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quantum_burp

Going from ETH -> L2 is going to be quick and cheap through official bridges Going from L2 -> ETH however, will likely take you 7 days :) People use bridges to go from L2 -> ETH or L2 -> L2

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Post is by: Bcom_Mod and the url/text [ ](https://goo.gl/GP6ppk)is: /r/bitcoin_com/comments/1sqcigm/btc_still_sitting_at_7475k_after_the_worst/ While DeFi experienced its worst weekend of the year; * $292 million drained from Kelp DAO, * $6.6 billion in TVL evaporating from Aave, * AAVE down 17%, emergency freezes across 9+ protocols), Bitcoin spent the weekend ranging quietly between $74,000 and $75,500. It didn't crash or spike. It just sat there. In previous cycles, a DeFi contagion event of this scale would have dragged BTC down as the market repriced systemic risk across the whole ecosystem. The fact that it didn't suggests something structural has shifted in who's actually holding Bitcoin, and on what infrastructure. The ETF holders, the Schwab clients, the institutional allocators, are [not exposed to rsETH or LayerZero bridges](https://news.bitcoin.com/zachxbt-flags-280m-kelpdao-exploit-hitting-ethereum-defi-lending-markets/). Their Bitcoin exposure is custodied at Coinbase and BNY Mellon, sitting in regulated trust structures that have zero connection to the DeFi composability stack that just blew up. Speaking of which, Charles Schwab formally launched Schwab Crypto this week, opening direct spot BTC and ETH trading to its clients at 75 basis points per trade. That's not cheap by crypto-native standards, but Schwab has 34 million active brokerage accounts. The product doesn't need to be price-competitive with Coinbase. It just needs to be convenient and trusted, and for that audience it is both. Bitcoin ETF total assets crossed back above $100 billion this week on the back of strong inflows, the first time since the bear market deepened in February. The week ending April 17 saw some of the heaviest single-day inflows of the year. The picture being painted is a market in genuine bifurcation. DeFi is running hot with innovation, yield, composability. And apparently, with hackers who can drain $292 million in 46 minutes. Bitcoin, increasingly wrapped in regulated ETF structures and accessible through traditional brokerages, is becoming something different. Less volatile relative to its own history, less correlated with DeFi drama, more insulated from smart contract risk. Whether that's good or bad for the soul of crypto is a separate debate. As a price dynamic heading into the next six months, it's probably bullish for BTC specifically. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/CryptoMarkets) if you have any questions or concerns.*

HSuke

Well, it's more because the commenter failed to notice that all OP is trying to do is move ETH from L1 to Base, which doesn't even need a swap. The best suggestion should've been to use the native bridge on Superbridge.

HSuke

OP is just trying to get ETH from L1 to Base. He didn't even need to use a swap. There's literally a native L1 contract that migrates ETH from L1 to base for ~$0.20 regardless of amount.

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Post is by: Bcom_Mod and the url/text [ ](https://goo.gl/GP6ppk)is: /r/bitcoin_com/comments/1sqc9dv/292m_stolen_from_kelp_dao_on_saturday_stolen/ It's the biggest DeFi story this year, and is leaving a lot of people wondering if DeFi as a concept, is done for good. Kelp DAO's LayerZero-powered cross-chain bridge was attached at 17:35 UTC on Saturday, exploiting a flaw in its cross-chain messaging layer. What the attacker achieved, was tricking the DAO into thinking a legit instruction arrived from another network, which caused it to release 116.5k rsETH to an attacker-controlled address. The total amount was roughly 18% of rsETH's entire circulating supply. The attacker's next move is what signalled a deeply problematic issue that has plenty of people starting this week with doubts towards the future of DeFi utility. Instead of cutting and running with the stolen crypto, the attacker deposited it all onto Aave V3 as collateral, and borrowed legitimate ETH against it. Aave's smart contracts had no way of distinguishing fraudulent collateral at the time of the deposit, so it accepted the positions and allowed the attacker to walk away with 106k ETH. That's a $250m total value in wrapped ETH, while Aave was left holding rsETH-backed loan positions as frozen collateral. You can only imagine the cascading chaos that ensued. * rsETH markets frozen on Aave V3 and V4, * Sparklend frozen, * Fluid frozen, * Lido paused deposits into earnETH, * WETH pool on Aave (39% of all outstanding loans on Aave) hits 100% utilisation, * Users rushing to exit as many begin to realise withdrawals have halted. [With suppliers stuck on the protocol, TVL dropped from $26.4b to \~$20b: a 24% collapse in just hours.](https://news.bitcoin.com/defi-lender-aave-battles-withdrawal-crisis-after-kelpdao-rseth-exploit/) Aave's token fell 17.7% on the day. With $177-$200m in bad debt sitting in Aave, it's said that even the protocol's Umbrella backstop mechanism may not fully cover the deficit. This could mean that stkAAVE holders are left absorbing the losses. This is the third nine-figure DeFi hack in the past 20 days. rsETH-backed wrapped versions also exist across more than 20 blockchains. With over $600 million stolen in 19 days, the industry is facing an uncomfortable question about whether AI is genuinely accelerating attacker capabilities. The Drift attack used AI-powered social engineering to execute a 12-minute drain after three weeks of infiltration. $292 million. 46 minutes to drain. 3 hours for Kelp to post publicly. DeFi composability is the feature that makes this possible and the liability that makes it catastrophic. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/CryptoMarkets) if you have any questions or concerns.*

