ETH

LargeSnorlax

Litecoin is part of Coinbase pay, which is BTC, ETH, USDC, DOGE, LTC and SHIB (for some reason) so it'll be most traded by default. When people use payments, they'll use one of those. LTC tends to have the lowest fees so by default it'll be used.

The1WhoDares

I have a good amount of ETH & over to BTC’s… I probably should’ve held on. But I couldn’t. Still have all my ETH. Sold 3/4’s of my BTC. IMO… as soon as Trump elects a new FED chair. That individual will make crypto go PARABOLIC due to his policies & quantitative easing. BUT… that ‘parabolic’ upstream will be felt SO F’n hard. Markets will TANKKKK like go lower than they were in the 08 mortgage crisis crash. & THAT will be a little bit scary for EVERYBODY

JohnnyStrides

I think people have learned to stop wasting their time on shitcoins and that accumulating and holding BTC is the way... maybe some ETH. Alt season never came, and probably won't ever again. If it did Youtube crypto views would be sky high.

YogurtCloset3335

But isn't that suspicious? XMR is huge news this week and a lot of what I see here is crap about CRO or whatever. The entire Zcash dev team quit yet we're sitting around here dogging on ETH or some pumpcoin rug.

jekpopulous2

Because an ETF has several advantages over using a CEX. For one you’re protected by SIPC up to $500k - so if the custodian turns out to be insolvent (see FTX) you’re covered. You can also hold an ETF in an IRA or 401(k) so it’s better for tax purposes. I personally self custody but for those who just want some BTC / ETH exposure in their portfolio ETFs are a great option.

b1mm3rl1f3

Tom Lee predicted $250k ETH, it lines up with other predictions. At $154k it would put the market cap @ \~18T, so probably a ceiling more than a target

DryMyBottom

I feel we have been all betting on ETH for too long

Various_Whereas_2667

there are bullish signs for both, though Wall St analysts and crypto bros have a one-dimensional understanding of geopolitics. Venezuelan VP says “Bitcoin” and suddenly that’s the future of the Venezuelan economy. No one knows yet what the Venezuelan adventure means! The recent Fusaka upgrade to ETH iis only <2 months old, It’s already increased institutional participation and cleared out some of the spam/junk trading that caused spikes in slowdowns. Personally, I think the Clarity Act passage will be delayed. I think it’s not critical right now.

b1mm3rl1f3

Metals at ATH's, silver now up for 9 months straight. This is not normal and I cant help but think we're def not ready for what ETH might do. It's been trending downwards for 4 YEARS. Everything will be tokenized on ETH. \- "Deutsche Bank estimates tokenized assets can reach $1.5\~$2T by 2030", ETH secures 60% of all tokenized assets today worth $12.4B. \- Standard Chartered says ETH to $40k by 2030 \- VanEck's bull case scenario is $154k by 2030 and "VanEck: In a ‘hyper-Bitcoinization’ scenario where Bitcoin captures 20% of international trade and 10% of domestic GDP, the implied value per coin could reach $53.4 million." Absolute dream scenario but still, momentum is still muted for now. These are wild wild times

MariachiArchery

Good. If you go back and look at where actual viewership was during run ups, the channels that get the most traction are the ones that get caught shilling straight up scams. Who remembers all the Bitconnect YouTubers? Those channels were *huge.* More recently, we had a bunch of Terra Labs and Anchor guys. The channels that get the most traction are the ones shilling the most recent get rich quick scheme, that always ends up being a scam. Like two weeks before Terra Labs collapsed, I was in need to park some savings somewhere. I needed a savings product, and came across the Anchor protocol. For those that don't know, it was part of the Terra Labs/Luna fiasco, and was marketed as a *savings* product, offering 0% risk with a 20% return. I found *so many* YouTube videos about it. There were entire channels dedicated to Terra labs. So yeah, channels have pumped so many scams throughout the years, that I'm sure people are just fucking tired of it. For me, anytime I see someone pumping something other than BTC and ETH, I just assume it's a scam at this point, because it probably is.

DryMyBottom

well, is not like ETH is that decentralized 👀

thomas533

Yep, these groups are pretty ubiquitous. They start off asking you to do small things like subscribe to youtube channels. Then once they get you used to it they condition you into "loaning" some BTC/ETH/etc. and they do pay you back at first, but eventually they don't.

BuiltToSpinback

They don't have in-built mechanisms for price appreciation. Look at ETH/BTC and LINK/BTC. Down, down, down.

