ETH

Solamentezeus_

used debridge the other day to switch some ETH to SOL and it went through quicker than I expected... rate was locked in, didn't have to mess with any of that liquidity pool drama

TP_Crisis_2020

Yup, you still have to babysit your cold wallets. There is always going to be some fork or something that will render your old crypto useless. I ran into this a lot with ETH tokens - it seemed like every 6 months they were forking and you needed to convert your tokens. Had a few that I forgot about that were past the date for conversion.

iwonderthesethings

Same thing happened to me with trump nft. I bought one when they launched cos i figured if he got in some obsessed fan might pay alot for it. Then they swapped from opensea to magiceden or whatever it’s called, ao i had to relist it there. I tried several times but it wouldn’t go through. I was so frustrated on the last time, I forgot to change the sale from the default SOL to ETH or whatever it was. It sold immediately for hardly nothing. This was just before the election. He got in and as far as I know the price didn’t go up thankfully! It’s so dumb that there’s a default token in magiceden.

blastermckaster

Is this the beginning of a new bull run? Am I crazy to think we could see a huge pump in alt coins, specifically ETH?

randallmauel

Thank you for break down. Im buying AVAX and LINK as well as BTC, SOL, and ETH.

oak1337

I never said it has to do with people building apps on the network. "I told you it wasn't something you never said it was" lmfao typical ETH maxi.

Impetusin

BTC / ETH were the chosen ones. Now it turns out ETH is dying and BTC was always the long term play

Specialist-Day-7406

Trying to scalp a 5% move on-chain while paying $40 in ETH gas fees and dealing with slippage, you will know, it is exhausting..

Shot_Street_7940

For rebalancing, it's strictly a one-way street for me. At the end of the month, if the Workbench or Casino buckets are in profit, I sweep the gains directly into the Vault (buy BTC/ETH and send to cold storage). If the Casino goes to zero, I don't refill it from the Vault. The Vault is a black hole—money goes in, never comes out.

Drumroll-PH

Best beginner advice is make the first year boring: learn self custody, size small, and ignore most of the yield noise. Once someone actually understands the risk, something simple like staking a bit of ETH on ether.fi makes more sense than jumping into random DeFi strategies.

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crimeo

They aren't the same thing and have completely different risks, lol. For just one example, BTC is much more vulnerable to centralization long term. When you base your security on energy spent, then there's an inherent advantage to geographical locations with cheap energy, like Venezuela or Iran. As the transaction gas price market drives profit margins lower and lower, especially with higher adoption, coutnries with higher energy prices literally can't profitably mine, and eventually, only Iran etc can mine bitcoin. Whether that's an ayatollah dictating the rules, or whether they get invaded by someone like Trump, either way, whoever controls it = the central authority. Whereas ETH is equally stakeable anywhere and has no geographic funnel, so does not get centralized.

HoldCtrlW

Fake ETH pump, we are going to retest $1600 first. Shorting for a week now.

Wanchain_Official

Similarly: \- 50,000 ADA (about $12,611,75) will net you about 12,652 USDC. \- 10,000 ADA (about $2,522) will net you about 0.03328635 BTC (about $2592), if you manually route through iBTC. \- 10,000 ADA (about $2,522) will net you about 1.00423945 ETH (about $2456), if you manually route through iETH.

No-Unit-6074

Liquidity really is everything for swings. BTC and ETH are the obvious ones but a lot of people don't check actual order book depth before entering anything else. I look at RSI, volume to market cap ratio, and tier 1 exchange presence before sizing up. cryptoscores has been useful for that, it aggregates like 14 liquidity metrics per coin which is way more granular than just eyeballing coinmarketcap volume numbers. Order book depth at plus or minus 2% tells you a lot about how safely you can actually enter and exit.

