ETH

AeonPeter

Is ETH number of token limited? No. Will stablecoins run on btc? Possibly. Will ETH be useful for tokenisation? Maybe. If not, it will bleed to 0.

perfectpaperpusher

Idk man from personal experience ETH is slow and clunky

josef3110

Well, one has to differentiate between different categories of alt coins. 1. Shit coins: they should never have had a market in the first place. 2. Meme coins: same as shit coins but with better marketing :-) 3. CEX coins: they are actually a very good vehicle to make money for CEX operations. 4. Stable coins: they have found their place in the market and are broadly used. 5. Valid projects (like ETH, ADA, to name a few): these are a viable alternative to BTC, offering more functionality with better decentralization Many successful applications won't be possible without those (like, e.g. stable coins). 6. Failed projects (like ICP, ATOM, VET): they just had either a bad design in the first place or could deliver on their promises.

zesushv

Btc --> ETH --> Exchange tokens --> defi --> AI Agents.

Ok_Freedom3290

eeping it stagnant around $2k-$3k. Best case? Mass institutional adoption pushes it well past $15k. I actually built a platform called AlphaSignal that uses Hidden Markov Models to track some of these institutional trends, and the data has been showing a strong baseline of institutional accumulation for ETH over the long term. called AlphaSignal that uses Hidden Markov Models to track some of these institutional trend

Kind-Marionberry-333

Alt coins as we know them were early... People fell into the get rich now meme of them rather than understanding they were supposed to act as the stand in payment for data collection and provide use case for the holder. Alt coins aren't "done" as in they will never matter again, bit the penny stock/.com bubble style use of them I think most have learned to see as a scam or extremely risky. Groups like Chainlink, AAVE, and other "Bluechip" alts still exist and are real, and in time we will see other utility based tokens become more in demand if people start leaning into BTC and ETH down the line. ETH is doing what oil learned it needed to do after the 1970s it needed to stabilize, get cheaper, and the engines that burn it, needed to get better. It's not dead, but L2 hit ETH like the Japanese 4cyl hit the American V8 market lol. The BTC wealth splintered, and we saw the fragility of hard backed systems paired with unlimited printing alt machiness... I think as BTC get more holding, and the use of it increases, Defi options, though institutions will become more trusted and thus groups like AAVE and Chainlink will hold on, become parts of the actual system, then you'll see other "fintech" start up with Defi as the background from the start. Alts as penny stocks are dead, but as AI data harvesting gets more intense I think we will see people start to demand ways to benefit from the scraping, that was the real goal, to give the user and creator a way of eliminating third-party platforms, the users data get skimmed the user gets tokens, tokens can be used to buy more of the service the more you use it the more tokens you get and if you have more than you need you could sell them off to people who needed more or wanted to get started. It was "tokens" like a token at an arcade, or how people talk about AI tokens now... We were supposed to get those tokens, sure cash would be nice but cash wasn't available, and since people rejected the tokens the info is just scalped for free and we get nothing because web2 still reigns supreme. We really needed AI to come about along with web3... Now ai is going to be concentrated underneath ownership of web2... And that means we get to spread our cheeks until we force the change again. Covid let us finally admit that it was worth trying ... People got greedy, lost their security and are afraid again, so we won't see that attempt until that shifts imo.

Cultural-Candy3219

I’d avoid a single price target and think in ranges. Worst realistic case is not literally zero, it is ETH becoming mostly settlement plumbing while L2s and apps capture the user value and ETH underperforms what people expected. Best case is ETH becomes the neutral settlement and collateral asset behind a lot of tokenized finance, with staking, ETF demand, and blob usage finally making the economics obvious again. The thing I’d watch is whether fees and data availability demand actually scale with app usage. If users move to L2s but ETH holders do not capture much of that activity, the tech can win while the token trade stays frustrating.

counterboy12

ETH has a horrible infrastructure and scalability architecture. Layer 2s are workarounds, not the solution

Potatotornado20

Just follow the 4yr cycle and go all in on Bitcoin and blue chip alts (ETH, SOL, DOGE) on Nov 19 this year, then sell everything on Aug 15, 2029.

