ETH

BottomTimer_TunaFish

I can agree that not all coins will run up because there are simply too many of them. Mostly the projects with utility and adoption will reward holders. Most of the pointless and vaporware tokens may not go up much. Only a small portion of the useless coins like meme coins will perform those 20, 50, 100x gains. Where I disagree with is the claim there won't be alt season. I believe there will be at least one more alt season if the business cycle recovers to healthy levels in 2026. Altcoins have always had their season whenever the business cycle peaks. Altcoin index and business cycle charts look the same, especially when normalized to oscillate around the zero value on the y axis. I have BTC, ETH, and altcoins, so I'm definitely not biased towards one class of coins or the other. I think all 3 can do well.

Illustrious-Boss9356

Crypto has done exceedingly well for me. Although I'm what you all would call a BTC maxi. Maybe if people stopped buying new projects because they don't want to enrich the previous group, we would get there faster. But most newcomers I know hate the idea of buying BTC and ETH because others discovered them before them. They'd rather try to find the next BTC or ETH and end up right in the hands of rugpullers. Read the recent article buy the Aave cofounder, the shit's a casino and you are not the house. House wins. Buy BTC.

Itur_ad_Astra

Because the fate of every crypto except BTC, ETH, BNB and stablecoins is to go to zero. Not 99.6% down. Zero. Check the alts from 2013, you will find maybe three that still exist.

216_Cleveland

Sorry this happened to you. Losing money in crypto - even $40 - sucks and feels scary. Let me help you figure out what happened. **Short answer: This is NOT normal for legitimate wallets.** **Here's what likely happened:** **Option 1: "Best Wallet" is a scam app (most likely)** There are TONS of fake wallet apps on app stores designed to steal crypto. They look legit, work at first, then steal your funds. If you can't find "Best Wallet" on any reputable crypto site or it has sketchy reviews, this is probably what happened. **Option 2: Syncing issue** Less likely, but possible - the app lost connection to the blockchain and isn't showing your balance. Your crypto might still be there. **Option 3: You lost your recovery phrase** When you reinstalled, did you use your original 12-24 word seed phrase? If not, you created a NEW wallet, not restored your old one. **What to do RIGHT NOW:** 1. **Find your transaction on a blockchain explorer** - Which crypto did you buy? (BTC, ETH, etc.) - Go to the appropriate explorer (blockchain.com for BTC, etherscan.io for ETH) - Search for your wallet address or transaction - See if the money is still there or if it was sent somewhere 2. **Check if "Best Wallet" is legitimate** - Google "Best Wallet crypto scam" - Check r/CryptoCurrency for mentions - Look for reviews 3. **If it's a scam app:** - Report it to the app store immediately - Post warnings so others don't get scammed - Consider it a $40 lesson (expensive but not devastating) **For next time - How to avoid this:** **ONLY use these established wallets:** - **For beginners:** Coinbase Wallet, Trust Wallet, Exodus - **For advanced:** Ledger, Trezor (hardware wallets) - **For Bitcoin only:** BlueWallet, Muun **Red flags for scam wallets:** - Promises of "guaranteed returns" - Requires you to deposit to "activate" - No clear company information - Very new app with few reviews - Generic name ("Best Wallet" is suspiciously generic) **The golden rule:** If a wallet isn't mentioned frequently on r/Bitcoin or r/CryptoCurrency, don't use it. **Your $20-50 budget is PERFECT for learning** - just make sure you're using legitimate tools. Start with Coinbase (the exchange) and keep your crypto there until you have $500+, then move to a proper self-custody wallet. I got scammed early in my crypto journey too (lost way more than $40). Now I track crypto safety and common scams weekly to help others avoid what I went through. Free newsletter at www.cnsplanet.net if you want to stay updated. **Can you tell us the exact name of the wallet app?** I want to warn others if it's a known scam. Don't let this discourage you from crypto - just use better tools next time.