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There are several ways, but they each require multiple steps. In no particular order: \- Swap ADA to USDC/USDT/BTC/ETH on Minswap, but manually route it through iusd/ibtc/ieth. This has to be done manually (i.e., 2 transactions) because Minswap can't seamlessly route between its regular dex and stableswap. Then, bridge out via Wanchain Bridge ([https://bridge.wanchain.org/](https://bridge.wanchain.org/)). \- Swap ADA to USDCx. Then, bridge out via USDCX bridge ([https://usdcx.iog.io/bridge](https://usdcx.iog.io/bridge)). \- Bridge ADA to Wanchain blockchain. Then swap to USDC/USDT/BTC/ETH on XFlows ([https://xflows.wanchain.org/](https://xflows.wanchain.org/)). Then bridge out via Wanchain Bridge.

oak1337

Reminder: Hedera doesn't even own it's own source code. Both ETH and Hedera are open sourced. But Hedera's technical roadmap is community led with Linux Foundation, and not gatekept by one single person (Vitalik). Hedera also doesn't have centralized block leaders. You can't bribe the "King Block Leader" to get your transactions re-ordered, like on ETH. Unfair ordering, cheating other users, frontrunning their transactions, sandwich attacking, etc. Hedera uses Leaderless Fair Ordering, with no MEV, no frontrunning, no bribing the leader, etc. Also, a single block leader is a single, centralized point of failure from a security standpoint. Not to mention Hedera has fixed gas fees, priced in USD. Imagine knowing how much you're gonna spend for the next year, instead of not knowing what you'll spend in the next few minutes or hours on ETH. Hedera's EVM Compatibility means any ETH project can migrate to Hedera easily and run better, faster, more secure, and more decentralized.

oak1337

Yes. Hedera is fully open sourced with Apache 2.0. Just like many other chains lol. The full code is also available on GitHub so idk what you're trying to say here. Ethereum is not a single codebase but a protocol with multiple fragmented implementations. Those clients use various licenses - GNU LGPL v3, Apache 2.0, etc. What you're clearly NOT thinking about is that Hedera's the only L1 that went a step further and donated their code to Linux. It is literally LEGAL DECENTRALIZATION, not fake decentralization, like most of ETH, where it puts on the fake show for newbies who don't know the difference. Under standard open-source licenses (like ETH has), the original company still technically owns the code. By donating it to the Linux Foundation, Hedera gave up ownership. The code now belongs to a neutral, non-profit third party. This ensures that even if Hedera as an entity disappeared, the code remains under neutral stewardship. Standard open source licenses also means it's not Neutral Governance. The original developers (Vitalik) of an open-source project act as the "gatekeepers" for which updates get merged. By donating the code to LFDT, Hedera adopted the Linux Foundation's governance model. So decisions on the code's roadmap are made by a community-led committee. It also removes the "veto power" of any single corporation or person (Vitalik) over the technical future of the network. You'll learn this stuff one day. Good luck 👍

oak1337

>ETH probably has a significantly established codebase by now. I was saying "I don't think so" to this, and responding to what you were saying. Here is Token Terminals definition of core developers: https://preview.redd.it/c15mtwmqwqvg1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=27e2595e9dc72a45d96e95c3687bb1d18ae76327

New-Set-5225

>in my circle the non-KYC route usually ends up being some kind of on-chain swap inside Cardano first (like swapping ADA into a more widely supported token if liquidity allows), then bridging that out through whatever DEX route still has decent pools. but honestly most people hit the same wall you did with liquidity I already tried that with USDT and WAN Bridge, but there's not enough liquidity to try with bigger amounts (I was just testing) >or pivot to whichever network has the most active DEX liquidity at the moment (it changes a lot, but ETH L2s or SOL usually end up being the “default hangout”) Do you know where can I search for active DEX liquidities? I think the ETH L2 option would the best, but tbh I don't care if it's SOL or other. Thanks

FriendsMade_MeDoIt

yeah I get you, the KYC part makes it way trickier in my circle the non-KYC route usually ends up being some kind of on-chain swap inside Cardano first (like swapping ADA into a more widely supported token if liquidity allows), then bridging that out through whatever DEX route still has decent pools. but honestly most people hit the same wall you did with liquidity when exchange options are off the table, people either: * just accept smaller swaps over time instead of one big move * or pivot to whichever network has the most active DEX liquidity at the moment (it changes a lot, but ETH L2s or SOL usually end up being the “default hangout”) also not gonna lie, a few in my group tried to force low-liquidity bridges and ended up paying way more in slippage than they expected, so now everyone treats “check liquidity first” as rule number one before doing anything if you do find a clean DEX-only route that actually works for ADA specifically, would be curious what it is, because most people I know just stopped trying to do it directly

