LINK

unknowngloomth

Gas is always paid in ETH, never in the token you're sending. LINK lives on Ethereum, so moving it needs ETH sitting in that same wallet to cover the network fee, even though LINK itself has value, it can't pay for its own gas. Check your real balance on Etherscan. Copy your wallet address from Cake, paste it into etherscan.io, and confirm exactly how much ETH is actually in that address (not just what Cake shows). Check the live gas cost. Etherscan has a "Gas Tracker" page that'll show you what an ERC-20 transfer actually costs right now, in real time. Compare that to your confirmed ETH balance. If ETH is short, top it up in the exact same address. Send a small amount $5 or 10 to be safe from an exchange or another wallet, directly to that Cake Wallet address. Then retry the LINK transfer. If your ETH balance is genuinely enough and it's still failing, that points to something wallet-specific rather than a funds issue worth trying to import into MetaMask via your seed phrase, done privately, never shared with anyone to see if it goes through there. One last thing, you're gonna get DMs offering to "help" now that this is posted. Don't share your seed phrase or private key with anyone, ever, no matter how legit they sound. Everything above you can do yourself

Galavanta

btc and eth are the obvious keepers. SOL and LINK have a case too depending on your conviction. The rest is where it gets tricky because a lot of alts from previous cycles just bleed out slowly and never come back, so holding them "just in case" has a real cost in opportunity. i wouldnt rush to dump everything at current levels though. If you wanna structured way to scale out, look into risk-based approaches where you sell incrementally as risk rises instead of making one emotional decision. I've been using alphasquared's risk scores to guide when I add and when I trim, and it takes a lot of the guesswork out of exactly this kind of dilemma. at least gives you a framework beyond "should I sell or hold. "

BackwardsOnADonkey

I'd increase Chainlink, but then again I'm 100% in LINK

oak1337

HBAR is fuel on the network. Usage forces token demand by protocol rule. LINK is a buyback story. Usage generates company revenue, and the company voluntarily spends some unknown fraction of it buying LINK. It's a "trust me" buyback, not protocol mandatory fuel like HBAR is.

RedKe

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I feel like this topic can't really be discussed on subreddits dedicated to a single coin properly but I am interested in what fellow HBAR holders think of other coins. I will need to research LINK tokenomics more but I thought even if fiat or other tokens are used for payment those are ultimately exchanged for LINK which increases demand. Algorand used to be one of my top choices but over time I have dropped my interest in it. Although it is great tech it seems to have a poorly organized foundation, and the founder (Silvio Micali) is creating another chain for institutions so seems to have given up on Algorand gaining widespread adoption. NEAR, ICP, SUI, and Aptos seem to have some interesting tech and I hold a little of them in case they take off some day, but I also keep mostly investing in Hedera. I just wish Hedera showed more institutional adoption progress like Stellar, Canton, and ETH seem to be getting.

oak1337

I personally only hold HBAR. If I had to say others... BTC if you believe in the long term narrative. Started as "the new digital currency for the world", but switched to "digital gold" because it was too expensive and slow to transact. Therefore it's really turned into "hold, hope the next guy buys higher". LINK is connected everywhere which is good, but there's no real driver of coin price. The tokenomics are bad, since LINK can be completely circumvented for everything. Another very speculative one, but name recognition can drive price. Algorand is probably the best "traditional blockchain" tech out of the rest. ICP is also good tech, but it's niche. Stellar is getting traction, but has scalability issues. Canton also getting traction, but has God awful tokenomics. Quant is an interesting one, but not sure the total role it will play when things shake out. There's some other interesting ones like Ondo, Render, Bittensor, NEAR, etc... But that's probably where I'd stop. I don't have long term faith in (almost) any of them except Hedera. That's not to say money can't be made along the way.

RedKe

What other crypto do you think have long term potential like HBAR? HBAR, BTC, and LINK are my largest crypto holdings. But I also hold small amounts of multiple other layer 1s.

ashiieyy07

LINK

West_Veterinarian150

Heres my take. 30% BTC NOW, 25-30% ETH maybe when it drops to 1500 again later in the year. 7% LINK, 7% QNT, 5% TAO, 5% LTC, last 15-16% can go straight into some stock or maybe even TON coin they offer 17% apy on staking on tangem. Not bad if the price stays at 1.60 but tbh not all in on TON yet. But you could also add UNI, has big boys in there BlackRock

Peach_Lover_101

My "all time" is break even only due to selling MANA at the top (80x, my only real successful crypto trade). Should have sold everything back then. round tripped the rest of the pile twice like a retard. though if you held about half of your stash in ETH and BTC you shouldn't look as bad as that. The Coinbase bag is mostly dinosaurs: BTC, ETH, LINK, XRP, XLM, ADA, HBAR. Got more adventurous plays on Kraken and Coinbase wallet which honestly, I'm afraid to even look at.

Doritos707

Its 70% Bitcoin and a few utility alts. Example of said alts, not a recommendation: RAIL, GRT, AR, STX, LINK, STRK, API3, PYTH, PHA, BAND. Like these r all literally useful projects.

Used-Assistance-9548

So thank god for a voice of reason who gets it, so since the commodity announcement. LINK being a commodity the copy on chainlinks job postings states that there is equity grants just LINK. So every engineer , researcher and capital markets person is long on LINK and incentivized to route value capture to the token. Also their chief scientist Ari Juels specializes in researching incentives under adversarial conditions, so value capture is not just some half cocked marketing ploy for utility or governance but a game theoretic property that enables security. Many other legitimate tokens are scrambling to reconcile the bifurcation caused by have shareholders and tokenholders , but chainlink sidestepped this ethically by going full in on value capture for the token. Unfortunately there will be quarterly dumps until 2030 or so until they hit the supply cap of 1 billion tokens.

