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LINK the world 🌎

DoctorMario1000

I’ve been in a coma since 2021, ADA and LINK to the moon am I right ??! /s

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BOTH LINK & AVAX have awful tokenomics (ie large supplies with millions / billions still to be released) = constant inflation, & diminished returns, much better just sticking with BTC.

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Alts are a way for developers, memecoin developers, whoever, to get access to cheap BTC when people buy their tokens they can use this liquidity to secure more BTC. I'm convinced that it is literally the only reason why alts exist. They are nothing special, do nothing special, apart from a few outliers like LINK, HBAR, and ETH, the rest don't seem to offer anything. LINK and HBAR have this peculiar problem whereby developers can dump/unlock tokens and release them, screwing up the price action and leaving investors scratching their heads. Just stick to BTC. No more headaches then. More profitable, less stress, simple to store, you don't have to worry about silly "transitions" or staking or other crap. Just make it easy on yourself and win.

Morningrise22

Aside from the obvious two HBAR, DOVU (big time) AAVE, LINK You're welcome

RatherCynical

The category of cryptocurrency that Avalanche belongs to **hosts** all the Apps. The category of cryptocurrency that LINK belongs to **feeds the data** to the Apps. They are not "better than" one another, they have distinct functions. But if you want an investment thesis, I would stay away from both. Avalanche leans heavily on Decentralised Finance providing 5-8% yield, but nobody gives a single crap when you can get 4% from Bank of America or JP Morgan.

-GrizZz-

BTC, ETH, LINK, SOL. Honorable mention, Hbar.

Distinct-Thanks-6477

30% in Stablecoins, 30% in BTC and the rest in ETH, LINK, TAO, RENDER, and AIOZ. I stay on the side of proper fundamentals.

biba8163

**Crypto ETF(s) Volume on 1st Day of Trading** | ETF(s) | Volume | |:-----------|------------:| | BTC | $4.5 Billion | ETH | $1 Billion | XRP | $59 Million | SOL | $55 Million | LINK | $13.81 Million | HBAR | $8.5 Million | LTC | $1.5 Million

OccasionalXerophile

LINK ETF announced, chart looking primed for lift off

joshatron

Is that why it’s up 15%? I’m balls deep in LINK

OccasionalXerophile

Turbo bullish on LINK

CaptainRelevant

Is this because every time there’s good news for XRP, someone jumps in and shills LINK?

Rare_Rich6713

Honestly you’re not alone l a lot of people who started accumulating in 2022–2023 are feeling the same thing right now. What you’re experiencing is just the classic mid-cycle chop where BTC cools off, alts bleed, and everyone starts questioning the whole strategy. SOL, LINK, TAO, TRAC, PENDLE, AVAX, SUI that’s a legit list of high-conviction alts. and I think you should add some XMN too. None of those are dead projects

wintomato

BTC is definitely the long-term, steady up-trend pick, but altcoins aren’t completely pointless. They just behave differently. Bitcoin acts like “digital gold,” while things like ETH, LINK, HBAR, etc. move in cycles based on hype, upgrades, and adoption. They don’t climb as cleanly, but when they do move, they tend to move harder. So yeah, if you’re looking for slow, reliable growth, BTC is hard to beat. If you’re looking for potential bigger swings (good or bad), alts still have a place. it just depends on your risk tolerance. There isn’t really a “wrong” answer, just different goals.

Dapper_Addition_3837

I hear you loud and clear—it's easy to stare at those bleeding charts and feel like the party's over, but zoom out, and the fundamentals are screaming "not even close." Crypto's always been a marathon of building through the noise, and these alts you're highlighting? They're not just surviving; they're laying tracks for the next leg up. Let's break it down quick, because yeah, the long game looks bullish as hell.Chainlink's basically the unsung hero gluing TradFi to blockchain. Their Sibos 2025 announcements with Swift, DTCC, Euroclear, UBS, and a whole squad of 24 heavyweights on corporate actions processing? That's not hype—it's solving a $58B annual headache with oracles, AI, and onchain data flows. Banks aren't dipping toes anymore; they're diving in, and LINK's the bridge. Charts might dip, but partnerships like that don't vanish in a bear market.Cosmos? IBC's evolution is pure fire for interoperability without the middleman BS. That EVM connection via IBC isn't some half-baked hack—it's live and scaling, with Cosmos EVM now packing parallel execution, mempool-level IBC compatibility, and hooks into Ethereum L2s like Base. Sovereign EVM Day in Cannes this year showed XRP, TON, and even Telegram apps bridging over native IBC—millions of users unlocking multichain without centralized gatekeepers. If alts need a "real bridge," this is it. ATOM's primed for that coordination-layer glow-up.Ondo Finance is straight-up tokenizing the boring-but-bankable stuff TradFi hoards. Their $250M Catalyst fund with Pantera Capital, dropping into RWA infra? That's fuel for bonds, stocks, and real estate going onchain, with BlackRock's BUIDL already backing OUSG for instant settlements (they shifted $95M+ there earlier this year). Larry Fink's calling tokenization "the next step," and Ondo's riding that wave with daily-yield rOUSG tokens. RWAs aren't a fad; they're the on-ramp for institutions tired of T+2 delays.Solana's the revenue beast proving L1s can actually make money without choking on fees. Q1 2025 alone? $369.5M—163% YoY jump, smoking Ethereum's $220.8M. Full-year run-rate hit $2.85B through September, with Jito tips and memecoin launchpads (shoutout Pump.fun's $475M haul) driving 55%+ of it. ETFs launched in October pulled $380M inflows in weeks— that's institutional validation for a chain handling real activity without the gas wars. SOL's not just fast; it's profitable.And Sphinx Protocol? Underdog alert—this one's tailor-made for plebs craving commodity plays without the exchange overlords. Built on its own permissioned L1, it's slinging 24/7 perps, futures, and options on oil, gas, electricity with atomic settlement, cross-margining (freeing 99% capital via BTC/stablecoin pairs), and fees slashed 90%. No more T+2 lockups or counterparty roulette; it's onchain efficiency for energy derivatives that could hedge real-world volatility. If RWAs explode, Sphinx is the DeFi gateway for normies dipping into gas/oil without a broker.You're spot on: these aren't centralized vaporware—they're decentralized machines built to outlast the hype cycles, just like BTC did. Sentiment on X echoes it too—folks calling out the Dec 1 bloodbath as rebalancing noise, with alts eyeing recovery once BTC dom stalls and USDT dom rejects higher. Blink, and we're in perma-uptrend mode again. HODL the vision, my friend—2026's gonna reward the builders.

