SOL

pickleBoy2021

Yes but you don’t know at what price or increments or timing. Now that you have prime brokers which obfuscate trades. It can hit the chain but how not knowing what are the terms of what was done between a seller and dealer and their networks. You are SOL. Coinbase has a custody and OTC service which makes more money but is a smaller business. But if you integrate aero and blockchain trades they can hide and blend. Tradfi you see the same. Inventory. I can pay you now and sell months from now. I’m just managing the risk. Same happens in ipo’s when you defend a price. Offline conversations and deals nobody knows. It’s like projects using market makers. They get paid on options. Nobody knows the deal terms. They also manage inventory. That is channel retail can’t really track. Yeah stuff hits the chain but there a lot of games or inside baseball games retail can’t track because they involve human interactions and contracts.

PatchmaNcz

How many Dumps before Big Beautiful ~~Bil~~l Pump? I just slowly getting rid of all shitcoins i own, so soon another BTC maxi will be born. (now 54% BTC, 20% ETH 6% SOL and rest). Gladly i am still at some profit, thanks to BTC.

pickleBoy2021

OTC is over the counter. Common in tradfi. You hear it all the time. Not pleebs. You call OTC and say you have 5 million coins. You get quoted a price. If you take it they send you the money. Some cases you transfer coins to another wallet. Sometimes people just dump the wallet. OTC can then sell to another buyer. SOL had a lot of action around the last unlock and dump because the coins were from the FTX auction and you knew the price paid. You are buying big blocks. Not doing a DCA. OTC can then unload to a customer. Sell of in chunks. Loan out for a price if someone needs inventory. This is all stuff that has happened in tradfi for years. But if I’m selling at scale, you get a TWAP price and it gets sold down gradually. The reason again OTC. Not going to crash the price. Going to get the price range I want. They have a network of buyers they are going to sell to. This is their business. It’s like high end real estate that sells and never lists. Same with art. The money world is different.

steelchairframe

SUI ATH, SOL ATH. BNB ATH, HYPE ATH in USD terms. Sure, for a few of the coins, it's their first bull market but they're still very high MC and still breaking ATHs. I mean that's to name a few in the top 12. Too many alt coin doomers from people that bought alt coins in 2025 and not 2022 through to 2024. The right ones will RIP when it's time and most people that were organized are still 2x+ up on their initial investment.

Django_McFly

He's been anti alts for years now. He was saying this when SOL was $10 too. A casual 15x later...

MaleficentPrune652

I usually lean towards BTC and ETH for staying safe, then sprinkle in something like SOL for a bit of thrill; all casual thoughts, nothing ironclad.

Content_East_3308

I’d go 50% BTC, 30% ETH, and 20% on something like SOL or LINK. Safe + a little risk. Just hold and chill

Harvey0880

Even spread on SUI, KAITO, SOL, Fartcoin.

maninthecryptosuit

Only SOL bag holders can defend a "blockchain" with fake staking, money printing like the FED via crazy inflation, and worst of all, it goes down for hours a few times a year! Wow, such blockchain, much dumb!

Spartanelf

Starting to accumulate BAT and ICP. Waiting for bargain entries on SOL, ADA, XLM. Sold BTC and ETH

DryGeneral990

I bought SOL at 200 average in 2021. I'm still down, didn't sell last year unfortunately.

Zealousideal-Dog2046

I've actually found the casinos offer the lowest fees.. the key with trading with them or any of these high leverage platforms is to take action and DO NOT ALLOW your position to be liquidated it results in a 100% loss... Which if you don't know is almost impossible to be profitable in the long run. Me I cut the trade and close it at 25% -max 50% loss ... I get back half my capital and then on average only need my winners to be 70% - 100% to be profitable 1000x platforms I like Pancake swap 1000x BTC on (BNB,ARB.and BASE chains they offer but your TAXED hard via fees but not on BNB. Last summer they gave ARB rewards based on volume and I received over $20,000 in free Arbitrum in only 3 Month. So I still prefer pancakswap although not the best in the game cause of that. Ark : very solid offering low fees, instant order placement and 1000x via the ARB, And Sonic chain you can trade SOL, Doge, BTC, ETH but I find it hard to be profitable on this platform not sure why might be the leverage or hidden fees

