 | $2.05 Billion | $52.17 Billion (2,445%)| $282 Billion (13,656%) | May 2020-2021 | $74.81 Billion | $1.34 Trillion (1,691%)| $1.5 Trillion (1,914%) | April 2024-2025 | $1.09 Trillion | $0.76 Trillion (-30%) | $1.33 Trillion (22%)

biba8163

They can't handle the truth so they'll say this AI generated. They'll also look at this and say, the cycles are playing out exactly the same and Altseason is just around the corner. We're now 17-months from BTC Halvening which was in April 2024. - BTC up 74% - ETH up 33% - Total Alt Marketcap up 22% Compare that to what other cycles looked like. *Performance of crypto market 1-Year and 17 Months from Post Halvening in the last 3 cycles* | BTC | Halvening | 1-YR Halv. | 17-Month Halv. |:-----------|------------:|:------------:|:------------:| | July 2016-2017 | $650 | $2,500 (285%) | $15,178 (2,235%) | May 2020-2021 | $8,600 | $56,700 (559%) | $57,484 (568%) | April 2024-2025 | $65,000 | $85,200 (31%)| $112,970 (74%) | **ETH** | July 2016-2017 | $11 | $199 (1,709%) | $473 (4,200%) | May 2020-2021 | $210 | $2,800 (1,233%) | $3,545 (1,588%) | April 2024-2025 | $3,157 | $1,580 (-50%) | $4,200 (33%) | **Alt Marketcap** *(Excl. Stablecoins)* | July 2016-2017 | $2.05 Billion | $52.17 Billion (2,445%)| $282 Billion (13,656%) | May 2020-2021 | $74.81 Billion | $1.34 Trillion (1,691%)| $1.5 Trillion (1,914%) | April 2024-2025 | $1.09 Trillion | $0.76 Trillion (-30%) | $1.33 Trillion (22%)

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piggleii

So glad I dumped my ETH for ASTER: [https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/1nmdib3/comment/nfdpyy0/?context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/1nmdib3/comment/nfdpyy0/?context=3)

piggleii

Probably a bad time to be shorting ETH after a ton of longs already liquidated. NFA

jwz9904

fuck them! i shorted ETH though, thanks

jwz9904

ETH foundation SUCKS, i helped u

piggleii

If I told you that someone was in possession of thousands of ETH literally printed out of thin air and that this person was continously dumping ETH, what would you think of said person. NO NAMES!!!!

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Ikki_The_Phoenix

I dunno. I bough Hyperliquid and aster. I'm rotating the profits into BTC and ETH. But I agree with your stance that the tech is a cult. Just check those KASPA weirdos claiming that KASPA is the BTC killer.

iphonesoccer420

BTC, ETH, XRP, PEPE, SPX. Nothing more.

1_BigPapi

By design. Institutions are loading up bigly only ETH OTC. It's not showing in these retail flows. Retail attention swung to other alts for now but ETH is positioning for a helluva move up in Q4.

Past_Hotel_5987

True, that’s why ETH took that niche instead.

Dorkasteri

We are going down big time if ETH and BTC stay flat for the next couple of days. It doesn’t feel like whales are interested in accumulating at these levels. Everybody seems extremely cautious.