ETH

One-Eyed-WiIIy

Nice rebuttal snowflake. Crypto bro's like you love to throw shade to make themselves feel better about their own shit bags. I won't even ask what you own LOL. It's really not even a debate anymore that ETH is one of the only chains providing actual value while seeing rapid real world adoption. Not to mention it's the largest, most secure, and credibly neutral smart contract platform on the planet. It's blowing competition out of water on almost every meaningful metric and continues to grow regardless of what the market is doing. I cannot wait until ETH is finally understood by the broader market and adoption is so high that price can no longer be suppressed, so people shut the fuck up already.

Crypt0Nymous

I’ve been there. Not exactly the same numbers, but the same feeling — the pit in your stomach, the replaying of every bad decision. You’re not broken, and you’re definitely not alone. The hardest part isn’t the money, it’s the regret. What helped me was accepting one simple thing: you made the best decision you could with the info and emotions you had at the time. Everyone looks smart in hindsight. At ~80% down, panic selling is usually the worst move — but “hold everything forever” isn’t automatically right either. I kept BTC/ETH as core, then did a brutal, honest review of alts. No real usage, no traction, no future? I trimmed and treated the loss as tuition. Cycles do turn, but not all alts come back. Time helps, quality helps more. If it’s affecting your sleep, that’s a real signal — about position sizing, not your intelligence. Take care of your head first. You can recover financially, but burning yourself out helps no one. Hang in there. This market humbles almost everyone once. The people who come back stronger are the ones who actually learn from it.

MakCapital

"since day 1" 🤣😂🤣 So you bought after ATH hitting nearing 4 years of up and are wondering why you're having trouble. Zoom out. The most relevant L1s: BTC, HYPE, SOL, ETH. Stay focused on what people in web3 actually use. Don't stack L1s no one uses unless they are new. Hold mostly BTC. Learn patience on a multi-year time horizon. You'll do fine, but you need to stay involved.

BrilliantThought1728

Theres nothing arbitrary about looking at the past week (-25%), past month (-35%), past three months (-40%) and past year (-24%) of trading for major cryptos (here, ETH; BTC shows roughly the same drop)

arcrenciel

$3.5 for a tx? At this point even ETH mainnet would be cheaper, even during congestion.

BottomTimer_TunaFish

Yesterday, the long vs short open interests were so lopsided at 300 million longs versus 2.9 billion shorts with a B. Since most people are bearish, they will pile in with shorts and provide rocket fuel to the upside when they cover their shorts or get liquidated. MM make more money to the upside when the asset appreciates and profit from liquidations. On the downside, they make less money because the asset depreciates and cancels out the profits from shorting. I hope you took advantage of the opportunity yesterday to buy near the bottom. I bought ETH at $1850 when BTC was 62k. When BTC goes to 200k and ETH goes to 15k at some point in the future, the investment will have made a few to several bagger on the big market cap coins.

Reach_Beyond

I’m too dumb and scared to open a short position. But I can show you my sell position late 2024 and 2025. Then my buys at sub $2k ETH and 63-66k BTC. Ultimately I sold well below ATH and stressed about it too much for not a crazy gain. I also paid taxes on my past gains. Lesson is, even if you do it all close to right it’s not that impressive. Just hold ( and stake if you have ETH).

mossyskeleton

ETH SOL HYPE maybe SUI I'd personally prob leave it at that

No-Stuff-7046

I sold all positions when ETH was at 3,500 last year. Been buying a little every time it has dropped below that this year and will look to go all in when it seems like the bear market is over.

watch-nerd

ETH futures are in contango right now. So holding my long ETH staking positioning and pairing it with 20% short dated futures. This should add roll yield to the staking yield, giving 6-7% implied carry.

jwz9904

ETH/BTC needs time to heal

Cautious-Lecture-858

> why can't he fund "Ethereum development" with ETH if ETH is so great? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um9rzGPE3Ug

partymsl

We were doomed once Gold hit 5k before ETH...