jeremiahcp

At some point, BTC will likely turn bullish again, and when it does, it will probably pull much of the broader crypto market up with it. If BTC pushes past $120k again, ETH will likely reclaim $4k+ as well. For those two assets, the main question is less about whether they recover and more about when. The broader altcoin market is different. Many altcoins face both a when question and an if question, because some may never survive the next cycle.

account009988

Scalability issues are a first world problem. Cause people actually USE ETH

Cultural-Candy3219

The XRP comparison feels too simple to me. ETH underperforming ETH/BTC is real, but the reasons are different: L2 fee leakage, weaker fee burn, uncertainty around value capture, and investors chasing cleaner narratives elsewhere. XRP had a very different overhang and then a very different reflexive catch-up trade. For ETH I’d watch whether mainnet fees and blob demand recover, whether L2 activity actually feeds value back to ETH, and whether ETF or staking flows improve relative to BTC. If those stay weak, ETH can keep looking heavy even while developers keep building on the stack. So yeah, it can lag for longer than people expect, but “new XRP” probably hides more than it explains.

GreedVault

does your definition of alts include ETH?

Neither-Respond6697

ETH will eventually go down, Layer 2s are just unsustainable workarounds 

Django_McFly

People saying the bull sucked loaded up on absolute dog shit or didn't start buying until BTC was like $115k. Solana was like $10 at one point. It hit $300. ETH super underperformed but it still went from $900 to almost $5k in like two years. Crypto is the only place where a 5 to 10 X in two years is seen as a *dead market with no gains*

Comprehensive_Cap_27

Alt coins can have their own protocol fees that are separate from metamask. These can be for various reasons, some comics take 5% of every transaction These will filter into another wallet as part of the protocol funds. Tell me what coin you traded and then I can show you where and how you were effected. Yes I understand it's on the ETH network but you clearly don't know enough about crypto to understand what I'm saying so I'll send screenshots. What coin did you trade for ?

Ok_Freedom3290

If you look at the raw data, the capital rotation is definitely bypassing ETH right now. We track institutional flow and relative momentum z-scores across the top 50 assets. While BTC is absorbing ETF inflows and SOL is capturing retail/meme velocity, ETH is sitting in a 'compression' regime. Our models currently heavily penalize ETH longs because its correlation to BTC has decoupled negatively during trend-continuation days. It's not necessarily 'dead' like XRP was for years, but from a purely quantitative standpoint, the opportunity cost of holding ETH right now is massive compared to the momentum leaders.

brianmonarch

XRP has outperformed ETH over the last couple years. And that’s a fact.

oopssomething

Hope the FED will fix the manipulation on ETH. How can it still be over $2k?

account009988

ETH is ETH, biggest, most used, most utility alt coin in thr market. No other alt even comes close.

Dongerated

It’s on ETH. And token has no tax. It went to one of metamask’s swap wallets or their partners

GeoSystemsDeveloper

**Daily crypto TL;DR – May 23, 2026** * ⚠️ The total crypto market cap declined 2.4-2.6% on May 23, pulling BTC and ETH down amid broader risk-off sentiment. * ⚠️ Federal Reserve's cautious stance and persistent inflation keep US yields high, pressuring crypto market liquidity. * 🚀 Altcoins like HYPE, NEAR, and ONDO surged significantly, driven by protocol upgrades, AI narratives, and RWA tokenization. * ℹ️ The Fear & Greed Index is at 40 (Neutral), but high BTC social comment ratios historically suggest a short-term price pullback. *News summary from the* [*HODLings app*](https://www.geosystemsdev.com/products/hodlings/)*.*

rudecilantro

It is possible to swap BTC to ETH with [https://flips.fi/](https://flips.fi/), however, wBTC is custodial. Just select Bitcoin > Ethereum, click and swap. It takes seconds and it's fully decentralized.

jeremiahcp

If you bought BTC or ETH just wait it out. If you bought a shitcoin and didn't sell, well that was dumb.

its__Angelina

requested an ETH withdrawal from BitMart while on a quick break at work and when I got back it was already confirmed. love not having to babysit crypto transfers all day.

