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JustLikeHomelander

Swap to ETH/BTC and hold those instead if you're interested in crypto, otherwise convert to stocks/ETFs (also xStocks are a thing now?). TON has Telegram as its centralized community and most of telegram's community is a bunch of weird spoiled kids who can afford to buy NFT emojis (or usernames) to put in their profile 🤦🏻‍♂️ Dev community is also very toxic

Sufficient-Tap6150

Fair take. BTC/ETH definitely make sense for most people. I’m just exploring how others filter non-mainstream projects for research, not replacing core exposure

flying-fox200

BTC+ETH should always be the backbone of a crypto porftolio, but I can also recommend the currencies below. Monero (XMR) --------------- Monero is anonymous, peer-to-peer digital cash. It has the highest level of privacy of any cryptocurrency, rendering all of its transactions totally untraceable. It also has an adjustable block size, allowing it to scale in high network activity. It has a tail emission of 0.6 XMR per block. Yes, this means it is slightly inflationary, but with the rate of inflation tending to zero over time. I would not view it as a "store of value" - it is meant to be used as anonymous P2P cash. However, investing in it could still be a good idea as it has a strong use case, and people will always value privacy. Quantum Resistant Ledger (QRL) ---------------------------------- Quantum computing is a real threat to the cryptography used by almost all cryptocurrencies (elliptic curve cryptography). How soon this threat will materialise - no one knows. What can be agreed on, however, is that the treat is real and one should prepare for it. That being said, almost none of the cryptocurrencies are currently quantum-resistant. QRL is fully quantum-resistant, and has been from its inception. It uses XMSS and will soon migrate to SPHINCS+ (if I'm not mistaken) when upgrading to project Zond (which will allow smart contracts). Over the past few months it has had a good bull run, likely reflecting the sentiment that the quantum computing threat is starting to become a greater worry. Bitcoin Cash (BCH) -------------------- BCH was created as a fork of BTC in an attempt to uphold the original vision of BTC as an electronic, decentralised, P2P digital payments system. It did this by increasing the block size, allowing for much higher throughput. It also improved its difficulty adjustment algorithm to a per-block difficulty calculated as a moving average, rather than the 2016 block average used by BTC. Whether you agree or not with it "upholding Satoshi's vision" does not matter - it might be good as an investment because it is identical to Bitcoin in all the ways that matter and could continue to gather interest as time goes on. Solana (SOL) -------------- Solana is an extremely high-throughput blockchain with cheap payments that supports smart contracts. It has become a hub for decentralised finance (DeFi) and also memecoin culture. Its use case is strong and we might see it have bull runs in the future. BitcoinII (BC2) --------------- This is a very new coin and I cannot in good faith recommend it as a "solid investment", but I mention it all the same as there is a chance it moons. It is, essentially, "Bitcoin, re-launched". It is pretty much identical to Bitcoin, but was relaunched in June 2025. It exists to give people a "taste" of what Bitcoin was like back in 2009-2010, **not** as a competitor to Bitcoin. It is not to be confused with BTC2.

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i99990xe

Silver is like ETH. It might crash like ETH did at some point, but in the long run, I’m still bullish on it against the dollar. If you're willing to hold long-term—I mean 10+ years—then buying now is fine. Even if it tanks in the next 3 years, it could still hit new highs in 10 years.

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admin_default

It’ll be time to invested in ETH again in another 10 months. Until then, things are going to trend lower.

RevolutionaryPlum389

ETH

MakCapital

Activity and TVL are two separate metrics. Solana is dominating in activity. You also compare each state independently. It's not Ethereum+Arbitrum+Base vs Solana. These are all three separate states with 99% revenue from user activity transferred to 4 separate assets: ETH, COIN, ARB, SOL.

epic_trader

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by who will verify the transactions. If you want to send BTC or ETH, you'll use your wallet software to submit a transction request to the transaction mempool with all the other pending transactions, and from there, miners or validators (usually using 3rd party services for efficiency) will fill a block with valid pending transactions offering the highest transction fees, and add it to the head of the blockchain and receive a reward. Before they submit the block to the network, their software will have verifed that the block is valid and only contains valid transactions, as otherwise they'd lose the reward and potentially have a financial penalty. This is how it normally works. After a transaction has been included in a block, everyone can go verify for themselves, for instance on a blockchain explorer like https://etherscan.io/ However, when it comes to private transactions using zero knowledge proofs it's a little different. ZKPs are able to break the link between 2 addresses and prove that a transaction is valid, without revealing the details of the transaction. It's using maths to verify the transactions.

