ETH

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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MinimalGravitas

> 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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mngos_wmelon1019

Crypto just seems like a grifting scheme at this point, in all honesty, and this is coming from someone who used to believe in its potential but it’s BTC, ETH and shit coins galore.

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.

KIG45

Long term plan BTS and possibly ETH. That's it!

No_South_9912

BTC, ETH, SOL are "Fidelity Approved" ETFs. When a major investment company is in the game, those are "investment grade" coins. There are also small company ETFs for a few other coins such as XRP. Even if you don't buy through ETFs, it's something to consider. DOGE is the only memecoin I know of with an ETF.

Blueberry_Dependent

It's the same price as 3 years ago despite all the fuss and huss. Probably will go even lower to be honest. Strange thing in crypto is that projects with bright future and development get no price movement but a single meme coin can jump into the stratosphere for no utility or anything useful. ETH proving that you can't lose money with it and also you can't make. It's like a stablecoin. Price is around 2,800-3100$. Golden spot

Arijan101

Staking is a scam invented to get you to commit to not selling your crypto while the whales dump. The staking reward is usually not worth the drop in $ price, so unless you have huge amounts of ETH, which I doubt you do, staking is a bad idea in any platform.

713Capital

Im done with almost all alts, permanently. Bitcoin, ETH, SOL, HYPE, and LINK are my last dogs in the fight.

AcanthisittaEarly983

I only own 3 crypto, BTC, SOL, ETH. Out of them eth is obviously the worse performing. I should if sold at is last little bull run but I figured I've held it for this long already and it's not a huge amount of money so I'll let it ride. Next time, if there is a next time, it's the first and only thing I'm selling. Would it gotten a better return parking that little money in a CD or hysa.

No_Giraffe_4647

What I did on my end is investing same amount on an equal weight base of several underlying among them are BTC (for which I tripled the average weight) , then all others are layer zero tokens (except ETH) as I truly believe that interoperability will pay on the long run and will be less a gamble, just my opinion.

bubbaroo86

SOL will underpin the meme coin scam economy. ETH will underpin global finance. Plain and simple.

Debster4242

10k BTC 5k ETH 10k Silver 5k Gold

anonymousbutme

I’d put in BTC and ETH around these levels preferably around 85-87k and 2.9k if given and get out March peak. Stay cash after and then invest long term by DCAing lower and not putting all in one go. NFA. And DYOR. Also 126k was not ATH of any bull run, it’s yet to come.

ComplexWrangler1346

I would do 20k in ETH and 10k in bitcoin ..you will get more of a return in the long run with ETH ..

Successful-Win-8035

Chat gpt think BTC, and ETH will go up...lol. the market crashed. I agree XRP will be good when they fix the issues and it gets mass adoption, the governments already talking to about adopting it.

coinfeeds-bot

tldr; The article explores which cryptocurrency could potentially make investors rich by 2026, based on insights from ChatGPT. While emphasizing that its analysis is not financial advice, ChatGPT highlighted Ethereum (ETH) as a strong contender due to its fundamentals, utility, and potential benefits from increased adoption and regulation. Bitcoin (BTC) remains a dominant choice, but altcoins like XRP and Solana offer higher risk-reward opportunities. The article stresses the importance of diversification, risk management, and realistic expectations in the volatile crypto market. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.

Maleficent_Town_9405

$100k BTC, $10K ETH, $1K SOL, $10 XRP 🚀📈🎉🥂

crypto_ad_97

Your plan is solid 👍 $20k BTC + $10k ETH with $200 monthly DCA over 10 years is a strong strategy. Most veterans win by consistency and patience, not by chasing many coins. If you want diversification: • 5–10% max in a strong alt (e.g. SOL or LINK) • Not necessary though Bottom line: BTC + ETH alone are enough for long-term success. Stay consistent and ignore hype.

CyberCrud

Ultimately, you should really only be holding BTC, ETH, and any alt-coin that you can stake for APY.  Everything else is a gamble.  Taking the loss for taxes and converting them to BTC will actually get me close to recovering my losses by the next 2029 ATH. 