FriendsMade_MeDoIt

Honestly when my friends were stuck with ADA, most of them just gave up on “bridging” directly and treated it more like a swap + move instead. Liquidity on those routes is just kinda rough like you noticed. What they usually do is send ADA to an exchange, swap to something like ETH or SOL there, then withdraw on the target network. Not the most “DeFi pure” way, but way less headache and everyone in our group chat ended up doing that after trying bridges for a while. As for network, depends what your friends are using tbh. Mine mostly ended up on ETH for safety or SOL just because it’s cheaper and faster to mess around with.

PassiveBotAI

Same experience. Our automated system has an ADX filter on ETH for exactly this reason — below 20 it just doesn't trade. The choppy phase is actually where most bots blow up because they keep taking setups that would work in trending conditions. Sitting on hands is underrated. F&G at 21 right now so we're in the same boat — waiting for cleaner conditions rather than forcing it.

Ill_Ebb_3154

Don’t worry yall I will sell ETH, then it will shoot up to 10k easy

Romanizer

Yes, Farside shows about $12bn net flow for all ETH ETFs.

Romanizer

Exactly. So my point is that ETH will have a different development than BTC, because the latter is mainly used as a store of value (besides other possible use-cases) and therefore has an infinitely increasing market cap. ETH on the other hand has other use-cases which already work quite well on current market caps. Buying ETH in hopes of increasing prices may not be a good idea. That was the essence of what I was trying to say.

J5966358

Everything over 50 percent BTC an 50 percent ETH is too concentrated in my eyes. Just a personal opinion ofc. 

Romanizer

ETH is not a store of value, but a transaction medium and has already shown that it's capable to do so at current market cap. For an investor, it may be interesting for staking purposes or if you have a business built on top of it.

GaRGa77

ETH peaked in 2017, get over it…

Cptn_BenjaminWillard

I'm surprised. This is actually a decent article. I don't see these often. I wonder if the same dynamics are happening with ETH, which might reflect a broader economic outlook, or it might not. ETH has historically tended to lag BTC anyway, so whether the same patterns are happening with ETH might not even be relevant right now.

shoecellar

Actually TAO is a good buy right now for near term gains. If you want only longer term go all Bitcoin. ETH is a sell when it gets close to the $5,000 mark. Bitcoin may go all time high several more times

More-Cut-7206

One off buy ?! Pass DCA / more future investing into ETH... Go for it

PuzzleheadedBell4057

If I pulled a dollar out of my pants pocket 3 years ago I would have pulled a dollar out of my pants pocket 3 years ago. Now let's say I placed that dollar back in my pants pocket, took them off when I got home, hung the pants up and didn't touch the pants until today Today I put the pants on and I find that same dollar in my pants. It's still the same dollar. The issue is the dollar won't be able to purchase as much as it did 3 years ago, but it's still a dollar. A dollar is still a dollar. The confusion appears to be that the units of currency are being confused with the purchasing power of said units. One dollar will always be one dollar. One Bitcoin will always be one Bitcoin. The units remain the same, however, the purchasing power of each of those units is what changes. I can only purchase half of what I could with one Bitcoin today compared to 6 month ago if I were to use it to make a purchase. But it's still one Bitcoin. Look, crypto makes up 20% of my portfolio (5%ea BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP) so it's not like I'm against the currency. I'm just not so much of a zealot about crypto as to try to defend it with irrational defenses. They're investments like any other in my portfolio that I hope increase in value over the next 10 or so years. That's all they are.

mando_number5

Just adding to this with more useful metrics, monthly active devs & total repos: ETH monthly active devs is 9.3k & total repos 226k. https://www.developerreport.com/ecosystems/ethereum Hedera monthly active devs is 323 and total repos 3.2k https://www.developerreport.com/ecosystems/hedera

oak1337

I don't think so.... They're actually in the middle of trying to rebuild ETH. Vitalik says it's too complicated and heavy, it can't scale, and L2's are useless. They're in the middle of a gigantic attempted rework...

