ETH

MariachiArchery

Stocks are a little different because we are almost always converting to cash when exiting a position. You would never be trading Amazon shares for Google shares. You'd always convert to cash. Crypto differs in that we can swap BTC for ETH, or USDT for SOL, for example. Neither of these transaction involve cash, but they are both taxable events. It's a little different.

Jazzlike-Code5891

Adding ETH is temping too

coinfeeds-bot

tldr; $4.5 billion in Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) options are set to expire today, December 12, 2025, amid cautious market sentiment and thin year-end liquidity. BTC's price is $92,249 with a max pain level of $90,000, while ETH trades at $3,242 with a max pain level of $3,100. Balanced call-put positioning suggests contained volatility, though traders remain cautious due to macroeconomic factors and ETF outflows. Long-term momentum holds, but near-term catalysts are needed to break BTC and ETH out of their current ranges. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.

GreenStretch

On coingecko or coinmarketcap [https://www.coingecko.com/](https://www.coingecko.com/) [https://coinmarketcap.com/](https://coinmarketcap.com/) Coinmarketcap wouldn't let me sort by volume and scroll down. their figure for DAI volume is $68,974,686, fairly far down on the list of the top 100. Coinmarketcap shows a figure way below USDT, BTC, ETH, and USDC. [](https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/multi-collateral-dai/#markets)

SeriousGains

I believe e his new number is ETH 30k by EOY 2026

Ok_Golf_6467

Don't forgot 10k ETH 😅

coinfeeds-bot

tldr; Ether (ETH) price is showing signs of recovery as spot Ether ETF inflows have risen by 28% since Nov. 21, reaching $21.5 billion. This marks a potential shift in market dynamics, with aggressive sellers weakening and taker buyers returning. However, ETH faces resistance near $3,450 and support at $3,000. A bullish breakout could occur if demand zones hold and ETF demand continues to grow. Conversely, a breakdown below key support levels may lead to further declines. The market remains at a structural crossroads. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.

WrathofTitus

Sure buddy, keep telling yourself that 🤣. I've been doing this long enough that I never tell anybody how much I trade, but I will tell you what I do in a choppy sideways market.....grid bot trading. BTC is up .54% & ETH is still down 2.75%. Indecisive choppy sideways price action.....perfect grid bot trading.

Buddy_Palguy

My $9.96 of ETH turned into $10.16 literally overnight Lambooooo time

AdUpper1710

ETH Multi-Timeframe Update Added 15-min & 30-min timeframes to Overlay. All three show bullish: 15-min: 83.3% bullish, 66.7% confidence, target $3,209   30-min: 77.8% bullish, 55.6% confidence, target $3,214   1-hour: 77.8% bullish, 55.6% confidence, target $3,209 Key insight: Confidence INCREASES as we zoom in (66.7% on 15-min vs 55.6% on 1-hour). This suggests strong immediate momentum. All timeframes agree = stronger signal than usual. For your DCA strategy (bought $3,070, added $2,700), current levels look solid for accumulation. Real price ($3,200-3,210) vs median target ($3,209) = 0.03-0.28% accuracy. Short-term bullish across all timeframes, but remember these are intraday signals - weekly/monthly structure could still be bearish.

strongboy54

80% restaked ETH, 20% stablecoins on ether.fi so I can spend it, while earning interest and cashback.

piggleii

On my X timeline, it's all just ETH bulls predicting a bright and rosy future for Ethereum and ETH holders.

sirporter

This is the problem with all cryptos outside of BTC and ETH.  We already have the store of value with BTC. Almost all other L1s will be out competed by ETH L2s because they inherit the security and network effects of ETH’s L1.  The only advantage those L1s have is marketing. 

TravelandFoodBear

ETHs inability to follow through with a green candle is worrisome, selling pressure is relentless. Rarely have I seen such an ugly and pathetic looking chart. Well at least the stock market is green, I would have probably jumped of a cliff by now if I wasn't heavily invested in US stocks. Better not to think about how much of my money BTC and ETH has evaporated over the last 5 years when I add the devaluation of the dollar, inflation and the loss of purchasing power since the last cycle. Us Euros got absolutely obliterated

WrathofTitus

Ah, you're one of those reddit crypto bros that voted for Harris 🤣. Our wonderful President could make BTC US legal tender and you'd still think he's bad for crypto 🤣. Thank the Lord nobody takes leftist redditors seriously. Not sure why you linked to the ETH chart. The BTC chart shows a very dramatic downtrend right after your boy Powell made his hawkish comments.