Ste19921992

f you’re looking to diversify a bit outside BTC/ETH, might be worth having a look at $STRX (StrikeX) as a small side bet. It’s a low-cap utility token tied to a real fintech platform, and CMC Markets (FTSE-listed) owns a majority stake in the StrikeX business, which gives it more credibility than most random alts. Shows up on CoinMarketCap, still relatively under the radar, higher risk but higher upside type of play. Not saying replace BTC/ETH, but even a small % for something like STRX could make sense if you’re holding long term.

DBRiMatt

Some investments I cut my losses with. Some memecoins I am holding onto, because, what the hell. A couple of projects I still follow and believe they can go through a period where they can prove to be rewarding. But ultimately, those losses I'm not too worried about because overall my total crypto portfolio is very much in the positive thanks to the large proportion of BTC and even ETH.

Dubb18

IMO (so take it for what it's worth), follow the institutions because that is what has been driving the most recent bullish cycle for a handful of crypto. They are positioning themselves with BTC, ETH, SOL, & AVAX with respect to ETFs. More crypto ETFs and major institutions willing to create them will likely pop up in 2026. Keep an eye on which ETFs are popular among the institutions. Whether crypto likes it or not, US-centric institutional investment into the sector is what is driving things. That is how adoptions is being rolled out. Average people were never going to be able to pump trillions into the sector and would just accept a vast amount of rugpulls and memes with some legit longterm projects sprinkled around here and there. Having said that, I'd also diversity my investment portfolio. If you are going to put some money into crypto, also put some money into normal "safer" investment stuff like gold/silver ETFs as the global economy is having a lot of issues right now. Crypto has shown to also follow global economic conditions(uncertainty) while safe havens like precious metals continue to rise.

991sport

What you propose is very reasonable. I would put even more into BTC and less into ETH, but 20k and 10k is reasonable.

Ok_Budget9461

Not dumb at all. When everything pumps at once it’s usually liquidity + sentiment, not fundamentals. That’s when FOMO hits hardest. If you’re confused, don’t rush buys. Learn structure, cycles, and risk first. There will always be another entry. ETH/XRP are fine to study, but patience > chasing green candles.

Aerocryptic

There was someone working at VanEck who was paid to write a report about ETH. His conclusion was that ETH could be priced between $300 and $150k by 2030 Mfer what kind of range is that? 💀🤣

MoccaLG

DO NOT GO FOR ALTS. I would go BTC, maybe ETH and maybe 10% in XRP/SOL - I would wait for bear market and let people take a look on large timescale prices.

82_AK

I agree RE diversifying with some other types of assets. RE crypto - it is just my opinion and not a financial advise but I wouldn't consider anything else but Bitcoin. Recently converted XRP and ETH to BTC and have 0 regret.

jkl2035

BTC & ETH is fine - I‘d add a 20-30% bet component like quantum Token (e.g. QRL, MCM, Abel), Identity projects (WLD) or similar - just for the fun…

Infamous-Maybe5847

Not sure about ETH, but for BTC I’d definitely go for it. After 10 years, the buy price won’t matter much.

Ok_Budget9461

Start simple. BTC and ETH first, not because they’ll 10x fast, but because they teach you how the market moves. Don’t chase pumps. Either DCA or wait for pullbacks. Learn risk management before returns. Your goal at the start isn’t profit, it’s surviving long enough to learn.

re-patch

85% BTC / 10% ETH / 2.5% SOL / 2.5% LINK Buy a fix amount every 1-4 weeks no matter the price. Hold BTC/ETH for 10years+ and don’t touch it. Keep an eye on the other two over the next few years and sell if you want/have to

robertorgg

Thank you very much. Right now I have 70% BTC 20% ETH 10% LINK. I’ll buy some every month. You gave me very good advices, I’ll buy a couple of sleepers myself as well :)

Sufficient-Tap6150

That makes sense, especially from a capital preservation point of view. BTC/ETH definitely act as the “index + liquidity anchor” of crypto, and most alts are just leveraged beta unless a strong narrative breaks correlation. Where I still experiment a bit is treating alts like tactical trades, not investments ,only when structure improves relative to BTC and they start respecting clean levels. If they’re just moving because BTC sneezed, I’m out. One thing I’ve found useful coming from equities is mapping HTF support/resistance + relative strength vs BTC first, and only then looking for entries. It filters out a lot of false “narrative pumps.” Curious ,when you say “monitoring others,” are you watching structure/levels or mostly narrative + news flow?