cryptolipto

We will see how it plays out. So far I am seeing about equal private L1 chains and public L2 chains built on Ethereum I think privacy and compliance is going to be a huge factor in the choice This is where chainlinks Automated Compliance Engine comes into play, as well as Confidential Compute (not yet released) https://x.com/chainlink/status/1989470147107578118?s=46 The EIL looks to be headed in a similar direction but CRE is currently a ways ahead as it’s already in production. I say this as my top two holdings are ETH then LINK, in that order

biba8163

By the way, LINK Bagholders - NYSE parent is investing $2 Billion in Polymarket because of prediction market data and wanting to bring prediction markets themselves to the NYSE. Now show me: - How much NYSE parent has invested in LINK? I'll tell you: - NOTHING What actually happens is ScamLINK actually pays NYSE and whoever it partners with to pull their data to feed ScamLINK Oracles. Of course, vast majority of the ScamLINK data feeds that they paid for is never used except crypto price feeds by DeFi Casinos. Hocus Pocus. Your money is gone.

Rare_Rich6713

I’m not selling XMN and SUI, but is it wise buying LINK?

Vivid_Ad_7348

Tbh I did not take my crypto as seriously as I should have; I was doing that but after holding LINK for few years I did it like this—> bought it at 6,7e first time, than when price doubled I sold 50% of my LINK and rebought it when it dropped again to 7e-ish. Problem is cuz I did that for like 2 or 3 times in 2.5 years, and my average buy price is pretty bad-its higher than most of the current prices of my coins (this goes for all my coins not only LINK).

noviwu97

> SOL, LINK, TAO, TRAC, PENDLE, AVAX and SUI If you sell all of them and then the price is down 20%, would you buy back the same amount? If no, then you already lost conviction on those, just sell them now.

nugymmer

Bitcoin is a very, very, very promising store of value (SOV). Chainlink is not an SOV, even though technically it could be considered one. But it would take one heck of a black swan event for LINK to be considered an SOV. Maybe if all market makers, and all trading institutions started using LINK to secure realtime data feeds. Are we seeing that? Also, do the developers still hold a massive number of tokens relative to the circulating supply? Check, yes, they do.

nugymmer

No, the useful crypto was...just not that attractive for a very specific reason. It explains why SOL went up so much, but LINK didn't. It also explains why HBAR didn't either. The market READS into these cryptos, they will SEE that the developers hold a LOT of tokens, and they will realise that there is going to be a ceiling on the price (but sadly, no floor, as we all know and understand). The market KNOWS. Markets are actually smarter than most people realise, because markets are literally...people...people who think, feel and have knowledge and experience about stuff where money can be made - including alt coins. They know that the price upside potential on stuff like LINK and HBAR is capped until either an absolutely monstrous black swan event occurs or until the developers release and unlock all the tokens. They are not going to do that, obviously, so the price will stagnate until it happens. Or not. It's why my next foray into crypto is going to be solely BTC and nothing else, because, once again, the market KNOWS that BTC is SCARCE. Very, very scarce. 21m coins, probably several million that are out of circulation, so the real figure could be 17 or 18m...that's not a lot of coins. That's a scarce asset. And the market...well, it simply knows. And it responds accordingly. And I'm part of that market that will be buying once I am satisfied that we are not going to see any more downward pressure, and will start DCA even before that, because I know trying to time things never works unless you are lucky.

nugymmer

token not going up...why...the developers hold shit tons of it and dump it at predetermined points. The market reads this shit and knows what to do. The smart ones who made money from LINK knew these machinations and bought and sold at the right time. Buy low...sell high...can't be any simpeler than that.

rowdycoffee

My favorites are as follows: Hedera HBAR - hashgraph tech is superior. Chainlink LINK VeChain VET Stellar XLM XRP- but this coin has a short leash for me. I am not sold on its complete blockchain capability, but it is popular. Quant QNT JASMY is risky but has high reward potential. I am sure there are other great projects, and this is not financial advice. We are still early, and there is no guarantee that any of these get mass adoption.