NaabKing

You are wrong about Bitcoin, but for ETH i would agree.

itsaBazinga

He made a shitty ETH and declared himself king

Careless-Age-4290

What about the move from POW to POS in ETH? Pretty much crushed the mining scene and that really helped engagement even if your machine was making a dollar an hour

Reasonable_Band1536

Get into it, but I would stick with BTC, ETH, SOL. Everything else carries immense risk. Yes, we all want to get in on the ground floor, but from my extensive research, there is little to no way to develop a new coin that will serve the purpose that BTC will. You’re buying hype if you believe otherwise.

MIBrody

Build by World Mobile, nothing fishy. Earnd and withdraw 25$ in ETH up to date. Not big but not bad

uex_platform

There is liquidity problem on the crypto “alt-market”, so BTC is generally safer option for slow growth and “predictability” ETH seems to be established almost like stable coin lately thought 🥲🥲

investingtruth

Bessent's comments on crypto regulation are a tailwind for the whole space, but BTC benefits more directly than ETH. Clearer regulatory framework helps institutional adoption, and institutions are buying BTC, not ETH. I'd go heavier BTC here. Maybe 80/20 if you want some ETH exposure, but BTC is the core position.

Nskyline2005

ETH is attractive but i'm still going with good old BTC

Cryptomuscom

BTC for the peace of mind, ETH for the potential dopamine hit later.

kingjoeg

Crypto Twitter/ X is unbearable at the moment. So many accounts posting "you are not prepared!!" "the market is about to fullsend -insert rocket emoji here-" "BTC to $200k this year ETH to $15k" "Buy PEPE it's going to go so so much higher 10x at least from here" It's ridiculous. Just scammers trying to get people who need quick money to FOMO in and lose money.

Doji_Star72

ETH & BTC are dysfunctional and cumbersome. if they ever moon again, i'll be surprised. it's only by collective delusion that they've managed to retain any value at all, imho.

MinimalGravitas

On Ethereum L1 you can check current fees yourself at (currently less than $0.01 to send ETH, about $0.05 to swap tokens, about $0.01 to bridge to another layer): https://etherscan.io/gastracker If you want daily average fees then: https://etherscan.io/chart/avg-txfee-usd As you can see, the average fee paid yesterday for all transactions on L1 was $0.13. Is that what you were expecting? If you are also interested in rollup transaction costs then you can find the daily averages for each L2 at: https://www.growthepie.com/fundamentals/transaction-costs Obviously all are much less than a cent.

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DryMyBottom

do we really need all those stablecoins? Also, ETH might not be as decentralised as people think imo

jwz9904

only for ETH

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durfaderf

ETH price action is always a rollercoaster. short term it’s noise, long term it’s adoption infra. i stopped staring at charts as much once i moved my ETH into Best Wallet, now it’s more of a “check occasionally” thing instead of stress-refreshing all day.

Itslittlealexhorn

I've never understood this take. Who do you think finances Bitcoin mining data centers? Both mining and staking require financial commitment and of the two staking has a far lower entry threshold than mining. You can spin up an Ethereum node on a NUC and with 2.4 ETH (currently around $7.5k) you can run a validator on Lido CSM. All you need is some money and stable internet. For Bitcoin you'd need to buy ASIC miners at ~$1-2k a piece at minimum. That seems cheaper, but that's hardware that will lose value and isn't easy to sell. But the true bottleneck is electricity cost. If you pay more than 5ct/kWh you will likely never break even. Very few people have access to electricity that cheap. I certainly don't. Please tell me how that is more accessible?

tilac

There aren't any. Whatever the ETH fees are at the time.

sirporter

The unique thing about BTC and ETH is both were grass roots movements where may of the earlier adopters and holders are cyberpunks types.  Many of the newer coins were VC launched and owners tend to be of a much different profile. 

JohnnyStrides

Pretty much this. I had this big portfolio during that BTC run to $20K that I thought I was so smart for holding, like 20+ coins. Eventually overtime you realize it's too exhausting staying on top of shit/scam coins, or coins that are brilliant projects but will never do anything. It's just BTC and ETH for me now and I don't even bother to follow the news, or go running to reddit if the price surges or dumps. Just hold and go on with life.

uselessbets

https://preview.redd.it/fb16r91ocucg1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1fa5fe227f0cf43809129a242091973601b021c0 I'm in the same boat as you. 500$ capital. Lost about 2000$ to learn the ropes last year. My learnings (Not an advise. Take it if it works for you) 1. Never risk more than 1-2% 2. Any coin below top 500 coins is 99% useless 3. But and HODL strong coins like BTC / ETH / BNB on lows (Like 20-30% fall from peak). Short the shit coins when they're up 10x-20x from the bottom. Profitability is about 10-20% a month now. I'm compounding by re-investing my profits. Planning to withdraw 1000$ once my 500$ becomes 2000$ and repeat the cycle.