Comfortable-Half5165

For SOL, focus on network reliability, developer activity, and real-world adoption. Near-term can be volatile, long-term depends on ecosystem growth. Staking rates are attractive but weigh against potential price swings. Compare SOL to BTC/ETH for use case, security, and community strength.

epic_trader

That's not correct though. Tornado cash will allow you to send ETH and any token and that's not an L2 but on L1. Everything you're mentioning on your list can be done with Railgun. So my question remains, what's fundamentally different about Midnight? Everything you've listed can already be done on Ethereum, and I highly doubt midnight will attain a level of security similar to Ethereum. >Midnight mainnet in late 2026 will have hundreds of operators. And it will scale to thousands in the coming years, having validators from multiple chains. It's 5000 tps. It will have post-quantum folding schemes. And of course, very advanced privacy functionalities. Let's hope it goes better than smart contracts on Cardano :) Charles is really great at promising things, but not so good at following through and delivering.

epic_trader

>On Ethereum you need an L2. That's not correct though. Tornado Cash is not an L2 and allows you to send ETH or any token anonymously. The difficult thing about privacy isn't the technical aspect as much as it is the legal framework. >Midnight mainnet in late 2026 will have hundreds of operators. And it will scale to thousands in the coming years, having validators from multiple chains. It's 5000 tps. It will have post-quantum folding schemes. And of course, very advanced privacy functionalities. I'm sure it will be both timely and live up to the hype, just like smart contracts on Cardano :)

jekpopulous2

How is Solana “Dominating in RWA activity”? At the moment there are $12.3B in RWAs on ETH and only $835M in RWAs on Solana. There are more tokenized assets on Arbitrum than Solana, never mind L1 Ethereum. Also, over 2/3 of SOL validators have left the network over the past 2 years and only 15% of the remaining validators are profitable so more will be leaving. I don’t hate SOL… I actually hold a small position but the network is in pretty bad shape right now.

No_Giraffe_4647

If I had to put another chunk like 4000 in crypto it would be like : 2000 BTC 1000 ETH 500 SOL 100 AVX 100 HBAR 100 XRP 100 DOT 100 LINK

UbeETH

Too high of a volatility imo and can be crushed by future L2 development from ETH. Validators are also lowering each year which risk security of the network.

AD1AD

BCH has BTC's Scarcity (but better, it has a sustainable security model), ETH's programmability (but better, UTXO actually scales), and Zcash's Privacy (but better, it can host ANY privacy technique using smart contract logic) hmmmmm...

Important_Steak_5955

The grass is always greener... Silver has had a fun December and Q4 overall for sure! For me, I diversify. BTC, ETH, BCH, SOL, ETC :) I do have a few oz of silver and some boring ETFs. There will always be ups and downs. I can't imagine how close you'd have to pay attention to any one market to even get close to timing it. Look at BTC over the last 5 years. A couple really bad ones in there, but overall up 70% per year average. Very recently, for about 3 seconds, it was 125k. Some say that was orchestrated? I buy, hold and don't look back.

ComplexWrangler1346

Solana is currently hyped by some due to its meme coin casino……it is NOT a long term investment by any means ….put 80 percent of your portfolio in bitcoin and the other 20 in ETH ……that’s all you need …Solana will eventually go back down to $10 and stay there forever

RamoneBolivarSanchez

Stick with BTC and ETH. Solana is centralized garbage. Only has utility when people wanted to get rugged by a bunch of scams. The lawsuit against the the Solana Foundation, Toly, Mert, Pumpfun, and infra like Jito/Meteora isn’t going to play out well. Solana was built out of crime (FTX) and when that didn’t work, they had to bounce back with MEV attacking retail and coordinating with infra providers to extract liquidity.

Known_Click

Just BTC, not even ETH. The 10/10 liquidation event showed how the alts markets it’s pure aids full of leveraged gamblers, most of them crashed 70-90%.

Whatswrongwiththat52

I have heard 10k+ ETH since 2019

Flamboiant_Canadian

I'd recommend to not just be BTC/ETH ETFs as well, or else we'll end up in the same boat whenever there is speculation of a recession or bear market. There will be significantly less market impact from BTC dumping, dragging everything down despite network progress. BTC holds back the entire market regardless, if it's up or down because of how much impact it has.  Once all the ETF/ETP approvals start making their rounds for the rest of the cryptocurrency markets, we'll start to see a shift from BTC price impacts. 