Advanced-Kale2014

Wow, that’s a wild ride! Honestly, your story is a great reminder that in trading, luck plays a huge role, and going all-in, even after winning, can wipe out months of gains in a heartbeat. The fact that you barely broke even shows how close you were to disaster. The takeaway isn’t just about ETH or crypto, it’s about risk management. Set stop-losses, use reasonable leverage, and don’t let past wins trick you into thinking the next move is guaranteed. Treat your second chance as a lesson...discipline and patience usually beat greed in the long run.

VariatCA

QE steadily restarting = more liquidity Inflation = more liquidity Rate cuts = more liquidity Meanwhile, ETF inflows for the last 2 weeks are over +$300M for Bitcoin and +$500M for ETH. Meanwhile, Bitcoin is back up $12,000 and Ether is back up $800 from November's lows *while there has been $33 billion more in short-volume than long-volume.* You're missing the forest for the trees while staring at just short term volatility.

EarningsPal

How is it all BS when someone can actually profit and live from Defi? You obviously can’t if you don’t have assets already. But you can take BTC, pair it with ETH, then use that token as collateral and then borrow usd from it for spending. Same as JLP. You can keep using work earnings to buy more JLP and then borrow USD using the token as collateral. JLP gets trading fees and the upside of SOL, BTC, ETH. You just have to stick to the plan for a few years and so far the gains have out run the loans. The volatility is the problem and the solution. The dips suck bad. But you just have to accept them and hope you are right in the long run. That the market will rebound and you will see another round of all time highs.

Advanced-Comment-293

Devil's advocate: low fees means ETH is slightly inflationary, since the fee burning is lower than staking rewards. The whole "inflation vs fixed supply" discussion is quite prominent amongst investors so that could be a risk factor.

VariatCA

- QE picking back up for the first time in 4 years on Dec 12th to the tune of $40 Billion/month - Rate cuts further dropping making liquidity even more accessible - Clear indicators of ETF (Retail) inflows turning positive over the last two weeks since November's low, with over +$300M for BTC and +$500M for ETH - Powell still projecting at least one more cut in 2026 *while all his successors are publicly chomping at the bit to accelerate rate cuts if elected in May* I hope you're all paying attention to how the economy is shaping up, with respect to the monetary policies that sparked the 2020-2021 run.

biba8163

> DeFi is overcollateralized loans and liquidity and it's not pretending to be anything else It's literally called Decentralized Finance but - It's not decentralized - It has not real world financial products that people need and use every day So it is 100% pretending to be something it is not. > You can use DeFi to play with "shitcoins" if you want, but that's not its main use. Look at the volume on AAVE, it's mostly stable coins or ETH/BTC derived tokens. Wait wait, I thought you said it was DECENTRLIZED FINANCE! Lending/borrowing ETH/BTC derived tokens is not finance in any way. Only children living at home with their parents who have never had to get insurance, a mortgage, a home equity loan, etc will think this is finance. > And complaining about acronyms? DeFi isn't decentralized and it isn't finance isn't a complaint. It's a fact. > Any community gets tired of spelling things out and invents its own terms, you're really grasping at straws. The community is grasping for straws trying to come up with and reframe a completely misleading use case narrative . Lending/Borrowing ETH/BTC/ALTs/Stablecoins isn't finance in any way. It's casino games.

tkuid

they know next to nothing about cryptography and then "ReSearChThEWhitEPaPER" lmao. Utility of ETH is infinitesimal. Even the utility of BTC is in serious doubt after institutional capture.

devCheckingIn

Although ETH, BMNR and SHIB are all green candles right now so maybe there is something going on.

Objective_Digit

> I am 100% on ETH but this is vaporware. Absolutely useless except for speculation. You should have bought Bitcoin. People constantly forget that Bitcoin isn't just a currency or an investment. It's also a network and a ledger. A untouchable cyber bank. We didn't have that before.

longtestgame

ETH charts make you feel more comfortable than BTC.

Known_Click

You known that ETH has been in the same price range for 5 years right?

