LINK

Piddler509

I’m 49 and have 75% stocks and 25% crypto. I feel some of these crypto applications may turn out successful. I’m betting on Ethereum but keeping a close eye on other crypto technologies that may be more efficient down the road. Just feel that most companies are going to use ethereum to build on over the next 5-10 years. At some point, I expect to see some competition but believe for now, ethereum has the short term benefit as far as usability for the near future. 80% of my crypto is ethereum and 20% bitcoin. I also have a bit of BNB, LINK, HYPE and QNT.

Suspicious-Skill1934

BTC must be the main allocation. ETH 2nd and 3rd SOL it is fine to bet on some alts like AVAX , LINK or HEDERA but must be small because you dont know if they will actually succeed.

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jeremiahcp

There are other altcoins worth holding than just BTC and LINK, like ETH and SOL for example. The coins I would consider holding for the long haul are: BTC, ETH (these are the top two), SOL, XRP, and LINK.

biba8163

> 99% of Crypto is a scam anyways. Let's be real. Let's be real, 1 year ago everyone was circle jerking the ISO-20022 Meme and everyone lost money so now it's a scam ISO Meme Coins YTD: ADA -25%, LINK -16%, HBAR -38%, IOTA -50%, XLM -5%, QNT -21%, XDC -15%, XRP 13% > *"Those compliant with some sort of ISO are going to be the first ones adopted by institutions"* > *"Chainlink CRE being built using XRP, HBAR etc. That's the secret ingredient in this insane price action."* > *"Could this be some of the “tech” aspects of these crypto gaining value* > "It's about a new payment standard being built. Basically the new SWIFT"* > *"ISO 20022 is important for large scale adoption of digital currencies for large financial institutions"* > *"ISO20022 will make it easier and more efficient for large financial institutions and big companies to settle large remittances faster and more cost effectively"* https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/1gu4pwb/are_the_iso_20022_coins_pumping/

biba8163

First, you need to *understand what a portfolio is* A portfolio ideally should have *different asset classes that perform differently under different market conditions.* So a portfolio should consist of stocks, bonds (treasuries for me), real estate, maybe Gold and maybe Bitcoin. You might hold individual stocks what you follow because different companies can have different fundamentals, revenue growth, etc. In your portfolio, BTC is a diversifier that hopefully gives you out-peformance in a portfolio of traditional assets which you should be owning anyway. *A portfolio doesn't mean holding an assortment of Alts, the vast majority of which lose money and/or massively underperform BTC.* **An Alt provides zero additional diversification to your portfolio if you already have BTC.** *Alts generally have a correlation coeffieent of ~0.90 and just follow BTC up and down and inherently have no fundamental value in themselves.* BTC like Gold is also speculative and doesn't have fundamentals but **Alts are double speculation** - they just follow BTC movements, so BTC has to move up and you have to hope the Alt follows BTC up, sometimes they do, sometimes they don't and most of the time they lose massive value against BTC in the long run. Holding these for meme narratives and use cases provides no additional diversification to BTC and only contribute to underpeformance and lag in your portfolio long term. - ETH ₿ high was .0.15 in June 2017. If it kept up with BTC, the price would be $16,000 - XRP ₿ high was .00022465 in May 2017. If it kept up with BTC , the price would be $24 - LINK ₿ high was 0.001582 on August 2020. If it kept up with BTC, the price would be $169 > Triple Halving, Supply Crunch, DeFi, ETF, RWA.... 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/ > CCIP, CCID, VRF, Hocus Pocus Oracles 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/ > Nostro/Vostro, ODL, 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/

nugymmer

No, the only thing I plan to ever hold in future is BTC and LINK. That’s all. 