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PirateSKB

>All crypto dead (5%) ...All crypto dies in your scenario, and that's a 5% chance? Like all 20,000+ projects just instantly cease development, all exchanges close down, and all ETFs stop, and everything just instantly grinds to a halt? >BTC and ETH survive (30%) What's your definition of survival btw? Plenty of stuff fell 90%+ in 2018 and its still around being developed, and alot of stuff that survived the bear market came back to make new all-time highs

DryMyBottom

ETH is an alt

Everest2017

There are no good projects apart from BTC and ETH. Name at least one and I will tell why it is not good in one sentence.

iwakan

Depends on what exactly you mean by die and survive. Are you talking about price only? Or activity/interest? On what timescale? And what exactly do you mean by "alts"? If, aside from BTC and ETH, only one more chain survives but thousands of others die, does that still count as option C? If I just make lots of assumptions regarding my questions above, I guess my percentages would be something like: - All crypto dead (15%) - Only BTC survive (1%) - BTC and ETH survive (10%) - BTC and Alts survive (74%)

Everest2017

I see four scenarios possible (in brackets is my prediction) 1. All crypto dead (5%) 2. Only BTC survive (60%) 3. BTC and ETH survive (30%) 4. BTC and Alts survive (5%)

iamjide91

For a portfolio focused on sustainability and real world use, I’d definitely consider adding $AIOZ. It’s not just another alt, it’s a DePIN project powering Web3 streaming, decentralized storage, and AI compute. These are real utilities that could remain highly relevant over the next 5–10 years, especially as demand grows for decentralised infrastructure and AI workloads. It’s the kind of project that could complement BTC and ETH in the long run. You should do your own research, though.

DryMyBottom

ETH investors are waiting for the price to surge

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tldr; Ethereum's Total Value Locked (TVL) is projected to increase tenfold by 2026, driven by institutional adoption, stablecoin growth, and tokenized real-world assets (RWAs). Key factors include the stablecoin market potentially reaching $500 billion, with 54% of activity on Ethereum, and a $300 billion tokenized RWA sector. Major financial institutions and sovereign wealth funds are expected to accelerate participation, signaling maturing crypto infrastructure. However, ETH price remains volatile, highlighting limited correlation between TVL growth and token valuation. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.

DegreeStunning7644

I'm talking about the 72 million ETH coins that Vitalik created for himself

-crypto2025hold-

After the Optimism OP stack Superchain merged with Etherum that's all ETH needed. Records after records set. The future is here.

ggPeti

There will absolutely come a time when an on-chain neobank will be marketed to the masses, with credit cards, cash withdrawal, forex, savings, credit and everything. That's why I'm long term betting on Cardano, they get that the big picture is governance. There is no other way, and ETH is too deep into DeFi and too muddled with the strategic reserve aspect.

noviwu97

Plenty of alts pumped a lot at one point in 2024. We got: - Solana season (SOL and memes) - AI season (TAO, FET, NEAR, etc) - Made in US season (XRP, HBAR, ADA, etc) - Privacy season (ZEC, XMR) - ETH season after Tom Lee's buying - Perps season (Hype, Aster) - And many more. There's a season for every type of investors from convservative to degen. You most likely didn't miss them. But you bought too high and refuse to sell even after 4-5x from the bottom. Even ADA quickly went from 0.3 to 1.2.

Medium_Change4574

Silver only had 2 red months this year. ETH only had 3 green months this year.

TheBuber

Aside from BTC and ETH, I highly recommend Solana. I think it has a strong community (Yearly conference, etc.), it's well-facilitated and built on the network 2, ETH-based, but like Ferrari in terms of performance, and the gas fees are much cheaper, so if you're into ETH, Solana is a great choice too. XRP Ripple, kinda the same reasons after sue they are still beating and it’s not obvious so I’d give it a chance.

devCheckingIn

I read that Blackrock moved a large (>1,000) amount of BTC and ETH to Coinbase this morning. In terms of net inflows, 2025 has had a third less than 2024.

GreenStretch

Yeah but top 10 coins like ETH and SOL that did make new ATHs were not very far above the previous cycle highs. New coins like SUI didn't have crazy runs.

Flaky-Temperature-25

you nailed that! Step right up, step right up, ETH going to the moon!! You Sir, do you want to be rich ? 🤣 🤣

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tldr; Ethereum's network activity reached an all-time high on December 24, 2025, with a seven-day average transaction count of 1.73 million, driven by Layer-2 networks, DeFi activity, and stablecoin transfers. Despite this, Ethereum's price remains subdued around $3,000, significantly below its previous highs. Analysts note that the network's efficiency has improved, handling increased demand without fee spikes. While long-term fundamentals appear strong, short-term market conditions and liquidity pressures continue to influence ETH's price performance. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.