JediMane

I did this with SOL and ETH… lost a fuck ton of money. Dont do it.

OkTune7507

I think it will one more time, Bit ,ETH and XRP, Sol will take off again and won’t stop for at least a year. In the end 5y from now only real tokens will hold up as an investment. There will always be alt coins and always be hype about something new but will be less than 50 real ones at first. Much money to be made and alt coins will always come and go however the real ones will always sticks around, like cobalt, gold, silver and my huge bulge. You just can’t get rid of the real things that matter.

jadequarter

when ETH

MinimalGravitas

One of the most interesting things about this is that this time last year Bitmine were (as the name suggests) a bitcoin mining company, with thousands of ASICs operating in Texas and Kentucky [https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/01/13/3008482/0/en/BitMine-Reports-Fiscal-1st-Quarter-2025-Financial-Results.html]. Last year they pivoted completely, abandoning BTC mining and investing in ETH. Now they are one of the biggest ETH stakers.

jawni

Because with more context it's not as impressive. Defi TVL might be $99B but as a share of the market it's pretty much the same as any time before. Essentially other chains are collectively growing their TVL roughly as fast as ETH, at least according to the chart on the top right here: [https://defillama.com/chains](https://defillama.com/chains)

Successful-Win-8035

ETH is running on old tech, and basically poised to be worth nothing in ten years. I wouldent worry about climbing over 10% right now...lol.

AutisticGayBear69

Better late than never but PEPE on ETH was launched 2023. PEP POW coin on scrypt was launched in 2024. The PEP sub is pretty active.

Supaflyray

I’m sure some do to pay stockholders. But in the last 5 months. AUM has almost doubled for ETH in ETFs.

SSAeternitatis

People have realized that this space is largely populated by BS. 99.9% of crypto ranges from unnecessary to cynical cash grab to outright scam. There are only three worth a damn: 1. BTC (original, benefits from network effects, significant institutional support, store of value); 2. ETH (robust smart contract functionality BTC doesn't provide); 3. XMR (privacy features BTC doesn't provide). Virtually every other crypto is a slavish copy of one of these three that doesn't perform its core functions nearly as well, and exists only because of the greed of its founders.

TheGreatCryptopo

Good turn around from 6 months ago when the exit queue was massive with the shit that happened with kiln. Good to see that time is over. ETH will be heading back towards the 4k mark.

CryptoBasicBrent

I don’t know what you’re referring to but there’s tons of the tech implemented. Random old examples - Docusign backs up with ETH, chainlink oracle is how a ton of the swaps work, polymarket”s prediction markets (love it or hate it). Newer stuff like Bittensors AI detection is the best at detecting AI content out of any tool. Just none of it makes BONK GAINZZZ

Altruistic-Raise-579

Watching that queue swell is kind of mesmerizing. The way ETH gets locked up quietly while people whisper about key price levels always makes me want to track the flow of deposits versus withdrawals. I’ve got a little log for this kind of thing and it’s wild how much you can predict sentiment shifts just from the numbers stacking up.

Numerous_Wonders81

A single company staking a million ETH says more about financialization and yield capture than about decentralization, scalability, or everyday usability. Locking coins for yield isn’t the same as processing transactions cheaply, simply, and reliably at scale. If anything, it highlights the direction Ethereum has taken: fewer large actors, more capital locked up, and more layers between users and the base chain. That’s fine as a design choice — but it’s not the same as being the only viable crypto or having the best settlement model. Staking ≠ usage. TVL ≠ guarantees. And size alone isn’t a substitute for clean system design.

epic_trader

>ETH increased its throughput to a slightly higher maximum Compared to what and since when? Ethereum has increased it's L1 throughput **20x** since its inception.

GroundbreakingPage41

I’m not saying there shouldn’t be positive comments. The issue is other coins get continuously shit on here while ETH gets shilled. How is that different than this being an ETH shill sub?