Other-Marionberry159

Looked at the wick created by the liquidation last week (102k) Today selloff stopped at 103500 so I bought some LINK for 15.77, a bit of ETH for 3.7k and a bit of BTC for 103.5k In general probably like 5-10% of mc current stablecoin reserve Planning to sell in a dead cat bounce. Expecting sub 100k and a touch with higher weekly EMAs before it goes up again

Jackhammer--Josh

Don't buy a whole Bitcoin now, buy the Dips and DCA, then you don't have to worry about a correction. Also spending over half of your net worth on bitcoin is pretty risky. If I really wanted bitcoin and had 200k, I'd buy 1/2 a bitcoin in stages and put the rest in the stock market and maybe some coins with potential like ETH and LINK. But only if you believe in Ethereum. Our government seems to, at least currently.

tjc348

I said to buy when everyone thinks crypto isn't coming back, link did a 2x from its low a year or so ago when the market was down. Of course don't go all in on LINK, but having it as 1 of your holdings isn't a bad idea..

myosyn

"Invest" into LINK? I believe this is a joke. A pair that's been going to zero against Bitcoin for years.

Mulvita43

Except swift, the US government, and just about everyone is partnering with LINK

gvozdeni88

None, I just DCA. 50% BTC 50% LINK The only concern I have is retail being chased forever, if this keeps up

IntrepidTraveller6

The market has matured. Institutions are playing now... they have more money than us plebs can fathom. They aren't going to be buying the seemingly infinite number of shit coins that frankly plague this industry. Yes the market is dropping, cycle scheduled ending has come. Does this mean we are destined for a bear market... no. QT is ending, liquidity is coming. Quality coins like BTC, ETH, and perhaps ADA, LINK, DOT, SOL etc are going to survive and likely thrive in this macro environment. The debasement trade is still in play. The bigger question is are we on the edge of the next great depression. I say probably. And in that environment things like FARTCOIN are going to be even more worthless than they are today, which is hardly imaginable given it is already worthless.

-Belon-

LINK ADA KASP XRP expecting larger dips or should i just long it now? i dont believe in cycle repetition from different environments (saying world has changed) but i recognize many ppl still do

jeremiahcp

I currently hold four coins: BTC, XRP, ETH, and SOL. There might be an argument to add LINK, but for now, I’m sticking to my DCA strategy and focusing on building positions in AI-related tech stocks for balance. Don’t over-diversify yourself in crypto. That’s a mistake a lot of newcomers make; they don’t actually understand the tokens but assume diversification works the same way it does with stocks. The result is usually a bag full of shitcoins, and some of them get locked in because they don’t have the balls to cut their losses and move their funds into something with better growth potential. Don’t be one of those people. If you get sucked into the hype but wise up later, swallow your losses and move on.

biba8163

DYOR goes wrong when people are technically illiterate and 99.9% of crypto are scams or just plain money grabs. **ONLY 5 out of the top 200 coins from November 2021 are in profit.** *The majority are down -60% to -90% since then.* https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20211109/ People DYOR all kinds of narratives, utitiliy, use cases.... > Triple Halving, Supply Crunch, DeFi, ETF, RWA.... 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/ > CCIP, CCID, VRF, Hocus Pocus Oracles 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/ > Nostro/Vostro, ODL, 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/

biba8163

BTC dominance was 37% in June 2017. - ETH dominance was at 31%. - Just ETH and XRP had a combined marketcap that was 8.25% higher than BTC | 2017 | Marketcap | |:-----------|------------:| | BTC | $40 Billion | | ETH | $33 Billion | | XRP | $9.9 Billion| https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20170615/ Today BTC dominance is at 63% (BTC true dominance is you exclude all the stablecoins). It's only going up long term over 8 years. - Today, BTC has a marketcap 115% higher than the Top 10 Alts combined - Today, BTC has a market 75% higher than total Total Alt marketcap of tens of thousands of alts combined *This is what market consolidation to THE winner over time looks like.* It could not be more clear what the market values. And it's not Alts with fictional use cases. | 2025 | Marketcap | |:-----------|:------------:| | BTC | $2.22 Trillion | Stablecoins | $0.32 Trillion | Ex.BTC/Stablecoins | $1.28 Trillion | Total Crypto | $3.82 Trillion Bullshit Alt narratives and use cases = Dead Money > Triple Halving, Supply Crunch, DeFi, ETF, RWA.... 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/ > CCIP, CCID, VRF, Hocus Pocus Oracles 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/ > Nostro/Vostro, ODL, 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/