IAmSomewhatDamaged

I mean…. You got the 2 that matter…. BTC and ETH. I would just stick with those 2, but if I HAD to pick another one, I’d probably buy a little Cardano AND Solana here and there as well.

Legitimate_Cry_5194

Are you trolling or something? Holding BTC and ETH for a 10 time horizon is a super risky move already. It's better to give your money to some poor fellow needing them rather than watching your money disappear buying ALTS.

Kurosaki56843

If the horizon is genuinely 5-10 years, I would frame the problem a bit differently. Beyond BTC and ETH, most individual project risk increases sharply, even when fundamentals look solid today. Tech changes, narratives rotate, and a lot of "strong" projects quietly fade over time. Rather than trying to pick eight future winners, it can make sense to think in buckets: infrastructure that benefits from broader adoption, protocols tied to real economic activity, and a small allocation to higher-risk innovation. In that context, some people include things like L2 infrastructure, interoperability, or even platform tokens tied to actual revenue and long-term users, not hype. For example, Nexo sometimes comes up as a case study of a utility token linked to a functioning crypto financial platform rather than a pure speculative bet. The bigger factor, though, is how you manage the portfolio over time. Rebalancing discipline, staying liquid without being forced to sell, and not overexposing to narratives tend to matter more for long-term outcomes than picking the perfect list today.

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SydneyPlayer

What’s worked for me long term is a structured DCA + profit recycling approach rather than trying to nail tops and bottoms. I allocate about 30% of my weekly income into crypto, roughly $600/week. Around $400 goes into spot (BTC, ETH, plus some XRP and SOL). I DCA instead of lump-summing. For example, if I’m allocating $100 to Bitcoin that week, I split it across the high and low ranges on the 12h timeframe. Over a 7-day window, most of those orders usually fill, which smooths volatility and improves average entry. When price pushes into a clear daily or weekly resistance, I take partial profits. I typically skim around 20% of the position at profit, keep the rest, and then redeploy that capital back into future DCAs. I’m not trying to exit entirely, just harvesting strength and compounding. Using this method, my spot portfolio is up ~20% over the last three months, without leverage. The remaining ~$200/week goes into leveraged trading, where I’m much more conservative with risk. I only risk 1–3% per trade, scale entries using the 4h–12h timeframe, and focus on high-probability setups rather than constant trading. That account has grown significantly over the past six months, but the key rule is this: every month, I move 50% of leveraged profits back into spot. So the leverage is used to accelerate growth, but spot remains the long-term foundation. No moon shots, no all-in bets. Just consistent DCA, partial profit-taking, and capital rotation. Not financial advice, just what’s been working for me.

biba8163

> eth... longterm Rookie Mistake. ETH appears to be a big outperformer but it's an underperformer long term that only performs after a massive drop (-92% from ~$1400 to ~$80, $4,000 to $1500 last year, etc) **Top 10 from June 2017 ranked by performance (When Crypto became big caps and Flippening narrative) to Today* | Crypto | Price Change | |--------|--------------| | BTC | ⬆️ +3500% | | XMR | ⬆️ +851% | | ETH | ⬆️ +724% | XRP | ⬆️ +623% | | LTC | ⬆️ +150% | | ZEC | ⬆️ +15% | | ETC | ⬆️ +51% | | NEM | 🔻 -99% | | DASH |🔻 -75% | | IOTA |🔻 -78%