HazyMclazy24

It is possible to swap BTC to ETH with [https://flips.fi/](https://flips.fi/), however, wBTC is custodial. Just select Bitcoin > Ethereum, click and swap. It takes seconds and it's fully decentralized.

oopssomething

Last chance to sell ETH above 2k. Road to triple digits speeding up.

Traditional_Chain_48

Which fucking cycle? As if it is predicted that it goes up. Look at the fucking charts. Only BTC and ETH went up and down. All the others including DOGE and XRP had one hopium pump from Trump's election and from the rest it is flat with a sharp decline in the beginning.  Tell us you are a grifter without telling us that you are a grifter.  Keep hoping with your clarity act, but remember the rest of the world already has a clarity act. 

magnelectro

Interesting... Of the ones you mentioned, are you ranking them in that order with ETH on top?

tornavec

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Active-Rope9301

I don’t own all of these (unfortunately) but I think the only truly valuable projects are BTC/ETH/SOL/HYPE/TAO. Everything else is trash. Retail isn’t coming back if all the speculation is going to AI stocks and their relatives. The five I mentioned serve enough important functions to get institutional participation regardless of retail’s disappearance.

cryptOwOcurrency

I sold over half my ETH at the tops in ‘21 and ‘25. Invested it all in stocks and real estate. Class of 2012. If I were dumb enough to share my net worth online, you’d probably cry. Cope.

SpontaneousDream

[https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/ETHBTC/?timeframe=ALL](https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/ETHBTC/?timeframe=ALL) Such a trainwreck, right guys!? I actually love that there are still fools out there like you. You are literally the liquidity for my ratio short. I lend BTC, borrow ETH, then sell that ETH to you. So thanks for giving me money lmfao

SpontaneousDream

I love how you just keep repeating this year after year, yet nothing ever happens, because nothing ever will, because idiots who spout this FUD lack a basic understanding of how mining and security works. This is like..."Bitcoin destroys the environment!!" level FUD. Come on man, at least come up with something that's actually convincing lmfao. You are really going to go down with the ship though, huh? At what ratio will you sell you ETH and take the L?

seductiveaxolotl

I guess drumpf is trying to bring ETH down to 1776 for patriotic reasons 

LTP-N

You're thick as fuck and painfully insecure. Can't come up with any rational counter-points, and think acting superior will "win". A recycled internet catchphrase is the perfect ending to an argument that lacked any original thought. When basic economics dismantles your premise, falling back on a scripted crypto meme is all you have left. Thank you for proving my point entirely. I very much likely own more BTC (ETH, ZEC, and XTZ as well) than you ever will. I also have a PhD so have a pretty well paid and cushty job. I'm FAR from poor, and you're going to pretend like you don't care, but you're gonna think about this comment and discussion more than you'll let on.

its__Angelina

was hesitant about BitMart at first since I hadn’t heard much about it. but after doing multiple withdrawals of BTC and ETH in the last 6 months, I’m pretty happy. it’s been seamless and feels trustworthy now.

Longjumping-Bug5763

How much would he have if he had bought ETH 9 years ago?

GeoSystemsDeveloper

**Daily crypto TL;DR:** * ⚠️ BTC & ETH dipped slightly, with the Fear & Greed Index at 28. * ⚠️ Bitcoin & Ethereum spot ETFs saw continued net outflows on May 21. * 🚀 US-Iran peace talks show progress, potentially easing global risk. * 🚀 US executive order and Clarity Act boost bank crypto adoption. * ℹ️ Select altcoins like NEAR, HYPE, MNT, and WLD rallied. *News summary from the* [*HODLings app*](https://www.geosystemsdev.com/products/hodlings/)*.*