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> This is an ETH sub masquerading as a general cryptocurrency sub, it gets shilled more than the next coin by a mile. You have replied to my comment that links to data showing that there is about 2x more value in Stablecoins, DeFi and RWAs on Ethereum as on every other chain combined. Based on that, wouldn't you expect more positive comments about it...? I mean doesn't seem reasonable to imagine there might be 2x more than on every other chain combined? A Network where twice as much happens as on everything else combined is likely to have more things to comment on, right?

MinimalGravitas

Don't be a bell-end. If you have been here any length of time you probably know I'm one of the most annoyingly persistent ETH advocates here, but it is stupid to pretend that anyone who supports Monero is a bot. It's obviously one of the most legit projects in crypto, sticking hard to the cypherpunk fundamentals that many other projects (like BTC) have long abandoned. I don't own any XMR, and I don't have any current use for the network, presumably neither do you, but that doesn't mean we can't acknowledge a legitimate project.

Icy-Aardvark-1158

Cant argue with that. If its only about getting in early to dump on latecomers thats Ponzi scheme. ETH and BTC trying to fix real problems vs most alts just exit liquidity. Different goals but I respect your take

GroundbreakingPage41

Ah so you’re not in it for the tech, you’re in it for the money which is fine but if so ETH barely beat its ATH this last cycle.

GroundbreakingPage41

You want it to be an underdog so bad, all it takes is a search for ETH in just the past week to see it being constantly shilled

RamoneBolivarSanchez

You clearly don’t know what XMR is kiddo. It absolutely has a use case that BTC and ETH can’t satisfy, and it’s why it’s compliments them nicely. I’ve been holding all 3 since 2017 and it’s been great

5553331117

Open up that history I’m sure it’s all a bunch of btc eth bullshit lol XMR is what Bitcoin was supposed to be. FUNGIBLE. No other crypto is.  BTC and ETH are corpo coins now, just look who controls development. Ok I’m going to stop talking to the bot now 

epic_trader

Nonsense. This sub is notoriously *anti* ETH.

Icy-Aardvark-1158

Solid advice and I appreciate you taking time to respond honestly. The utility angle makes sense. Most tokens are just speculation with no real use case. Your 2017 buy was probably something like ETH where the potential world change was obvious if it worked. Harder to find that now when everything claims to be revolutionary, but most are just forks of forks. The Clarity Act point is interesting. Havent followed that closely but makes sense that regulation will kill off most tokens. And yeah DYOR is the only way. Even good advice can be wrong for your situation. Thanks for the genuine response instead of just dunking on me.

cannedshrimp

Is the point of crypto to let people get in early so that they can get rich? If so it actually is a Ponzi scheme. To me the point of crypto is to fix the broken incentives in our financial system. I don’t think anything outside ETH and BTC have a chance at doing that and I am still extremely skeptical of the path ETH is on.

steppe5

That's because everything outside of BTC and ETH is a scam.

steppe5

SOL is also slower than most ETH L2s, and will be painfully slower than L2s in 12 months.

Vykard93

ALGO price down, ETH price up, therefore ETH is better than ALGO OKEY?

Icy-Aardvark-1158

100% agree crypto is inherently risky especially outside top 20 No amount of research eliminates scam risk completely My question is does that mean we should only stick to BTC ETH SOL etc or is there a way to reduce the risk enough to make small cap plays worth it Because if everyone only buys top 20 then nobody ever gets in early on anything Not saying I have the answer just trying to figure out where the line is between reckless and overly cautious

Ereptile-Disruption

While I really like XMR, price was never the point of the coin, I would keep a bigger amount of coin in ETH/BTC and convert in XMR only a small amount that I need to spend right away. 

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ActualYellow

ETH, ADA, WMTx. ETH: long term hold. It’s still the base layer everything settles on. DeFi, L2s, NFTs, infra. Lower upside now, but way lower risk than most alts. ADA: long term, high patience. Slow and academic, but very decentralized. If adoption ever really kicks in, upside > ETH. If not, it just keeps lagging. WMTx: asymmetric long term bet. Real-world utility (telecom), not just crypto-native hype. Either massive upside if execution works, or it goes nowhere. High risk, high reward. Profit expectations: ETH = steady, survive cycles. ADA = mid risk, mid/high upside. WMTx = moon or zero.