mando_number5

Does core developer mean building just on the ETH core code? I imagine this is a different metric to unique projects built in the ETH network (I.e., dapps and smart contracts in ETH) with a separate repo. If so, wouldn’t that be a better metric as ETH probably has a significantly established codebase by now.

jkl2035

I‘d go for 30% BTC, 30% ETH & 40% in bets based on current Trends like quantum Secure (e.g. QRL, ABEL), Identity (e.g. WLD) & others

jekpopulous2

You’re missing the point. Nakamoto Coefficient is deeply flawed as it doesn’t account for stakes being divided at protocol level… it just lumps all these independent validator sets together. It was created by Balaji Srinivasan who was one of the largest early backers of Solana to make their network seem decentralized. If you update the formula to account for things DHT the math changes significantly. You may not like ETH but the fact is that even if 90% of all ETH was staked with LIDO they couldn’t attack the network. I’m not a maximalist (I hold several L1’s) - I’m just trying to educate you on why that “2” figure isn’t accurate. Also… the next upgrade rolling out in a few months (Glamsterdam) literally enables quantum-resistant addresses and with PEERDAS (Hegota) L1 ETH will be doing 10,000 TPS on layer 1 by the end of the year. It’s far from the fastest chain but it’s scaling just fine. If you prefer AVAX or Sonic or whatever… that’s fine. There are plenty of chains to choose from, but nothing you said about Ethereum is true.

No-Masterpiece2246

Looks like ETH gained a little weight

GesturalAbstraction

If you can stake ETH with Schwab, I’ll gladly move my shit over.

funkinaround

4th thing is wash trading. Don't trade on an exchange that inflates its volume to give you the illusion of activity. Only trade on exchanges with very low or no wash trading volume. For major pairs like BTC, ETH, XRP, and LTC, exchange wash trading percent: * OKX - 66% of volume is wash trading * Binance - 51% of volume is wash trading * Bitstamp, Coinbase, Gemini, Bitfinex - practically no wash trading [https://www.nber.org/papers/w30783](https://www.nber.org/papers/w30783)

oak1337

Every metrics website says the Nakamoto is 2. I guess everyone has it wrong except you lol. ETH = Slow finality. Centralized. Complicated/heavy. Unfair ordering with a centralized block leader (MEV/frontrunning/cheating). Not scalable. L2's centralized trash as an attempt to scale. There is literally not one good thing about it. ETH introduced the world to smart contracts. That's it. Thank you. But that only makes it a stepping stone, and for all the other reasons, it will never be the final destination.... Except for ETH maxis, who will never let go of it. It'll die a very slow and painful death because of that. Vitalik says they have to basically rebuild the whole thing to try and make it scale. He says L2's are useless. Honestly that doesn't inspire one bit of confidence about the future. Let alone quantum threats. Good luck. 👍

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jekpopulous2

This just isn't true. If you treat Lido as a single entity (which is wrong), the Nakamoto Coefficient is 2. In reality Lido’s stake is distributed across 36 independent operator sets with none of them controlling more than 1% of all staked ETH. They also use decentralized modules (CSM and DVT). With DVT each of those operator sets are further divided into clusters of 4–10 independent sub-operators. Taking all that into account the true Nakamoto Coefficient typically ranges between 17 and 22.

50sat

I feel like this is the answer. ETH will be worth 60k USD at some point. The dollar tanking is going to make that less of a win than it seems right now.

MCL-Jonathan

Definitely wait! Wait for Bitcoin to finally capitulate. Bitcoin run first, $ETH and crypto will follow. We’re still early-ish in the Bitcoin bear market

Top-Care-8946

That's why using self-custody wallets matters. While using hot wallets and holding crypto in exchanges there are always risks that credentials will be compromised. Buy cold wallet, set it up, store seed phrase backup securely and keep control over your funds. I am for an example using Trezor Safe 3 Universal version (I collect BTC and Tether Gold tokens). Cheaper but has same security level as Trezor's more expensive model Safe 5. I trust Trezor more than Tangem or ledger because Trezor Suite already has proven it's worth by protecting my crypto accounts from being compromised by malicious contracts. Once received fake tokens, trading was automatically disabled and I had a chance to disable erc base network so fake tokens won't affect my ETH account anymore. And additionally I created new ETH account whic has different address too.