HSuke

There's nothing wrong with using Metamask or Rabby if you're a power user. Just don't use them for large swaps FFS. Using the native L1 bridge to go from L1 to Base is literally $0.20 in total fees even you send $1000000 of ETH. And it works perfectly fine with Metamask or with any self-custody wallet.

HSuke

Because he probably used a tiny swap. Also, no one uses swaps to transfer large amounts of ETH between L1 and L2. They should be using the canonical Base bridge or Superbridge. That's what everyone else does. Literally costs under $0.20 in gas and has no other fees.

davidtakahashi

It's just liquidity, more money printing. Michael Saylor has a new tool (STRC) to attract his weird investors so that he can buy more BTC at these price levels. Tom Lee is getting his investors back into ETH. So, it's not surprising or unusual for BTC to reach 80k levels, even 90 because of the current buy pressure. But for sure we're NOT going to reach an ATH in 2026. That's absolutely absurd. We'll still find the bottom of this bear market in October.

Alarming-Jello-5846

Do you want to meet up and trade some of my Pepe69420 token for 0.001 ETH?

asuds

To be clear though, it’s the L2 rsETH that’s unbacked. I presume the attacker took the rsETH on ethereum, and presumably deposited it in aave etc on the L1. So now the question is, which rsETHtoken (L1 or L2) will kelp honor if you want to redeem back for ETH. pretty wild

y2k2009

Those are typical ETH fees you are paying and the slippage needs to be set lower. It's not dependent on Metamask but the network you are using. Trade on a CEX before you lose all your money on some ass memecoin

Saffuran

BTC ETH SOL are about where I'm comfortable for "safer" assets in the space. Others like LINK and AVAX are higher up the risk curve but I see utility/value in them also.

Berrio6

Yeah this is a known issue with MetaMask swaps specifically on cross-chain bridges. The 0.875% is their base fee, but what they don't advertise upfront is that it compounds with bridge fees, LP fees on the destination, and worst of all — their quote engine sometimes uses stale liquidity data, so by the time you execute, you're getting a worse rate than shown. On a 5-figure swap that gap adds up fast. What most people switch to after this exact experience: **For EVM chains (ETH/Base/Arbitrum):** **1inch** or **CoW Swap**. 1inch routes through 200+ DEXs and charges zero platform fee — you only pay the underlying pool fees and gas. CoW Swap batches orders and protects against MEV front-running, which is probably also eating your swaps without you knowing. **For cross-chain specifically:** **deBridge** — no liquidity pools, no slippage, guaranteed rate. It's what I use for anything over $10k. **If you're open to Solana:** **Jupiter** is genuinely miles ahead of anything on EVM for swap execution. Sub-cent fees, splits across 50+ DEXs automatically. Obviously only relevant if you're holding Solana-native assets. The dirty secret is MetaMask's swap UI is optimized for UX, not best execution. It's fine for small trades where convenience matters more than 0.5%. For 5-figures it's the wrong tool. On your question "is this the state of DeFi in 2026" — kind of yes for wallets that charge interface fees, no for dedicated aggregators. The aggregator layer has gotten genuinely good. The problem is wallet UX hides the fee structure. Worth reading if you want to understand why Solana-based DeFi has structurally lower costs: [https://wealthmindlabs.com/solana-staking-rewards-2026.html](https://wealthmindlabs.com/solana-staking-rewards-2026.html) — it's about staking but it explains why the fee architecture is different from EVM. The same reason staking fees are fractional is why swaps on Solana are also much cheaper.