Efficient_Ice_1001

Swift is a just a cooperative for banks and has a €1.1 billion operating revenue, €1 billion in operating cost, thus only around ~€100 million total profit yearly. XRP has $70 billion marketcap and Chainlink has $5 billion marketcap. These two groups have been fighting with the narratives that XRP is going to replace Swift and LINK is going to be adopted by Swift for almost a decade now. None of this will happen but completely irrelevant if it ever did. Swift is essentially a non-profit and makes no money and there is no money to be made by this for these cryptos with massive marketcaps -- it's all just hype.

JLM268

\> Literally using chainlink CCIP for the interoperability layer. \> bearish for LINK.

JustStopppingBye

>it does **not** necessarily mean that the **LINK token** will be directly used or required by every bank transaction on Swift’s network You generated your post with AI and all link services require LINK to be paid directly to link node ops who complete the service. Heres a CCIP transaction with the FEE paid in LINK. [https://ccip.chain.link/msg/0x399d9eff3c58b8b9d25f909b77f689d83f698af5606347d058179074ac9dcb03](https://ccip.chain.link/msg/0x399d9eff3c58b8b9d25f909b77f689d83f698af5606347d058179074ac9dcb03)

Euphoric_Coat_1956

From a crypto investment perspective, many analysts view this as making **Chainlink a key piece of infrastructure** for institutional blockchain connectivity. However, it does **not** necessarily mean that the **LINK token** will be directly used or required by every bank transaction on Swift’s network—the exact commercial use of LINK depends on how institutions deploy Chainlink’s services.

Zhytaleks

BTC and ETH are still the safest long-term bets in my opinion. Beyond those, I'd only allocate a small percentage to projects with real adoption and active development, like SOL or LINK. For a 10+ year horizon, survivability matters more than chasing the next 100x.

Extreme_Exam7914

The reason I like LINK is because it’s down significantly from its ATH, so I feel the downside risk is lower while the upside potential is still strong. It also has a real-world use case, which makes it more attractive as a long-term investment.

JustStopppingBye

Me personally, Ill never invest into another L1 token. As for LINK, the floor has been $5-7 the last few years, so buying now is low risk.

Extreme_Exam7914

Thanks mate, appreciate it, is there any coins you’d advise a look at ? I take it buying now LINK at $7 is excellent value considering past ATH ?

Hurricane_Ivan

I'l read up on it. You should read up on LINK. And how do feel about Original Dollar (OUSD)? Seems that could cause a disruption for many coins.

neo-caridina

Sooooo CC, XLM, ETH, LINK, ONDO, TEMPO, or what?

PhoenixJ3

BTC: store of value ETH: smart contracts XMR: p2p digital cash. Maybe a few other longshots like LINK BCH DOGE for reasons I'm sure you can guess after minimal research.

random5654

Everyone hates on LINK, but it's the glue that holds everything together

RedKe

Hedera HBAR is my top pick but I think BTC, ETH, LINK, and SOL will still be kicking.

cryptolipto

The DTCC and Swift alone are good enough reasons to invest in LINK. Let alone their hundreds of other partnerships. I think LINK is better positioned than Ethereum currently

Efficient_Ice_1001

The question isn't who is selling, the question is who is buying when crypto returns look like this and a safe boring boomer S&P 500 index is returning 164% from early 2018 and 65% from late 2021? LTC is -18 from December 2013 XRP is -55% from December 2017 ADA is -80% from December 2017 ZEC is -45% from January 2018 XMR is -20% from January 2018 ETH is -18% from January 2018 when accounting for inflation LINK is -60% from 2020 SOL is -70% from 2021 price BNB is -20% from 2021 price Even BTC is -13% from 2021 high

Pauliuss

Avax,, LTC, SOL, LINK, DOT, ADA and ATOm

numbersev

LINK, HBAR, XLM. Research them.

ConsistentRub934

LINK is a decent start. I’d look at coins with actual usage and products behind them, not just old ATH charts. NEXO, AVAX, INJ and maybe some RWA names are worth checking among others, but I’d still avoid going all in on one narrative.

Mr_Stimmers

Yeah, the majority of that I’m only holding for tax loss harvesting. I have faith the ETH, SOL, and LINK will recover, and hopefully the ADA (looking very doubtful at the moment). The rest are dead to me.

SeriousGains

Every coin loved by this sub has failed (ADA, LINK, LTC, DOT). Why should ETH be any different?

Havel_Rulez

A few weeks ago Bitcoin hit record number of small transactions. Blockchain is still being used, like LINK is doing badle but it powers Polymarket which is extremely successful. The problem is that chain value doesnt translate to token value. :) I work in the industry.

