ETH

frozennorth0

This is the first cycle since 2017 that I’ve gradually sold out of my position. Ironically I sold 25% at the top, 25% at BTC 120k, then 90-95k. Sold most of my ETH in 4-4500 range. Taking risk off the table, even if it goes higher makes me sleep better at night.

Salty-Ad6128

Baylor was right Tom was right BTC to 150k by year end ETH to 7k by year end

IndustrialPuppetTwo

Depending on what you mean by alts you might be best just taking the loss. If you mean ETH or BNB as alt then hold it but if it's some dumb meme coin based on farts or something, history clearly shows that they never come back.

dlethe3133

The newbs are panicked. Granted I have some $300 ETH and $0.19 XRP, so I’m still way up. Let them panic. I don’t care as i am at a happy place

neo-caridina

Yeah what sets Zcash apart from Ethereum once ETH has zk privacy?

Pristine_Kangaroo527

Pretty much agree. There’s a reason I only buy BTC, ETH, SOL. Nothing else really has fundamentals, and when I was talking about fundamentals I was talking about out these three. XRP is dying by the way, it’s never going anywhere in my opinion.

Just_Me_in_Gib

Kraken platform is slow as a turd. Only you Kraken if you accept 50% cpu usage and 4GB of your ram being sucked up. Test the platform with very little money and you will notice how ridiculously slow and buggy the entire site it. If you have an IBRK account and focus on BTC or ETH, just go with IBRK. Not only are their fees lowest, but it is fast and easy without the other gimmicks

theonionknightGOT

I get it man, I’m back in the game after making similar mistakes with Ethereum in 2017-2018. I went all in and ended up with a 10k loss when South Korea banned crypto for a bit (ETH dropped from $1300 to $300 if I remember right) and I panic sold. If I would have just held until today I would be way in the green. That loss made me avoid all crypto for 5+ years…. Another mistake. The only way I’ve been able to get back in is to suck it up and DCA this time around and guess what I’m in the red again but this time I have a plan I’m going to stick with knowing that in 10 years I’m more than likely going to be way in the green.

Tall_Run_2814

People have been telling me this for years now. FYI, my current BTC cost basis is $34k, my current ETH cost basis is $350 and my current SOL cost basis is $56. Time in the market is better than timing the market. Lets check back in 10 years and compare portfolios.

Ubique008

This comment was a good thought on crypto BTC eventually will recover. There is nothing that guarantees it, but it has always recovered eventually and if you follow crypto crypto both fundamentally and as a market, you get the general ideia that in the long run, BTC will be higher. That is not the same for alts though. Most alts created that lasted in 2017 has good projects and made all time highs in 2021. They didnt recover at all in 2025. We had 3.5 bucks ADA, 50 DOT, 5 FTM, etc etc, and they never got any close on making new all time highs. You can now only hope to time and trade them, you can never count on them as investments again. Even ETH disaponted. Touched previous ATH and is now wrecked again. Only BTC decisively surpassed previous ATHs and held. For now

Hidden5G

Sure, ETH and other smart contract platforms do have real use cases, but they’re still not designed to replace the core infrastructure of the financial system like XRP is. XRP is battle-tested, built for banks, and designed to move trillions efficiently, whereas most other coins are either speculative or limited to niche applications. Utility matters more than hype when it comes to long-term staying power. Especially for the new financial system as regulations/clarity arrive.

goingofftrack

I think we see another crypto take the top spot at some point. I had to sell everything so I’m not a homer for something else but shouldn’t ETH or multiple others that have use cases, like smart contracts, lower transaction rates and defi be worth more?

GlitteringLock9791

Because BTC has hit new ATH since 2022, ETH at least reached previous ATH, all others like SOL are still down from the last ATH years ago.

Dark_Raiden_

Didn't Oct 10th show that only BTC, ETH, SOL & BNB have real liquidity.