DBRiMatt

Goddammit. I knew it was DONUT and MOON keeping ETH afloat.... /s

vulcanplayz

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Impressive-Bug-1852

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Numerous_Ruin_4947

See this: HYPE in Circulation: 29.9% (High Risk) Circulating Supply: 298.68 million HYPE Total Supply: 999.22 million HYPE Max Supply: 1.00 billion HYPE HYPE is still fairly new and is up about 77% since launching in late 2024. Yes, that means it may still have a lot more upside. But it also means massive pullbacks are still on the table. Every major crypto has gone through brutal crashes at some point - BTC, ETH, SOL, ADA, DOGE, ZEC, and plenty more. HYPE will not be immune. Pullbacks are part of the game, especially with newer assets that have not been fully stress-tested yet. How many times have we seen this same story? People convince themselves it is the next Bitcoin or Ethereum and destined for the moon. Then you actually look at the tokenomics and go: “WTF?” Tiny circulating supply, massive future dilution, insider allocations, unlock schedules everywhere. We have seen this movie so many times in crypto.

Numerous_Ruin_4947

ETH marketing has sucked. That is literally why I made the thread. “World Computer” never hit the spot like “digital gold” did. Some ideas, since we need to onboard meatheads like you - u/SpontaneousDream: **ΞTH is the RΞAL Digital Gold** **Ethereum - Digital Gold & Diamonds With Yield** **BTC maxis act like Bitcoin never borrows narratives. NFTs, smart contracts, DeFi-ish stuff, and now fake yield through Saylor leverage games.** BTC had the easy lane for years. ETH holders have been through the grinder. I would not get too cocky inviting karma.

SpontaneousDream

r/ethereum can't even come up with a slogan to shill their shitcoin. These idiots don't even understand what they are holding lmfao. See below >Ethereum’s problem is that its slogans usually explain technology instead of why someone should want to hold the asset. >Maybe the pitch needs to be simpler: >BTC is digital gold. ETH is digital gold with an engine. >Or: >ETH combines the scarcity of gold with the utility of oil. >Or: >ETH is productive digital gold - an asset you can hold, stake, and earn yield on while it powers a digital economy. >That hits much harder IMO than “world computer.” >Any other ideas?

SpontaneousDream

This sub is peak sheeple. They will downvote hype all the time and then buy the top when it flips ETH

SpontaneousDream

I think this is why people have been leaving- the ETH is drying up. No more hundred thousand dollar monthly salaries

whatwilly0ubuild

Emission-based yield collapse is structural, not accidental. The math is simple: you're being paid in a token whose primary demand comes from other farmers wanting to earn more of the same token. That's circular. Eventually the supply of new farmers runs out, the marginal buyer disappears, and the token falls. The APY was always an illusion denominated in a depreciating asset. Fee-based "real yield" is theoretically more sustainable because the yield comes from actual economic activity rather than token inflation. If a protocol generates trading fees and distributes them in BTC or stablecoins, that yield has a floor based on real usage rather than speculation. The catch with real yield protocols. The yield is only as good as the fee revenue, which depends on sustained usage of whatever underlying service generates those fees. A DEX paying fees in ETH is sustainable if people keep trading on it. If volume dies, so does the yield. You've replaced "will the token price hold" with "will usage hold" as your risk factor. That's better but not risk-free. What to evaluate for any "real yield" claim. What's the actual source of the fees? Is the volume organic or incentivized? What's the yield as a percentage of TVL versus the actual fee generation? If the math doesn't work (protocol generates $100k in fees but pays $500k in "yield"), the difference is still coming from somewhere unsustainable. I don't know the specific protocol you mentioned well enough to evaluate their claims, but those are the questions that separate real sustainability from repackaged emissions.

Blackiris-Code

I didn't even know about Rabby's existance until now. I just looked at what it is and... I like it! It can still disguise itself as MetaMask. That's now my default ETH wallet. MetaMask uninstalled 😁 Thanks for the info!

Embarrassed-Bid-5146

ETH

Capable-Hedgehog291

been using BitMart for about 9 months and every withdrawal I’ve done has been hassle free. whether BTC, ETH, or ADA, it’s always fast. don’t see what the fuss is about with the complaints.