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RiceMofo

There are a few interesting projects out there besides BTC and ETH. You need to do a lot of research and navigate around the rug pull coins

Advanced-Comment-293

> I am 100% on ETH but this is vaporware. Absolutely useless except for speculation. If you really believe that then you should sell it all and never look back. Trying to make money by buying shit in the hopes of finding someone to sell shit to at a higher price is a very bad idea. For the record I'm mostly in ETH and I don't agree with your view at all. I've never cared much about the price. I run Ethereum nodes, follow the development and engage with some communities (not this one, this one's shit honestly). It's a fun hobby with a somewhat outlier chance of changing the world. What's not to like?

discipleofvitalik

i use defi every day, it is NOT a scam. over collateralized loans are an amazing tool if you have collateral. many defi tools (see defisaver) such as uniswap and liquity are completely decentralized. others such as AAVE have hybird governance models that are also novel and interesting. prediction markets pros and cons are debatable but also interesting. the biggest use case of L1 native assets (ETH and BTC) is as a SoV, itself revolutionizing and democratizing global finance. stable coins and liquid staking are also interesting. proof of identity is interesting. AI accessing finance in a permissionless manner is interesting. yes there are scams, but it's not all one big scam and there is no reason to discount the whole technology as you have

Advanced-Comment-293

DeFi is overcollateralized loans and liquidity and it's not pretending to be anything else. Everything else you wrote "shitcoins" "scams" is useless exaggeration. What makes DeFi awesome? For example I can loan out USD stable coins and get interest on that without any banks or any government involved. I can withdraw my balance at any time, I get the interest in real time and all this is guaranteed not through some person or institution but through open source code and an always online perfectly transparent and secure computer. If you don't think that's mind blowing then you probably don't understand what it means. You can use DeFi to play with "shitcoins" if you want, but that's not its main use. Look at the volume on AAVE, it's mostly stable coins or ETH/BTC derived tokens. And complaining about acronyms? Any community gets tired of spelling things out and invents its own terms, you're really grasping at straws.

flsurf7

No, that time was mid Nov. You can wait for another dip to switch BTC for ETH. My personal position has already been secured back at the prior dip in June

ThrowRA-hamburger

yeah ETH is probably the safest bet in alts, along side projects like SEI, & SUI. Real usage, regulatory clarity in most places, actual institutional interest.

andytobbles

ETH is going to take off if any major rally begins

flyfree256

You're completely wrong. I did the math because I was bored. Investing $100 in ETH every month for the last 60 months. Total spent: $6,000 Total ETH accumulated: 2.79 ETH Value @ today's ~$3,330 = ~$9,291 for an over 50% return. Not close to 0 lol.

PreferenceFit9842

I mostly agree. Simple BTC (and maybe ETH) + patience beats what most retail traders do. No need to overthink it. I just wouldn’t say all alts are trash. Most definitely are, but each cycle a few legit ones survive and do really well. The problem is picking them early, not that they don’t exist. BTC/ETH long-term is the safest play for most people, no doubt.

flsurf7

That BTC/ETH chart is looking mighty bullish (1 WK candles) https://www.tradingview.com/x/n9SPgLDf/

detectiverylan12

ETH on base or Bitcoin on lightning

Funnyurolith61

Never bet against ETH

fugogugo

huh.. wow I am more surprised with ETH boost

Lopsided_Skill2856

Hey, we're launching a crypto IBAN in the EU, alowing you to receive instant sepa transfers and receive stabelcoins in your own wallet without fees. Then you can easily swap to BTC, ETH, solana etc. let me know what your think of it : [ixwing.info](http://ixwing.info)

moonRekt

I feel the same way fortunately i wouldn’t say wasted since ive spent 6 of those years focusing on my kids and I took profits (like an idiot they’ll say here) and traded my “appreciating assets” (crypto) for depreciating assets (cars). Cars have held a lot more value than the crypto I sold off the top. Selling off rest of my shitcoins to do a final build, holding BTC, ETH, Coinbase, precious metals and then stock indexes

trillionSdollarstech

This shows the dishonesty (or mental issues) of Bitcoin, Solana and Ripple propagandists: Fees "too high": "Ethereum is outdated, my blockchain will win thanks to lower fees" Fees "too low": "ETH is overpriced because Ethereum has low revenues, my blockchain has higher fee revenues so is more used" (actually no, it is just more expensive per transaction)