AgitatedDragonfly769

Everyday ETH upgrades but no upgrades on my wallet yet

biba8163

> These two areas could be a boom for Ethereum: Stablecoins and Real World Assets (RWA) Bagholder Bingo. The **stablecoin marketcap has gone up 200% and ETH has gone down -40%** in that time frame. | | Nov. 2021 | Oct. 2025 |:-----------|:------------:|:------------:|:------------:| | Stablecoins | $0.11 Trillion | $0.32 Trillion | ETH | $4,800 | $2,900 The **RWA Meme** has been around since 2018. **You will NEVER:** - trade AAPL,NVDA,MSFT,etc shares in your Ethereum address by connecting to MetaMask and going over to Uniswap - be able to go to Robinhood and withdraw AAPL,NVDA,MSFT,etc shares to you Ethereum/Solana address - trade NYSE regulated stocks outside the financial system of brokerages, DTCCs, etc and natively on Ethereum/Solana public blockchains > Blackrock already focusing in that direction. *~2 years ago ETH Bagholders were celebrating Blackrock tokenization** of Money Market Funds for Institutions saying, "Imagine the transactions, this will a rocket for ETH." **There have been a total of ~5,000 transactions with under ~$1K in fees over a ~2 year period.** > *"BlackRock unveils crypto fund first with $5 million minimum"* > And it’s right on ETH. **Can you imagine the number of transactions about to go down?** https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/1bkm1u1/blackrock_unveils_crypto_fund_first_with_5/kvzup2u/ https://etherscan.io/token/0x7712c34205737192402172409a8F7ccef8aA2AEc > Prices move regardless of fundamentals. We are concentrating upon the infrastructure and capabilities of the network. I operate from the belief that, eventually, price will match the value. It's the end of 2025 and **big dummies still don't realize crypto doesn't have fundamentals.** But for a good laugh, lets look at ETH in a common fundamental metric. **Price-to-Sales (P/S), a Fundamental Valuation Metric** QQQ heavily weighted towards tech companies currently has P/S ratio (marketcap/revenue) of approximately 6.16 and is considered overvalued because it's much higher than it's historical average. NVDIA for perspective has a P/S of 23 because it's priced as a hyper growth tech stock whose revenue has gone from ~$10 Billion in 2020 to $130 Billion today and continues to grow. Using that same metric, compare popular cryptos which collect fee revenue and distribute them to their staking token holders and you see that **ETH is comically overvalued by fundamental metrics.** | Network | Daily Fees | Marketcap. | P/S |:-----------:|:------------:|:------------:|:------------:| | QQQ | -- | --- | 6.16X | TRON | $6.9 Million | $26 Billion | 10.4X | LINK | $164K | $8.9 Billion | 149X | ETH | $330K | $360 Billion | 3,000X ETH is a double speculative asset that historically has a 0.96 correlation coefficient to BTC. *ETH only appreciates when BTC goes on parabolic bullruns.* Otherwise like the rest of crypto, it does nothing relying entirely on BTC for any appreciation of value and then *loses 70% to 90% of its value when BTC goes into a bear market.* - Summer 2017, ETH hits ATH of $400 after BTC hits local top of $3,000 - January 2018, ETH hits ATH of $1,400 after BTC hits cycle top of $20K - May 2021, ETH hits ATH after BTC tops out in April 2021 - Nov 2021. ETH hits ATH in December after BTC tops out in November 2021 - August 2025. ETH briefly touches past 2021 ATH after BTC breaks $120K

Old_Singer_217

I know you said no memes, but I still keep SHIB in my rotation because the ecosystem is growing. I trade SHIB futures on BYDFi to catch the volatility. I actually use the profits from that to buy more long-term bags like BTC and ETH.

Lanky_Leek6677

Once you go beyond BTC & ETH, the risk isn’t *which* 8 you pick — it’s **being wrong on even half of them over 5–10 years**. Most “strong fundamentals” alts don’t survive full cycles.

defidiva_here

I try to keep things simple for long-term holds. Besides BTC and ETH, I stick to projects that actually have real usage and active development. A few smaller plays too, but only what I’m ok losing. Curious what everyone else is holding for the next few years.

hiimtashy

Nothing mate. I woudnt even pick ETH. Bitcoin only. Maybe some SOL on the basis SOL is generating much more revenue over ETH.

Internal_Resort5451

You could also consider using a multi-currency wallet that supports both mainstream coins and memecoins safely. Some people use wallets like Solflare for small speculative holdings while keeping their main BTC/ETH offline.

Hungry_Hippo_9930

If BTC & ETH are your core I’d keep the rest very selective. For long-term survivability I’d look at infrastructure cash-flow narratives, not next big thing hype. Think along the lines of L1/L2s with real usage and dev activity Oracle data infrastructure One or two DeFi protocols that actually generate fees Even then, I’d keep alts as a minor allocation. Most won’t outperform BTC over 5 10 years, and many won’t survive another full cycle. Longevity narratives.

antiprosynthesis

Stick to ETH & BTC.

Vegetable-Pepper7772

I’m pretty new too, but I relate to this framing a lot. Once BTC and ETH are the base, I find it hard to think in terms of “picking winners” versus just understanding where something actually sits in the broader market structure. For longer-term stuff, I’ve been trying to look less at narratives and more at how a coin behaves relative to its own history. Does it spend most of its time ranging, or does it actually build higher lows over long periods? I’ve noticed some projects sound great fundamentally but have basically been in distribution for years. I’m still figuring this out, but mapping higher-timeframe ranges and major support zones has helped me stay more grounded. I sometimes sanity-check that kind of structure with tools like ChartScanner.ai just to avoid anchoring to stories instead of price. Curious how others here balance fundamentals with long-term structure without constantly second-guessing themselves.