Complete_Oven_9651

This is like a parent trying to retire while the kids are still living in the basement. Sorry ETH, you're stuck with them for a while!

tshureih

Like someone said earlier, consider it "gambling". I am old enough and throughout my life and career experiences, I can claim that I learned a few things and thus would like to share an opinion based on experience and facts. I remember when I received a forwarded email from a non-technical friend, sometime in 2009, telling me about this project called Bitcoin and how it's the next big thing and will eliminate Banks, etc., which I told him later when we met, it's a scam or fake. At the time, Bitcoin was still mined with CPUs. I later read the White Paper and learned more about Bitcoin. "One CPU one Vote" was the idea, but then GPUs replaced CPUs and now ASICs dominate. The point is, the people who actually make money in BTC are either: 1) Early adopters when each Block reward was 50 BTC 2) Today, you need money to make money -- Starting capital to buy ASICs, warehouse, electricity, etc. Everyone else is gambling. ETH is not usable anymore. The fees alone contradict the whole "cheaper and faster than Banks". Who makes money in the ETH eco-system? "Validator" holders which requires 32 staked ETH (and most validators lose money when fees are low).....same with Solana and all PoS coins. I don't pay attention to meme coins, but there is another in-your-face gambling scam, sadly, under the name and umbrella of Cryptocurrency! Cheers ✌🏽

Blueberry_Dependent

I try my best to DCA or bulk buy when I see a big drop. I'm still waiting for the price to reach mythical levels so I can accumulate more with less fiat. Whatever happens. At the end it's a long run game, I'm not going to sell anything at any price for the next 4 - 5 years that's for sure. For the stake I stake ETH (I know not many people are a fan of it). The goal was and still is to get some profit from it and with the money to buy more BTC, but my Bitcoin is mine. I don't want to stake it. For me it's like pension fund, only allowed to put money inside but not taking out except of its something very very important and those are my last funds. But this is too unrealistic to happen anyway. 

piggleii

First of all, if ETH is so great, why is Vitalik dumping it? Secondly, can (or will) anyone show proof of this mysterious "Ethereum development" that he claims he is dumping ETH to fund?

Dazzling_Marzipan474

No because even if one does a 2x, the other lost 50%+. After you buy a bunch and average it, you'd be better off just buying BTC, maybe some ETH. Also WAY less hassles of taxes and storage

DBFargie

I still have my bags. 3 of 10 are underwater 50%+. SOL, ETH, and HBAR are my only profitable alts, and just barely at this point. Waited too long for the alt season that never really came. With that being said, I will not liquidate them. Many, like the three mentioned, along with my positions in LINK, ONDO, and even ADA I still believe will do well… eventually. I’ll only grab BTC from here until the market picks back up and hopefully I can break even or even sell those for profit at some point.

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satoshi1022

Stop paying attention to anyone that wants to talk about 'crypto'. YouTube, reddit, influencers, whatever. My actual advice, ignore everything and leave it alone. It'll rebound. Literally just ignore it. Look at historical charts to make you feel better. It's hard to see it during a dip, but it's an obvious cycle. Things tank for months or years, and somewhere around the next halving of BTC everything will shoot the moon again. Stay hot, get morons to buy in, etc and then eventually tank again. Rinse repeat. Sure maybe it'll all go bust finally, but that's not my bet and I've been around much longer than a subreddit existed for crypto bros and wall street bets. It's a cycle. It's hard to see, but wait years and it'll shoot back up. Buy more BTC if you can stomach it even. But stay away from alts, bad scammy morons pretending they are useful and insightful, a tale as old as time. BTC, ETH or get out of this space.

intelw1zard

i really dont understand for the hate of any crypto project that isnt an obvious shit coin or pump and dump tbh like crypto isnt a "one ring to rule them all" type of scenario. all projects can and will co-exist together. people who are maxis for BTC or ETH (or any project) are just weird

CartographerHot7093

The 'healthy correction' crowd are the same people who told you to buy SOL at $180 because it was going to flip ETH. The delusion is real. Just admit we're bleeding.

favioswish

In previous cycles before that ETH did not exist. We don’t have enough time with alt coins as a market to make determinations like that. Plus, the bitcoin cycle has a factual mechanism that forces it to happen, while alt season seemingly is driven by sentiment rather than fundamentals. If people pick something else to buy when they sell bitcoin, like stocks or gold or whatever, alt season is dead

hodler1992

Thats not particularly true. It follows this way: people sell BTC and buy ETH. After ETH Bullrun they sell and buy other alts. This at least was in the previous cycles

HelicopterSafe9711

SOL is not bad , But I would prefer XRP and BTC over SOL and ETH. Also dont buy with all the capital at once. Start with 10% buy and as the price goes down keep buying at regular intervals. Google DCA.

iDroner

I’m glad SOL isn’t the biggest looser, so I know I didn’t loose as much as ETH holders.