VincentVan-Gogh

in fact I wanted to diversify my portfolio between BTC, ETH and SOL. Every now and then a bit of gambling like SKAI was yesterday :)

Glyzzza_

Both make sense long-term — ETH is the safer, established play, while SOL is faster and higher-growth. Many investors just hold both to balance stability and upside.

coinfeeds-bot

tldr; Ethereum network activity has slowed, with a 62% drop in fees and a decline in total value locked (TVL) on its base layer. Despite this, Ethereum's layer-2 networks are growing, with increased transactions on platforms like Base and Polygon. Ether (ETH) recently rallied to $3,400, but traders remain cautious due to reduced demand for Ethereum's base layer and decentralized applications. However, Ethereum's dominance in the market and its scalability through layer-2 solutions position it well for future growth in decentralized finance (DeFi). *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.

mollested_skittles

Its not useless tokenising the stock market on layer 2 on ETH would be nice IMO.

Funnyurolith61

ETH is cooking. Can't wait to see a new ATH🚀

Xiximaro

I do it for BTC and ETH... He didn't said what he buys...

Coquito3000

this describes my view as well. I got into crypto. Got excited for the possibility of a revolution. 8 years later, I am almost the guy that buttcoin mocked except for the part that I actually made money. Adoption is a joke. I am 100% on ETH but this is vaporware. Absolutely useless except for speculation.

Fabulous-Wasabi-9358

Thanks. Totally agree. I have become aware of the risks losing about $10k in total. I think it's a reasonable cost of learning. I have learnt that there are shitcoins and then there are very shitty coins. Zcash is in the 2nd category. Only ETH and SOL are the real shitcoins. It's BTC and to a lesser extent ETH for long term investment for me. I suspected that investing in Strategy stocks is probably not much better than playing crypto..that's why I was looking for opinions.

zionspace

Man, ETH finally looks like it’s moving with a bit of purpose. The breakout felt clean and the way it actually held that level surprised me. I was checking it on Phemex earlier and the trend shift showed up pretty naturally on the charts… kinda makes me think $3.38k might actually crack.

tornavec

Check Binance: massive ETH inflow. The whales are cashing out, bagholding the late-to-the-party 'longs' who are piling in just as the rally exhausts itself.

WorldlyCaramel3793

Is this a bullish news for ETH?

MilselimX

https://preview.redd.it/9yg8l0a2vb6g1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a1a2d4b754a0bf12dd8684d0d0e1bcc389f28703 ETH/BTC looks fucking awesome for ETH. Time to go up

BigNick82

What a shitty post. “If ETH could break 3.380 it’s could go to 3.420 etc…” Yes, that’s exactly what happens when prices go a little up. What a worthless thing to post.

Patrick_Atsushi

A base of BTC and experimental frontier of ETH is enough.

HalcyoNighT

Who cares about this mumbo jumbo? If you zoom out and see the year to date, ETH fell 6% since the start of the year, same as BTC

NewChallengers_

Yeah but it also hit $4200 for longer so average it perfectly to $0 profit DCAing with ETH over 5 years, understand?

Foxanic

Oh holy ETH, the charts are brightly shinning!

VariatCA

ETF inflows were green for both ETH at +$177M and for BTC at +$152M today. It was positive inflows across the board for the biggest Ethereum ETF's, and only Blackrock doing the selling of -$132M in Bitcoin while the rest of the ETF's purchased +$287M worth. Bitcoin has now had about +$312M in ETF inflows since November 20th, while ETH has had +$512M in inflows since then. We're starting to see very clear signs of a momentum reversal for Retail entering into BTC/ETH ETF's at a positive rate.

NewChallengers_

Wow now we're back at 0% profit as a total reward for holding money in ETH for 5 years! While many other asset classes way more than doubled! Yay eth!