Distinct-Thanks-6477

BITCOIN, ETHEREUM, LINK, AIOZ NETWORK, SOLANA. These are some of the projects i fancy long term.

dutch_85

Obviously BTC, along with actual utility tokens such as ETH, AMP, LINK, etc.

Mulvita43

Btc, eth, LINK, hbar and SOL

Aromatic-Ad7987

LINK - is the safest bet as its already working with almost every other leading crypto now. Hbar - Too many applications to fail. The Tech is just better

Excellent-Abroad-608

Totalement d'accord avec toi, car le LINK a tout simplement un rôle essentiel dans les écosystèmes :)

Phil_Jarsen

Bitcoin, ETH and LINK

Excellent-Abroad-608

Franchement, je pense que Bitcoin et Ethereum, c'est le plus judicieux. D'autres projets sont prometteurs, qui rendent un réel service, à l'image de LINK. Mais le reste, en réalité, c'est difficile à dire. Tout dépend aussi de comment les pays vont se développer autour de la monnaie numérique... Voici des exemples de portefeuilles qui présentent un peu la notion d'investissement long terme", car c'est quand même un peu ça qui intéresse tout le monde :) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5U6cnoWVvA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5U6cnoWVvA) A plus tard :)

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I asked chat GPT. Here are top 5 in the next 5-10 years BTC, ETH, SOL, BNB, XRP or LINK

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I'd say you're looking at this investment too simplistically. While it's true that smaller market cap coins can have bigger percentage moves, they also carry substantially more risk of failure or underperformance. Instead of going all-in on one coin, consider a risk-adjusted portfolio approach: - Put 50-60% in Bitcoin as your foundation - 20-30% in a few established large caps (ETH, etc.) - 10-20% in higher-risk/higher-reward mid-caps like SOL or LINK This gives you exposure to potential outsized gains while protecting your principal. Remember that in the 2018-2020 bear market, many alts lost

canadianragweed

I think everything you mentioned aside from maybe XRP has potential. And XRP may, I just don't personally trust them. RWA is no doubt going to be a thing, it's just going to take time. BTC, ETH, and LINK have been and currently are 90% of my crypto portfolio. They are not for sale. I bought XRP and SOL at the right time so I'm still up hundreds of % at current prices but, they are for sale at the right price. SOL is not ETH.

wintomato

If you want growth but don’t want to go full casino mode, don’t put everything into just one coin. Bitcoin is the safer, slower option. Solana and Chainlink have more upside, but also more risk. A simple approach is to split it, for example: some in Bitcoin for stability, and some in SOL or LINK for growth. That way you’re not betting the whole plan on one horse. Turning 8–10k into 30–60k is possible, but crypto isn’t a straight line - a bit more rollercoaster, than elevator.

Careless-Silver9223

Out of the 3, go with LINK. Personally, my biggest bag by far is Kaspa.

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**BTC** BTC itself is a speculative asset with the narrative of digital gold. It's a digital asset with no intrinsic value except the speculative value we give it. Satoshi: > *As a thought experiment, imagine there was a base metal as scarce as gold*... > ..and one special, magical property: > - can be transported over a communications channel > *If it somehow acquired any value* at all for whatever reason, then anyone wanting to transfer wealth over a long distance could buy some, transmit it, and have the recipient sell it. > Maybe it could get an initial value circularly as you've suggested, by people foreseeing its potential usefulness for exchange. (I would definitely want some) Maybe collectors, any random reason could spark it. Alts are double speculative and need BTC to go up and then hope that BTC carries it along. They have on average a 0.90+ correlation coefficient to BTC. They have no independent value in and of themselves despite the narratives sold to you. **XRP** > Nostro/Vostro, ODL, the Standard, Global Settlement Currency, MoneyGram, SWIFT, Japanese Banks Yet XRP price today is the same as it was 8 years ago in 2017. Almost a decade of dead money investing in it. https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20171231/ Despite the bullshit narratives, XRP has no independent value in itself but can only appreciate when BTC goes on a bullrun and carries it higher. - -92% in BTC bear market from 2014-2016 - 1,000s% gain in 2017 BTC bullmarket - -92% in 2018-2020 BTC bear market - Modest rise in 2021 BTC bull market - Dump again in 2022-2023 BTC bear market - Touches 2018 ATH again in 2024 when BTC bull runs to $100K **LINK** > CCIP, CCID, VRF, CRE, SWIFT, Muh Town Crier will tell you the Truth, Hocus Pocus Oracles will serve you Truths from Golden Data Containers Yet LINK price today is the same as it was 5 years ago in 2020. Exactly half a decade of dead money investing in it. https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20200815/ Despite the bullshit narratives, LINK has no independent value in itself but can only appreciate when BTC goes on a bullrun - -$2 to $20 ATH in 2020 when BTC went from $4K to $12K bouncing off the Covid lows and into tge halvening pump - ATH of ~$50 in 2021 BTC bullrun - -90% in 2022 BTC bear market - Left behind ever since **ETH** > DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations will be the corporations of the future), Triple Halving, Supply Crunch, DeFi (Decentralized Finance will replace Traditional Finance), RWA, muh Institutions, the Plumbing of WallStreet.... Yet ETH price today is the same as May 2021. 4 1/2 years. Almost half a decade of dead money investing in it. https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20210514/ Despite the bullshit narratives, ETH has no independant value in itself but can only appreciate when BTC goes on a bullrun and carries it higher. - No real appreciation in BTC bear market from 2015-2016 - 1,000s% gain in 2017 BTC bullmarket - -92% in 2018-2020 BTC bear market - 900% gain in 2021 BTC bull market - -70% dump again in 2022-2023 BTC bear market - Touches 2021 ATH again in 2025 when BTC bull runs to $120K