Aerocryptic

The Bankless guys sold all their ETH 5 years ago they pushed so hard on the ultrasound money narrative 😆 Next crypto they shill, you know what to do

FriendsMade_MeDoIt

I feel like every time someone important leaves a crypto project people instantly jump to “it’s over” or “secret pivot incoming.” Sometimes it really is just burnout or wanting to build something new after years in the same ecosystem. From the outside Ethereum feels less like a single company now and more like a giant group project. The Foundation matters, but a lot of the momentum is coming from L2 teams, infra devs, researchers, and even random open source contributors spread everywhere. A few friends in my crypto circles are actually more interested in stablecoin rails and AI payment stuff lately than ETH itself, so I can kinda see why priorities might shift too. Still think clearer communication would help though. Crypto fills silence with conspiracy theories immediately.

Neither_Chicken_3679

been using BitMart for about 8 months and really like how fast withdrawals are. moved ETH and BTC out a few times, never had to wait more than 15 minutes. honestly, I appreciate the simplicity and speed.

Available_Win5204

Have you noticed how many pathetic third-worlder slop farmers (like OP) try to pump BTC and shit on ETH?

GrumpCatastrophe

I bought $7k of ETH in 2021 at the highest it ever was. If it peaks again like it did last year I am just pulling out and putting it in stocks. I have no more patience.

MiaTaude589

ETH and BTC I'm honestly fine with. been holding since 2021, not trading it. the question I ask myself is not when will it moon but would I be OK holding this for 5 more years and the answer is yes. XRP I'd never touch, no real use case I can see outside speculation. alts are where the bag holding gets sad ngl

Agreeable-Sleep-1589

I just buying buying buying as I have been for 5 years now. What I need to to actually sell with next cycle. I have held and held and added and added. I may have been better off in a stock but that's not productive thinking I would have chosen one of the best stocks of the decade to go all in on. When, not if BTC and ETH run up and hit new ATH.. If I sell and don't get greedy I will be very happy with what I walk away with.

samkb93

ETH. Everyone is saying it's dead, David Hoffman sold, definitely a bottom signal.

Suspicious-Can-7079

Never go full regard dude put 60million in a leveraged offshoot of an already leveraged stock that tracks a notoriously volatile ETH.

Key-Natural-8688

The only way to win in crypto markets is to view your investment like you would with your poops. When you look at your poop in the toilet, you have no emotional attachment to it, but you recognize the benefit of it coming out of you. Crypto is the same way, you should be detached from it all and realize they are inherently worthless outside of BTC, ETH, and a few others. Then you can learn to profit and exit at the right times.

Glass_Look_959

And this is news? This is a known fact. I bought puts on ETH etfs when I read the news of large whale movements 3 weeks ago.

dmx442

> Combine this with the ability to use digital assets like BTC, ZEC, ETH, USDT, etc. as collateral in banks and we will see an explosion of trillions of dollars in market cap across the board. Initiate **ZE DUMP!**

ElsaKiras

Yeah, it’s structural. The emission yield is nothing more than the protocol printing its own token and naming it APY, which pays you in the asset that gets diluted; and when new buyers start to slow down, prices go down and your yield becomes negative. Early yield farmers sell out on the later ones; it always ends the same way. Real yield (fees in BTC/ETH/stables) is better because the protocol pays you through its earnings, which aren’t subject to dilution. However, it can only work if the protocol generates genuine activity. Many projects claiming they have real yields use synthetic volumes to boost the numbers. A sustainable model involves real users generating fees for the protocol without any inflationary assets. Aave, GMX, and Lido-like protocols come close to this idea. Can't speak on Seasons specifically, just check if the fee volume is actually organic or incentivised

Aerocryptic

>How long did it take ETH to transition to DPoS? DPOS? My god, it's POS

SeriousGains

I’m not saying there’s more developers building in TRON, but the features of the chain advance more quickly and that’s been a boon to the ecosystem. That shouldn’t even be a debate. How long did it take ETH to transition to DPoS? I don’t believe for a second it wasn’t in large part to how successful a model it was for the competition, namely TRON. The yield on TRON is really unmatched at the moment too. I’m getting 21% APY, that’s without touching bullshit like liquidity pools. Until you understand the mechanics behind energy delegation and the reselling market on TRON, you’ll never understand why ETH can’t compete.