Nathaenyrendil

These are the ones i've landed on for the next run. (summaries made with help from Gemini) **Internet Computer Protocol (ICP)** Technology wise this is the most interesting.​Internet Computer Protocol is a decentralized network designed to host smart contracts at web speed, effectively acting as a borderless world computer. It recreates the entire back-end of the internet, allows developers to build and run apps entirely on the blockchain, and eliminating the need for centralized corporate cloud infrastructure. **​Hyperliquid** ​Hyperliquid is a high-performance decentralized perpetual exchange (DEX) built on a custom Layer 1 blockchain optimized specifically for trading. It delivers the speed, low fees, and deep liquidity of a centralized exchange while preserving complete user self-custody. **​Chainlink (LINK)** ​Chainlink is a decentralized oracle network that securely connects blockchain smart contracts with external data sources, APIs, and traditional payment systems. It is important because it provides the essential, tamper-proof data bridge required for most decentralized finance (DeFi) and real-world asset applications to function. Pretty much everything uses Chainlink. **​Bittensor (TAO)** ​Bittensor is a decentralized marketplace and protocol for training, sharing, and utilizing machine learning models. It crowdsources artificial intelligence development, creating an open, collaborative alternative to the closed-door AI monopolies of giant tech corporations. **​Render (RENDER)** ​Render is a decentralized network that connects digital creators needing massive computational power with individuals who have idle GPU resources. It radically democratizes access to high-end rendering and AI processing, making digital content creation much cheaper and more scalable. **​Akash Network (AKT)** ​Akash is a decentralized, open-source cloud computing marketplace where users can securely buy and sell computing power. It is important because it offers a highly competitive, censorship-resistant, and permissionless alternative to traditional cloud monopolies like AWS or Google Cloud. **​Arweave (AR)** ​Arweave is a decentralized storage network that offers permanent, immutable data hosting through a one-time, upfront payment. It acts as a permanent collective memory (the "permaweb"), ensuring that valuable historical records, apps, and data can never be deleted or altered.

fkukplaying2

$LINK

Spare-Dingo-531

I think real capital and institutions will come **and use LINK**, I'm just not convinced we will see LINK reprice accordingly. This is one of the biggest challenges of investing in general, stock prices and crypto prices do not always correlate with utility or usage. 25% capped at one billion but released at 7% per year is still 7% inflation, even if the remaining excess supply will be used up in 3 years.

JustStopppingBye

https://chain.link/circulating-supply There’s 25% left capped at 1 billion. It’s crazy that you think this outweighs all their other accolades. \>I don't think the price of LINK will necessarily reflect that for a while. Your alternative is waiting for retail to be the primary driver of DeFi valuations. Where exactly do you think the value is supposed to come from? Without real capital flows and institutional participation, this industry isn’t revisiting those peak era valuations again, let alone surpassing them.

Spare-Dingo-531

As I said, my real problem with link is this: > That being said, there is a large non-circulating supply that is currently being released to the tune of 7% per year. This will almost certainly dilute LINK's value. You're also relying on "The potential scale of tokenized real world assets", but it will take a long time, more than 3 years, for those assets to come onboard. I get that LINK has the potential to secure a lot of value, but I don't think the price of LINK will necessarily reflect that for a while, just like Ethereum didn't move much this cycle, even though it has the potential to replace Bitcoin.

Spare-Dingo-531

Thank you for your comment! That really did expose how little I know about chainlink, so I will have to look into it more. We've had about two Ethereum cycles, one in 2021 and one in 2024 and chainlink did really well compared to other altcoins in **both cycles**. The only other coin that did well in both cycles was AAVE (although AAVE performed better than chainlink). **So I hear you**, chainlink is an excellent coin. That being said, there is a large non-circulating supply that is currently being released to the tune of 7% per year. This will almost certainly dilute LINK's value. You're also relying on "The potential scale of tokenized real world assets", but it will take a long time, more than 3 years, for those assets to come onboard. So until LINK's inflation comes down and until more RWAs come onboard, I don't think LINK's price will live up to the potential. I think it's not the token to get gains for the 2028 halving cycle..... but maybe it will be good for the 2032 one. Also, I'm not convinced Link has strong enough social network effects to lock in usage. But I'll admit I'm not as confident about that though, I need to become more of a LINK nerd and do more research.

kingkongy

My personal opinion is that most alts are useless. LINK and HYPE are probably the only ones I still have some amount of faith in because of the use case and tokenomics (mainly hype). Stock markets and ai names sucked a lot of the liquidity and going from more grassroots to now mainstream hurts the retail driven cycles we had in the past where alts would randomly explode 50%. We fighting wall street algos now not just each other 🤣

JustStopppingBye

\>Chainlink competes with them for dollars of investment. Why put those dollars in LINK as opposed to AAVE? Because Chainlink isn't limited to one protocol and also not to just DeFi. Its infrastructure is already being integrated and tested by major TradFi institutions and networks like Swift and the DTCC. The potential scale of tokenized real world assets and institutional settlement rails is orders of magnitude larger than what exists on public blockchains today. \>I think that reliance does not necessarily equal market capture. Reliable information (like price information) is like a commodity and that makes chainlink a commodity provider. Chainlink services are not free. \>But the best apps will likely rely on multiple sources for data and not depend just on chainlink. Doubt it. AAVE has become the poster boy for secure DeFi largely because it's relied on Chainlink from the very beginning. AAVE is moving to rely exclusively on Chainlink after the $300M exploit involving LayerZero. https://x.com/aave/status/2038727176699117683?s=20 At a certain point, splitting critical oracle dependencies across multiple providers creates more complexity than value. Chainlink has secured tens of trillions of dollars in transaction value and has maintained a perfect track record. \>Uniswap, for example, built its own in house oracle, which means Uniswap doesn't need chainlink to function, even though they often complement each other. Uniswap created their own TWAP oracle by it only works for on-chain price data derived from Uniswap trading activity. It doesn’t fetch or verify external real-world data like chainlink. \>Market capture does not necessarily translate to token price. Chainlink has a 7% inflation rate while AAVE has not just no inflation but a targeted buyback program. Chainlink also has a buy back program. https://metrics.chain.link/reserve \>On the contrary, AAVE and Ethereum have less inflation, but also they have network effects. How does chainlink not have network effects? lol Chainlink dominates the oracle space which little to no competition because they can’t compete with Chainlink. https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/05/15/lombard-joins-layerzero-exodus-as-usd4-billion-in-assets-switch-to-chainlink-s-bridge Serious protocols switch to chainlink not other way around. Once a protocol integrates Chainlink, they stay because they recognize its unmatched security. You seem to think Chainlink is only a price oracle, which is a major flaw in your argument. Chainlink's value extends far beyond just price feeds. Major institutions like Swift and DTCC are integrating Chainlink’s broader infrastructure stack (Chainlink CRE), which includes CCIP for cross-chain messaging and interoperability. They're not adopting Chainlink because of price feeds alone they're leveraging their entire suite of services designed to connect and move data and assets across different blockchains and traditional financial systems. https://www.dtcc.com/news/2026/may/12/dtcc-collaborates-with-chainlink-to-advance-24-7-collateral-management