MadSL1m

Best advice from someone who beed here from 2017. Literally 99% is a scam mid term - only BTC and ETH . Always keep in mind that industry is full of scam.

darthmcdarthface

The scam is in selling you on a terrible investment. These things sell concepts that they argue are incredibly powerful and valuable in the market when they’re actually not. It’s snake oil. Take ETH for example with something like smart contracts. You can describe them in a way that can sound really impressive but if you take a minute to actually think about it, they’re largely useless and don’t actually fill a need. There’s almost no need for such a thing in the financial services world. ETH serves no purpose.

Substantial_Chapter3

Na. BTC, ETH would adapt.

4dchess_throwaway

1 ETH = 1 ETH. Few understand

oak1337

1.1. Million validators and 13,000 nodes on ETH... with a Nakamoto score of 2. Basically an SQL database with 1.1 million SPECTATORS. Keep telling people ETH is Decentralized hahaha 🤣😂

Ruzhyo04

ETH hit 1400 in 2017, didn't hit 1600 till 2021

oopssomething

My long on ETH is -2%. All my RAVE dca's are +10%. Sometimes you fall for the marketing trap

Dwaltster

I'd clap chubby BTC with my short ETH pecker

Aware-Horse-7960

ETH is following the script, not your emotions.

DorkyDorkington

Where can I get ETH for $1600?

nugymmer

Yes, provide quantum-resistant keys to those who want them. To those who want to stick to the old keys, the risk is on them. You don't need to freeze (that is, burn) those addresses. You don't need to re-release those blocks to new mining rewards either. This is something that I'd expect some other crypto to do. Not BTC. I wouldn't even expect ETH to do it either. It goes against the entire ethos of the project. And fuck greed. Greed is God, for some reason. Understandable, but this is a self-contained financial system. You don't mess around with such a system unless you want people to abandon it, and I can assure you they WILL do that.

And2Makes5

So, holding ETH helps you get taller. Got it.

Brave_Goal_1300

Good prompt. My pre-trade pass is BTC/ETH context, funding + OI, then 4H/1H/15m alignment. I’m building Effortless Chart, a crypto-focused multi-chart beta, because bouncing between too many tabs was slowing that exact workflow down.

ChangeNOW_Community

if you zoom out, ETH always feels like it’s "too late" until it isn’t

ColdReadin9

honestly no one can time it perfectly, ETH can dip hard anytime even in an uptrend

Ketworld

You spend ETH, you sell BTC, that’s the difference.

AlgonikHQ

Only buy what you can explain to someone else in one sentence. If you can’t describe what it does and why it has value, you’re speculating on price movement not investing. BTC and ETH first, understand those properly before touching anything else. Keep position sizes small enough that a 70% drop doesn’t change your life. That scenario has happened multiple times in crypto history and will happen again. Automate your buys on a schedule and stop checking the price daily, the emotional noise from watching crypto tick by tick causes more bad decisions than anything else. Good luck

FriendsMade_MeDoIt

not gonna lie this sounds exactly like the kind of convo that pops off in our group chat when someone gets a big win and everyone starts theorycrafting lol but trying to “target” 1M from 230k in one cycle is kinda where people in my circle usually get burned. the moment it turns into a number goal, people start reaching for riskier plays just to hit it, and that’s usually when things go sideways. most of my friends who’ve lasted more than one cycle ended up doing the boring split. like a solid chunk in BTC/ETH and then a smaller “high risk” bucket for alts they actually believe in. the ones who went all in on trying to 3-4x fast usually either sold too early or rode something all the way back down. also mentally it hits different when it’s a big lump sum like that vs slowly stacking. people get way more emotional about every move. if it were my group, we’d probably be arguing over allocations more than specific coins tbh. are you thinking of going heavy into alts or keeping most of it in the safer side?