SeriousGains

Alt coins in general are terrible, absolutely abysmal. Would never touch them. TRON no longer qualifies in that category though. The market is too mature for ETH to remain untouchable.

SeriousGains

Cope? What are you talking about? Everyone who’s invested in TRON is rolling in money. No one cares if you want to invest in your beloved and “virtuous” ETH. I’m just stating facts.

SeriousGains

Eating into its marketshare and utility? Absolutely. TRON has been upgraded many, many times since launching. I’m not going to bother looking up the version they’re on, but the features no longer resemble Ethereum at all. ETH has been stuck in governance hell. It’s like the US trying to compete with China on AI. Your first mover advantage will only help you for so long.

mashem

Maybe cashing out some ETH and quitting their day jobs lol

CrazyAppel

u got sandwiched by a MEV bot. 1. bot sees u make sell order 2. bot instantly makes same order but puts gas fees way higher 3. because of this wOCT price drops 4. your transaction goes through on much lower price (10-15% loss) 5. bot buys back the wOCT and pockets your loss Although yes, you got attacked, and it's not REALLY a slippage/liquidity issue, but it IS relevant. The only reason this MEV bot was able to do this is because it knew there wouldnt be any other transactions happening during this time. You can only assume this risk if the coin has low liquidity. In the end, the issue is with you, YOU decided to swap from wOCT to USDT instead of manually making multiple swaps from wOCT to ETH to TRX to USDT. You may claim that it was an attack and not your fault, but I can also claim you are lazy and risked so much to save some time...

UnitedAd8949

keeping your private keys secure is probably the most important one, honestly. I also made it a habit early on to put idle ETH to work instead of just holding it, things like liquid staking through etherfi let you earn yield while still keeping custody of your keys, which fits right in with that self-custody mindset you mentioned..

Responsible-Pay-6763

Bro BTC, ETH, SOL and POLY Worst thing to hold is USDT - 20-30% stables BTC i am accumulating, no idea what will happen. Wintermute just said btc is way high Not sure this is dump plan or what but i l stay careful I still think 45k-50k btc is in book Maybe when USA ground invades IRAN?

Significant-Spite195

Bitcoin still went from 60k to 81k and ETH also moved up so I don’t think crypto is “dead.” Maybe the crazy easy money days are gone, but crypto will probably stay like tech stocks bigger, slower, and more mature over time.

BitcoinArtMagazine

Here’s Grok’s answer… “How many NFT’s of all the NFT’s ever created are currently worthless?” Roughly 95% (or higher) of NFTs are currently worthless or effectively dead. uk.finance.yahoo.com en.wikipedia.org Key Data • Collections level: Multiple analyses (including the influential 2023 dappGambl report, updated in later coverage through 2025–2026) found that ~95–96% of NFT collections have zero or near-zero market value, no trading activity, no sales, and no community engagement. uk.finance.yahoo.com trakx.io colexion.io • Example: Out of 73,257 collections analyzed, ~69,795 (95%) had a market cap of 0 ETH. en.wikipedia.org • Later reports (2025–2026) cite 96% dead collections, with only a tiny fraction (e.g., top 3–6 collections) holding meaningful volume. earnpark.com • Individual NFTs: The percentage is comparably high because most NFTs exist within dead collections. Tens of millions to hundreds of millions of individual NFTs have been minted across Ethereum, Solana, and other chains (exact totals are hard to pinpoint due to spam/low-effort mints and multiple blockchains, but billions in cumulative supply exist when including all variants). The vast majority trade at zero liquidity, with no bids or recent sales. webopedia.com • 79% of collections have remained largely unsold. en.wikipedia.org • Even in “active” collections, only single-digit percentages of supply often see real trading. kucoin.com Context and Caveats • Total NFTs ever created: No single authoritative count exists (estimates range from tens of millions tracked to far higher with unlisted/spam mints). Identity/gaming NFTs alone reached ~12 million by 2026, but this is a fraction of the total. colexion.io fortunly.com • Worthless definition: Zero floor price, no liquidity, abandoned projects, rugs, or spam with no utility/sales. A small elite (e.g., CryptoPunks, BAYC, select gaming/utility NFTs) retains value, capturing most remaining market cap (~$1.8–5.6B total NFT market in 2026). coingecko.com • The market peaked in 2021–2022 (~$17–25B volume) but collapsed sharply; 2025 volumes were down dramatically, with most activity concentrated in a handful of projects. dappradar.com In short, the NFT space mirrors the broader crypto token churn: extreme oversupply, hype-driven launches, and massive failure rates. A tiny percentage holds nearly all value and activity. Always DYOR—most individual NFTs have negligible or zero resale potential today.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Glyzzza_