Willing_Gas7868

If you can only pick one, BTC is generally the safer choice as long-term core crypto exposure - it’s the most established, most widely adopted, and the least idiosyncratic. ETH has higher optionality due to DeFi/NFT/web3 activity, but also more moving pieces and protocol risk. So for a tight budget and dip buying, BTC first, ETH second, is a simple rule of thumb.

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pulkxy

first mistake was looking at ETH lol

Party_Operation_9711

I like Solana, its a fast and cheap network that a lot of projects start on. I own SOL myself but I will say I like ETH and LINK more.

CryptoInvestorguy

Agreed! As a HODLer of ETH and LTC, I did buy 100$ worth of Elon this morning. Too good to pass up but 95% of my portfolio is ETH and LTC. Fundamentally good projects

Carboncrypto

Yep, ETH/alts are driven by liquidity and the macro couldn’t sustain the speculation pump, macro is trending to risk on (ETH/alts) but prob won’t bottom till after fed swaps

jzen93

Don't make the same mistake twice, just stick with BTC and ETH.

Party_Operation_9711

I hold BTC ETH and LINK. ETH for smart contracts and stablecoin market. I love link for CCIP and think it is going to be invaluable infrastructure in the future.

Turbulent_Rain3270

Hi u/Silver_Aerie_985 , this is pretty normal/expected of crypto. I started buying in 2019 when crypto was peaking then it suddenly crashed. Lost over 90% of value during the bear market. In 2025, I was about to sell on the night ETH happened to be at its ATH in the cycle... then a friend told me, it's too early. Since he has been in crypto for many years, I listened to him and held. Now it's going down again and I'm -30%. Now I'm just waiting (hoping) to make some profit on ETH to cover for ALTs losses and looking to just recover my initial investment. It's technically not a loss until you sell. See if you can ride out this current bear market and perhaps sell when it's going up; don't wait for the peak.

Aggravating-Buy-1695

You wanna buy the whole coin then keep buying ETH and BTC. You may not be able to buy a whole coin outright now, but DCA and eventually you’ll own it.

Rory_1354

The harsh truth is there is a massive possibility those alts never recover. I am like you and fucked up but luckily I moved a lot of it in to BTC and will now wait. I am never fucking with alts again unless it's ETH and even then I'm not sure it worth the risk

Mariahausfrau

I felt bad selling my ETH at 4k and almost 5k. Now afterwards i think it was my best decision in crypto so far. No more shit coins just grand ol BTC.

AdhesivenessPast2850

$ETH back to 1.6k

ra246

BTC, ETH, SOL, Coinbase and Microstrategy

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Ferdo306

Bought couple of alts yesterday that I feel are underpriced From today's perspective it seems like I bought the exact the bottom but I'm sure future will show I was catching falling knives Still, my BTC and ETH positions are quite strong, so I'm taking the risk with alts. If they fall further I will probably buy again to lower my entry

Anarkosindikal

Look, the fact that there's liquidity at that point doesn't necessarily mean it's going to drop that far. We've already seen that there's still upward momentum. I'm an ETH investor, and even though liquidity reaches 1000 euros, I doubt it will fall that far. In fact, I lost a short position tonight due to an unexpected rise. Don't trust it; at any moment, institutional flow can come in, people will go crazy, and we'll be back to overvalued levels.

maximusIota

Ignore the anti Munger here. Ethereum has a Moat, all Layer1 blockchain have one even if they don't explicitly say it. I would say: cyberpunk blockchain that wants to make the world a better place. We follow Vitalik values like a cult, he is rich but does not care, he wants to improve people life and move finance on better rails and give financial freedom as a basic human right.  That's why historically the price of ETH is not the priority if you are a follower. We want fundamental first, then price will come.  This is my moat, every follower of the cult will have one, so there is no wrong answer if you follow ETH values, Cheers!