PandorasBucket

I don't think these numbers are correct because ETH marketcap would have been higher than BTC, which never happened.

burningETH

if ETH makes a big move soon you have to photoshop jacked Vitalik over the guy

AlgonikHQ

Your dad isn’t wrong, crypto is genuinely high risk and the scam rate is higher than almost any other asset class. His instinct to protect you as a beginner is correct. That said, a small allocation to established crypto like BTC or ETH alongside a solid ETF foundation isn’t unreasonable once you understand what you’re buying and why. The key word is small, 5-10% of a portfolio maximum, money you could lose entirely without it mattering. Your ETF choices are solid. VOO and SCHB as the core is exactly the right foundation for a beginner. Get comfortable with those first, understand how they work, then consider adding a small crypto position later if you still want the exposure. Never buy crypto because it’s exploding, that’s usually when the late buyers get hurt.

ecelps

I’d just DCA into ETH tbh. Trying to time it usually ends worse and just gives you FOMO.

Brave_Goal_1300

56%ish BTC.D still reads risk-off to me. I'm treating BTC as the liquidity anchor until BTC.D rolls over and ETH/BTC + TOTAL3 actually confirm alt strength. Dominance by itself can fake you out, so I usually keep BTC.D, TOTAL3, ETH/BTC, and perp charts side by side. Builder note: that workflow is why I started making Effortless Chart. Curious what 3 to 4 panes everyone else keeps open.

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One thing that helps with posts like this is keeping the relative view open instead of only the BTC chart. I usually want BTC, ETH/BTC, BTC.D and a small alt basket side by side, otherwise it is too easy to overread one timeframe. Builder disclosure: that is why I started building a crypto-only multi-chart dashboard in beta. The win for me is less tab thrash and better relative-strength context.

WinstonChurshill

I created more in one week… How is this news? “Aoki recently sold roughly 1.785 billion SHIB worth about $10,300 and 7.25 ETH worth nearly $15,900, with the proceeds moved to Gemini, the regulated U.S.-based exchange.”

RevolutionaryPlum389

Peter shifft has entered the chat. Load up the 100x leverage upside on ETH!!!

Ok_Confusion_1777

ETH at $62K seems like a whole nother level though...

Patient-Ordinary-359

This answer below from competitive milk just brilliantly shows the uninformed stupidity you will get in this sub. VTI is a shares etf (index fund all USA) and SMH could be spacemesh but for most investors it's a very popular semiconductor ETF and nothing to do with crypto. This sub is a terrible place for investment advice. Most of the fools here think that diversification means buying btc, ETH and at least another shitcoin. They think that stocks are for losers when in reality it's what most of the world invests in. All crypto is highly volatile. You've missed the explosive growth phase. It's not suitable as in investment vehicle. It should be no more than 5% of your total investments. The rest should be in a diversified stocks etf just like VTI or even better VT (all world). Keep topping up every month, never sell, retire rich. It's that simple. 

Objective_Digit

A consensus is still required. On ETH Buterin and a few pals would decide it.

PatrickOBTC

Listen, Tom Lee started pitching Bitcoin $100k perpetually 6 months away in 2018, he talked his bag for years until it happened, ETH will be the same story. He's hyperbolic but he's not stupid.

HoldCtrlW

Invest like 5% of your portfolio into top coins like BTC, ETH

joseg1787

He was saying ETH would reach at least 15K last year so yeah, don't take him seriously.

milkman163

Gold is much higher than that, with limited utility. ETH could absolutely flip it within the next decade.

Crackorjackzors

He's smoking "I have exposure to ETH please go up", a very potent drug

kallebo1337

2357 USD right now. literally on april 15th in 2021 (5 years ago) 1 ETH = 2357 USD. lol

PanicBoners

Stop trying to make ETH happen. Its not going to happen

SeriousGains

ETH 60k? Please tell me he forgot the decimal point and meant 6.0k.

Reach_Beyond

$60k market cap for all of ETH feels more likely than $60k price point for a single ETH.