JustStopppingBye

\>Chainlink competes with them for dollars of investment. Why put those dollars in LINK as opposed to AAVE? Because Chainlink isn't limited to one protocol and also not to just DeFi. Its infrastructure is already being integrated and tested by major TradFi institutions and networks like Swift and the DTCC. The potential scale of tokenized real world assets and institutional settlement rails is orders of magnitude larger than what exists on public blockchains today. \>I think that reliance does not necessarily equal market capture. Reliable information (like price information) is like a commodity and that makes chainlink a commodity provider. Chainlink services are not free. \>But the best apps will likely rely on multiple sources for data and not depend just on chainlink. Doubt it. AAVE has become the poster boy for secure DeFi largely because it's relied on Chainlink from the very beginning. AAVE is moving to rely exclusively on Chainlink after the $300M exploit involving LayerZero. https://x.com/aave/status/2038727176699117683?s=20 At a certain point, splitting critical oracle dependencies across multiple providers creates more complexity than value. Chainlink has secured tens of trillions of dollars in transaction value and has maintained a perfect track record. \>Uniswap, for example, built its own in house oracle, which means Uniswap doesn't need chainlink to function, even though they often complement each other. Uniswap created their own TWAP oracle by it only works for on-chain price data derived from Uniswap trading activity. It doesn’t fetch or verify external real-world data like chainlink. \>Market capture does not necessarily translate to token price. Chainlink has a 7% inflation rate while AAVE has not just no inflation but a targeted buyback program. Chainlink also has a buy back program. https://metrics.chain.link/reserve \>On the contrary, AAVE and Ethereum have less inflation, but also they have network effects. How does chainlink not have network effects? lol Chainlink dominates the oracle space which little to no competition because they can’t compete with Chainlink. https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/05/15/lombard-joins-layerzero-exodus-as-usd4-billion-in-assets-switch-to-chainlink-s-bridge Serious protocols switch to chainlink not other way around. Once a protocol integrates Chainlink, they stay because they recognize its unmatched security. You seem to think Chainlink is only a price oracle, which is a major flaw in your argument. Chainlink's value extends far beyond just price feeds. Major institutions like Swift and DTCC are integrating Chainlink’s broader infrastructure stack (Chainlink CRE), which includes CCIP for cross-chain messaging and interoperability. They're not adopting Chainlink because of price feeds alone they're leveraging their entire suite of services designed to connect and move data and assets across different blockchains and traditional financial systems. https://www.dtcc.com/news/2026/may/12/dtcc-collaborates-with-chainlink-to-advance-24-7-collateral-management

Spare-Dingo-531

First, I think Chainlink is an excellent coin and will do excellent in the next bull market. That being said..... > Chainlink doesn't compete with them Chainlink competes with them for dollars of investment. Why put those dollars in LINK as opposed to AAVE? > AAVE infrastructure relies heavily on Chainlink and so does every major dapp on Ethereum. Agree. However, there are two problems. 1) I think that reliance does not necessarily equal market capture. Reliable information (like price information) is like a commodity and that makes chainlink a commodity provider. But the best apps will likely rely on multiple sources for data and not depend just on chainlink. Uniswap, for example, built its own in house oracle, which means Uniswap doesn't need chainlink to function, even though they often complement each other. 2) Market capture does not necessarily translate to token price. Chainlink has a 7% inflation rate while AAVE has not just no inflation but a targeted buyback program. This is why I didn't buy Morpho, Morpho is a fast growing competitor to AAVE but also has high inflation. In short, I don't think LINK has network effects and it is a bad deal when it comes to price dilution. On the contrary, AAVE and Ethereum have less inflation, but also they have network effects. People NEED to diversify their information from LINK alone in order to get the most information value. On the other hand, I think users of Ethereum or AAVE will tend to stick to Ethereum or AAVE, unless they need to change. This is because users of Ethereum or AAVE have to trust their transactions will go through and their loans will be paid back, which creates more user lock-in.

Leynnox

I would keep BTC, ETH if you like it, SOL, and LINK just in case clarity act passes, one day. I'd definitely sell all the other ones, maybe not now, but they're not things I'd like to keep long term.

FollowingFriendly505

Recently started a small position in my portfolio filled with what I believe are some of the cryptos most likely to still be around in 2032-34. Since I expect RWAs to be a regular thing in about 4 years, my take (just as almost everyone) is that altcoins centered around financial bottlenecks will become an international standard for banking and investing infrastructure.As for my current portfolio, my holds are SOL HYPE ONDO LINK VIRTUAL MORPHO Even though HYPE and VIRTUAL won't capture value from direct exposure to broad RWA adoption, they are just too hard to simply overlook.