Ok_Leading_2669

I mean, there isn’t really a thesis lol, but it’s one of the top 3 crypto coins. ETH started exactly like Bitcoin, and now it’s really expensive, so my thesis is just that Solana will follow the same pattern. And also, the 115 million transactions this year—and it’s already massive—so I doubt it’ll fall. And also, it’s cheap for a coin, so I’m hoping it grows massive like Ethereum, and every coin I own will be worth a lot cuz I’m planning to hold for 5 to 10 years I’m sorry if I sound stupid lol And wdym by your intial thesis was invalidated?

Ok_Leading_2669

I mean, there isn’t really a thesis lol, but it’s one of the top 3 crypto coins. ETH started exactly like Bitcoin, and now it’s really expensive, so my thesis is just that Solana will follow the same pattern. And also, the 115 million transactions this year—and it’s already massive—so I doubt it’ll fall. And also, it’s cheap for a coin, so I’m hoping it grows massive like Ethereum, and every coin I own will be worth a lot cuz I’m planning to hold for 5 to 10 years I’m sorry if I sound stupid lol And wdym by your intial thesis was invalidated?

immarfa

https://preview.redd.it/2xuhy9c5ruhg1.png?width=1344&format=png&auto=webp&s=8ecc32fc0aa992af8fee6038f4e18b3d55d7e820 I plan to buy BTC, ETH, XAUT and XMR from now on

ssv84

There is no sense to sell it right now at all. You can use some defi stuff, liquidity pools, lending or whatever you want. But it doesnt make sense to sell. In a couple of months, years it will come back. Of course if you have right now on hands a main assets: BTC, ETH and SOL. If you have a full bag of altcoins, so its bad.

maddhy

At this price, ETH's market cap is slightly below its total TVL. This is a strong support. A price $1200 can cause 51% attack which I highly doubt so.

Glyzzza_

ETH and SOL are solid🔥 LINK and AVAX have real utility. The rest are higher risk — scale in slowly and DYOR

TestNet777

Every coin you listed is a shitcoin, including ETH. Not a single coin has utility today besides TRAC. https://x.com/otnoderunner/status/2019476049243869319?s=20 https://othub.io/public/dashboard/b933de89-fc08-4dc5-824f-d53e8c8f94c3?activity_date=&activity_date_=&apr_7d_%28%2525%29=&avg_asset_size=&chain=Neuro&chain_=Base&chain_=Gnosis&chain_=Neuro&chain__=Base&chain__=Gnosis&chain__=Neuro&chain___=&date=past30days~&date_=past12months~&delegator_key=&delegator_key_=&epoch=&epochs=current+epoch&epochs=past+epochs&event=&event_=&min_apr=1&node=umanitek+6&node_=&node__=&node___=&node____=&select_nodes=Active%2C+available+to+stake+on&select_nodes=Active%2C+not+available+to+stake+on&show_nodes=&tab=14-overview&time_grouping=day&time_grouping_=month&time_resolution=day&time_resolution_=day&time_resolution__=day&trac=&trac_=

Firm_Fold8044

Only BTC and ETH are wort your time. No ‘projects’ the other altcoins have are popular by big investors or known by most people.

BABABOYE5000

I got burned on ETH last cycle while btc was making rounds. I may have to load up on ETH again, i'm ready to get burned, AGAIN. Simply becauses there's GAIN in AGAIN. All the TA that i needed.

Dry_Blacksmith_4110

The all crypto moves with bitcoin. How is this sustainable for bitcoin and those who keep network alive? The crypto will not die probably, but I dont think its crazy to imagine that the inefficient networks (like btc with PoW) "die". What remains will be tokens like ETH, but with greatly reduced value (basically working for the purpose it was ment to but without hype, get rich scheme and greater fool game). 

vibinpenguin69

We technically did BNB,ETH ,XRP , Sol , and some alts did make ATH

DBRiMatt

My BTC is still sitting at +100% My ETH on the otherhand, is very close to the red again.

star_trek_wook_life

Don't diversify. I just buy the coins that are actually used. BTC ETH rETH XMR. Those are my bets. All the rest are noise and nothing but future promises.