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Full-Improvement-169

why is everyone on this thread so into ETH?

mjk1093

Those fees were a big turnoff for a lot of people, me included. In fact I sold almost all my ETH for BTC when I saw how high they were.

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DBRiMatt

All I know is, I would want to exit as much from Nova as possible. Whether it's Moons, or ETH, it's a dying network that I believe will be deprecated soon enough. Especially given zkSync has announced their retiring of the zkSync Lite network.

zenecence

You will need to convert your base token into baseETH, and then bridge it back to normal ETH, then sell the ETH. If you can't swap your $2000 memecoin/shitcoin token into baseeth then you have probably bought into a honeypot.

kironet996

Niice green dildos. Any reason? I see BTC dumped back below the resistance, ETH is still well above it so far. What are we thinking? Fake pump to bait longs or actual reversal?

MaximumStudent1839

2021 was a crazy time. Simp NFTs. NFTs promising to be the next playboy. NFTs promising to be the next pornhub. Yada yada yada Anything imaginable, it was done on ETH NFT season. Now Solana is just digging up all the old shit and launching them as “ICM/creator” tokens. This space is so stupid. Insanity is literally trying the same thing over and over again and expect a different result.

hblok

Well, Europe is never going to learn. Same story over and over. That's been well established with hundreds of years of history by now. Nothing news-worthy. What's much more worrying, is that the leader of the only worth-while alternative crypto coin is getting into politics. I don't know or care what he was referring to, however, Vitalik's main concern should be ETH not EU.

Ghola_Mentat

Can’t wait to buy a bunch of those stupid expensive NFTs for like a buck and $200 in ETH transaction fees.

piggleii

ETH couldn't carry this market if you gave it a forklift.

A_Birde

Thats why I long ETH

LargeSnorlax

In fairness, in a couple years, the negative commenters here will be on buttcoin, saying how crypto is a scam, so the pipeline is pretty much the same thing Look at the people raging here - Big buyers of Injective at ATH (-90%), Bitcoin at 125k, ETH at 5k, DOGE at ATH in 2021 We all know what they bought, when they bought it - They aren't people involved in the space, they're degenerate gamblers, people spending more money than they can afford to lose, who are mad that they're not good at degenerate gambling Same with the people on buttcoin, they're all former /r/cc users who lost their shirt and pants trading garbage that they didn't understand, so now crypto is a scam and it's going to zero yadda yadda and so forth It's been the same for the entire time I've been in crypto and I doubt it'll change ever

CheesecakeLong4760

I hope sharing my story can bring some value to others who might take something away from it. Let’s break it all down, starting from where it began back in 2017. In 2017, I bought crypto for the first time some ETH and DOGE. Honestly, I only bought them because everyone was saying it was “the next big thing.” I didn’t really know what I was doing. I ended up trading my ETH on Binance for random altcoins and eventually sold the ETH I bought at $100 each for coins like TRX… and basically lost it all. I repeated the same mistakes again around 2021. Now for the interesting part. After those first two “cycles,” I had around $3k left. But the difference was that during that time, I’d actually gained more financial knowledge mainly because I had started a stock index investing plan and just wanted to learn how to make money in general. So, I started again with that $3k, but this time I was much more curious and engaged. I lurked around google, connected with Bullish Ledger Market signals, and made my first “Breakthrough” in the space. Finally, I turned that $3k into $10k thanks to Bullish Ledger Market signals. I hit $100k on July 27, 2025, and for the first time, I felt like I actually had some skills and maybe I could really build something from this.❤️

hautedog

40% BTC, 20% ETH, 40% USDC/DeFi

Numerous_Ruin_4947

ETH is extremely undervalued.

GroundbreakingPage41

Yep, this is literally an ETH sub pretending to be a general crypto currency sub. You’ll see people parrot the same talking points as if they actually give a shit about fundamentals, centralization, and tokenomics. Everyone here is just deep in ETH and has been for years and are desperate to see it live up to the decade long hype

_Jimmy_Rustler

Inverse r/cryptocurrency. The hivemind here is a real thing. Three things this sub will always be are pro-ETH, anti-SOL, and broke.

outoftownMD

BTC first, ETH next, Sol also but last.