Andrewshwap

I’ve given up on alts. I’ve held onto alts since the 2021 drop. I sold some for profit but kept AVAX & others hoping to gain some more profit. Only alts I would consider are ETH, SOL, LINK, HBAR. I think I’ll just stick with BTC from now on

No-Decision6640

Haha I feel like I've been saying that for years. Starting to wonder if these projects even consider the token holders. We know LINK is making $.

Backieotamy

ETH, XRP, SOL, HBAR. IMO LINK, AVAX, SUI are decent as well but I am only diversifying so much.

iOCharts_

ETH is probably my highest-conviction alt. Beyond that, I'd look at names with strong ecosystems and actual usage like SOL or LINK. The thesis matters more than the ticker though

Far-Photograph-2342

I'm mostly focusing on projects that already have users, liquidity, and actual activity rather than chasing the newest narrative. My highest conviction alts are probably SOL and LINK. Beyond that, I keep an eye on sectors like RWAs, DeFi infrastructure, and stablecoin-related projects. In a market like this, survival and adoption matter more to me than hype.

abstractedlineup

SUI, NEXO, LINK, mainly NEXO

ChanceJelly7913

How many LINK & ONDO would be considered reasonable to own when the time comes to SELL $$$$$ ?

financeguruIB

Fair. I’m a fan of$LINK

Away-Ant7779

BTC ETH LINK thats it

financeguruIB

It will likely be $LINK

Constant_Wet69

HBAR, RENDER, LINK, Solana, INJ (Injective Protocol) Then I have some ETH and BTC

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kanzie_blitz

Everyone has their own priorities. Saylor BTC, this guy ETH and I bought 5 LINK yesterday!

TripTryad

Ehh, I once had just shy of maybe 3k BNB tokens back in late 2017 shortly after Binance launched and BNB crashed to about .80c. I sold a little over 2k of them, but if you look at where it went, I would have been better off holding it until it hit 650 or so in the next bull market. That being said, what I sold back then I put into LINK/ADA/BTC and unfortunately LTC (which was a bust basically). So I still came out waaaay ahead and it became the foundation to where I am now, so Happy Ending, lol. Still grinding though. I love this space, and finance in general is my hobby. 🥂

SensitiveAd6131

ETH, SOL, LINK, RENDER More risky ones IOTX, Cardano

Aerocryptic

ADA and LINK? Not at all ETH maybe but not yet

SeriousGains

Anyone tempted to load up on cheap alts ADA, LINK, ETH, etc.?

WinterWind1310

WHY THE MAGICIAN'S RULE WORKS (reverse-engineered) THE RULE n = 1 + ( 19 XOR [keys of every card the number is ABSENT from] ) keys: D32=26, D16=22, D8=10, D4=36, D2=43, D1=63 LINK 1 - A number = its "absent-set" Each card has 32 holes. Turning a card 180 degrees swaps hole/solid everywhere. Stack all six and exactly one hole survives = the number's cell on the front. So a number is fully identified by WHICH cards have a hole at its cell (the cards it is ABSENT from). Six yes/no answers = 6 bits = 64 numbers. One-to-one. Check: 38 is a hole on all six -> absent-set = {all}. 20 is solid on all six -> absent-set = {}. LINK 2 - The front value is LINEAR in that set Write the absent-set as a 6-bit vector. The rule claims: (front value - 1) = 19 XOR (XOR of Dk for each absent card) i.e. front value - 1 is a fixed constant, XOR a fixed key per absent card. The "magic square" is not arbitrary - it is the output of a linear code. LINK 3 - Solve the constants by hand from the anchors Each (number, absent-set) gives one equation. Pick them to isolate unknowns: 20, absent {} -> value-1 = C -> C = 19 26, absent {8} -> 25 = 19 XOR D8 -> D8 = 10 8, absent {2,1} -> 7 = 19 XOR D2 XOR D1 -> D2 XOR D1 = 20 9, absent {4,1} -> 8 = 19 XOR D4 XOR D1 -> D4 XOR D1 = 27 38, absent {all} -> 37 = 19 XOR (all keys) -> rest XOR to 60 C and D8 come out immediately and uniquely. The other five keys are UNDER-determined (3 equations, 5 unknowns). -> Five anchors alone do NOT pin the full square. LINK 4 - The perfect-Franklin property closes the gap Requiring all 2x2 = 130 and all broken diagonals = 260, on top of the linear form, kills the leftover freedom and (with the 20-vs-26 placement decided by the square) forces the unique keys: D32=26, D16=22, D4=36, D2=43, D1=63 Logic: linearity gives the skeleton, Franklin-ness gives the flesh. LINK 5 - Why the two forms match Present-card form starts at 37 instead of 19. 37 = 19 XOR (all six keys), so XORing absent keys vs present keys differ only by that constant. Same functional, two doors. holes + 180-flip -> number = its absent-set (a 6-bit vector) -> front value is an affine GF(2) function of that vector -> anchors fix the constant + most keys, Franklin fixes the rest -> magician evaluates that functional in his head and adds 1. HOW & WHY XOR ======================== THE FIRST CLUE - the 180-degree flip Turning a card upside down sends cell (r,c) to (7-r, 7-c). For a 3-bit number, 7 - x = flip every bit of x = x XOR 111. So a 180 flip = XOR the cell address with 111111. XOR is already sitting inside the basic move. Flipping = toggling bits. THE SECOND CLUE - each card is one independent on/off choice Per card you either flip or you don't. That's six independent binary switches. When you combine independent on/off contributions and there are NO carries between positions, the math that does that is XOR (addition mod 2). Stacking the cards literally adds these toggles with no carry -> XOR. WHY NOT ORDINARY ADDITION (+)? The HOST uses + : 64 - (sum of flipped labels) gives a POSITION. But the magician needs the NUMBER, and number-vs-position is the Franklin square. We tried to fit the number as: - integer-linear in the 6 bits -> failed - a reorder/permutation of bits -> failed - affine over GF(2): constant XOR a key per set-bit -> fit ALL 64 So XOR wasn't assumed - it was the only operation that fit every cell. THE UNDERLYING REASON The whole device is six independent binary toggles with no interaction between them. The natural algebra for "combine independent on/off effects without carrying" is GF(2), whose addition IS XOR. The creator built the front square as the output of a GF(2) linear code (value - 1 = constant XOR sum-of-keys), which is exactly why XOR - not +, not multiply - reproduces the square perfectly. ONE LINE Flip = complement = XOR with all-ones; six independent flips = six XORs; and the number turned out to be a GF(2)-linear (XOR) code of those flips, which is the only operation that fit all 64 values.