iamjide91

I'll swap ETH for SOL. I mean 30% in SOL and 10% in ETH.

iamjide91

You should have sold the tops man. There was clear indications. I sold BTC, ETH, SOL, AIOZ. Now I'm buying back at generation-changing prices.

dirkseyboy78

ETH AVAX ADA NEAR RENDER SOLANA ONDO SUI INJECTIVE Some of these I bought high and they are completely destroyed right now but long-term I have faith in all of them.

gatoss5

I made this mistake while buying the 2022 bottoms and picked ETH. I should have picked BTC. Never buying ETH ever again unless swing trading

beerissweety

I remember people complaining ETH plateauing at around 4000

Rayl24

Go to any crypto analytics website, binance being the largest exchange is tracked by everyone. Look at their BTH,ETH&Stablecoins reserve over the past month and compare with industry averages

HunterStoddsvan

I just bought a 2006 sprinter van last week with ETH. 

tradercpw

Dude I'm down $15k in ETH. But I've been through this before. Stop listening to all the FUD. It's not going to zero. Either keep buying more or just hold. If $1k is going to make you go broke then you picked the wrong investment. Should've just put it in a bank.

Relevant-Lead-1919

I’ve been in crypto since 2014- some wins some losses. From my experience you have to go through one full cycle. 2024 ain’t it. From my moderate understanding of cycles is they go every 4 years meaning the next top will be 10/29. So from now I plan to start DCAs in a few weeks and just wait for 10/29. Yes- 4 years later and focusing on BTC ETH maybe some alts but we all know what happened to the alts this cycle

SeriousGains

Vitalik didn’t plan a 100-year vision for ETH for nothing. Gonna be a long time to next ATH.

SpontaneousDream

Hyperliquid the only coin at ATH against literally every crypto right now. Insane strength. I don't understand how people can just baghold L1 garbage coins (ETH, SOL, etc) that make (effectively) zero revenue and have zero buybacks/burns of their tokens. Meanwhile the Assistance Fund is plowing 99% of daily revenue into spot HYPE buybacks. Once you get it, you get it.

SpontaneousDream

Hyperliquid is the **ONLY** coin that is currently at ATH against BTC and ETH. The protocol made almost over $5 million in revenue today. I have said over and over again that L1 coins like ETH, SOL, etc. are going to get completely eaten away by the only true revenue => buyback flywheel in crypto.

KeyQuality202

I mean if u guys remember , this happened around the same time last year. Then it broke all time highs. I do remember Tom Lee also stating that ETH will drop at the beginning of the year.

No-Inspector8315

Looking at ETH for sideways dynamics with Bitcoin is like claiming your wife gave you and STD because she poked holes in your hooker condoms

Business-Average-977

https://preview.redd.it/nmmjddhp6shg1.jpeg?width=941&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=23ac2e76820a27ff3f1a594555336dd60db87bc8 You'll fail miserably. Need to be emotionally unattached to the money you're trading with. Which obviously in your scenario would be impossible to do trying to trade with your last dollars. Keep your ETH, we'll likely see a recovery of some degree here soon. The books are way over heated with shorts right now. Get your house & finances in order first, then invest in real, high level education to learn how to do this right way. I failed trading for years and years thinking I could figure it out watching youtube videos. Never going to work.

whataboutbenson

80% BTC 20% ETH. Don't touch anything else with a ten foot pole.

S7ageNinja

ETH should be fine

Odysseus_Lannister

Every day was pain. I remember getting my ETH for $85 and thinking "am I a moron?"