UhUhWaitForTheCream

ETH and DOT will likely dominate the 2026 narrative, let’s see

milanparai

True. Right decision. Btc and ETH. Invest through SIP

afksports

No one should hold ETH long term unless they have an incredibly long time horizon and an inexcusably low cost basis. This run proved that

brewmasterlite

Other than BTC and ETH the one that I would feel comfortable with for the long term would be SOL. I would hold and stake

nicholasnichols0000

Who’s gonna rug pull when there were 0 VCs or PE involved? All the tokens went to the community. XRP, cardano, BTC, ETH, avalanche etc. there is nobody to rug. The entire crypto community owns the airdrop, rofl. Btw, it’s up 700% since launch a month ago. Please, do more research because your post is ignorant. Disclaimer: I don’t own any NIGHT. I’ll get a few hundred airdropped to me. Maybe I’ll rug with my $100 worth. LOL. Maybe you’ll rug with your few hundred. This is why it’s up 700%. Because the entire crypto community got the airdrop and 0 went to VC’s. 😂 😭

nicholasnichols0000

Bro also just called ETH a scam, too. Bro is trying to karma harvest from the orange pills

Impressive-Future279

In addition to Bitcoin and ETH, I feel pretty good about Solana, Xrp/xlm, and Hedera.

Buddy_Palguy

Your expert ETH predictions …. 321 go!

Sevenss

Honestly, I’d recommend only getting into crypto if you have disposable income that you can afford to lose without it affecting your family or financial stability. If you’re set on diving in, start by waiting for market pullbacks and thoroughly researching projects and their fundamentals. Avoid getting swept up in hype, fancy tech jargon, or buzzwords. If you catch yourself feeling FOMO, pause and think it through … it’s a common trap. Above all, don’t chase highs or buy at market tops. Overall, I’d suggest sticking with Bitcoin (BTC) as your entry point. Even established options like Ethereum (ETH) and Solana (SOL) carry significant risks, especially as we’re heading into what looks like a bear market; prices can drop further than anyone expects. Finally, explore custody options that match your comfort level, such as self-custody, ETFs, or even treasuries for a more secure approach. Look into DCA methods.

illini81

This happened to me in 2017 and I lost my life savings on a flash crash of ETH until a class action lawsuit got me and others reimbursed due to a lack of market controls on the exchange like circuit breakers

nugymmer

That one might die too. And oh no the guy mentioned fucking SOL. That one might die too. Oh, and ETH. What kind of idiot thinks that anything other than BTC will survive. Only fuckwits believe in fairytales. Any “crypto” where the dev owns huge chunks should be very cautious with. SOL and ETH are alts. BTC is the only one that counts. Bye.

Which-College5322

ETH bros loading hopium again but I can’t even hate

Unlucky_Court2356

If rates actually ease and ETH ETFs keep pulling steady inflows, the setup for 2026 looks cleaner than 2024 25 ever did, polymarket pricing around eth outperforming btc next cycle isn’t crazy anymore, especially if rollups n fee burn finally show up in real earnings style narratives

ShadowBannedAugustus

I am "ETH to 10k after POS live" old, what is it this time?

CommitteeEmergency82

I predict that ETH will either go up or down next year. Potentially stay the same even.

crypto_ad_97

Yes, you can work in the crypto space, but one important misconception needs to be addressed: There is no single "job" that will solely train you to become rich from trading. This is a common myth fueled by numerous success stories. The reality is as follows: First: How do people actually profit from crypto? 1. Long-term investment: People who bought early (BTC, ETH, etc.) and waited patiently for years, not because they were geniuses. 2. Real jobs within crypto companies: Such as: Customer Support Community Manager (Administering Discord/Telegram communities) Marketing Data/Blockchain/Development (for those with technical skills) 3. Freelance work related to crypto: Content writing, translation, account management, design, etc., sometimes paid in cryptocurrency. Second: What about trading as a profession? Trading is not a guaranteed job. 80–90% of retail traders lose. No reputable company will train you to "print money." Those who succeed in trading: Learn for years. Lose initially. Treat it as a high-risk business, not a lifeline.

IntoMemecoins

The way Tom just switched to Ethereum signals something big is up or he's lost his house... but he's got a lot propped up on ETH to win big this year. Im wondering if they are going to announce tech upgrades to compete with Solana because as of now, Solana is slaying Ethereum

Dapper_Addition_3837

Anything other than XRP is a waste of time. Why do you think they have a 30+ day streak of net inflows on their ETFs, even during the week of Christmas? Beating BTC and ETH. Why do you think they are the most regulated crypto out there? Do you think Ripple has too much time to waste and went out of their way to secure all these licenses? Why do you think they requested the banking license and got approved? Where do you think the BIG money is going to flow into in the future? Dogecoin?