biba8163

> keep reading before posting son 🤡🤡🤡 > It's getting obvious. > LINK + XRP + XLM + HBAR (+QUANT +XDC +ALGO) will rule the financial world. https://np.reddit.com/r/Chainlink/comments/1hvr8nn/comment/m5v9b5p/

biba8163

Bullshit Alt narratives and use cases = Dead Money > Triple Halving, Supply Crunch, DeFi, ETF, RWA.... 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/ > CCIP, CCID, VRF, Hocus Pocus Oracles 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/ > Nostro/Vostro, ODL, 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/

biba8163

> BTC now has held the ~$100K range: > - Longer than ETH has held the $3K range (first breached in 2021) > - Longer than XRP has held $3 range (first breached in 2018) > - Longer than SOL has held the $200 range (first breached in 2021) > - Longer than ADA has held the $2 range (first breached in 2021) > - Longer than LINK has held the $20 range (first breached in 2020) > Meaning BTC has more support at ATH levels than some the the popular Alts do at what people consider low/disappointing levels that they need to break out of. https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/1lx958q/comment/n2lak20/

biba8163

you have nobody to blame but yourself if you keep falling for bullshit Alt narratives and use cases > Triple Halving, Supply Crunch, DeFi, ETF, RWA.... 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/ > CCIP, CCID, VRF, Hocus Pocus Oracles 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/ > Nostro/Vostro, ODL, 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/

Distinct-Thanks-6477

If you can take the risk then buy. If you can't, wait until the bear market. I have loaded up a significant amount of ETH, TAO, RENDER, LINK, and AIOZ since Q1 and its been paying dividends. It all just depends on your risk appetite.

rsicher1

I've really only been buying BTC, ETH, SOL, and LINK for the last year or so All my other holdings are dying... POL, FET, ALGO, and ATOM amongst many others

tjc348

Agreed, invest 100k now and youre liable to get burnt. Wait until everyone thinks cryptos never coming back and THEN invest in SOL, ETH, LINK or BTC

deliciiouz

$LINK is the way to go, marine

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Different-Thanks-431

BTC first of. Then you can go ahead with SOL and ETH. For mid and low caps in order to get bigger return of investment, OCEAN, AIOZ, LINK and WILD should be on your list.

Basic_Sector8501

Because the teams behind them keep spending tokens to fund operations.  Neither project you mentioned needed a token.  LINK is honestly the biggest disappointment in the space. But ADA does get an honorable mention. A totally useless token.

-Belon-

If you were to go alt (aside of more risk averse portfolio), would all of ADA, KAS, LINK, XRP, ZORA be on your mind or would you drop some? 25-25-20-20-10?

Formal-Card-1067

Keep BTC as your base, try small bets on SOL, LINK, or TAO.

biba8163

Chainlink (LINK) is lower price today than it was 5 years ago in 2020. People who fell for Hocus Pocus Oracles have actually lost money despite 2 bull runs https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20200815/

nugymmer

So? BTC held up well when it flash crashed in late 2017. I'd love to take a hit of LSD under the tongue. It might make me believe that ETH will go to $10k like some have suggested, taking LINK to dizzying heights with it. Nice if true. So cute.

nugymmer

ETH back to sub $1200. LINK back to under $8. ADA back to under $0.30. XRP back to sub $0.50. You understand, but I think you want to deny it. I don't know why. It's over. This cycle is cooked. It's fucking cooked. Trump wants it to be cooked, and it is.