Johan_Laracoding

Almost 40% down and I only had the less risky ones (BTC and ETH). It stings but I'm not in trouble since majority in invested in stocks and property and I have income. I'm glad I didn't invest more and I am not sure I'll ever buy crypto again. Not selling at a loss but this will likely take years to break even.

MACD_CandleSpicyWrap

If you want to buy and forget just buy BTC, because few ALTS will make it. ETH probably will be one if nothing better overtake it. XRP has really a use case ? Unless they find a way to apply they coin with US gov, i doubt they will have any relevance in 10 years. So if you want to have a bit more upside in ETH would consider the below BTC - 80% ETH - 20% XRP - forget XRP will this exists in 10 years ?

Kind_Cheetah_1289

XRP and ETH too with smaller positions. BTC is 70% of my crypto wallet.

DBRiMatt

Moons pumping so hard, even ETH is starting to follow it upwards! /s

New-Load9905

I think it is fake $3.7 B unrealized on ETH ? Doesn’t fit in.

Elean0rZ

>a decentralized version of tether Algorithmic stablecoins tried to be that. They were very hot a few years ago. The problem is, they only worked as intended *most* of the time. That's no bueno for something whose literal MO is stability. There are also crypto-collateralized stablecoins like DAI/USDS or DigiDollar, and those have worked out better, but they have a hard time scaling consistently since their collateral is subject to so much price fluctuation. Things are fine when number go up, but when number go down maintaining the pegged value potentially requires liquidation of the collateral. They also require aggressive overcollateralization to begin with, plus can only be redeemed for $1-equivalent of the collateralizing asset (e.g., ETH or DGB), as opposed to an actual $1 of fiat, which is a crucial distinction if things are really hitting the fan. To extract your intended value you still need to be able to turn around and trade that $1-equivalent for $1 of fiat, which may be difficult/impossible. In other words, yes, they do work in the sense that they keep their $-equivalent value, but the limitations inherent in how they work mean they aren't as practically useful for some of the core use-cases you'd want a stablecoin for in the first place (or at least not consistently and predictably so, depending on current market conditions). Not to suggest they have no use, especially if decentralization is paramount, but their utility can only be fully realized in a more limited set of circumstances--let's say that. All of that said, if we're talking centralized stablecoins, Tether isn't the only show in town. USDC centralized but at least it's simply and transparently so. And ones like PYUSD are also reputable.

OkIndication3968

Nobody knows whether this is a bottom or not. At the end of the day, selling because you need to, or because you want to take profits is very normal. I've seen inexperienced investors screaming on this forum about HODLing and bullying others about "panic selling". Selling for personal reasons based on risk tolerance, or for profit taking is a regular part of investing. Same with market corrections -- they happen.  My recommendations are generally the following: 1) No leverage ever. You'll just get liquidated. 2) During corrections, if you miss your selling point, ask if you need the money within the next three months, if so, then sell.  3) If you did the above, don't feel bad about selling, you are recovering your principal. 4) If you can hold, great. Consider DCA'ing. 5) Sell anytime you feel you need to take profits. 6) If it's a bear market, be prepared for a few years of sideways trading or further corrections. 7) BTC and ETH are the safest of the cryptos. Other alts are higher risk assets within a broader risk asset.  

ComplexWrangler1346

I would just wait …..in April I first got in again when it dipped under 2000….once ETH goes under certain support levels it will keep dropping a few hundred that same week usually …so if it dips under 2000, I will wait to about 1750 or 1800 to get in …then lower my average if it drops 200 or more after that …I got my average down to 1650 in April …I had a stop limit sell at 4000 and sure enough it hit that mark in August ! I have NEVER carried an average over 2000 on ETH since it has never hit 5000 before …

Buk_Danger

Sell BTC buy ETH

SubstantialPlenty301

ETH is all I've got eyes on.

tornavec

Why is Litecoin's creator's brother buying ETH?