Due-Candy-8929

Without even looking I already knew RLUSD was in the top 400 (#112) so your facts have holes - In June they passed 7.1 million wallets, with a new high of 295k daily active wallets (and growth to over 2700 wallets with 1m+ XRP) “On June 15, the network processed over 5.1 million transactions in a single day.” Just in the last 8 hours “Digital asset platform Mercado Bitcoin plans to tokenize more than $200 million in permissioned real-world assets (RWAs) on the XRP Ledger (XRPL).” The second tokenised Dubai property sold via PRYPCO on the XRPL went in under 2 minutes between 149 investors from 35 countries Sounds like more than ‘zero adoption’ and far more utility than a meme 🤔 Do you think all of the memes / pumpfun really add a ton of value for SOL? When I had SOL I found it very hard to find any information about SOL itself because it was drowned out behind everyone shilling memes, or complaining about snipers / bots / presales / telegram scams / phantom hacks : SOL pumped hard with XRP around the time of the election, but XRP has held onto those gains far better despite all the metrics you used being stronger for SOL? (Ie. #2 TVL) ETH is #1 but is down 22.1% over the last year

Mountain-Mix7001

Oh man no worries, it was mostly a joke I added once I realized how much detail I wrote. If you turn $200 into $200,000 using this model then hook your boy up with a SOL ahh Really though it’s a good playbook, but it’s tough to stick to because you need to be fully committed and robotic. It also means that you buy while everyone else panic sells, so watch for the fear index dropping below 40, and sell on the recovery but don’t wait hoping that things will moon. So like when sol hit 130, that’s a low buy, and the 15% sell happened a week later at 150. That’s easier said then done cause SOL could go back above 200 but a save 15% is better then it crashing and you waiting 6 months for it to go back to 150. I use an exchange with a small trade fee for low value trades cause I can then set them and walk away without double guessing. I then move to a wallet for bigger values but again, set the trades.

delastunicorn

Made some profit after managed to get SUI and SOL on discount.

SilentInvestor31

Haha bro I appreciate you dropping this. I’m working with a super small bag right now so I can’t really spare anything at the moment. Just trying to learn and grow first so I can pay it forward later. Definitely appreciate you for taking the time though. If I grow this bag using this method, I’ll definitely remember this convo and thank you with some SOL down the line. Can always hit me up on Twitter in the future or here on Reddit and I gotchu

tradinghabits89

Entering it to begin with. Second to that was sold over 100 SOL for 20.00 when it crashed during the ftx bullshit. I sold it and cashed out to my bank then went to the casino and lost it in blackjack to make it even worse. I hate it here

Escapement_Watch

SOL the writing is on the wall. just read it.

Daily-Trader-247

I worry about all Alt coins. SOL was suppose to be $300 a year ago, that was the consensus from all the smart people. Quant may be great, their market cap is reasonable. But I am just wondering when most ALTs will have to show income and get priced accordingly ??

Successful_Ad3483

Not buying more SOL when people online and in this sub were criticizing the coin.

Okra_Silent

Short answer? Probably not yet. But the heat is on. Let’s break it down — honestly and without hopium: --- 🔥 Warning Signs for Altcoins (Alt Holders Might Be Getting Cooked) 1. Bitcoin Dominance Rising When BTC dominance rises (especially above 55–60%), it usually drains liquidity from altcoins. Smart money rotates from alts to BTC in uncertain times. 2. Lack of Retail Mania We’re not seeing full-blown retail euphoria in alts yet — no mass FOMO, no Coinbase trending madness. If Bitcoin is at or near ATH and alts still haven't exploded, it's a bad sign. 3. ETH Struggling Ethereum (the altcoin leader) is underperforming vs BTC. That usually spells doom for smaller alts. If ETH/BTC is bleeding, it's rarely a good time for anything else. 4. Narrative Fatigue AI, RWA, DePIN, etc. — great buzzwords, but they're not attracting sticky capital. Alt narratives aren’t converting into sustained price action. It’s all rotations and pumps/dumps. 5. BTC ETF Inflows, Not Alt ETFs Institutions are buying Bitcoin. Not your favorite microcap. Until ETH ETF inflows start moving the needle, alts are on the sidelines. --- 🧊 Why You Might Not Be Cooked Yet 1. Alt Season Lags BTC Historically, altcoins run after Bitcoin cools down. If BTC finishes its parabolic move soon, there could still be a final altcoin rotation. 2. Some Sectors Still Show Strength A few strong narratives (like Solana ecosystem plays, restaking, AI infra) are doing OK. If you’re in the right sub-sector, you might still catch a wave. 3. Macro Isn’t Dead Yet If Fed pivots or rate cuts hit in Q3–Q4 2025, risk-on assets (including alts) may see another push. --- 🎯 What to Do Now (If You’re Holding Alts) Audit your bags: Ask honestly — are these alts backed by real adoption, or are they just bags? Rotate into strength: Consider moving into majors (BTC, ETH, SOL) or at least strong narratives. Be ready to exit: If BTC peaks and dominance surges, alts might not follow. Have exit plans. Stop loss or hold conviction: If you're deep underwater, either have long-term conviction or don’t let it bleed out forever. --- Want to share what alts you’re holding? I can help you evaluate if they’re toast, or if they still have juice.