nugymmer

Wow, I honest to God oh so wish this was right, but I just don't see it. We'll see I guess. I have the vast majority of finances parked in cash which is highly liquid or very easily accessible. Only a tiny amount is put into crypto. LINK, and will be joined by BTC if the market does NOT improve after this and continues to collapse. Eye will be on BTC, trying to time the bottom will be hard, but I won't be making any purchases any time soon.

nugymmer

Because people want to believe it will go to $150k. Just like I want to believe LINK will go to $100. It fucking won't. For whatever reason. Certainly not this cycle, and maybe not ever. I have to deal with that, and so does everyone else. If you are overinvested, well, tough. No one should be overinvested; no one should invest more than 5% (maybe 10% tops) of their personal net worth into crypto. If you do, then you're a fool. Keeping it simple that way.

nugymmer

What makes you believe ADA and DOT have anything in relation to LINK in terms of price performance? That is suppositional at best, and outright ignorant at worst. LINK has no relationship whatsoever to do with ADA and DOT as they are chains, whereas LINK is chain-agnostic.

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tldr; Crypto analysts suggest that recent market resets, including a weekend leverage flushout, may signal the start of 'altseason 3.0.' Historically, altcoins experience sharp declines before major rallies, as seen in 2020 and 2021. Over the weekend, altcoins like XRP, SOL, DOGE, ADA, and LINK dropped significantly. Analysts point to bullish indicators, such as a MACD cross on the BTC/altcoins chart, hinting at potential altcoin growth. Bitcoin dominance also declined, further supporting the possibility of an altseason. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.

JediMasterDebater

I dont necessarily agree. If he was stuck in 2020 he would be talking a ton about ADA, DOT and LINK right now. I would argue he has evolved beyond the 2017 / 2021 cycle approach, while most are still stuck hoping to hit it big in the shitcoin casino. His approach is certainly focused on taking hints from previous cycles to navigate new ones, but that doesnt mean he hasn't evolved.

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Cardano isn’t a promising project. It’s a legacy Shitcoin with a good marketing machine that pumps every cycle Chainlink is a great tech. LINK token has almost nothing to do with it though

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biba8163

> This space is truly full of mongoloids Litecoin (LTC) is just 2X the price it was 12 years ago in 2013 https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20131204/ ZCASH (ZEC) is 1/2 price today as it was 9 years ago in 2016 https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20161030/ Cardano (ADA) is at the same price today as it was 8 years ago in 2017 https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20171231/ Chainlink (LINK) is at the same price today as it was 5 years ago in 2020 https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20200815/

biba8163

> Too many degenerate in crypto, they dont care about fundamental anymore. Too many degenerate in crypto, they dont know what fundamentals are. They are holding on to bags of speculative tokens which completely rely on Bitcoin market movements to gain value. Bitcoin itself is a speculative asset just like gold. So holding Alts is double speculation. BTC has to go up and investors have to hope it carries your Alt with it. Sometimes BTC carries your Alt; sometimes it doesn't; and oftentimes BTC just throws your Alt off a cliff. Here are the results: Cardano (ADA) is at the same price today as it was 8 years ago in 2017 https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20171231/ Chainlink (LINK) is at the same price today as it was 5 years ago in 2020 https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20200815/

uthillygooth

I’m convinced it’s because LINK fanboys are so off putting. /s It’s the fees with LINK. It always has been.. it always will be. Plus, the never-ending “this is finally it” upgrade that will finally accrue value to the token.

Legitimate_Towel_919

Yeah, totally agree. Fundamentals just don’t drive hype anymore, but projects like LINK and ADA will shine when the noise fades real utility always wins in the long run

DBRiMatt

> LINK actually reached all time high recently. But it was market cap ATH while it's price is 50% off ATH. Welcome to supply inflation, and why most alts tend to not do ATH's after their first cycle.