BainTrain55

Those people in ETH long ago took a massive risk and it paid off and were rewarded for it. That’s like getting mad at the lottery winner saying it’s a scam because your ticket didn’t win.

almost_rich7

this whole crypto space feels a big scam. holding long term is the stupidest thing without selling, paying tax, taking profits. the real big bosses sold ETH when it was close to $4000 per unit, paid the tax, took the profit spent it on travel, bitches, drugs, cars, nd kept some to rebuy now when its heading towards 1000$ and will do the same when it will go above 3K. me the fucking loser just hold, and see it go up and down and inflation eventually eats it away anyway. next time ETH goes to even just close to 3K if ever I sell all of it and sell all of it. all that 0.2 unit hahahahahaha only worse probably are the ones who buy really high and sell at large loss.

knaks74

Officially in the red with everything but BTC and ETH. I got in to hold till around 2030, I do take profits and re-invest. It’s been worse, not too much blood in the water yet.

tomorrowdog

I was DCA'ing out last year. Felt a bit surreal today scrolling through some early October ETH sales for $4400. Thoughts are with people that got blasted.

bizaroo933

I renember this morning people saying how ‘great’ and ‘strong’ 2k support for ETH was. That aged well. Already at 1.8k and going down for more🤣

Born_Alternative4799

ETH just keeps going lower. Never had more conviction.

financeguruIB

Got a good feeling about ETH for the next cycle

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SpontaneousDream

Hyperliquid literally the ONLY coin making all time highs against BTC, ETH, and pretty much everything else.

OkZucchini5351

My heavy losses? I bought 3 BTC back in 2020 when it was at $8k per coin and 39 ETH at $200 per coin. See what I mean, always smartasses invading this place making assumptions when they don't know shit. Bye loser.

Vipu2

ETH is about to flip BTC!!!

bspazz

Can’t find a better community that $Saiko on ETH 0x4c89364F18Ecc562165820989549022e64eC2eD2

flarept1

Alts have been in a bear market for 3 years already. BTC and ETH got propped up by DATs and the ETFs and that's it

ryencool

hey if it got to 40k id still have a hard time not buying half a bitcoin. It is definitely a rsik, crypto is volitile, and its future is currently uncertain. IT could really pay off though. % years from now people might be saying "rememebr that crash in early 2026? shoulda bought" just like that crash last year that brough ETH to 1800$ before it went back up to 4k+. No one knows, and stating your opinion with any sort of certainty is a fools errand, even with USD atm.

CM19901

Congrats 👍 I got a tiny bit of ETH.

vattenj

Store of value fundamental is still easy to understand when you have fixed bitcoin supply and unlimited fiat money supply, but payment function has been largely replaced by USDT and even ETH due to their speed and other privacy functions. Now dozens of companies are doing chain analysis and bitcoin transactions are almost transparent

BacchusAndHamsa

There is market certainty of what's going on with BTC (and the correlated ETH), it's just crypto fans don't read serious analysts because it violates their biases, instead they read shills who have investment in the stuff. That "$150K in two months" hooey didn't happen. Even JP Morgan's certain two fanbois were harping about "natural support at $94K because mining cost", well BTC fell through that like a bowling ball through crepe paper, hahaha. Real analysts are saying price target of $40K or below.... great buying opportunity but short term long traders must have a life that sucks.

HampurHampur

POS destroyed ETH future. Since POS it’s not even has good ATH in comparing to every other top 10 crypto assets 

Piddler509

I need 3 more months of lows then 2 nice bonus checks which I will be loading up!! BTC, ETH, TAO and AAVE!! That’s my current portfolio and expecting TAO and AAVE to at least triple over the next 5 years?? Maybe… Anyways, been through a couple of these cycles now and I sold a bunch when we had the dip in October. Glad I did but still up a bit and looking forward to hopefully getting these on sale the next 3-6 months. Just hope the cycles continue as they have!!

KoldPurchase

SOL is coming back. I feel it. If I ever make my money back from SOL and ETH I'm out forever.

Flexerrr

Even Vitalik is selling ETH. BTC is the king.

Abject-Stretch-1187

Loyal mETH heads will find a way to justify the move like "well he's the founder, he deserves to make some money off of his scam" lol All of the new narratives and ETH didn't even make a new ATH

Majestic_Owl2618

Ok i am not bot, for years i had part of my money in BTC and ETH, my avr was around 55k. I missed the peak in Oct and sold in Nov at around 93k mark because i needed money. Then i was beating myself whole of Dec and Jan , but now i see that actually my timing wasnt bad. I am now thinking to enter again, may wait a bit. And no i didn’t have $1k invested, not huge amount also but for me it was fair amount, about $40k at peak

biba8163

My bad. So many ETH shillers on /r/cc I got you confused with someone else