moonRekt

Glad I sold all my AAVE for my Audi a couple months ago. Spending money on cars is stupid but sometimes not as stupid as HODLing. Really only trusting BTC and ETH right now

theplainuser

I’d say don’t rush into it expecting quick profits, most people lose at the beginning. It helped me to just focus on BTC/ETH at first instead of jumping into random alts, and spend time understanding how the market moves. Also, staring at charts all day gets exhausting really fast. I trade on 15m using pivot + RSI, and at some point I ended up making a small alert bot for myself just to stay a bit more disciplined. Still learning myself, but focusing on risk management and keeping things simple helped way more than trying to learn everything at once.

theplainuser

I’d say don’t try to watch charts all day, it gets exhausting really fast. Personally I found it easier to focus on BTC/ETH at the beginning instead of jumping into random alts. I trade on 15m using pivot + RSI, and at some point I got tired of constantly checking charts, so I made a small bot that alerts me near levels. Still testing it, but it helped me stay more disciplined and not overtrade.

krakensupport

Wanted to reassure you here, this is common, the unstake likely just isn't finished yet. When you stake ETH through Ledger Live, unstaking is actually a two-step process, and the second step isn't always obvious: 1. **Request to unstake** (you did this on April 7). This puts you in line to get your ETH back. 2. **Claim** is a second transaction you'll need to do once your turn in the line comes up. That's the step where the ETH actually lands back in your wallet. The wait time depends on the validator exit queue, which processes unstaking requests in order. Normally it's a few days, but it can stretch to two weeks or more when a lot of people are unstaking at once. Best thing to do is check back in the Ledger Live staking section over the next several days. Once your request is ready, there should be an option to claim or withdraw your ETH. That's when it'll finally show up in your wallet. Rest easy, just need that second step to complete things.

blastermckaster

ETH 2300 resistance is actually amazing ngl

coreytrevor

How can 5 figures of ETH have liquidity problems? This is supposed to be the #2 crypto?

Azatis-

Attacker drained 116,500 rsETH ($292M) from Kelp DAO's LayerZero bridge He then deposited the stolen rsETH as collateral on Aave V3 to borrow \~$236M in WETH. Because the rsETH is now unbacked, those positions are unliquidatable. Aave is now stuck with \~$280M in bad debt it cannot recover. Panic withdrawals have followed: $5.4 BILLION in [$ETH](https://x.com/search?q=%24ETH&src=cashtag_click) outflows, with Justin Sun pulling 65,584 ETH ($154M) alone. ETH utilization has maxed out at 100%, which means there's almost no ETH left to withdraw. This is the FIRST real-world test of Aave's Umbrella safety module & the BIGGEST DeFi exploit of 2026. Copy pasted from article

asuds

I think they didn’t mint, but just got the L1 side to release the hold tokens. Strangely KelpDAO hasn’t actually lost anything directly as the rsEth just represents a claim on restaked ETH that wasn’t touched. It’s actually the rseth holders on L2s as the L1 rseth assets backing their tokens are gone. the l1 tokens exist, sitting in lending protocols. and the eth those represent a claim on is still sitting in eigenlayer etc. but i might have misread the details

PeacefulNA

The regime filter framing is actually more useful than entry signal framing and I'm going to steal it. The way you've described it same technical setups that fail in downtrend regime start completing when ratio turns maps exactly onto what I've been observing without having articulated it that cleanly. The local technicals on ETH have looked decent multiple times in the last 90 days and the setups didn't resolve. The ratio was in downtrend each time. That's not a coincidence I've connected properly until now. On the second higher low as confirmation that's the honest answer to the timing problem. No clean shortcut, just wait for structure to confirm. I'll be watching for that specifically rather than treating the current bounce as confirmed rotation. On 0.0308 it's price memory, not derived. That level appeared as a floor multiple times through late 2025 and early 2026 before the Iran-war drawdown broke through it briefly. The model flagged it as significant because of the touch frequency, but it's not a calculated support — it's where price has repeatedly found buyers in this range. The AI didn't generate that number, it confirmed a level I'd already marked manually. Which means if it breaks, I'm not falling back on a model output to second-guess myself. The level is gone and the regime filter question becomes the only thing that matters is the ratio making a lower low or holding? That's the fork.