Significant_Grab_173

TAO / KAS Huge Upside tech bet - high risk high volatility BTC Safer store of value - low to mid upside LINK / ETH / QNT Institutional adoption coins - still kind of early They're all for the long term, especially for 100$, persistence is the key!

Project_Demosthenes_

Im not meaning to sound condescending. Alts are pretty much a crapshoot man. Trading is basically narrative driven. Also, again, I don't know why you are saying LINK is dropping harder and faster unless you mean on like an extremely small timeframe or something man. Because like it looks the same as just about every other chart I pull up.

sleepingbull69

I hold mainly btc, eth, link, hbar, ltc and some other smaller alts, but LINK drops much harder and faster than any other project I hold, and even at this time has only recovered half as much after thr most recent drop. I appreciate your comment, but I'm not new to crypto and have been following since 2016. Just curious if there was a technical or market based reason why LINK seems to suffer worse volatility than other top projects with its calibre and market cap

Project_Demosthenes_

Uh yes. People buy and sell and trade and exchanges do the same and price goes up and down. Also we don't know what else you hold so we really can't comment on that either. But crypto is very volatile in general and LINK is pretty par for the course.

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Bitchinfussincussin

Bitcoin, ETH, LINK No memes

binary_quasar

Over half (~52%) of bitcoin is mined using renewable energy sources and that figure has risen from 37% renewable energy sources since 2022 and continues to do so. Over the last two years, the mining hashrate(the amount of people mining bitcoin) has constantly been hitting new all-time highs and there are obvious incentives for these miners to use renewable energy methods. Investors will sacrifice efficiency for trust and security any day of the week. Bitcoin is the most secure and trusted network in existence. It is the reason why this entire market sector exists. Companies and nations are investing in its future more than ever before. You could not be more wrong. Bitcoin isn't going anywhere. It's here to stay. Everything else besides maybe ETH, LINK, and SOL is insanely likely to fail.

Bitchinfussincussin

#LINK

Primary-Promotion588

Well u are correct, the top 50 only is around 0,00001% of all the alts so i agree. Alts like LINK, eth or avax, can name a few more large one are relatively safe, the lower you go, the more risk.

Zellnerz

Yep never risk what you can't lose but if you pay attention to macroeconomic news (like a tariff) and can quickly enter the market, it really isn't gambling, just high risk trading (which shouldn't be your whole portfolio), because it's not random chance at that point .. closest to gambling it'd come is handicapping horses, but it's still not exact I wound up putting a $50 200x short on LINK and realized close to $3000 in profit with all that .. in fact, I'm going to be placing more shorts for Monday because a lot of movement on Friday was late, after typical market hours and it should continue bearish on Monday at the very least Managing risk is keep, always set a stop loss and don't chase losses .. better yet, trailing stop losses .. some exchanges allowed hedging I've been using bots now with crypto for a bit here, afew exchanges have grid bots which allow you to take their ai-derived settings for the bot or make your own .. another thing I found helpful is setting up agents to give quick recaps and pull relevant news and notifies me

Legitimate_Cry_5194

I hear you. Let's see how it'll play out. I'm also almost only into BTC+a little LINK like you and+ a little AVAX. Market doesn't recover easily from this bloodbath. The extent of the price drop that alts saw literally shocked me though. And it reveals very well where their prices can end up if things go south from here. I feel like the world markets are in a gigantic bubble completely detached from reality. Decimating ATH's time and time again in a very high interest rate scenario and with a lot of geopolitical conflicts and tension that might turn very ugly very fast. Let's see.

Amyy-Solflare

I think LINK and SUI although link has had an incredible recovery

nugymmer

Yeah actually I do. But I don’t hold any junk. I trimmed all that shit a long time ago. Only BTC and a small stack of LINK. Nothing else.

nugymmer

Just wait a few more years. It will be worth it if you hold the right ones. BTC and LINK are the only game in town. 