Competitive-Walk8419

it absolutely does. You can use BTC as loan collateral, to make purchases, to validate stablecoins, etc etc. In fact ETH and most of the big coins have a solid use can, even if it is on chain in many instances. You need XRP in order to.... thats not a sentence I can finish, perhaps you can.

chonbhoy

1100 is a good mark if will be tested, 1200-1400 to be safe. It will always go as low as previous support before etf involvement and probably just a percentage lower in order to shake out the low stake holders aka weak hands. Too many things to explain in this reply but if the whole crypto market bleeds then ETH will be no exception so expect a wick of 1100 to be swallowed up, good luck!

adoodas

FYI last time ETH was at 4600, it bottomed at like $1000 and the process took roughly half a year

FidgetyRat

Recovered on its own and healed as designed. Unlike ETH. 😬

Stryker9110

Holy sht ETH god candle

Stryker9110

Wow ETH pumping like crazy

Thomasthetrayne

Absolutely insane calling ETH and xrp trash and then recommending a meme coin

HoldCtrlW

ETH is pumping so hard wth

JeremyLinForever

Lol Tom Lee. lol ETH. lol 💩 coin. Stay in Bitcoin only kids

cryptOwOcurrency

ETH is accepted

ecnecn

In business it lost reputation due to NFTs... the whole NFT hype / scams ruined ETH a bit and the million meme coins running through ethereum as 0x contracts are not better

admin_default

Pretty sure I sold a tranche of ETH to Tom Lee at $4,600.

Duster526

He would be down if he chose BTC too not only ETH

GroundbreakingPage41

Tbh this whole sub is mostly ETH maxis, they’re in extreme denial about the fact that it’s not BTC 2.0. It just doesn’t have the reputation or brand value of BTC, it also is inferior technology compared to newer chains. Why would anyone choose ETH as a safe cryptocurrency to invest in when BTC exists? Why would they choose ETH for defi/trading when it’s slowly losing ground to Solana? This sub loves to shit on SOL but numbers don’t lie, it won the volume game this past bull run and just performs better. ETH barely beat its ATH and its days are numbered, those who can’t drop it are in for a rude awakening.

ecnecn

I got spammed by someone that talked about the great swap from Bitcoin to ETH and that ETH will win etc...

Flashy-Butterfly6310

Why not both? Put your BTC as collateral on AAVE, lend ETH, swap for rETH. You're done.

104MAS

Which is why they’ll pump like crazy next cycle, particularly ETH.

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7101334

Yeah that's the key I think. For ETH, being useful doesn't translate to price action. I think ALGO had a similar story on a smaller scale but also had absolute morons spending money on things like advertising. NANO / XLM are other good examples. They do what they do perfectly and with basically no network fees... so the price doesn't move even though they provide a valuable service (zero-cost remittances, or at least often cheaper than banks if you consider exchange fees)

ilikecrispywaffles

Nice, I'm 60% BTC 20% SOL 20% ETH Oh.. and tiny bit of XRP

ExtensiveBattling

Unrealized losses only matter if they sell. Tom lee still thinks cycle top is months away and they're still buying more eth. Bought avg at 4051 means they believe in much higher prices longterm, polymarket odds on ETH hitting new ATH this cycle probably way higher than people think. Conviction play not stupidity

Away_Entry8822

Bitcoin maxis and alt L1 speculators have allied in their ETH hatred for years and now it is ETH holders who hate ETH. Makes perfect sense.

ubermensch1001

I don't think we are going into a bear market like everyone is expecting. I still am holding to my thesis of this going into next year given the variables I mentioned. I've added a bit to my positions since the October 10th crash but nothing crazy. The only thing I'm holding from last cycle is BTC, I also added more aggressively to this the 2nd half of 2022. and a little here and there along the way. This is more my long term hold, so I don't obsess too much about this. My main alt pick for this cycle was ADA, I bought it up aggressively in 2023 and 2024 and added during the lows of this year, my average is under 40 cents. It's been a relevant alt for a couple cycles now, was/is well off from it's highs of 2021 and I really like the staking with it. ETH is another one for me. I had some of this last cycle but exited that quite a while ago when it was still trading strong compared to BTC, so I converted it over into that. Most of this cycle it really wasn't worth touching in my opinion. Even in early 2024 it was still trading above .05 to BTC. However, I bought some back in April when it was at cycle lows at under .02 to BTC AND at $1400. At this point, I'm already well positioned and not all that worried.