Glyzzza_

Leverage always looks clean on paper — just remember you’re adding liquidation risk and counterparty risk on top of price risk. If you’re unsure, a simple BTC/ETH spot allocation (or DCA) usually beats getting fancy early.

DBRiMatt

The classic formula. BTC, ETH and MonkeyButt ready to take off!

Holiday-Kaler

The leverage is the real risk here. Zero interest doesn’t mean zero downside, you’re still exposed to liquidation rules and platform risk if terms change. Straight spot BTC/ETH and forgetting about it is boring but hard to screw up. If you do buy, I’d keep the coins in self-custody and only interact with platforms when needed. I usually move funds to something like Solflare so I’m not relying on one company longer than necessary.

73throwback

ETH has won. It’s 100% clear now. There’s zero chance anyone could possibly be convinced otherwise. Saying SOL is going to take ETH’s market is like arguing the Earth is flat. People eventually stop making the argument. SOLs actually losing a bunch of market share (in DeFi, Stable Coins and Tokenization) to ETH

zxc123zxc123

I earned my bitcoin stash during the Battle of Waterloo. Got a message raven from Mr. Lasereyes Rothschild saying *"Trusth me, brethern. Buyeth the ETH. It will voyage to Antarctica."*. Luckily I know not to buy the bags of others and bought BTC instead.

investingtruth

$30k into BTC/ETH split? Fine if you can stomach volatility. Adding $15k borrowed exposure? That's gambling, not investing. Don't leverage crypto unless you're prepared to lose it all.

Ok_Budget9461

Your instinct is right. The spot allocation makes sense, but borrowing against BTC/ETH adds hidden risk. If price drops fast, loans force bad decisions. Simple often survives longer.

The-Redd-One

Kr⁤aken has been my go-to for buying BT⁤C and sending it out to cold storage, mostly because it’s straightforward, decent liquidity, and the fees feel predictable compared to some others people mentioned here. I’ve tried a couple of exchanges over time and always come back to ones that don’t overcomplicate basic buys and withdrawals. For quick swaps (not really for holding), I recently needed to move a small ETH position into S⁤OL and used [https://paybis.com/swap-eth-to-sol/](https://paybis.com/swap-eth-to-sol/) since it was faster than juggling order books on a CE⁤X for a one-off swap. Either way, I’d say use exchanges mainly as on-ramps, test with small amounts first, and don’t leave coins sitting there longer than needed.

trillionSdollarstech

No, you chose to see it that way because it threatens your investment in ETH or whatever. If you don't see the point of CC, then you don't see the point of the stock market either

jawni

also, do you want to talk about reliability? Lets talk about the reliability of these L2s maybe. Do you have any idea how many times an ETH L2 has had an outage?

paulwal

Yeah, holding fiat doesn't make much sense unless you're waiting to buy something very soon. The USD inflated like 3% last year. So you're getting -3% APY return. And that's just according to the official numbers. The psychos here will downvote this, but I can't imagine not holding Solana in 2026. Personally I'd put most of it in Solana LST like INF then multiply that on Jupiter by borrowing SOL. You'll end up with a 20-25% yield. So if you put in all $30k you'll have about $47k worth in a couple years. And if Solana hits $500 then you'll have $170k. If you want to stay diversified, I'd do $15k SOL, $12k BTC, $5k ETH, $3k ZEC.

Django_McFly

I was wondering how they did this. I figured on ETH it would be that they take the staking rewards, so what do they do on BTC? Nope, totally wrong. They have the usual minimum collateral value that causes a liquidation and in exchange for no borrow rate, they have a maximum collateral value that they'll liquidate you on too. You get liquidated for having too much debt vs collateral and for having too little debt vs collateral.

jawni

>I'm chain agnostic mate no1 is arguing about intent. OP singled out negative intent within the second sentence and didn't really speak to anything they've said constructively, so it felt like good context to add. TBH I'm not even sure what OP is trying to say or what point they're trying to make. Not sure how you can even notice such a thing, AFAICT both ETH and SOL communities haven't really changed how they engage with each other and mostly it's civil anyways. Maybe OP follows some wierd people on X.