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lol The underlying oracle network itself still consumes LINK for node incentives, cryptoeconomic security and gas abstraction.

watch-nerd

Nope. GMX and Aave specifically have revenue sharing agreements that don't require using the LINK token.

watch-nerd

Using Chainlink services doesn't require the LINK token.

Distinct-Thanks-6477

I basically pick my coins based on fundamentals. Right now i majorly hold 5 tokens - BTC, ETH, LINK, TAO, AIOZ. The rest are in bits. I am holding these right now because i truly believe in their long-term credentials.

Xennenial

I'm just DCAing good coins that have enough real world and institutional adoption that to insulate them from complete failure. That way I don't have to worry about the price action of the next few days, next few weeks, or next few years. For instance, my 2 biggest buys this dip we $LINK at $11.84 and $ATH at $0.015. Look how many traditional finance institutions that are using chainlink to build their future tokenization projects. Look at how much revenue $ATH network will earn this year v. its market cap (price earnings ratio) way undervalued by traditional finance metrics.

nugymmer

Something I cannot say about LINK. We still have supply yet to be released. That in and of itself is what bothers me and is why the price fucking shits itself like someone who's eaten an entire bag of Haribo Sugar-Free Gummi Bears. I don't generally like this bullshit with locked tokens. It's generally a really, really fucking bad idea and will SERIOUSLY, SERIOUSLY impact the investor psychology of anyone who looks at it was an investment. Myself included. I want to supply unlocked NOW, even if it utterly and absolutely fucking TANKS the price...all the way back to one measly fucking dollar. No, I don't care. I want a fair distribution, and this ain't it.

MusaRilban

Ergo is one of those projects that will either explode or die, no middle ground. Founded by the same guy who made LINK. It's got zk proofs, it's eUTXO like BTC, proof of work, a great mixer, true fixed supply (coins that don't get used for years get redistributed to miners as fees, it's the only crypto with a true fixed supply so figure can't go up or down - BTC and others ultimately trend towards 0 as coins are lost). Smart contracts, DeFi, not on any tier 1 exchanges. The devs just non-stop build. I think it's pumping rn because of BTC Runes. The Rosen Bridge team (a bridge on Erg to BTC/ADA/ETH/BNB/DOGE) have just introduced BTC Runes+ which essentially lets you turn BTC into a playground for custom tokens. There's so, so much more. It's honestly a hidden gem waiting to rip your face off.

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biba8163

Hocus Pocus LINK is used by Town Criers and Magic Oracles everywhere! The demand is through the roof. That's why the price keeps rising year after year. > CCIP, CCID, VRF, CRE, SWIFT, Muh Town Crier will tell you the Truth, Magic Oracles will serve you Truths from Golden Data Containers Yet LINK price today is down -30% 5 years ago in 2020. Exactly half a decade of dead money investing in it. https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20200815/

AdhesivenessLoose173

Chainlink is great, but obviously there is a disconnect between the project‘s advancements and price of LINK. There is not much demand for LINK relative to what they’ve been building and I haven’t heard any clear insight why either. If institutions are jumping on left and right, they must not be using LINK much or we’d see that in the price. Either that or the inflation rate/team selling pressure just eats away any potential demand.

Zealousideal_Rain_79

Next time don’t focus on XRP shit and LINK my a**. Focus on BTC and ETH and that’s it!

chumlej

The big problem with many altcoins is that they are highly inflationary - therefore bad long term investment. LINK is a great example. The circulating supply has doubled over the last 4-5 years so the amount of money it took to move the price also doubled. Without big buying pressure most coins lose value over time on their own. This is also what makes it so hard to break past alltime highs for many alts. Not saying you shouldn’t invest but be careful. I would much more hold them for a quick flip or buy in the bear market and then sell during the bull.

aistreak

LINK 🫦

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Many are eyeing strong narratives like SOL, AVAX, LINK, and TAO during this dip. Just keep positions small and focus on projects you understand accumulation works best when you're confident in what you’re holding :)

Overall-Law-3020

Personally: TAO, LINK, HBAR, SUI, SOL and AAVE.