ActualYellow

The honest answer is that you don’t turn $500 into six figures by being “smart” with trades. You do it with time, asymmetric upside, and by adding capital along the way. Turning $500 into $100k without adding money means a ~200x. That happens, but almost always through extreme risk or being very early. For every success story, there are thousands who blew up and disappeared. Survivorship bias is huge. What actually works for real people is boring. Use that $500 to get exposure to upside, not income. BTC, ETH, and a small number of high-conviction plays early in a cycle. Hold for years. Don’t trade. Don’t use leverage. Most people lose money because they can’t sit still. The second part no one likes to mention is adding money. $500 alone probably won’t change your life. $500 plus consistent monthly investing over 8–12 years in a strong asset class absolutely can. That’s how most “overnight successes” actually did it. The real edge isn’t a strategy, it’s behavior. People who made it big learned the space deeply, sized into winners, ignored noise, and survived drawdowns without panicking. They didn’t chase every new shiny thing and they didn’t try to be traders. Crypto is still one of the few places where real asymmetric upside exists. But patience beats cleverness every time. Most money is made by holding, not by being right on Twitter. If there’s a shortcut, it’s this: don’t blow up early.

FidgetyRat

Unless you pretend ETH isn’t a duck taped pile of slow ass, expensive, manipulated, shit there is no actual discussion. Jokes aside: crypto itself is rather boring these days. The only actual use case we developed was gambling on meme coins. The crypto dream died with the last bull run.

evoranger2018

Pure lies, Tron is far ahead then ETH

MinimalGravitas

> ETH reached its maximum throughput capacity. Fees increased. Ethereum's L1 has scaled significantly. The all-time-high of gas use (i.e. the total use of the chain) was on the 21st of December 2025 [https://etherscan.io/chart/gasused] and on that day the average transaction fee was £0.16 [https://etherscan.io/chart/avg-txfee-usd]. > Other chains took some of the load Obviously in addition to Ethereum L1 scaling, there is also the rollup ecosystem build on top of Ethereum. Rollups (unlike sidechains, state channels and other types of 'L2') settle to the L1 that they are build on. Counting it's rollups the Ethereum ecosystem's peak throughput was last week (7th of January), processing 58,786 transactions in a second [https://www.growthepie.com/ethereum-ecosystem/metrics?tps=true] - with an average transaction fee of less than a cent.

Numerous_Wonders81

Meanwhile ETH: please use Base, Optimism, Arbitrum, zkSync, Scroll…

DirectionMundane5468

Name an ETH killer that's a real threat. I will wait.

pop-1988

ETH increased its throughput to a slightly higher maximum. This isn't scaling, it's treading water

pop-1988

Not surprising. The LLM is a collection of things it found on the Internet. It applied a popularity score, and found more people saying ETH and BTC No intelligence evident. Wrong answers always

darokk

ETH has since increased its max throughput capacity and drastically reduces its fees, while still being the only truly decentralised settlement layer with perfect uptime.

pop-1988

A few years ago ETH was the only stablecoin settlement layer. ETH reached its maximum throughput capacity. Fees increased. Other chains took some of the load The pro-ETH cryptoslate article completely ignores this, pretends that there's some kind of competition. If BlackRock wants to settle stablecoins, it doesn't choose one or other chain. It supports all the chains its customers want to use

Kurosaki56843

You're making the right choice to put money only in BTC and ETH, the loan also sounds like a great idea. I've checked the terms myself as well and the appeal is that it lets you put idle cash to work without playing timing games. You can buy BTC/ETH, borrow against it at 0% and if the market goes up during the term you benefit from having had more exposure the whole time. If it does not, the loan just settles at maturity and you are not dealing with interest, margin calls or forced selling along the way. It is a good way to be more invested during a period you are already bullish on without the usual leverage stress.

coinfeeds-bot

tldr; Ethereum staking demand has surged, with over 1.7 million ETH queued for staking, leading to a 30-day activation delay. This reduces circulating supply as staked ETH cannot be sold, while the exit queue remains minimal, indicating few withdrawals. This supply tightening, coupled with institutional participation, is impacting market dynamics. ETH is trading near critical price levels, with key support at $3,050 and resistance at $3,300. Upcoming network upgrades are also boosting long-term investor confidence in Ethereum's scalability and utility. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.

quintavious_danilo

I’m in since 2022, so i missed the crazy 2021 bull run and all i got so far was a meh BTC bullrun and no altseason. Good thing that i didn’t buy any alts and only hold BTC and ETH. Going forward I will only buy BTC and that’s it, not even ETH anymore.