Confident_Hunter7506

He started his ETH DAT at the worst time possible lol. There’s no logical reason why it should go that high.

cashflashmil

That’s a meaningful number, but the bigger point is what it says about ETH’s role. This is less about one partnership and more about Ethereum becoming economic infrastructure. When billions in validator-backed ETH start getting committed to gas and settlement flows, ETH looks less like a speculative asset and more like base-layer collateral for onchain activity. The real question is whether this drives durable usage, not just a good headline.

Practical-Tap-5348

What are you in rn? Anything else besides BTC and ETH?

defeater33

Exite ETH st 3800-4160. Entrance plan was 2500- 1900. Reality entrance 2080. So far sticking with it. FYI a small additional amount I bought after. I have been buying, and selling with the fluctuations.

tractorix

even ETH needs 5 more years

cyger

The fastest way to real wealth is concentrated bets on high CAGER assets. I would go 50% BTC ETF and 50% AI stocks. Maybe put 10% in an ETH and SOL bases ETF as well.

maddhy

ETH+defi for life. For me it's like owning a house and getting rent.

WackySnaky

It is what it is. Lucky i also had/have a decent bag of BTC and ETH

boringtired

Yep, got a bunch of thousands of dollars in lost from ETH. This guy speaks truth. When you lose in crypto u become a “tax harvester” 😭🙈

alt-co

I agree, the banking/AML point is underrated. For larger holders, the sell decision is only half the job. The other half is making sure the cash-out is actually bankable. Here is what is the documentation needed to off-ramp at size: \- clean source of funds/wealth \- exchange trade extracts (via read-only api, for the exchanges that are still around) \- a clear trail showing how the position was built over time \- forensic report from Scorechain/Chainalysis or other reputable blockchain forensic tool A lot of legitimate holders can face friction here, especially early adopters, high frequency traders, ETH ICO participants, miners, DeFi users & privacy coin users. Old exchanges are gone, records are usually incomplete, wallets touched platforms that flag your wallets as "high risk" exposure (BTC-e, Mt. Gox or Cryptsy). Assembling all this information and presenting it in a way that a compliance officer can understand and accept can be challenging. Even "crypto friendly" banks can get cautions when a large wire from an exchange hits a client's account. That's why preparation matters, before the sale not after.

ma6ic

I made 100x more money in crypto after taking a loss, learning, doing a better job the next time the market turned around. some of my expensive lessons worth learning: -markets go up and down, always, and more in either direction than you expect, when you expect -your media diet is shaped by algorithms that are meant to push a narrative based on your interests (if you post about and like XRP the feed will give you more XRP content) -it's ok to sell, foundations and VCs do it all the time because it's part of the lifecycle -set lower price targets for taking profits, this discipline is part of the process -set aside extra cash for taxes -diversify based on thoughtful research (and not youtube videos and reddit posts), but not too much -this isn't the end many more lessons to take for yourself, these have been some of mine. it's still hard. i buy and hold assets that i have conviction in, so it seems wrong to sell. but it isn't wrong, it's just markets. yes, you might miss a move up in price, nobody knows, but there's also a good chance that XRP will act like ETH and live sideways for years while the market pumps. you don't know. best of luck, and don't trust others to help you in DMs. do the research on Ledger official documentation and tutorials yourself.

MCL-Jonathan

They’re essentially the same thing, where MATIC is being rebranded into POL as part of Polygon’s upgrade. It’s an L2 that built around ETH, but now with more competition and even Ethereum evolving, it’s getting crowded. Hard to say it survives long term. Personally, I’d focus on building a bigger Bitcoin position. Most alts are speculative, many won’t survive this cycle or ever see new ATHs. Stay safe and consider rotating into Bitcoin, that’s what I did, and it’s been my best decision. [Bitcoin DCA Playbook](https://youtu.be/JXvr49ECTuo)

GreenStretch

I kept wondering about four years ago the last few days and finally checked. [https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20220410/](https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20220410/) BTC, BNB, and XRP are up from then. ETH, SOL, ADA, AVAX, DOGE, and DOT are down. Tether and USDC were in the top 12. And Terra was #9 at $92.58.