WrathofTitus

Ah, you're one of those reddit crypto bros that voted for Harris 🤣. Our wonderful President could make BTC US legal tender and you'd still think he's bad for crypto 🤣. Thank the Lord nobody takes leftist redditors seriously. Not sure why you linked to the ETH chart. The BTC chart shows a very dramatic downtrend right after your boy Powell made his hawkish comments.

VariatCA

ETH's breakout will happen only after its asset-tokenization infrastructure has been implemented on Wall Street, and enough of its ownership has been properly scooped up at an affordable price. I still remember what interrupted its brief rise to a new ATH back in late-August. In the middle of the day on a low-BTC volume Sunday, someone placed a *10,000 BTC spot sale* all at once that drove Bitcoin down over $4,000 in minutes, and it properly chopped the legs off Eth's rally.

Ill_Bee6659

I don’t doubt you’ve had issues… but I just did a large purchase (split 10k BTC, 10K ETH) and it went smoothly. I was on Kraken Pro, which I’ve been told is the best option. Were you on standard Kraken or Pro?

Medium_Change4574

What's ETH survival now? Hitting the same ATH every 4 years?

KIG45

Regarding stocks tearing apart cryptocurrencies. Buy Bitcoin mostly because everything else (except maybe ETH) is an absolute casino. The whole point of the manipulation is for the big guys to own all the Bitcoin. Don't sell! Bitcoin Last year 69.5% Last 5 years 955.0% Last 10 years 38,906.1% S&P 500 Last year 10.1% Last 5 years 116.3% Last 10 years 244.8%

LargeSnorlax

What would the value proposition of buying alts near the top and at the end of the cycle be? They're only ever going to go one direction. You'd be hoping that Bitcoin hits all time high again and I don't see why you would. Not really into fortune telling but I think if this cycle at all follows previous ones you'd see a bottom somewhere around 50-60k, or [prices like this from last February](https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20240218/) ETH was actually holding up well then - Same with SOL, all the rest of the alts dropped off a cliff though, so if you wanted to buy them you'd probably buy them after Bitcoin bottomed a bit more. That being said, there's huge money flowing into the Bitcoin price now - Will we actually see a big dip like the past or will it just kind of flutter around 80k for a while as the "bear market"?

FlapJackson420

Excuse my ignorance. When these institutional investors make a half Billion Dollar ETH purchase, does get reflected in the price chart? Is there a small upwards bump in price, or is even a purchase that large just a drop in the bucket? Ty

northcasewhite

I would never fully cash out. Keep some money in BTC and ETH.

nomoney110

Apart from BTC and ETH, nothing will survive in the long run.

jabbarpk94

Honest advice: Stay away from these shitcoins! If you absolutely must buy some, then wait a few months to a year and buy them around $1000/$30 (ETH/SOL).

jawni

Honestly, I never understood the appeal of Cardano from 2017 onward. The better question is why it had such lasting popularity despite not really doing anything better than any other chain and doing most things worse than other chains. >Cardano has low fees, smart contracts and fast transactions. Cardano has the highest fees and the slowest transactions. You can't even really argue, just compare fees, only ETH L1 and Tron are going to compare(and they get used 100x more), everything else is cheaper. And on block times Cardano has excruciatingly long blocktimes, so it's slow as hell. It also took forever to get smart contracts. >It's meant to be the scalable alternative to Eth. I don't think it's ever been more scalable then ETH. Just as an example look at this block: https://beta.cexplorer.io/block/cb0d72572e3b52fda542a1755c4d4291bb21de0bc6cc854283f9da0a438716a9 This block took about 40 seconds and processed 50 transactions. Those 50 transactions took up 80% of the block. If we fill that block with similar transactions, that comes out to ~60 transactions. 60 txn / 40 seconds = 1.5 TPS There are scaling solutions, Hydra got hyped up with Hydra Doom and has actually been usable for a few years now, but no one uses it. Probably because it's akin to a state channel and not a very good option for general purpose scaling. Leios is the other scaling option, but still not ready. Supposedly it will 60x scaling, but even with 60x'ing Cardano's throughput it wouldn't be that impressive. >What does does the future hold for Ada and is there any hope for a return to the hay days? Need to find something Cardano can do better than other chains, something with the eutxo gives them an advantage. People kept saying it was going to be the liquidity/defi chain for native BTC... clearly that hasn't happened.