ThrowRA-hamburger

the centralized yield stuff is pretty much dead after all the blowups. honestly staking on chains like SEI or ETH feels safer now. lower yields but at least its on chain

Veganarchyst

All ETH supporters have been raging on about ETH hitting 5k and 20k "soon", "very soon", that's been going on for a year (actually, YEARS) But even when BTC skyrockets, eth hasn't broken it's ATH So yeah, no, the theoretical ETH boom had been proven to be dead and wrong forever now What could possibly make it climb since they moved to Proof of Stake? Now it's just a utility coin that has no wealth building use case They can print as much as they want and the people at the top already own the majority of it since it was POW It's bo better than fiat money ETH is a terrible bet Unless you bought it at 10 bucks, then you are already a weiner🎉

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phantom11287

You really think it wasn’t cherry picked? A 4 year holding period is the worst possible holding period you could choose for ETH. It’s literally the prior top. I could also say that holding WTI crude oil since 2018 is outperformed by holding copper since yesterday. It ignores a whole bull market period it had, but surely this isn’t cherry picking either.

phantom11287

🤣 What do you mean silver beats ETH “in the current”? I’m not arguing ETH is better than silver I’m mentioning the cherry-picked time frames that can make one asset look better than another. Yet you aren’t smart enough to understand that, you just think I’m coping. I bet you learned what YTD means a couple weeks ago. You’re so smart! Get a finance degree before calling people idiots on the topic

coinfeeds-bot

tldr; Trend Research has acquired 46,000 ETH, making it the third-largest institutional Ethereum holder, following SharpLink Gaming and BitMine Immersion Technologies. The company plans to stake a significant portion of its holdings through its Made in America Validator Network to generate yield and support Ethereum's proof-of-stake consensus. This strategic move highlights corporate interest in leveraging Ethereum for long-term network dominance and consistent validation rewards, contrasting with retail buying focused on price speculation. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.

CriticalCobraz

**Summary:** Trend Research has become the 3rd largest institutional Ethereum holder after purchasing 46,379 ETH on Wednesday, bringing its total holdings to approximately 580,000 ETH. The company is associated with LD Capital founder Jack Yi, who announced plans to deploy another $1 billion to continue buying Ethereum. Key institutional holdings: * BitMine Immersion Technologies: 4,066,062 ETH (largest, targeting 5% of total supply) * SharpLink Gaming: 859,853 ETH (second largest) * Trend Research: \~580,000 ETH (third largest)

the_green_turtle

It was Christmas 2017. My brother-in-law had just been introduced to crypto by some friends and, as a gift to us that year, generously handed over a tiny ripped corner of a notebook with “.25 ETH” scribbled on it. We had no real idea what that meant at the time. Months passed, and I still had that torn scrap tucked into my wallet, I literally carried my crypto everywhere I went. Eventually, I reached out to my BIL to ask how I could actually retrieve the ETH and use it. That’s when I learned he’d already swapped it for another coin. One that lost 98% of its value within a week. He swore that coin was going to blow up and we’d all be rich. It’s the thought that counts, right? 😅

DBRiMatt

I wonder if that's 17 ETH mellon made from selling all his other moons xD

phantom11287

You’re right but ETH would still outperform silver’s 15 year performance

IssaKiller21

Technical breakdowns for BTC and ETH levels are useful if you are actively trading because they give context to support and resistance and help you decide where entries and exits might make sense. Many people combine that analysis with volume and trend indicators so they do not rely on any single signal. At the same time I also think about ways to participate in the blockchain space that are tied to real world value and not only to technical patterns and price moves. Platforms like Fractionvest io offer tokenized fractional ownership in real world assets such as property or energy projects which gives a different type of exposure that connects digital innovation with tangible economic value.

Few-Engineering9803

A friend of mine fell for one of those, but with ETH. He sent his whole stack worth 100k total at the peak recently thinking he would get 200k back. That's gotta hurt.

LambertIsMyName

BTC/ETH up 0.1% on the 1H we made it boys, santa rally is here. 

juanddd_wingman

ETH is a shitcoin

Miserable_Look_3834

I move between chains depending on the project vibe. Best Wallet flows better with my creative process when I’m juggling drops and experiments. ETH feels steady, Solana feels fast, and what matters to me is whether the wallet keeps that movement smooth instead of breaking my focus every time I switch contexts.

Miserable-Debate3085

Watching ETH move can pull me out of focus easily. Best Wallet flowed with my process, letting me check quickly and return to work, which keeps my creative rhythm intact during busy days without staring at charts all afternoon long.

mikaylacronin

Timing questions always circle back to patience and perspective for me. Best Wallet gave me a calmer place to manage ETH, which helped me think clearly instead of reacting to charts. In my experience, having clarity in tools can support better decisions, even when the market feels uncertain.