Distinct-Thanks-6477

Who has been bold enough to buy dips during this unpredictable price action? Waiting patiently for my reward for adding more ETH, AIOZ, and SOL. I think BTC breaking past $100k is the key.

Rusty_Charm

Are you onchain at all? The answer must be ‘no’ because otherwise I really don’t understand how you could say nothing has changed. Look at the ETH eco: You have a blossoming defi sector, you have privacy layers, you have social apps (farcaster), you have wallets that have substantially decreased friction (e.g. farcaster wallet). On top op of that you have fees on L1 substantially lower than they were in 2021, and ofc you have L2s where a txn costs a few cents. So I really don’t know how that could possibly be called “nothing has changed”.

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The article title also doesn't match the content, I am half convinced that slop nonsense like this just gets posted to fill up the maximum thread limit and keep actual news from being shared. Title: > Old Ethereum Whale Moves $1.19 Billion After A Decade... First line: > A long-dormant Bitcoin wallet reawakened... So it's not about an old Ethereum Whale, it's an old Bitcoin whale taking a 5x long ETH position [https://hypurrscan.io/address/0xb317d2bc2d3d2df5fa441b5bae0ab9d8b07283ae].

VariatCA

BTC's up 4.5% and ETH's up 7.5% in two hours. Yeah that's still worth lighting off a sparkler or two lol.

VariatCA

And yet the BTC and ETH I bought near the November lows are +16% and +26% since then. Perspective! There's plenty of opportunity to be made if you keep your eyes on the ball and focus on the macro-economic perspective.

coinfeeds-bot

tldr; An old Ethereum whale, dormant for nearly a decade, moved $1.19 billion, sparking speculation about increased institutional interest in Ethereum. The whale deposited 10 million USDC into HyperLiquid and opened a leveraged long position on 15,000 ETH. This activity coincides with BitMine Immersion Technologies' aggressive ETH accumulation, now holding nearly 3% of the total supply. Analysts suggest this signals institutional confidence, though concerns about market centralization and Ethereum's future trajectory remain. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.

HoldCtrlW

Shorting ETH here, target is $1600 bounce.

whisperedstate

That's funny, because on Ethereum today you can take out loans on your ETH using your keys and without a custodian. If you want a loan from Saylor, hand over your keys.

TechnicalRadish78

Right after ETH hits $10k...which means never.

jinalva

Did you stack at least 2-3 months of expenses on your bank account and invest into ETFs/stocks? Only then would I go into crypto as a side bet. 80/20 BTC ETH would be my recommendation. Main thing is that you stick with your plan.

NorskKiwi

IIRC I'm paying around 2% to loan bnUSD via Balanced Network. Can use ETH, SUI, SOL, AVAX, XLM and a bunch of other assets as collateral. You could then swap it on their DEX to native USDC on any of those chains.

epic_trader

> It. works.like. that. right. now. It doesn't my man and just saying "it does" just proves you haven't actually got a clue. But why don't you take what I wrote and put it into claude so it can explain it to you and see for yourself? Maybe you'll learn something. >It's Base Fee + Priority Tip, in ether. You're not explaining how the fee is priced. Your claim was "the less valuable ETH is the more transactions can be done on it, and the more value the apps that use it are" which is utter nonsense, so I'm asking you to explain the mechanism behind this claim. Everyone knows you pay for transactions in ether, but try to explain *how* they are priced. What's the mechanism that determines if the price of a transaction goes up or down?

pbybel

honestly kraken is one of the better exchanges but youre right about counterparty risk. for ETH you could do Lido or Rocket Pool. SOL maybe Marinade or just native staking

Aerocryptic

99.9% of the coins have been unlocked already on Solana. It was one of the last coins that was profitable for the early investors who were not VCs. I know you love to hate it, like most ETH maxis do, but you could have picked a better example

tornavec

I've been using centralized exchanges and wallets for the past 6 years. Yes, there's undeniable risk involved, but cryptocurrency as a whole is a risky venture – just look at its massive drawdowns every four years. As for staking, you can't stake Bitcoin anywhere without taking on risk. It's a Proof-of-Work blockchain. Similarly, staking ETH independently is out of reach for most due to the technical and financial barriers (32 ETH, node maintenance). This is where trusted centralized services come in. You can find attractive yields there. For example, I'm earning ~20% APY on my TRX with Cryptomus. That yield alone can offset even significant price dips in the underlying asset.