Distinct-Thanks-6477

The experienced fellas know exactly what to do in these situations. Being brave enough to buy quality dips always works out well. I have loaded up ETH, AIOZ, and TAO religiously all through this turmoil. Expecting the most from AIOZ due to how cheap it is.

HolyMotherTheresa

The insider trader is obviously extremely stupid. Yesterday he was $30 million in profit on his ETH long, and then, being greedy, he opened an additional long when ETH started dropping. He didn’t take any profits and is now only up about $700k lol. There’s no way this is some experienced trader, more likely someone with Trump-level IQ.

Newbieisme3

This is just crypto doing crypto things. Seen it a hundred times already. Nothing "broke", just one bad macro headline, some panic selling, or a wave of liquidations, and boom, everything dumps together. BTC sneezes, ETH catches a cold, and the others may end up in the ER 🤧

lomoos

just suprised this happens that fast as i created the wallet minutes before made a single transaction with no ETH attached, and left it be.

FabulousPlum4917

Investing in ETH or SOL can make sense, but it depends on your risk tolerance. **ETH** is the more stable, long-term option with a huge ecosystem behind it. **SOL** is faster and cheaper but also more volatile, so it comes with higher risk. A lot of people split between both to balance things out. Just remember, crypto is unpredictable, so only invest what you’re comfortable losing.

VariatCA

*Another* positive day for ETF inflows for both Bitcoin and Ethereum. +$57M for Eth today, and +$223M for Bitcoin (+193M of that was Blackrock, their highest 1D inflow in weeks). That makes about +$540M for BTC inflows and +$570M for ETH inflows since the November 20th lows.

Lonely_Holiday_6376

SOL is a great coin to trade or hodl for a longer while, but also btc, ETH and so many others. Always remember that the value of your investment can go up but also go down, it sounds corny and shit, but most people seems to think charts of ‘their’ coin will only go up….. I am deep into BRIT now, very high risk play, did a 10x already but I expect it to grow another 10x or even 100x in the coming time…. Maybe diversify your money a bit, invest for instance 5 times $100 in the next months. Just take time to DYOR.

hplovecraft1977

Thanks again for the detailed feedback — you basically became my QA team for the day 😂 Everything below is already live (just pushed the build 5 minutes ago). 1. **Signup font color** Fixed for good. Dark-mode CSS conflict is gone — text is now clearly visible on every theme. 2. **Paper-trading timeout / execution error** Root cause found & killed. The engine was stupidly waiting for the full AI analysis before confirming the trade. Decoupled it → paper trades now fill instantly (<500 ms), AI just journals in the background. Tested 50 BTC/ETH orders — zero timeouts. 3. **What “Hide Garbage” actually does** It auto-hides stuff that’s mathematically untradeable for scalping: • RVOL < 50% of normal (dead volume) • Super thin order books (you’d get rekt on slippage) • Price basically flat (< 0.1% volatility, pure chop) You can lower/raise the strictness or disable it anytime in Settings → Filters. 4. **AI flipping from Strong Buy → Strong Sell in seconds** That was painful to watch, sorry. Old model was overreacting to every tick. New rules (live now): • Won’t call “Strong” anything unless RVOL > 1.8× AND price moved > 0.8% AND sentiment agrees • Added a proper neutral/choppy zone so tiny moves don’t trigger bipolar swings BTC right now is correctly showing “Neutral — Low Conviction” instead of freaking out. 5. **What the AI actually uses** Not just volume anymore — current mix: • Relative Volume (RVOL) vs 20-period average • Order-book imbalance & depth • Bollinger Band squeeze / volatility regime • Quick social sentiment pulse (Reddit + X trends) If anything still feels janky, keep swinging — I’m glued to the dashboard fixing stuff in real time. Seriously, thank you for helping ship a better v1 on day 1.