Distinct-Thanks-6477

I am personally accumulating SOL, BNB, LINK, TAO, and AIOZ.

biba8163

you think LINK has a bottom? lol

ImSoHungryRightMao

Lol, I think I might have sold my LINK perfectly at the bottom. AMA.

Familiar_Television1

Get a job and take a year off school just to work full time. Just save that money, don’t invest it. You need as much cash as possible and risking it is not worth it. Sell some of your crypto. Like sell 50% of HBAR, PEPE, LINK, and SOL. Leave your ETH but sell half of the others. Wait until everything drops 30-60% more and buy back the SAME amount of coins that you sold. For example, you had 100 SOL and sold 50. You buy back your 50 at a cheaper price and have some USDT left. Put those USDT in your savings account. The good news is that you’re not on margin. You won’t get liquidated, the coins are YOURS. The bad news is that everything dropped and you will need the money. The good news is that you need that money in 2 years (take a gap year for work!). The bad news is you will NEED that money. The good news is CS is a very profitable major. You could recover your loss completely after just a few months of work so in 5 years you will forget you ever fucked up with crypto. You won’t even feel it and won’t think of it every day. Try to get good grades, maybe you can earn some awards or a scholarsip. Work as much as possible. And save your money. Don’t spend as much. Cook your own meals if you need. You will make it. Just stay focused on what matters which is your grades, finding a job, and your health/life.

CryptoNerdSmacker

If you ever want a metric to see how well positioned your current asset is look no further than how hard its competitors try and attack it. Day in/out XRP and Ripple are being fud’ed by: -ETH gas fume huffers -LINK lobotomized holders -HBAR hobos And whatever other garage based science crypto projects there are. All casting stones from their glass houses.

Remote_Dance8838

Honestly, this time it could be different for alts like ETH, LINK and similar. I know alts are risky and heavily manipulated, but consider that now every serious DeFi and RWA project has big players coming in, and many are already involved. I’d still allocate a small amount to solid alts, just to have some exposure in case the bull run really takes off, and I think it will, because some of these projects are genuinely strong. BTC will remain the leader, of course, but don’t sleep on good alts. In 2021 the alt market was mostly driven by NFT hype; this time it’s different.

Open_Category6100

lol, most of these guys are assholes. Funny, but assholes. If I was in your shoes, I would not sell. I would write down how much Ethereum & Solana I have. If they’re not rounded numbers, as few decimals as possible, I’d buy a little more. These are the assets you bought. They are down and will only go more down. You bought at the top. It is what it is. But, if you sell, you will make the loss real. Do not sell, forget about it. Whatever amount you wish you had access to right now, is what should have never been invested. Sometimes going all in or gambling works, sometimes it doesn’t. These are one of the latter times. 2nd, now that you’ve forgotten about your Ethereum & Solana, and forgiven yourself while making peace, we come to the 40k you still have in cash. Crypto will bottom out. If you want to buy cheap, figure out a way to make more cash while still being a college student. Dropshipping, YouTube videos, labor work on the weekends, etc. Find something that will help you accumulate more cash, after first focusing on school. Crypto will continue to go down and this advice is if you want to buy more. Non-negotiables 1. Do not sell at a loss. Eat the drop as a lesson. 2. Finish school. Either spend the 40k or make more money to finish school and continue to buy crypto. Finally, if 2026 comes around and is ending, you’ve used your 40k, crypto is still down, and you have no more money… me personally? I would take a year off from school. I would focus full time on accumulating cash and wait for the market to correct. It will correct. It may take 2 years from today, but it will correct. If it wasn’t going to correct then these assholes in the comment section wouldn’t be so humorous. But, if you sell your crypto at a loss, you will make it real. College is a business. It’s meant to help you make more money. People take student loans out, to then receive a degree that will help them make more money, and then they pay back student loans, as an initial start up cost. It’s all business and should be approached more financially focused and money oriented. Taking a year off from school because you don’t want to sell at a 35k loss is actually very financially intelligent. Selling your crypto at a 35k loss is stupid. That’s almost half your yearly tuition. If you must take a year off though, let it be dedicated to actually accumulating more cash, and investing some into coins with actual utility. You should also diversify into other assets. Don’t let it become a year of degeneracy and wasted potential. P.S. My advice applies to ETH and SOL. Pepe is a meme coin and was stupid. Forget about that money, it’s gone. I also don’t know what HBAR is and LINK is debatable depending on how much and at what price you purchased. Smaller coins deserve smaller allocation/percentage of your overall crypto portfolio. <- but, they must always have utility. Good luck!

mrbourgs

What I think vis-a-vis the market is quite irrelevant. There is too many variable and explanations to those variable for me to answer you on a reddit post. As far as your holdings, I wouldn’t worry about ETH, LINK, ADA and HBAR. I would clear PEPE the coin. What value did you see in this meme frog? We still have 10 days before we get a better understanding of whats next. Hopefully it doesn’t close under 82k and If it does, take that PEPE loss and roll it back into something solid.