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The regime filter framing is actually more useful than entry signal framing and I'm going to steal it. The way you've described it same technical setups that fail in downtrend regime start completing when ratio turns maps exactly onto what I've been observing without having articulated it that cleanly. The local technicals on ETH have looked decent multiple times in the last 90 days and the setups didn't resolve. The ratio was in downtrend each time. That's not a coincidence I've connected properly until now. On the second higher low as confirmation that's the honest answer to the timing problem. No clean shortcut, just wait for structure to confirm. I'll be watching for that specifically rather than treating the current bounce as confirmed rotation. On 0.0308 it's price memory, not derived. That level appeared as a floor multiple times through late 2025 and early 2026 before the Iran-war drawdown broke through it briefly. The model flagged it as significant because of the touch frequency, but it's not a calculated support — it's where price has repeatedly found buyers in this range. The AI didn't generate that number, it confirmed a level I'd already marked manually. Which means if it breaks, I'm not falling back on a model output to second-guess myself. The level is gone and the regime filter question becomes the only thing that matters, is the ratio making a lower low or holding? That's the fork.

AlgonikHQ

The friction vs fuel distinction is a good reframe, that’s a cleaner way to communicate the setup and more honest about what the signal actually implies for sizing. On ETH/BTC as a leading indicator, I haven’t backtested it formally across full cycles, I use it more as a regime filter than an entry signal. The way I’ve thought about it: when the ratio is in a sustained downtrend it tells you capital is rotating into BTC dominance, and alt setups have a much lower completion rate in that regime regardless of local technicals. When the ratio turns and holds a higher low it signals the rotation is starting, and the same technical setups that fail in the downtrend regime start completing. The lead time question is the hard part. Anecdotally it’s been anywhere from a few days to 2-3 weeks before price follows in past cycles, which makes it useful as a filter but not a timing tool. I haven’t found a reliable way to tighten the confirmation window beyond waiting for a second higher low on the ratio. The 0.0308 level you’re watching, is that a structural support from earlier in the 2026 range or a derived level from the model? Curious whether it’s a price memory level or something calculated.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

PeacefulNA

Honest answer: I don't have a large sample size to quote a clean win rate from. The system is roughly 2 months old using 90 days of news data, and 3 years history of trading ETH. What I can tell you is the actual result: I started with €2,000. I'm currently sitting above €4,000. That's over 100% return in about 8 weeks, using the same algorithmic approach I described in the post. I'm not posting that to brag I'm posting it because you asked, and hiding the number when it's good would be as dishonest as hiding it when it's bad. What I will say clearly: this is the cleanest setup I've seen since I built the system. Not every signal has looked like this. Most of the time the windows disagree, confidence sits in the 50s, and I either size down or stay out. The 5/5 agreement at 0.68 confidence is unusual that's part of why I posted it publicly instead of just running it quietly. So the win rate question is fair but probably the wrong frame for a 2-month-old system. The better question is whether the logic holds and whether I'm being honest about when it doesn't. Ask me again in another 6 months and I'll have a real number for you.

PeacefulNA

Thanks! The invalidation criteria point is exactly why I built the system the way I did. Most calls skip that part because it forces accountability. On the funding level, fair pushback, and you're right. -0.000243 is mild negative, not extreme. The squeeze setup is there but it's not a coiled spring. I'd frame it less as "violent squeeze incoming" and more as "shorts aren't getting paid enough to hold through a move higher", the friction is low rather than the fuel being high. Subtle but meaningful difference in how I'm sizing the position. The ETH/BTC ratio point I fully agree with. I have it in the model but I've probably underweighted it in how I communicated the thesis here. If BTC dominance keeps climbing, that's my earliest warning before price confirms you named the right tripwire. I'm watching 0.0308 as the line. If it breaks down from here rather than turning, the whole rotation narrative collapses regardless of what the technicals say locally. On the backtest question, honest answer: I can't give you a clean historical accuracy number on 5/5 window agreement setups specifically. The model is less than 90 days old and the confluence has only appeared a handful of times in that window. What I can say is that in those instances, the directional call was correct but the magnitude varied significantly, which is consistent with "the direction is readable, the size of the move isn't." The 68% confidence reflects that uncertainty; it's not a number I'd round up to "probably works." If you've backtested ETH/BTC ratio turns as a leading indicator across cycles I'd genuinely be interested in how you've operationalized it. Entry signal, confirmation window, how long the lead time typically is before price follows.