Elbootybooty

HBAR and LINK. I think HBAR is at a decent price atm (might drop to around \~$0.14 tho), but LINK still has more room to fall I believe. If you want a safe bet, LTC for a 30-40% short-term hold bonus. This is all financial advice out of my butt. For me personally, LTC is something I can sleep sound at night while I hold knowing I'll sell it for profit, even during a bear market.

Major-Rabbit1252

LINK is a good play

dmx442

> I have a feeling.. Ahhhh, yes, the true mark of the *master crypto nvestor* > LINK, Solana, Uniswap, and Aethir. I see great pain in your future

Vergeingonold

I had no problem using SwissBorg to buy some $LINK at the bottom of the crash.

Ecstatic_Photo8343

I will never buy anything but BTC, ETH, and LINK again. Nope

Escapement_Watch

picked up 5k LINK on discount. very happy about that. but still down huge overall.

Escapement_Watch

i was able to do a nice 5k pickup on LINK so im happy. super discounted

MonthlyWeekend_

Remember when LINK was $50? lol

wyfclothing

Bought LINK and ADA during the initial crash today. Doge I have no interest in, but these are the times you buy…. Fuck the noise.

CryptoMundi

Not gonna lie, LINK, ADA, and DOGE down ~25% seems like a GREAT buying opportunity. Anyone else?

AComingWarAgainstAI

Seems like people are waking up to how these are not organic 'crashes' but coordinated liquidity sweeps. No-one can make me believe now, after seeing this exact scenario play out so many times, that something like LINK can fall over 60% in HALF AN HOUR, then gain almost all of that back (128%) in 20 minutes. ($20.24 at 1650 EST; low of $7.63 at 1720 EST; high of $17.40 at 1740 EST.) I mean, whether you're a day trader, swing trader or LT investor using leverage, you probably got stopped out here whether you wanted to or not. I'm glad to be a day trader; got stopped out of a few altcoin positions at the beginning of the crash; each position risked around 1% of capital so in total I lost 3.7% of my account. It's unfortunate, but I'm alright. Live to trade another day. Although I could benefit from having a fewer amount of highly correlated positions.

Ecstatic_Photo8343

Sold some BTC to buy a good chunk of LINK. Bold move cotton

Swerve99

LINK arb opportunity. robinhood to coinbase

gardenofeden123

LINK is going to do its XRP move soon.

iOCharts_

BTC’s the safe trend play right now. But when volatility drops, alt rotations come fast keeping tabs on SOL/BTC and LINK/BTC charts.

nugymmer

I don't either, even though I still kept LINK. I'll be adding BTC to the stack, and BTC only, from this point on in.

nugymmer

I simply refuse to care anymore. If LINK goes to absolute shit, it goes to absolute shit. No problems. I will keep stacking sats while. Head down. Work. Forget the noise. Stop worrying. I've had what I believe were very mild strokes due to worrying. Stop worrying.

AnriTapel

ETH, if not ETH then LINK

Alternative-Wash2019

I hold XRP and LINK, but I don't go all in. If you want to go all in on anything, the only correct answer would be BTC because everything else is gambling. I don't go all in on gambling.

Distinct-Thanks-6477

I’m not sure how you expect anyone to have answers to this, haha. The main thing is to have enough conviction in the bags you hold, you never know when the surge will finally come. ETH, AIOZ, RENDER, and LINK aren’t moving an inch in my portfolio. As for buying or selling, the best time to buy was weeks ago; the second-best time is whenever we get a good dip. I genuinely believe we’ll still see some massive surges ahead.

sluglife1987

Iv been in Tibbir since February, 15x roughly and massively up vs bitcoin. Been in aster since 60 cents 3x in a few weeks and that’s with a pull back. I know Reddit loves legacy alts like ADA and LINK that all topped already for the cycle most likely and will struggle to beat their previous all time highsbut if your on x following the right people and can use Nansen well there’s still good alts and opportunities out there.