BTC, ETH, SOL and some stablecoins

Glyzzza_

Solid setup for DCA. BTC/ETH heavy is good for lower risk, then keep the 10% for carefully picked alts with real utility.

piggleii

Well, I mean, even Vitalik panic-sold ETH at the bottom.

kirakirazeno

I honestly think part of it is cultural too. Imo BTC feels more like a macro asset now, so a lot of participants wait for confirmation and broader momentum before reacting. ETH on the other hand still feels more tied to anticipation, narratives and positioning early around ecosystem activity. So the trading behavior ends up reflecting the psychology around each asset, not just the charts themselves.

Toshoshi0x0

Naw big dawg keep holding. So many times I gave up in the middle of the bear. Done it multiple cycles. Not doing it this time. Missed ETH, sidelined on Defi and NFT(thank god I didn’t get into NFT), then got into the Solana trenches towards the tail end of the bull. Staying locked in this time.

matedalmata

OG stack: BTC, ETH, XMR. DeFi: UNI IMF All or nothing PBAs: OG $mcdc on SOL $BUSINESS on ETH

SpontaneousDream

Even Justin Drake, one of the most delusional ETHtards, has abandoned ETH. His X profile now reads "Bitcoin security researcher" Meanwhile EF is dropping like flies. You can't make this up lmfao r/ethereum on suicide watch

Dry_Corgi9590

ETH is bleeding against BTC because the "ultra sound money" narrative died. The merge didn't fix demand. L2s are fragmenting liquidity. And tokenization mostly happens on permissioned chains or Ethereum L1 but institutions don't want to pay $5+ gas fees. The CLARITY Act helps clarity, not price. It doesn't make ETH more valuable. It just tells you who regulates it. Truth is ETH is still fine. It's just not outperforming anymore. The 2021 days of flipping BTC are done. Lower your expectations.

Scared-Metal9294

What’s the reason behind ETH bleeding against BTC? ETH/BTC ratio continues to get worse, but I thought clarity act passing (potentially), RWA, tokenization etc would lift ETHs share price? It’s been a dud in my portfolio btw

SeriousGains

Tom Lee says ETH to 60k. That should tell you everything you need to know.

No-Masterpiece2246

I didn't know that but looks like on Jan 25, 2025 the SOL fees did indeed spike. [https://solana.messari.io/network-metrics?timeframe=3y](https://solana.messari.io/network-metrics?timeframe=3y) Still nothing like the retarded BTC fees, and ETH has gotten super expensive a number of times too. I suppose that's why we should be glad there are so many options for crypto payments.

Dry_Corgi9590

If you're waiting for a good entry, you're not really DCA'ing. DCA means buying on a schedule no matter the price. Timing the market is the opposite. That said, your split is fine. 40% BTC, 30% ETH, 20% SOL is solid. Very standard. Tron though? Hard pass. That's a nostalgia pick. There are better alts with actual activity. Look at something like Hype, Render, or just skip the 10% alt bet entirely and put it into BTC. One thing though. ETH has been bleeding against BTC for years. Not saying dump it, but don't expect it to outperform. Most of this sub is still holding on to 2021 thinking.