yes_manequine

"I think I don't need to develop on this one." Develop a command of the English language maybe? Also? You clearly don't know much about the block chain given the referencing of Shiba, Hyper, Doge, BTC, ETH, Tether, USDC As if it is all interchangeable

SpontaneousDream

Yep. I've pulled off some of my wBTC but at the same time I think I still want to leave some there simply because ETH has (and will continue) to perform very poorly against BTC. There is no world in which this trash should be almost $300 BILLION in market cap when exploits like yesterday occurs on the chain over and over again, even a decade later after launch. People will simply move their money elsewhere (and they should).

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AlgonikHQ

Solid writeup, the invalidation criteria at the end is what separates this from most posts in this sub. One thing worth stress-testing: the Apr 7-13 analog assumes similar liquidity conditions, but funding at -0.000243 is relatively mild negative — not the kind of extreme that historically precedes violent short squeezes. The squeeze setup is there but the fuel might be limited. The ETH/BTC ratio bouncing off lows is the signal I’d weight most heavily here. That ratio has been the leading indicator for alt rotation in every cycle, if it holds and turns, the technicals follow. If BTC dominance keeps climbing despite the macro rotation narrative, that’s your earliest warning before price confirms. 68% confidence with explicit assumptions and clear invalidation levels is more intellectually honest than most trading content online. What’s the model’s historical accuracy on similar 5/5 window agreement setups, have you been able to backtest that specific confluence?

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Post is by: PeacefulNA and the url/text [ ](https://goo.gl/GP6ppk)is: /r/CryptoMarkets/comments/1spueld/i_built_a_90day_eth_model_using_data_ai_it_just/ I've spent the last 3 months building a personal system for reading macro + technical signals on ETH. I combine data analysis with AI (Claude Opus) to stress-test my reasoning, not replace it. The AI flags what I miss. This post is me following my own advice out loud. This is not a prediction. It's a calculation with explicit assumptions. **The 90-day context** ETH is +8.78% over 90 days. 20 up days vs 12 down days. Price is currently \~$2,326, just above the EMA200 ($2,314) but below EMA20 ($2,338) and EMA50 ($2,354). That's a post-correction base-building regime, not a breakdown. The March Iran-war drawdown took ETH to $1,972. That was the capitulation low. A ceasefire-driven rally followed, peaking at $2,434 on Apr 17. The current pullback is the *third higher low* in the recovery sequence. Structure is intact. The ETH/BTC ratio (0.0308) is bouncing off 2026 lows. Average 90-day sentiment: 46 (Hopeful). Macro sentiment index: -12. The market absorbed the geopolitical shock and is rotating back toward risk. This matches the data. **The tactical setup** Entry zone: **$2,260–2,320** Signals I'm watching: * MACD bullish cross forming (histogram: +0.081) * Bollinger Band squeeze at 2.54% width compression before expansion * Funding rate negative (-0.000243) shorts are paying longs, squeeze setup * Fear & Greed at 27 (Fear zone) historically favorable entry territory * RSI14 at 38 oversold leaning, not extreme The Apr 7–13 analog: post-spike compression resolved +7.5% higher. The current structure rhymes with that. The AI model flags a Day 3 shakeout toward \~$2,270 — which is actually my preferred entry, not a warning. My 7-day forecast shows +6.8% expected move from the current level. I'm sharing this not as gospel but because the signal alignment between the model's triggers and what I observe technically is unusually strong. Confidence of 58% means the model itself is not certain and I'm not treating it as certainty either. I ran this against war news, macro events, and funding data for the full 90-day window. The geopolitical noise has been priced in. The setup looks clean. **Where I'm wrong if this fails** * A close below $2,200 invalidates the higher-low structure * New geopolitical escalation not in the 90-day data window * BTC dominance continuing to rise rather than rotating into alts * Funding squeeze resolves down instead of up (rare but possible) Not financial advice. I'm posting this to think out loud and get pushback. If you see a flaw in the logic, say it plainly. Thank you for reading. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/CryptoMarkets) if you have any questions or concerns.*

muchtwilight

My swap was literally ETH to ETH from mainnet to base, this is not about liquidity as they use aggregator, they're just being greedy