imaginecomplex

I’m still holding 10k LINK from ATH

sharksharkandcarrot

LINK is indeed broken

Friendly-Direction42

ETH went down harder my LINK outperformed also over the long term and did ok against BTC that is more the thought behind this, BONK was not a hard choice dumped it immediately

Friendly-Direction42

Yes I figured converting eth is way to late now and it does have a higher low pattern so the chart is not that bad. I will keep BTC, ETH and SOL as the risk asset for faster recovery and LINK/BONK will be split in BTC ETH

Friendly-Direction42

Maybe BTC ETH SOL for now, And LINK and BONK to BTC already. Will definitely go BTC max and stocks from now on

ubermensch1001

I think it's a decent alt to continue to hold but I think there is a case to be made where you could also convert that into BTC. At best, I think ETH could outperform BTC by maybe a 2.5x from here, which really isn't all that substantial in my opinion. Considering you have positions in LINK and SOL, if you wanted to do this I think it would be a good idea. Those have substantially lower market caps and could potentially make huge returns from here, compared to both ETH and BTC. However, considering you have a smaller portfolio I could see just continuing to hold the ETH. I would also say just increase your income and invest that into your BTC stack, based on what you've mentioned this would be super easy. Go pick up a couple shifts delivering pizza on the weekend, super easy money.

Friendly-Direction42

Now ETH SOL and LINK is degenerate gambling? Please stfu and leave this fking sub you are the type of person to see these as solid investments when they were high

supergrega

I had high hopes for DOT and LINK Yeah...

Patient_Craft2195

Down 65% with BONK in the bag is the universal "I bought what the influencers told me to" portfolio. No judgment — most of us learned this lesson the same way. But the rotation question is wrong. You shouldn't be optimizing for "break even." That's emotional, not financial. You should be asking: "If I had $X in cash today and nothing else, would I buy this exact portfolio?" If no, *that* tells you what to sell. Probably BONK and maybe LINK. ETH and SOL have real fundamentals worth holding through pain. BTC is the anchor, not the rescue. And do NOT lump-sum at $45k. If we see $45k, everything is bleeding worse — ladder the buys. Tranches, not bets.

_Ask_2550

HBAR, Avax, TOSHI, XRP, LINK

Friendly-Direction42

Thank you for your input but I only trust BTC and maybe LINK to be honest.. even ETH the chart looks like nothing man and SOL is based on meme coin trading and can collaps once that fades, and quantum computing update will slow it down and probably cause network outages again

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Post is by: Friendly-Direction42 and the url/text [ ](https://goo.gl/GP6ppk)is: /r/CryptoMarkets/comments/1ty68ms/moving_everything_into_btc/ Im down like 65% now and my portfolio exists off 30 percent SOL%, 23% LINK, 22% ETH only 16% BTC and 8 percent in BONK (only down 30%). Im wondering if its time to cut some losses and move it all into BTC sinds a long bear is probably ahead and altcoins are to unpredictable. BTC is at a good price to do this but these alts have bled a lot more relative to BTC. Im really doubting what to do here because doing this will make recovery to break even way harder but I plan to lump sum at 45000 to almost double portfolio. BTC price needed would go down from \~$170000 to \~117000. Would you stay in the alts at this point or convert I have done my personal research but am at a loss here *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/CryptoMarkets) if you have any questions or concerns.*

SensitiveAd6131

The internet was absolutely useless in 99% of the projects wtf are you talking about? They went to absolute 0. Blockchain? 1. Voting will be in blockchain not only in national levels but on your typical neighborhood community. 2. Making a company is MUCH easier 3. Makes no sense to wait days for a trade or to buy an asset. All finance assets must be digitalized. 4. Wills, where do you store the information you need to send to your relatives when you die? Do you trust a human? Why do you have to pay x to trust on y random person? 5. AI agents, what’s a brain without a body? are si agents going to create bank accounts? I don’t think so, how are they going to validate that the information is trust worthy? Blockchain (eg: LINK, IOTX, PEAQ…) 6. Fake news, copyright, how will you trust any information? how can you protect your intellectual property? Blockchain. 7. IOT in pharmaceutical temperature control, food industry… 8. Property over digital assets, what the point in buying stuff you don’t own so you can’t sell? 9. Have you every bought a property? Do you know how ineficiente, cost and time consuming it is? 10. You have to give your data to every company that needs it for everything. In a couple of years? Smart contracts that verify that you are 18+, that you meet the requirements for the mortgage you are looking for or to prove if you’ve payed your taxes. all this information should be proved with identity privacy guaranteed by smart contracts secured by blockchain. The internet was never meant to be secure. There are millions of possibilities, the fact that you can’t grasp them are only a reflection of you and they point up how your only motivation in this space after so much time has, is and will be only money. So much time watching charts and numbers and you’ve hadn’t had any time to actually study in what the fuck you are “investing” Sorry to put it this bluntly but it is what it is. You would for sure be one of the same guys that watching how 90% of .com companies stocks went to 0 would have said that internet was a scam and amazon was shit. IMO the space hast even purged itself enough. Now, what will you do? are you the guy that after the crash invests in amazon, google, or Cisco, or are you the guy that will get scared away? Either way it doesn’t matter to me. I learn every day, will still learn every day and will invest with conviction in the projects in which I truly believe, even if they stay in red for years IDGAF. In 05-15 years from here people will still say it was luck