TheDadThatGrills

Three years from now you'll be calculating his daily stalking yield and feel green with envy. Everything is dropping right now, these losses aren't crypto specific and it's certainly not directly related to ETH.

YogurtclosetTall2558

Start with BTC and ETH, buy on a schedule, learn custody. If you dip a toe into alts, keep it small and pick utility. Ocean for governed data access, Akash for decentralized GPUs, Render for GPU work, Bittensor for AI services.

confusedguy1212

If you aren’t following developments with ETH proofs you should. Study ethproofs.org

SpontaneousDream

Putting their ETH "to work" by it's very nature devalues their ETH holdings. You need to sell some of that ETH to actually realize net earnings from staking or DeFi, because no one in their right mind sees ETH as actual *money.* That's why they sell to stablecoins or BTC...

SeriousGains

Seems considerably worse than that, as ETH will undoubtedly go back down to at least 1.7k and it’s long term value is seriously in question. I don’t believe BTC’s really has been, despite the drawdowns.

Shadowpinegrowth

Tom Lee’s avg for ETH is like $3900 I dont trust his judgement lmao

Tall_Run_2814

People say the exact same thing EVERY CYCLE, lol. Forget about the price action and what people are saying and just look at the metrics. BTC is now held by corporations and countries. Even projects like ETH and SOL are earning $4 million a day in revenue in the mist of the market plummeting. Crypto is just code my friend and code is not going out of business.

skyline917

He said the bottom for ETH was 4,000. He also has consistently bought, and has been buying whilst the price has been declining. He could have waited to buy at these levels. Instead he is sitting on a loss at the moment. So tell me. Why I should care what he says?

GesturalAbstraction

3 or 4 months ago I sold half my ETH at around 4,200 and bought GOOG with the proceeds, wanting to diversify into some AI stocks. So the other half has gone down but GOOG is up almost 75% then leaving me net positive.

ZekeTarsim

Same, buying. Not buying ETH though, and never will!

RocksteK

Sold around 40% of my BTC and 100% of ETH, some at near the top. Now I think I’ll wait at least six months to buy back in at what I hope will be much lower prices. Then, in 2028 I’ll sell again. Do this with stocks as well.

whisperedstate

Well, ETH also buy backs, as do other chains like Tron.

SorryWerewolf4735

It's a choice that the decentralized community can make. They can continue on whichever fork they think is "right". They can completely fork the code to maintain the old blockchain. This happened with BTC/BCH. This happened with ETH hack. This happened with SIA miner fork. This happens all the time.

Alexbobica

BTC is a safe investment. Honestly, ETH is the biggest disappointment of the circle. However, the entire game is now centered on ETFs. Could be good investments. Good luck.

floppypretense

Stablecoins aren’t killing crypto. They’re finally giving it a real use-case. They’re the infrastructure, not the competition. BTC/ETH don’t need to be currencies to matter. BTC is a store of value, ETH is the settlement layer for everything being built on-chain. Their volatility doesn’t make them useless, but it just means they’re not meant to replace day-to-day money. What’s actually happening is that institutions are shifting from pure speculation to productive on-chain assets: tokenized treasuries, bonds, real estate, revenue-sharing… all the “real world” stuff. And this is where stablecoins are the fuel. Once you have stable on-chain money (USDC, USDT, etc...), you can invest it into actual assets, which is why platforms like Fractionvest, Ondo, etc... are popping up. So no, stablecoins aren’t destroying crypto. They’re the bridge to the phase where crypto becomes useful, not just volatile charts.