Ok_Budget9461

One thing many people overlook is the macro backdrop. The last year in crypto hasn’t been “normal” price discovery. A lot of the volatility we’ve seen has been driven by external decisions, especially from the US (regulation, politics, Trump-related narratives), not organic market structure. That makes price action in high-liquidity assets like BTC, ETH or SOL more reactive and sometimes misleading. As newer traders, context matters more than levels alone.

Logical_Lemming

Doesn't have to be that way. Every new ETH maxi makes crypto a better place.

DryMyBottom

ETH investors have been waiting a decent price action forever!

Horror-Sector7498

That BTC + ETH base makes sense for long-term conviction. If you want to add measured upside, a small allocation to RYO can diversify into an ecosystem-focused play without overexposing—then just keep DCA’ing and let time do the work.

GreenStretch

When those of us from previous cycles didn't see ETH, SOL, ADA, etc. go much past their ATHs there wasn't much reason to stay in anything but BTC.

devCheckingIn

But that's not a stablecoin? That would be like owning a dividend stock that has a high chance of depreciating (like Saylor's products), or staking ETH while its value collapses.

harvested

Someone sent me a screenshot to a post asking if they should sell their ETH for bitcoin cause it hasn't done anything in 5 years. It made me realize why so many shitcoiners come to this sub lately. They want to get a glimpse of what it looks like to make a meaningful new ATH in the last half decade. Tom Lee has got them all dressed up with nowhere to go. They just want a wiff of what it's like to have a coin that doesn't have a development team or a 'foundation' (whatever that is) constantly selling on them.

EveSexyor

In 2026, if you're just randomly investing in BTC and ETH, you're low IQ especially when you can just automate trading Futures or Polymarket based on statistics and social media data and earn way more. Instead of making a 2x eoy you could make 10%+ a day with way less risk than just throwing shit at BTC and ETH. This is an opinion from someone who's been in the space for 8 years, with a full-stack developer background and has seen every single trend from founders starting exchanges, to people mining with their own computers (and years later reaching millionaire status), to altcoins, to influencers launching fake scams, to BRC-20s, NFTs, and Pumpfuns.

flying-fox200

BTC+ETH is solid. Buy and don't look back. Self-custody your coins in [cold storage](https://trezor.io/). Never leave your coins on an exchange.

nugymmer

Even with fundamentals, eg ETH or LINK, they still underperform BTC long term.

nugymmer

Honestly at this point I don’t even believe that much in ETH or LINK. I think those who got in early washed their hands and loaded up on cheap BTC, leaving bagholders scratching their heads. If you own these long term you may be rewarded. You might also be f**ked, too.

Revolutionary-Cup78

ETH is highly unlikely to ever significantly surpass inflation adjusted all time high (besides an also extremely unlikely short squeeze)

MapNo2345

Yeah, unsure, liquidated my ETH. Still hodling bitcoin. It felt funny selling crypto it was my first time. Been long in the market

RamoneBolivarSanchez

I’m an ETH maxi and my comment still applies. Your reasoning is on the same level as some clickbait cointelegraph article. “$190m sell coming in!!!” Bro we’ve had days with $300b+ volume, far greater sells than $190m, and price merely shifted 3-5% Take the L and move on

Holiday-Kaler

For long term, I keep it boring. BTC and ETH for DCA, they’re the backbone and easiest to hold through cycles. For yield, I only trust native staking where you keep custody, not sketchy APYs. On Solana, staking SOL has been solid for me and easy to manage through a self-custody wallet like Solflare. Anything promising crazy APY usually comes with hidden risk

juangusta

Same with ADA and some coins for me. Unless the project dies or gets compromised for example ETC then I’ll hold my few hundred in shit coins. I’ve moved all my BTC ETH and SOL to ETFs though. Don’t like being responsible for it

Godrayoae123

Clearly you like casinos. The “safest” is still 70% BTC then either ETH or SOL or both with some 25-29%…. ADA is the most expensive network per user. Check ADA/BTC pair to see the reality. Never forget Charles called the FBI on the only user they had 😂 The risky ones only 1%. Best of luck and stay safe…. It’s not about how much you make but how much you able to keep.

gothamneedsdean

With institutional buying of BTC and ETH, everyone thought Billions would roll into alts. The exact opposite happened and huge gains are likely gone. Just DCA BTC and ETH and hold. Treat it like another section of your portfolio.