liquid_at

yes. Because when all other crypto was going up the last time, link wasn't. And when all other crypto dropped before that, link wasn't. And when all other crypto went up before that, link wasn't. The bear market is the bear market. That doesn't change that LINK never goes up even though it is one of the most adopted chains out there. I hold it since 2021... All it ever does is bounce in the 10-20$ range with brief break-outs to 5-10 or 20-25... last bear market was 5-8 and this one is 8-12... that's not even inflation-hedging..

cryptolipto

I’ve been following the DTCC for literally years. Like 4 years. They’ve run countless pilots over that time. None of this is news to LINK marines

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Post is by: talissman_7 and the url/text [ ](https://goo.gl/GP6ppk)is: /r/CryptoMarkets/comments/1ttwh61/remember_my_post_about_btc_news_trading_being/ A week ago I posted that 2-year dataset showing how HFTs completely front-run BTC macro news in milliseconds. The general consensus in the comments was basically "yeah, manual traders are just exit liquidity" But it got me thinking about mid-caps (like SOL, LINK, AVAX) where the order books are way thinner. I went back to my pipeline and ran the tick data for those specific alts against the exact same news shocks Turns out, there actually is a structural 15 to 30-minute lag. Capital rotation doesn't happen instantly across the board, the lagging order books physically take time to absorb the shock But before you try to trade this, I realized it's a trap if you don't filter it This 15-minute decay window only exists in specific market conditions. If you try playing this lag during a flat or choppy market, the initial price spike just creates a liquidity vacuum and mean-reverts instantly. You just get chopped up To actually isolate the signal, I ended up running a Gaussian Hidden Markov Model (HMM) on the volume and spreads to classify the market into 3 regimes: trending up, trending down, and flat/range-bound. When you filter the news events only through the directional momentum regimes, that 15-minute delayed inertia on alts becomes super clear I threw together a quick Jupyter notebook showing how I calibrate the HMM regimes, along with a 500-row sample dataset so you can test the latency distribution yourself without needing the full database Repo is here if you want to mess around with it: [https://github.com/talisman-ep/cross-asset-latency-hmm.git](https://github.com/talisman-ep/cross-asset-latency-hmm.git) Are any of you guys trading cross-asset lag on lower timeframes, or do you mostly stick to raw price action? Curious how you handle regime filtering when trading news *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/CryptoMarkets) if you have any questions or concerns.*

Saffuran

Stay out until closer to Q4 most likely -- also don't look at things outside of the top 20 or so tokens (market cap) and I tend to avoid memes in that filter as well. By the time BTC bottoms the ETH/BTC dilation iis probably going to be toward its relative lows which will be interesting for entry. Solana should also see a strong bounce (between now and Q4, SOL will probably be trading in the $30s at some point and that will be the safest entry since its fair value gap will be filled. I admit there is second-hand meme exposure there so there is a double-edged sword but I genuinely like how the system operates. AVAX/LINK will be interesting layer 2 projects to look for entries in and Real-World-Asset markets and aggregators like ONDO may be some of the biggest overall opportunities. Privacy coins/layers like ZCash and ZKsync are already showing decent strength (especially ZEC) in this downtrend and if ZEC can maintain that relative strength with Bitcoin transitioning back into a Bull Market environment, it could have the biggest boom potential of all.

cryptolipto

Every cross chain transaction and message will use LINK token as part of CCIP, which is part of the Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE) It’s all in that article

askolein

Buy BTC XMR ETH only real demand for these supplies Rest (XLM ALGO XRP LINK) is full bs

talissman_7

By "digesting", I mean how the order book reacts to a news shock based on the current market regime. In a flat market, a news spike gets faded (mean-reverts). In a trending market, the momentum sustains The "action taken" is simple: macro news drops -> check BTC's instant reaction -> if the HMM regime confirms a trend, long lagging alts like SOL or LINK. They take 15-30 mins to absorb that same capital rotation

JustAnotherRandom611

The idea of just bouncing around the investments is more to the point - like how much did you actually make in Crypto and then have to pay in taxes to then buy super HIGH costs of AI stocks as they are going up. No on is able to truly TIME the markets and the BIG 7 are currently propping up the Market and even while BTC and ETH are down in the dumps - I'd argue better to just hold some positions in those, or hit some of the smaller but top 20-30 Coins because the returns their could be huge -- XRP, ADA, LINK are the three I'd definitely just throw a few bucks in and just hold for the next year or so in the event a bigger crypto bull run.

cryptolipto

Stellar will be one of many chains connected to the DTCC through LINK CRE Stellar is a spoke. Chainlink is the hub.