VIXtrade

You're not wrong about the growth in stablecoin market cap and transactions. Major financial institutions and governments are very interested in this trend. \>Could the current dive in value of BTC, ETH, SOL, ADA be linked to institutions timing the market and exiting ? does smart money unload their bags onto dumb money at the peak of the cycle? \> whats left to hope for in crypto? It kind of depends what your goals are. Want to see widespread mainstream adoption of blockchain technology? Its coming, but likely not the way you're hoping for. Hope to see BTC reach 1 million? Don't hold your breath. Hope to see the crypto market cap recover to 4.27 Trillion? Could take a year , 5 years, or never happen. Nobody knows. Maybe the crypto market stops crashing soon, rips higher for a short time before crashing further.

Tall_Run_2814

No one will ever know the exact lowest price, but you can clearly tell we're in a free fall right now. Just let it fall. Eventually things will get boring again and everyone accepts that "whatever amount" is the new price. I for one DCA, every week I buy BTC, ETH and SOL regardless of price. When there are major corrections and moves downward I increase my buys.

fhwoompableCooper

LMAOO BRO BOUGHT ETH at 5K https://i.redd.it/q82akuwlwt2g1.gif

GaRGa77

Stop hating on ETH 🤣🤣🤣

airwavieee

XRP is still down from where it was almost 8 years ago. You can't say that for BTC or ETH.

necropuddi

Which has nothing to do with the topic at hand (which you're the OP of). If this is your evidence to say vaporware, then BTC and ETH function similarly. You're basically saying crypto is all vaporware, in which case what are you even doing here?

Y0l0BallsDeep

Bitcoin’s turn is coming. It’s essentially a Wall Street meme coin, and it’ll be the “asset” dumped the moment the shit hits the fan . On top of that, you’ve got all these crypto-treasury companies levered to the hilt. They’ll be among the first forced to unload their BTC and ETH once the pressure ramps up. Buying puts on IBIT is probably a better way to make money off of BTC these days.

Gubbie99

your question kinda answers itself... Did BTC and ETH lose value? no. 1BTC = 1 BTC 1 ETH = 1 ETH. But you wiew it as a specilative asset compared to USD and as long as people do so stable coins will serve that cause. BTC and ETH is probably healthier than ever. but people tanked the price compared to USD. (replace USD with the stablecoin of your choice) Embrace the BTC cycle. BTC just started entering its hibernation period.

PMmeuroneweirdtrick

ETH is good for trading. Buy it at about 1.5 and sell over 3.

Indianianite

No one in here knows. I bought a large sum at $1,700 in April when people here were saying ETH was dead.

Worldly-Law9012

BTC ETH and SOL are the real gems

Worldly-Law9012

Focus is now BTC, ETH and SOL

Buydipstothemoon

Okay then why aren't BTC and ETH at 0$?

Erocdotusa

Lee has been calling nonstop for ETH to hit 7k by end of year. If he is wrong he needs to never give predictions again

Worldly-Law9012

All other are either scaling BTC, ETH and SOL or a variant of some sort

GroundbreakingPage41

But I was told repeatedly that ETH was going to the moon on this sub? So guess it’s not a good investment after all?

Ill-Chart5778

ETH died when it moved from POW to POS, its pretty obvious ETH simply sees a LOT less interest than it used to. Its almost like several million hobby miners pumping holding and of course mining ETH actually played a large part in the ecosystem, who knew (well a lot of people actually).

semanticweb

When bitmine gets liquidated, i will buy ETH left and right

brucekeller

Looks like their average cost is around $3120 per ETH according to Yahoo finance. But the initial google says $3997 per ETH, which makes more sense to me since they started buying around the end of June and made many notable purchases around the $4800-$5k level.