StraightStackin

That's because you're including last alt season. Start from when we went into the bear market and look at LINK. It has massive up and down swings, if you sell on the down swing then you muss the up swing.

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BizarroTheory

Last bear market since 2021 I DCA'd 75% into BTC and 25% into alts (ETH, LINK and ADA), I definitely learned my lesson and will never buy alts again after this cycle. If my alts pump, I'm out and never looking back again. If they never pump, I'll just consolidate into BTC and take the loss. BTC is up more than 500% since the bottom of this bear market, while most alts are maybe up half of that or even worse. What is the point when only 5 out of 100 alts outperform BTC each cycle and all others get rekt, some will never get ATH again either. More risk and only good performance if you put your chips on the correct gamble.

theweb3voyager

Crazy how hindsight feels like a superpower we never had. I remember ignoring LINK when it was under a dollar because I thought “it already pumped.” Feels like the real skill in crypto is believing *before* the crowd shows up.

RedneckHippy76

Ok, during COVID when I filed 3 yrs of taxes in order to receive the COVID Relief money. 1,800$. I bought 500 dollars of BTC, ETH and Bitcoin Cash on PayPal. Then I found Coinbase. If I was to do it again I'd just buy BTC. You can buy BTC on PayPal, which also offers ETH SOL and LINK ( all are major players worthy of looking at ) You can't trade. But that may be a good thing🤣 You can also buy BTC on CashApp. No trading. I'm one of "those guys" that appreciates the Exchange, primarily because my life at this time is only semi stable and I would lose my external wallet . I bought a Nano X and never used it because it's too small and I had trouble reading the tiny screen. I've got cigarette lighters bigger than it is. I would misplace or throw it away like that Kat in the news. Lastly, be prepared for long periods of watching your assets dwindle I was down 9k after 2 and a half years. So don't freak if things go South. If you picked major players eventually they bounce back higher. That's how I got started and a little bit of my experience Good luck 🇺🇸🦅☮️🚬🚬☕

Consistent-Baby5904

you are NOT going to get high multiplies with that spread on BNB and LINK. SOL has higher conviction play than both BNB and LINK. if it was up to me, i'd just go BTC ETH SOL TOSHI

Consistent-Baby5904

set TOSHI sell limits. you could get rekt so easily with that coin. i'd get rid of BNB and LINK, and move both of those to SOL.

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Hoping LINK does somethjng very nice. LINK, SUI, HBAR

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fan_of_hakiksexydays

**How far top market cap coins are from their ATH:** BTC is 3.3% away from its ATh Ethereum is 7% BNB is currently at its ATH XRP 33.7% SOL 14.5% DOGE 128% ADA 249% LINK 123%

RedneckHippy76

Currently I'm up 20% give or take. Took almost 3 years to see green. Right now I'm only accumulating BTC dust , LINK and ETH. Shoulda stuck with BTC and ETH. But it's been quite a ride.

5ouleater1

I'm in on LINK, HBAR, and XLM personally. 60%, 25% and 15%. I won't be touching BTC unless it dips below 90k again.

booose6

I am ready for the LINK face-melting rally

Daedalus_Knew

LINK is mere moments away from it's true value being reflected and shooting up to $64. I hope.

Formal-Card-1067

Solid list! keep it simple: BTC + ETH like 60-70%, small portions in SOL, LINK, and TAO for growth. the rest are fine but don't over-diversify a small portfolio

Distinct-Thanks-6477

It's Ethereum for sure. I hate that you only gave one option. I have a couple of other solid options in SOL, LINK, RENDER, and AIOZ. It's all about conviction and fundamentals.

Legitimate_Towel_919

Nice list! I’d probably go 40% BTC, 25% ETH, 15% SOL, and sprinkle the rest across LINK, HBAR, and TAO for some spice. Solid mix of safety and upside!

CipherScarlatti

You see the list of most mentioned cryptos under your comment here? You see how LINK has a 5? Until it passes Bitcoin (258) it's not getting to $30.