Fit-Poet6736

yes, especially ETH

Fit-Poet6736

just keep adding to your ETH position at this point

Connect_Gold_8148

I do $200 split BTC/ETH 70/30 every paycheck. Use BingX recurring buys so it just happens automatically at 9 am on payday. Zero thinking and zero emotion.

coinfeeds-bot

tldr; The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has launched a pilot program allowing bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH), and USD Coin (USDC) to be used as collateral in U.S. derivatives markets. The initiative aims to establish clear rules for tokenized collateral, including real-world assets like U.S. Treasuries. Futures commission merchants meeting specific criteria can accept these digital assets as margin collateral under strict reporting and custody requirements. The program updates outdated guidance and aligns with the GENIUS Act to modernize digital asset regulations. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.

Bubbacarl

Fully agree it makes no sense lets hope it defies logic and makes us a lot of money. I was hoping to add to my ETH this week but I’ve got a couple ugly stocks that were supposed to be unloaded last week!

GardenKeep

Yea he also said ETH is gonna hit 60k… Regardless he’s already bought like 4 percent of the whole fucking supply and the price hasn’t moved. Why is it gonna double in the next month? Makes no sense.

Bubbacarl

Did you see Tom Lees presentation on ETH two days ago? He’s saying ETH will double and bitcoin to 250k by end of January. I sure hope he is right!

NinjaChore

Congratulations, you own all of BTC, everyone now uses ETH, your BTC is worth nothing

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epic_trader

Everything you say about BTC and mining is correct, yet you're completely missing the point. If the hashrate drops, the network is less secure. It becomes cheaper to attack the network, there's more mining hardware sitting idle on the sidelines which potentially could come back online to attack the network. Do you get it? The fact that the difficulty will adjust itself based on the hash rate or that you know the issuance schedule does absolutely nothing to make the network more secure. >In fact the less valuable ETH is the more transactions can be done on it, and the more value the apps that use it are! That's the entire point of Ethereum, that I think everyone is missing. This is nonsense and I don't know why you brought this up anyway (I mean I do know, but it's not relevant here). The cost of using the network isn't relative to the price of ETH, it's based entirely on demand for blockspace.

Gubbie99

Your questions are real. And that’s exactly why Ethereum implemented the burn mechanism. To hinder the network to be flooded or congested. And if the supply drop and price spikes it would make people not spend ETH as much and then ETH would slowly inflate again. So it was a very well thought trough improvement. Instead of answering questions here on Reddit you should research into it. Many of these EIP’s that makes Ethereum better and faster and cheaper is done so with functions that are clever and well thought trough.

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dhoni23

Well, no one could precisely predict how the world would be like in 2026. But I do believe in a big dip in 2026. Sold all my crypto close to the peak. ETH at 4400, SOL at 240, etc. Waiting for that next dip. Always asking myself if I should buy it already as the dip is here or wait for that crazy bearish world in 2026. haha!

mrjune2040

Sure, in the worst case the risk a complete loss of funds relative to any liquidation proceedings. Many many centralised lenders have gone under, so it’s not like Kraken would be the first. However the odds of Kraken going under are probably pretty low as they’re moving towards their IPO and reporting standards are going to need to be more transparent once they’re public. That said- I keep zero funds on exchanges. The sole exception was Celsius years ago- but I was lucky on two parts, firstly that it was a very small portion of my total crypto holdings (I intentionally de-risked) and that I actually made money from the bankruptcy because most of my holdings were stables and we were paid out in BTC and ETH which then quickly appreciated. My advice- everything kept on an exchange should be an amount you’re willing to lose in the worst case.