KMac1917

You should do more research. Bitcoin doesn’t need to have functionality when it can be a store of value. There are a few projects serving that need such as STX (Stacks), and ICP which are capable of acting is L2s for bitcoin. Using bitcoins secure network but improving block time and transaction speeds, lower fees, etc just like MATIC was for ETH.

DanielGomez902

Your entire response to all of this is based on your own preconceived notion of what crypto does. “Nobody in their right mind” and “nothing burger” is just your way of saying “I don’t understand what this does or why it’s happening” I read the articles and am very knowledgeable beyond what I’d ever take the time to explain in a Reddit comment. You asked for proof so I gave you some. There’s hundreds of other bullish articles and future projects about the industry I could show. I’m not gonna write an essay on every article and why it’s there. Your “research” is just repeating Reddit buzzwords like “nothing burger” Is that really the best argument you can come up with? If you actually read the articles and somehow came to the conclusion that every meaningful crypto transaction will happen on a private blockchain that no one else ever touches then I really can’t help you bro. Nearly every article lists a currently publicly tradable blockchain you can buy today. For example you asked “who’s accepting large payments in crypto” and then immediately dismissed PayPal because it’s using stablecoins that’s literally what people will accept large payments with dummy DOVU is a crypto project built on Hedera by the way. it solves one of the hardest real world problems which is verifiable ecological credits tracked on a blockchain with an immutable audit trail. Europe is literally creating a massive use case needed starting next year https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/eu-carbon-border-adjustment-mechanism-financial-obligations-commence-amid-proposed-scope-expansion-to-include-new-downstream-products Tokenization is the future of the world you and I probably agree that 99 percent of crypto projects are complete shit but the 1 percent that provide real government compliance like MiCA and other legal frameworks will produce actual winners that you’ll see in a few years. Yes some systems will go private but the tokenized RWA industry is projected to grow so large that there will be room for both institutions and public crypto infrastructure like ETH and LINK and Hbar (fixed fraction of a cent transaction fees with next to no energy usage) If you think everything ends up private and isolated you’re missing the scale of what’s being built

Arijan101

Let's take a close look at the examples you provided: >Georgia Partners with Hedera to Explore On-Chain Land Registry | Live Bitcoin News This is a non-binding memorandum in the exploratory phase aka a nothing burger. >Powys company DOVU to run $1 billion US farming scheme | County Times What does this have to do with crypto or block - chain tech? >Press Release: PayPal Drives Crypto Payments into the Mainstream, Reducing Costs and Expanding Global Commerce - Jul 28, 2025 Even if the option to pay in crypto exists on PayPal doesn't mean anyone right in the head will accept large payments in assets as volatileas crypto, this is mostly referring to stablecoins. >OCBC kicks off $1 billion digital US commercial paper programme | Reuters From the article: "OCBC has leveraged blockchain to establish a US$1 billion digital US commercial paper (USCP) programme, unlocking near-instantaneous short-term US dollar funding capabilities for the bank. This near-instant settlement is made possible by tokenised securities and funds being on-chain, enabling OCBC to receive funds within minutes." Again, inhouse built tech by a bank for that same bank, completely irrelevant for this conversation. >Visa Launches Stablecoin Settlement for Banks. Circle Stock Is the Big Winner. - Barron's Read the article "Stablecoin Settlement" completely irrelevant for any publicly traded crypto project except USDC which is a stablecoin. >Ethereum Leads Wall Street Tokenization Race as Mass Adoption Looms Speculative financial astrology "mass adoption looms", "it's right around the corner" like anyone of sound mind will pay astronomical fees on the ETH chain to buy and sell tokenized assets, honestly.... >Just copy and paste into google and read the articles for yourself. Forgot to turn them into links Yeah,copy and pasting is the easy part, critical thinking is another thing entirely, but when you're a hammer everything looks like a nail.

reliable35

Many still are deluded about it. You only have to look on their Telegram group.. where just because they come up with a new name for the next upgrade..like Supernova that will deliver less than 1 nanosecond of something finality… it’s like that will make a difference.. it won’t… It’s a dead project…99.99% all crypto projects will die out. BTC, ETH & a few others will survive… but yep.. EGLD holders amongst the most deluded.. SOL came out on top.. & even that is struggling in this market.

damiensandoval

Anything’s that’s not BTC ETH or SOL

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Anadrolus

Basically all of them except BTC, ETH, SOL.