Bitcoin-ModTeam

You would be in the green if you would have bought bitcoin at the absolute peak of 2021. Unfortunately you invested in premined and centralized altcoins that were only created to enrich their founders and venture capitalist insiders. Look at the ETH to BTC price chart from 2021 until now: https://i.redd.it/zf4ao9aweiug1.png Look at the ADA to BTC price chart from 2021 until now: https://i.redd.it/m5mxw4jak4wg1.png ETH reached its all time high against bitcoin on June 11, 2017. ADA reached its all time high against bitcoin on January 3, 2018. It's unlikely that either of them will ever reach their all time high against bitcoin ever again.

MakotoBIST

I mean, crypto is meant to give a form of payment to people that doesn't rely on a single government, all the "make you rich" bullshit was always a bunch of ponzi schemes. Which i used to make some money but never believed in, obviously. The only other use case in 15 years was ETH which provided a way to generate new useless tokens on its layer

Lower-Instance-4372

don’t panic yet, ETH unstaking can take longer depending on validator exit queues and network congestion, so I’d double-check the withdrawal status in Ledger/your staking provider since it often shows there before it actually lands on-chain.

Savings_Somewhere681

The scary part isn't the $280M, it's the attack vector. They didn't hack aave, they didn't steal existing tokens. They minted fake rsETH through a bridge vulnerability and used it as real collateral to borrow real ETH. Defi's own composability became the weapon. Bridges have been the weakest link since ronin ($625M), wormhole ($320M), and nomad ($190M) and we keep building more complex systems on top of them. At some point the industry has to accept that cross-chain composability and security are in direct tension with each other.

PassiveBotAI

You have already answered your own question in the setup. Liquidity, volatility, and clean technical structure. That narrows it to BTC, ETH, and SOL for most swing traders and there is a reason those three keep coming up. BTC gives you the cleanest mean reversion setups when it extends from its moving average. Slower but more predictable. ETH amplifies BTC moves by roughly 1.3 to 1.5x so if you have a directional view on the market ETH gives you more movement for the same thesis. SOL is the most volatile of the three with the strongest intraday structure right now — VWAP deviation setups work well on it in trending conditions. The trap with swing trading is chasing coins that moved last week. By the time something has a narrative and volume it is usually mid-move not at the start. The boring answer is to get really good at reading one or two assets rather than scanning for the next hot coin. Current conditions worth noting — Fear and Greed is sitting in fear territory right now which historically favours mean reversion longs over momentum plays. Shorts are dangerous in extreme fear because sentiment can flip fast. If you are swing trading right now BTC long setups on RSI dips are higher probability than chasing momentum in either direction. What timeframe are you using for your entries?

PassiveBotAI

This is what it actually looks like when someone does it right and it is refreshingly boring compared to most posts here. The Santorini moment is the one that stands out. First time numbers on a screen turned into something real. That psychological shift — from abstract portfolio value to actual lived experience — is underrated as a strategy. Taking some off the table at a life moment you will remember forever is genuinely better than optimising for maximum exit price. The 2022 cut to BTC and ETH only is also the right move that most people make too late or never make at all. Shitcoin diversification feels like upside in a bull market and is just correlated downside in a bear one. Eight years of mostly boring decisions with one good trip and a deposit for a house is a better outcome than 99 percent of the people who started in 2017 chasing the same thing with more noise. Good luck with the home deposit.

United-Strength3991

Hi I tried adding the link to other reddit post with same issue but it was removed. Go to ledgerwallet subreddit and search: ETH unstake showed completed but funds did not arrive You will see someone who had the same issue and how to resolve it Hope that helps

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Drumroll-PH

This is basically where I landed too: cold storage for real savings, separate venue for trading, and a smaller middle bucket for productive ETH. The only onchain piece I keep semicore is etherfi because I still hold the validator withdrawal keys there, which feels cleaner than treating a CEX or fully custodial staking product as the default.