Xop114

I was told the same thing a few years ago — “just buy BTC/ETH/XRP and forget about it.” So I did. My bag went from breakeven to almost 2×, then dumped right back to my entry… and that cycle repeated 4–5 times over two years. Here’s what I learned: Holding works if you keep adding capital and plan to wait 5–10 years. But if you want actual growth on smaller money, the real gains come from buying the bottoms and taking profit near the tops. Even simple swing trading between obvious ranges outperformed my “just hold” strategy by a mile. Now is a very good time to start looking for entries

GabeDef

XRP is still nearly double where it was z as year ago. You can’t say that for BTC or ETH

SirBuysHighALot

Rate cut was priced in. That’s what caused ETH to pump. Then when rate was actually cut, it was “Sell the news”

fizikxy

It was… not a bull run? BTC went from 20ish to 130ish, ETH to 5k, sol from 10 to 300…. I‘d say that‘s a pretty crazy run. People just got lost in believing the „euphoria“ phase was due for altcoins as always, when in reality it was the 3 months after trump got elected abd it wasn‘t altcoins, it was memecoins all along.

Zealousideal_Rain_79

Next time don’t focus on XRP shit and LINK my a**. Focus on BTC and ETH and that’s it!

MaryyJuanaa

ETH barely broke ATH this cycle, such a shitcoin, i think ETH is dead going forward in the next cycles

watch-nerd

Not that much because I took profits and put a lot in stables. Only about $35k down. Still in the green for now because avg BTC price is $45k, ETH $2k.

Coquito3000

to be honest crypto raises my apathy to life. I worked. I went to college. I got a bachelor degree in a STEM field. I thought I would make 100k/year. That didnt work. I joined the military. I have been a soldier for over a decade now. I now make 100k/year. But that shit doesnt mean jack because I make and lose 100k in just a day whenever the markets flip. My 816 ETH make my entire life meaningless. The highest score is +500k in just 1 day. So far. I have been down a lot very fast too. Life loses a lot of meaning. I have been to a hospital before for different reasons. Crypto doesnt necessarily cause me to feel horrible but it does take the value of sacrifice because I know this life is arbitrary.

EDYJ94

I bought more $ETH $LUSH $PAAL $DSYNC

piggleii

So now Tom Lee is predicting $7k ETH by EOY and all the ETH bulls are just pretending he never predicted $15k to begin with.

anthonyrjwood

There has been the longest ever alt rally. I.e. tokens. Been that way since February 2024 when the Jupiter exchange went up. ETH ICO. NFT mania. Trump Sonic Obama Elon Dog INU 2 era. And SPL and other meme token era. Each cycle sees a shift in retail behavior. If anything, this was the longest alt season I've seen. I mean that dog wiv hat crap went from thin air to billions 😂 BTC from 15K to 125K? Maybe I am blind, but the cycle is over. BTC did super well. Alts did their thing. Buckle up until next time.

North_Weezy

It’s a tough position to be in because in a bear market any kind of dead cat bounce or relief rally will get quickly erased by people exiting their spot positions or traders shorting on leverage. Your options are to either take the loss and move on, or sell your shitcoins and DCA down into larger cap alts like ETH or SOL and wait until the next bull cycle for them to recover. Then just stick to Bitcoin and stocks and forget about altcoins and memes.

FluffyB12

Crypto often moved relatively together, so if you sell some of your down alts to buy btc or ETH, it isn’t the exact same position, but you shouldn’t feel as if you are locking in a loss.

Patient-Process-2565

Could get very ugly ETH, it hardly made a new ATH this run, it’s loosing dominance in the crypto space, it will be in the 100’s is my estimate

noviwu97

If I used $40B of client's money to buy ETH with the average of $3900, I would keep bullposting higher

Polysorbate800

Tom Lee says $20k ETH by end of year

Comfortable-Half5165

Splitting $1K between XRP, BTC, and ETH is low-risk; BTC and ETH likely have the best chance to grow a bit over time.

Comfortable-Half5165

I’m just keeping an eye on solid projects like BTC, ETH, and RYO, and DCA’ing steadily while waiting to see if momentum really kicks in. 🚀🚀🚀