whatwilly0ubuild

The macro read is reasonable but I'd push back on treating the "Fed pivot trade is dead" framing as conclusive. Markets have swung between "cuts are imminent" and "cuts are never coming" multiple times in this cycle. The positioning gets extreme in both directions and then data surprises the other way. What the liquidation data actually tells you. The 527M in longs getting wiped means leveraged positioning got ahead of itself around the 80k level. That's mechanical. It doesn't tell you whether the underlying demand (your ETF inflow point, the LTH supply lock) supports higher prices eventually or not. The ETH rotation thesis. Jane Street moving from BTC to ETH is one data point from one firm. The ratio chart looking like 2021 is pattern matching that works until it doesn't. The actual catalyst question for ETH outperformance is what drives new flows into ETH specifically. Staking yield in ETH ETFs would be a real catalyst. "The chart looks similar" is not. The honest answer to your question. Nobody knows if this is a shakeout before 90k or the start of a correction to 65k. The macro data you cited supports caution. The flow data you cited supports continued institutional interest. Both things can be true, and the resolution depends on future data prints that haven't happened yet.

suckyuhhmada

DCA into BTC/ETH/SOL is a solid foundation — that 40/30/20 split is pretty standard for anyone balancing stability with some upside. For the altcoin 10%, I'd probably pick 1-2 with genuine utility rather than spreading thin across several. Execution matters too: fwiw, BitMart has a recurring buy feature that makes scheduled entries easy without having to babysit the chart.

Drumroll-PH

I think part of the old rotation framework is getting distorted because institutional money entering through ETFs mostly flows into BTC first and doesn’t naturally spill into alts the way retail driven cycles used to. ETH also feels stuck in an awkward middle position where it’s too large and established to behave like a high beta alt, but still not attracting the same passive conviction flows as BTC. It honestly does feel like rotation trades are getting crowded earlier now, which turns a lot of expected momentum into liquidity exits before trends fully develop.

LiquidityCompass

DCA is fine, but macro liquidity matters a lot in crypto. When money is flowing into the market, BTC usually runs first. ETH and alts often follow later when risk appetite increases. I’d stay heavier in BTC until alts start showing relative strength again.

SeriousGains

Tells you exactly how much potential TRON has and how far ETH has potential to fall.

otetmarkets

If I had to pick just one to hold through the rest of 2026, it’s BTC. I keep a smaller ETH position too, but BTC is the one I’m most comfortable sleeping on.

duracellchipmunk

Should be noted based on OP post history - the guy HATES ETH

chortogrower

And has more outages in a year then ETH had since the day it was created 

SeriousGains

ETH is in a death spiral. Too much competition. Just look at TRON’s performance. It’s no secret anymore.

InvestaHepps

Yeah this feels more like a liquidity and positioning issue stacking together rather than one isolated headline event. Yields rising definitely changes the competition for capital, but the interesting part to me is crypto also still hasn’t repaired internally underneath that pressure. ETF flows have been weak, BTC dominance is still elevated, ETH/BTC still hasn’t really recovered, and open interest keeps falling with price instead of expanding aggressively. That usually feels more like a market reducing exposure and trying to stabilise than a true panic breakdown. The part I’m watching now is whether liquidity that’s showing up in stablecoins actually starts translating into structure again. Right now it still kind of feels stuck underneath the surface.

Fit-Poet6736

ETH and NEXO all the way this year

Prnce_Chrmin

Maybe you will learn a new word some day besides "ETH outflows"! Besides, ETH has always been a shitcoin ever since it dumped from $1400 to $75. Was nice to buy it from $0.25 to $10 tho back in the day.

Important_Neck_2122

In crypto, you must do your own research before purchasing. Look in the utility (usage) of the coin. Meme coins are just purchasing for hype and you cannot use them for anything. BTC is for sending money or store of value. ETH is the computer rails that many systems run off of (the stock market will be using ETH soon). XRP is a low cost payment system as well, but will never reach the height of BTC, because, there will ever only be 21 million BTC where as XRP is releasing hundreds of thousands of token monthly, so the value will never sky rocket like everyone thinks, due to the # of shares released divided by the market cap of the asset. I wouldn't purchase any other cryptos myself besides these few. Good luck!!