EntrepreneurLife9883

Thanks. This is what i think too. Blockchain has a future, Bitcoin doesn't. So maybe one of the others (LINK?) or a new chain may prosper.

Maleficent-Bill5516

hey there, if you already have BTC and ETH on your list, you could look at steady long-term picks like SOL, ADA, or LINK since they all have real use cases and aren’t just hype. You can grab any of them through Jumper Exchange and then just hold and see how they play out over the next few years.

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[https://research.grayscale.com/reports/the-link-between-worlds](https://research.grayscale.com/reports/the-link-between-worlds) >In our view, Chainlink is poised for significant further growth. If major financial institutions will someday trade trillions of dollars of tokenized assets on decentralized platforms, **Chainlink seems likely to be one of the projects standing at the center, orchestrating it all**. Chainlink has already become foundational infrastructure for blockchain-based finance and is especially well positioned for a future where smart contracts interact seamlessly with real-world assets, data, and institutions. By serving as the connective layer across multiple blockchains, **LINK isn’t just tied to one network’s success — it provides broad exposure to growth of the crypto economy.** Therefore, in our view, **LINK is one of the most important assets to consider when constructing a diversified crypto portfolio.**

GlassBit7081

There's quite a few that have strong thesis, strong PMF, strong utility and SUCK as investments..... weeping in LINK Bag.

ThriceHawk

LINK for sure. No other project in the entirety of crypto has as many partnerships/integrations or is as closely involved with the government while they're forming regulations for the industry. Chainlink has alrrady become a standard.

biba8163

> muh DeFi!!! **Real World Financial Products** - **Checking accounts** - for everyday daily activities for paying bills, debit cards, ATMs - **Savings accounts** - for storing money that is GUARANTEED by the government for up to $250K - **Certificates of Deposits** - GUARANTEED fixed interest. - **IRA** - Tax advantaged or 100% tax free (Roth) retirement accounts - **Brokerage accounts** - Access to investment products including stocks, bonds, REITS (Real Estate Investment Trusts) - **Personal Loans, Home Loans, Mortgages, Home Equity Loans, etc** - **Home Owners Insurance, Auto Insurance, Life Insurance, etc** - **Small Business Loans, Commercial Loans** **DEFI - Bullshit scam narrative from the Summer of 2020** - Essentially a Shitcoin Casino. Leveraged plays, trading shitcoin tokens, earning yield on shitcoin tokens by providing liquidity on shitcoin tokens which all drop 70%-99% when BTC goes into a bear market. NOT FINANCE in ANY WAY - Every player like, MakerDAO, AAVE, LINK etc, is COMPLETELY CENTRALIZED - There are NO real life financial products like life, home, health insurance, mortgages, home equity loans, car loans, personal loans without massive collateral, commercial loans, etc. Again, shitcoin trading, yield farming, etc. NOT FINANCE in ANY WAY - Then you slap some scamified metrics like TVL based on scam tokens locked up to make gullible fools believe real capital is locked up instead of vaporware scam tokens.

biba8163

Education for 10-year old kids who still live with their parents and have yet to grow up needing to get a mortgage, insurance and other real world financial products. **Banks** - **Checking accounts** - for everyday daily activities for paying bills, debit cards, ATMs - **Savings accounts** - for storing money that is guaranteed by the government for up to $250K - **Certificates of Deposits** - GUARANTEED fixed interest. - **IRA** - Tax advantaged or 100% tax free (Roth) retirement accounts - **Brokerage accounts** - Access to investment products including stocks, bonds, REITS (Real Estate Investment Trusts) - **Home Loans, Mortgages, Home Equity Loans** - **Home Owners Insurance** - **Auto Insurance** - **Life Insurance** - **Auto Loans** - **Personal Loans** - **Small Business Loans** - **Commercial Loans** **DEFI** Bullshit scam narrative from the Summer of 2020 - Essentially a Shitcoin Casino. Leveraged plays, trading shitcoin tokens, earning yield on shitcoin tokens by providing liquidity on shitcoin tokens which all drop 70%-99% when BTC goes into a bear market. NOT FINANCE in ANY WAY - Every player like, MakerDAO, AAVE, LINK etc, is COMPLETELY CENTRALIZED - There are NO real life financial products like life, home, health insurance, mortgages, home equity loans, car loans, personal loans without massive collateral, commercial loans, etc. Again, shitcoin trading, yield farming, etc. NOT FINANCE in ANY WAY - Then you slap some scamified metrics like TVL based on scam tokens locked up to make gullible fools believe real capital is locked up instead of vaporware scam tokens.

jawni

almost every alt, the few that have substantial usage have upward trending charts or are too choppy to be considered downtrends. eg. ETH, BNB, TRX, SOL, HYPE, LINK, Whether or not those outperform BTC depend on when you buy.

FibonacciBoy

You need an exit strategy brotha. I know it doesnt sound fun and can leave you feeling FOMO. But you gotta take small profits on the way up. Sell 25% after every significant pump. When it goes parabolic sell it all. Even if it goes higher it’s not worth the risk. I made a decent amount last bullrun using this strategy. $VET, $LINK and $XRP. I don’t buy any bs meme coins even of they are going crazy

No_Accountant4051

Hbar; SXT - a new proof of SQL project. Also used for paying in a network of universities. You can let it analize by AI; ZEC; SUI; LINK; accually a lot more also, but every one of them needs a big ecosystem and it needs to be adoppted. Every coin is fighting for a share of the market. You should look for inovations. Let us know what you've found.