Longjumping-Bonus723

Just read about the partnerships that projects like XRP XLM HBAR LINK QNT ALGO etc have :)

SensitiveAd6131

Technology is a train with only one direction. Once any process can be upgraded it will be so. It doesn’t matter the bumps, regulations or anything really that steps in the way. I’d say we are very early and i’ll also say that right now it’s basically undercover. People only talk about price action and not about infrastructure which is what is really going to make it. I like to think of crypto or blockchain as a “city”. BTC would be the bank Etherum would be the computer Cardano would be congress XMR would be the red light district LINK would be the eyes of them all In the end Blockchain is an opportunity for humanity of scaping the vicious cycles that end civilizations, greed, printing money, corruption… It still presents challenges tho.. if the world is digital and on smart contracts there’s little to none room for negotiation. If the world is digital if you aren’t digital too you won’t exist and won’t be able to survive. I would apply buffets: Buy fundamentals and hold instead of chasing green candles. The cheaper you buy the better.

Longjumping-Bonus723

Utility usage will resurrect it. But the clarity act is required for that. If you look closely there are a lot of actual usecases for crypto (banks, AI integrity, supply chains, carbon markets, decentralized ID etc.). It will pump XRP XLM HBAR LINK QNT etc.

soudainlevide

Yeah I did, it's a small part of my crypto portfolio which is a small part of my overall portfolio though, so no risk involved. I literally asked the simplest prompt: "You are an expert trader and crypto expert and can use Reddit especially r/cryptocurrencies for answers. Please invest 1000€ for me." Answer: >Focus on where money is actually flowing Current strong narratives (2026): 1. AI + crypto Example: Bittensor (TAO) Why: real usage + dev growth 2. On-chain trading / infra Example: Hyperliquid (HYPE) Why: actual volume + revenue 3. Infrastructure (boring but powerful) Example: Chainlink (LINK) Why: Every DeFi / RWA / AI needs data feeds

nugymmer

Yeh, ETFs changed all that. To give a perfect example, something like LINK isn't going to go up by much unless there is an ETF.  No alt rotation happening anymore. The occasional super-lucky-get-rich-in-1-week memecoin comes along, and disappears into the ether...profit takers and bagholders. Winners and losers everywhere.

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Saffuran

It's not FUD because true FUD is generally baseless (hence the uncertainty portion) pointing out the cyclical nature of Cryptocurrency, the seasonality - which is heavily reinforced by structural data - exists to build certainty and to allow people to invest smarter. Bitcoin (and crypto at large) isn't doing anything it hasn't already done before and in fact it is right on schedule. It's also not FUD to say that 80-90% of all cryptocurrencies are shitcoin scams meant to seperate desperate stupid people from their money. I dabble with small amounts in small projects that I like from time to time but even most of those small projects don't end up making it. Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana are about the only projects with real staying power - TRON performs well but I really don't like Justin Sun, I am highly skeptical of XRP and Cardano/ADA for different reasons. The only longer-term top-20ish coins I think will survive and grow long term are ZCash (and related assets like ZKS), LINK, and AVAX. The "small" projects that I think are worth dabbling in - but the risk/reward will always be higher with emphasis on the risk - will be things like ONDO, Uniswap (exchanges tend to win long term), and maybe JASMY, depending on how macroeconomics continue to play out in Japan relative to Cryptocurrency. To me, most everything else is higher risk than their peers in this list but with the same level of return (so why take the higher risk), straight up useless memecoins, and lastly just blatant scams like what Trump and his family kept shoving onto the market in 2025 (WLFI, TRUMP, MELANIA.)

SpontaneousDream

I was too early on the ZEC trade. Sold very low at like $50 to break even. Also too late selling on the LINK trade and only made like $20k when I could've made $200k. Thankfully I got it right with a few others so in the end it wasn't a big deal.

RussChival

I appreciate the reply, and understand that liquidity isn't in the space rn. What I'm wrestling with on a macro level is as transactional information becomes more efficient and secure to manage using the 'block-mesh' fabric, (think AI agents, credit cards, system sensors, etc.), and effectively all transactions of value migrate to a self-managed system, will the costs become so small that there does not need to be liquidity to support it, or will there be some kind of institutional epiphany and gold rush the drives prices of utility tokens up to meet demand. I'm thinking of blue-chips like LINK, HYPE, XRP, etc.

BriefWay4604

I had 35-50 coins from 2017-2023. Most of it was XRP though. Now I’m more focussed on a few projects and moved a lot of my holdings into Stocks. Holdings are now (with BTC 40% of my portfolio): BTC, Doge, KAS, ALGO, LINK, HBAR, XRP and Shib.

DasDouble

I would (if it would go live, it is paused right now after being in semi-stealth) handle the fiat payments via SEPA transactions (cheap, but relatively slow) or via LINK (faster but more expensive in fees). Alternatively via PayPal, that would be possible as well theoretically.

Time_after_Time_67

My god dude.. You did everything you weren’t supposed to. Stop keeping your passwords online. Stop clicking on any link in any email, PERIOD. NEVER EVER CLICK ON A FUCKING LINK IN AN EMAIL PEOPLE. If you are worried about something, go to the site manually. Assume all emails are phishing scams.

Defiant-Lie-5232

LINK BTC HYPE and sol also into sharplink and bmnr

No-Bass-344

There’s nothing wrong with anything but the LINK…exchanges are safe but a link gets round everything…NO LINX

ThriceHawk

LINK. Who else is even on Chainlink's level at this point? Eventually price will catch up.