MaximumStudent1839

> attacker minted rsETH, used it as collateral on Aave V3 to drain ETH/WETH, leaving \~$177M in bad debt. I So, more incentives to push for isolated margin designs over cross-margins? With all these hacks involving random coins being used as collateral, I can't imagine ppl won't start to question the cross-margin design as a whole.

NovastaKai

? free event if its in the sky ^_^? most use ETH or SOL though.

blinm944

Yep, the thing is I was being careful, but it seemed real. It was even posted in the ETH subreddit (now removed). The post had around 50 comments from people who seemed curious and genuine, not like bots. Honestly, the bait was too good for any newbie to resist. Anyway, I’ve learned my lesson

blinm944

It was also cross posted to an ETH sub, which made it look legit. One of them posted about how I made profit, and then the actual post followed. It’s deleted now.

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ZucchiniDelicious789

I do not believe I have to power to outperform trading algorithms developed by institutions that cost millions even billions of dollars. I do not see my edge in leveraged trading as those who could control the market can see my long/short orders. Thus, I just stay with the strategy DCA, no matter what the prices are, just put fixed amount of money on the projects I believe in (ADA, BTC, ETH, NIGHT) every week. Quick money may looks fascinating but kills. DCA should be the baseline techniques, traders may use DCA calculators, comparing the yield of their strategy against that of DCA's using the same period from first trade till now and quit trading (leveraged) if underperform DCA.

Lantern_In_The_Fog

You can crypto through Fidelity, but it has restrictions, only authorized states are allowed to buy and sell select cryptocurrencies, primarily Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), and the Fidelity Digital Dollar (FIDD).

didnt_hodl

so the trading 20% is basically gone. you will quickly lose that money and that will be the end of it now, of the accumulating 80% the BTC part might survive, the rest will be just losing to BTC long term simply plot ETH, SOL or any other shitcoin vs BTC over the last say 5 years and see what is happening long term you'd be better off placing 90% into BTC and do what you want with the remaining 10%, but mostly be prepared that it will lose to BTC

Haunting_Action_952

ETH. It goes up and down daily

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Post is by: ShockCatOnSol and the url/text [ ](https://goo.gl/GP6ppk)is: /r/u_ShockCatOnSol/comments/1sp0wp7/fear_greed_at_26_while_btc_absorbs_806b_in_volume/ >The market is bleeding quietly today. Not a panic spiral — a patience environment. And patience is the rarest commodity in crypto. Today's full signal breakdown: BTC — BUY. Conviction 68/100. 3:1 r/R. Entry $73,500–$78,000. Target $95,000. $80.6B volume with near-flat price is institutional absorption not distribution. BTC is the only asset holding structural integrity right now. ETH — HOLD. Conviction 42/100. Underperforming BTC. Support at $2,180 holding. Watch for daily close below that level — it flips to SELL. SOL — HOLD. Conviction 48/100. Down 2.03% but $5B volume shows genuine buyers still present. $81.50 is the critical support level to watch. PNUT — SELL. Conviction 18/100. Down 15.67% with 112% volume-to-market-cap. That is a distribution event not a dip. Someone large is exiting into retail bids. ACT — SELL. Conviction 12/100. 174% volume-to-market-cap on a down 6% day. The most extreme distribution signal in today's entire dataset. Falling knife. The best time to buy fear is when it is boring. BTC is boring right now. Not financial advice. Signal over noise. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/CryptoMarkets) if you have any questions or concerns.*

North-Exchange5899

legit names people rotate into are stuff like SOL, ETH L2s, and infrastructure coin

FriendsMade_MeDoIt

yeah this is where everyone in my circle started going down the rabbit hole too lol usually people just check aggregators instead of hopping DEX to DEX manually. stuff that tracks pools across chains so you can actually see where volume/liquidity is instead of guessing. the problem is even when you find “good” liquidity, it’s often not on routes that start from ADA, which is kinda the core issue you’re hitting for ETH L2s vs SOL, what i’ve seen is L2s tend to have deeper liquidity overall, but more fragmented. SOL is simpler but you’re kinda locked into its ecosystem once you’re there. most of my friends ended up choosing based on where they already had stuff or where their group was active tbh also yeah, splitting into smaller chunks sucks but it’s basically what people do when they really want to avoid slippage. not fun, just less painful than nuking yourself on one bad swap 😅

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