DescentTrip

Besides BTC ETH SOL, I'm holding LINK and HBAR.

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Chainlink (LINK)

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guys be real with me, I need 55% to break even, how realistic is this goal? Im holding ETH LINK ADA HBAR PEPE from largest to smallest

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7101334

Yeah the common wisdom is "inverse r/cryptocurrency", and I get why with shit like LINK worship here years ago. But the reality is this sub has been right, months in advance, multiple times... usually when it coincides with similar analyses made by actual financial institutions / agents. No one knows shit about fuck in a grand long-term trajectory sense, but sometimes in the short-term, you can see and correctly recognize a shitstorm on the horizon.

Major-Rabbit1252

Also the “linkies” thing is giving “libs” vibes. It’s clear you have some emotional hatred about LINK or something. I get that you bought in and haven’t seen returns yet, but you shouldn’t have such a short window. This is a very, very long term bet

Major-Rabbit1252

He doesn’t understand what we’re investing in. His brain is in “charts” mode, which is laughable in such a ridiculously volatile and random space We’re investing in the potential for blockchain to be used by most, if not all, financial institutions. Quick google search shows how real this push is. Assuming that the world of finance will not head towards increased speed and efficiency is pretty wild IMO. Anything can happen, but LINK has a non-negotiable place in the future world of modern finance

Major-Rabbit1252

It’s a fact my guy. It’s pretty clear that you don’t even know what chainlink is, which makes it head scratching for you to have such a strong opinion If you’re viewing LINK through a “past charts” lens, then you’re way off. It’s a bet on the future of finance, which LINK has to be apart of. XRP is what can easily be replaced, not LINK.

Major-Rabbit1252

Exactly. I’m not guaranteeing anything. No one knows the future. What people aren’t getting is that past “charts” and “tokenomics” are completely irrelevant to what I am investing into. I believe that the future of finance could be on-chain, which would create a need for LINK. Financial institutions and the government are already experimenting with it full-force. It’s only natural to go where the speed and efficiency is. “It would have happened by now” is also an asinine rebuttal, as these things take a very long time to become the new status quo.

Major-Rabbit1252

I’m not deep at all actually and I don’t listen to what he says. It’s irrelevant If financial institutions go on-chain, then there will be a need to LINK tokens. That’s my “thesis” on LINK. Pretty straightforward. Nothing is a guarantee or else we’d all be rich, but it’s a bet that I’m willing to DCA into in a measured way Don’t care about past “tokenomics”. I’m looking towards the future and am willing to bet on block-chain tech being used by financial institutions. In life, we typically flock to efficiency and speed

Major-Rabbit1252

You’re talking about what it has been. The reality is that modern finance going on chain is in its infancy, so patience is required. Could this all go nowhere and we keep the status quo? Maybe for now. Evolution is natural and we will go where the speed and efficiency is though. In that case, LINK will have its place in the ecosystem People forget that investing is a risk, as no one can accurately predict the future. With that said, I am not worried about past tokenomics or any garbage like that. That is irrelevant in this space. Things move too fast

ThriceHawk

How do people still leave LINK off these lists?

Dry-Illustrator-5277

BTC, ETH, SOL. Last one either ICP, LINK or HYPE Do a 40, 30, 15, 15 split

Major-Rabbit1252

None of this has anything to do with what I said. I said “how is LINK as a token useless” Chainlink is a necessary commodity if institutions go on chain. The token would be used for fees. That has a real use Also, there are mechanisms that can be put in place to reduce inflation. Staking and burning are two options, as well as surge pricing I get where you’re coming from, I do, but the people at the helm are fully aware of the concerns you bring up and there are avenues that can help mitigate the concerns This tech is still in its infancy. I don’t agree that we can look at past results to help paint a picture of the future. Institutions use block chain = demand for LINK. To curb inflation, there is staking, burns, and surge pricing A bit ridiculous to assume none of this is being thought of or considered

North_Weezy

BTC, ETH, SOL, LINK. However I’d personally stay away from the market until the consensus is we are in a bear market because prices could definitely go lower.