Zealousideal_Rain_79

In order to have an altcoin season you need a few classic signals. BTC pushing into a new ATH or hovering right near it. BTC dominance dropping hard, ideally under 50% or at least showing a clear downtrend. Capital rotation: first BTC, then ETH, then large caps, then mid caps, and finally the low-caps/shitcoins. Retail piling in once the hype gets obvious, TikTok kids, normies, the whole circus. That’s the typical recipe we’ve seen in previous cycles. But here’s the thing: In my opinion, these conditions aren’t lining up this time. BTC looks like it has already finished its cycle, and current market data points more toward a coming downturn rather than a blow-off top or rotation into alts. So I don’t think we’re getting an altcoin season in this cycle. The signs just aren’t there. From the way things look, a crash or at least a strong correction seems more likely in the near future.

VariatCA

I couldn't give anything resembling a fair estimation. It really depends on how long individuals have been in the crypto space, if they were buying the established and more heavily-adopted coins like BTC/ETH, if they practiced in averaging-down or DCA'ing over time, etc. Though if you've been in crypto for more than 2-5 years by now... if you've been steadily buying BTC/ETH you are most likely still in profit. If you just gamble on memes/altcoins, you are probably *way* down.

ComplexWrangler1346

You sound brand new to crypto ….i guess you weren’t invest in April when bitcoin dropped to 75k and ETH to 1350…this is nothing

hplovecraft1977

Quick update: already added SOL, ETH, BSC, Base, and Arbitrum pairs. Working on Polygon and Avalanche this week if people actually use it :)

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Ok_Field461

Dozens of coins are coming out every second litterally it fuck up the whole market for the majority. No one is willing to hold crypto long enough so it all just dries up. This is why good project dont take off any more. Ada and xrp are just sitting duck at this point. And the new coins never get chance to establish good gains long terms. It all about dumping. Even ETH is affected by BTC coming down it really shows it doesnt really have its own eco system. So for long term btc is the only way to go unfortunately.

DBRiMatt

I'm bullish on my ETH/USDC liquidity position. High volume, and pretty consistent trading range for the most part xD

BottomTimer_TunaFish

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

Illustrious-Boss9356

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

Itur_ad_Astra

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

216_Cleveland

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

Advanced-Kale2014

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

VariatCA

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

EarningsPal

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

Advanced-Comment-293

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

VariatCA

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

biba8163

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

tkuid

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

devCheckingIn

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

Objective_Digit

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

longtestgame

ETH charts make you feel more comfortable than BTC.

Known_Click

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

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RiceMofo

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

Advanced-Comment-293

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

discipleofvitalik

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

Advanced-Comment-293

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

flsurf7

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

ThrowRA-hamburger

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

andytobbles

ETH is going to take off if any major rally begins

flyfree256

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

PreferenceFit9842

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

flsurf7

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

detectiverylan12

ETH on base or Bitcoin on lightning

Funnyurolith61

Never bet against ETH

fugogugo

huh.. wow I am more surprised with ETH boost

Lopsided_Skill2856

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moonRekt

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

trillionSdollarstech

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

VincentVan-Gogh

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

Glyzzza_

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

coinfeeds-bot

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

mollested_skittles

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

Funnyurolith61

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

Xiximaro

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

Coquito3000

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

Fabulous-Wasabi-9358

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

zionspace

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

tornavec

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

WorldlyCaramel3793

Is this a bullish news for ETH?

MilselimX

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

BigNick82

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

Patrick_Atsushi

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

HalcyoNighT

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

NewChallengers_

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

Foxanic

Oh holy ETH, the charts are brightly shinning!

VariatCA

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

NewChallengers_

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

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Full-Improvement-169

why is everyone on this thread so into ETH?

mjk1093

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

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DBRiMatt

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

zenecence

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

kironet996

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

MaximumStudent1839

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