biba8163

> You're describing the whole crypto market lol. Reminder that the Use Cases, Utility and entire investment thesis of your favorite Alt is entirely fictional. A bear market always reveals all these Alt Narratives as pure bullshit. Alts only appreciate when BTC runs and brings money into the crypto market. BTC itself is a speculative asset with the narrative of digital gold. Alts are double speculative and need BTC to go up and then hope that BTC carries it along. They have no independent value in and of themselves. 12 years of data prove this fact. Denial will be a blood red river of tears of Alt Bagholders in a Bear Market. **ETH** > DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations will be the corporations of the future), Triple Halving, Supply Crunch, DeFi (Decentralized Finance will replace Traditional Finance), RWA, muh Institutions, the Plumbing of WallStreet.... Yet ETH price today is the same as May 2021. 4 1/2 years. Almost half a decade of dead money investing in it. https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20210514/ Despite the bullshit narratives, ETH has no independant value in itself but can only appreciate when BTC goes on a bullrun and carries it higher. - No real appreciation in BTC bear market from 2015-2016 - 1,000s% gain in 2017 BTC bullmarket - -92% in 2018-2020 BTC bear market - 900% gain in 2021 BTC bull market - -70% dump again in 2022-2023 BTC bear market - Touches 2021 ATH again in 2025 when BTC bull runs to $120K **XRP** > Nostro/Vostro, ODL, the Standard, Global Settlement Currency, MoneyGram, SWIFT, Japanese Banks Yet XRP price today is the same as it was 8 years ago in 2017. Almost a decade of dead money investing in it. https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20171231/ Despite the bullshit narratives, XRP has no independent value in itself but can only appreciate when BTC goes on a bullrun and carries it higher. - -92% in BTC bear market from 2014-2016 - 1,000s% gain in 2017 BTC bullmarket - -92% in 2018-2020 BTC bear market - Modest rise in 2021 BTC bull market - Dump again in 2022-2023 BTC bear market - Touches 2018 ATH again in 2024 when BTC bull runs to $100K **LINK** > CCIP, CCID, VRF, CRE, SWIFT, Muh Town Crier will tell you the Truth, Hocus Pocus Oracles will serve you Truths from Golden Data Containers Yet LINK price today is the same as it was 5 years ago in 2020. Exactly half a decade of dead money investing in it. https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20200815/ Despite the bullshit narratives, LINK has no independent value in itself but can only appreciate when BTC goes on a bullrun - -$2 to $20 ATH in 2020 when BTC went from $4K to $12K bouncing off the Covid lows and into tge halvening pump - ATH of ~$50 in 2021 BTC bullrun - -90% in 2022 BTC bear market - Left behind ever since

Aromatic-Ad7987

Nice, thanks. You asked about Utility, and Hedera Hbar IMO has it for miles. AO many applications/use cases other highlights being quantum resistant and carbon neutral LINK - Chainlink is another. Whatever happens in crypto Chainlink will survive as its being utilized by most other crypto at this point for one app or another. Its not glamorous but its utility.

Primary-Promotion588

I have mostly stocks, i am mainly in crypto for tokenization, so my bet is on ETH and LINK, i like btc but the reason i came to crypto is because of tokenization.

biba8163

Reminder that the Use Cases, Utility and entire investment thesis of your favorite Alt is entirely fictional. A bear market always reveals all these Alt Narratives as pure bullshit. Alts only appreciate when BTC runs and brings money into the crypto market. BTC itself is a speculative asset with the narrative of digital gold. Alts are double speculative and need BTC to go up and then hope that BTC carries it along. They have no independent value in and of themselves. 12 years of data prove this fact. Denial will be a blood red river of tears of Alt Bagholders in a Bear Market. **ETH** > DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations will be the corporations of the future), Triple Halving, Supply Crunch, DeFi (Decentralized Finance will replace Traditional Finance), RWA, muh Institutions, the Plumbing of WallStreet.... Yet ETH price today is the same as May 2021. 4 1/2 years. Almost half a decade of dead money investing in it. https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20210514/ Despite the bullshit narratives, ETH has no independant value in itself but can only appreciate when BTC goes on a bullrun and carries it higher. - No real appreciation in BTC bear market from 2015-2016 - 1,000s% gain in 2017 BTC bullmarket - -92% in 2018-2020 BTC bear market - 900% gain in 2021 BTC bull market - -70% dump again in 2022-2023 BTC bear market - Touches 2021 ATH again in 2025 when BTC bull runs to $120K **XRP** > Nostro/Vostro, ODL, the Standard, Global Settlement Currency, MoneyGram, SWIFT, Japanese Banks Yet XRP price today is the same as it was 8 years ago in 2017. Almost a decade of dead money investing in it. https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20171231/ Despite the bullshit narratives, XRP has no independent value in itself but can only appreciate when BTC goes on a bullrun and carries it higher. - -92% in BTC bear market from 2014-2016 - 1,000s% gain in 2017 BTC bullmarket - -92% in 2018-2020 BTC bear market - Modest rise in 2021 BTC bull market - Dump again in 2022-2023 BTC bear market - Touches 2018 ATH again in 2024 when BTC bull runs to $100K **LINK** > CCIP, CCID, VRF, CRED, SWIFT, Muh Town Crier will tell you the Truth, Hocus Pocus Oracles will serve you from Golden Data Containers Yet LINK price today is the same as it was 5 years ago in 2020. Exactly half a decade of dead money investing in it. https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20200815/ Despite the bullshit narratives, LINK has no independent value in itself but can only appreciate when BTC goes on a bullrun - -$2 to $20 ATH in 2020 when BTC went from $4K to $12K bouncing off the Covid lows and into tge halvening pump - ATH of ~$50 in 2021 BTC bullrun - -90% in 2022 BTC bear market - Left behind ever since