ProgramFiles_

Alright fair enough, I'm looking at the BTC/EUR trading pair & I set an alert at 80k and 75k & if I see the 80k alert, I'll be observing price movement/fluxuation & if it hits 75k then I'll consider buying, if it falls below 70k then I definitely should buy. Gonna wait for a 5k raise before sellling the net difference that raise made with my investment. Does this sound like an OK "passive trader" strategy that could be profitable long-term or should I change something, maybe to look into ETH or SOL rather than BTC?

Different-Thanks-431

You can catch couple of SOL and if you're an AI enthusiast, AIOZ is a top bet. They just kicked off their AI challenge which allows any organization, researcher, or developer to host AI competitions within the ecosystem.

coinfeeds-bot

tldr; Amber International, a Nasdaq-listed crypto financial services firm, has raised $25.5 million through private placement to expand its $100 million Crypto Reserve initiative. The reserve primarily focuses on Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Solana (SOL), but the company plans to acquire Ripple (XRP), Binance Coin (BNB), and Sui (SUI) tokens. The funds will support innovative blockchain projects and institutional services. The raise was backed by prominent investors, including CMAG Funds and Pantera Capital. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.

byylu

U should check r/Pepecoin . Nobody in crypto knows what will happen but instead of going into tokens for ETH or SOL better check something with own blockchain, something u can mine if u want to. Also this one have huge potential. But i dont want to shill hard. Your money your decision. Always DYOR

jimmygetsTheShotgun

Hype is this cycles SOL. Pengu is a low risk meme. Fartcoin and useless for farther out strong memes that are basically leveraged sol. Have to be pretty oblivious to still invest in eth.

Due-Candy-8929

To be fair it is up 360% from 6 months ago while many like SOL have fallen right back to even below pre-election… but yeah I don’t trust the analysts saying that or higher (some say it’s going to $10,000)… I just Hit ‘do not recommend this channel…

Front_Machine_8585

I don’t really understand the hype on SOL still, compared to ETH

Fit-Poet6736

Doing BTC,ETH,NEXO,SOL,XRP

Famous-Emu1073

Just BTC, SUI and maybe SOL

4565457846

70% Bitcoin 15% ETH 10% SOL and 5% whatever you want (I like SUI)

GenerateWealth2022

You could keep the shit coins but buy Bitcoin from now on. You should also buy coins that are considered high quality coins like ETH, XRP, SOL.

Daily-Trader-247

Bitcoin, ETH, SOL maybe, Bitcoin, Bitcoin

MatchboxVader22

Your amounts are so small in the memes, that they won’t do anything even if you 2-3x. Either put everything into BTC, or put all the memes/alts into SOL. But honestly, I’d put everything you have into BTC.

Due-Candy-8929

USDT is sketchy… don’t trust your money in it… it couldn’t meet the requirements for MiCa so isn't up to standard in Europe… far better off with USDC or RLUSD… both Ripple and Circle have filed for banking licenses as well now… I sold all my SOL when the Trump coin launched - turned out to be the top for SOL, now its back at November levels - XRP has been the top performer since the election

DeaderthanZed

OP is referring to coins that didn’t achieve any adoption despite existing for 5+ years through multiple bull runs. So basically every L1 except BTC, ETH, BNB and SOL. (Xrp is a meme L1 it gets an exception for its die hard supporters despite its lack of actual adoption.)

Ikki_The_Phoenix

It the past 90 days ADA is down 9%, XRP is barely up 6%, SOL barely 23% KAS barely 20% whereas HYPE is up over 200%

Green_Ad9723

Strong Buy SOL !!! Later in Btc

joekercom

You're confused because your underlying assumption that BTC is a currency is wrong. Like you said yourself, no one uses it for that. It's not a currency, it's a store of value. The only TRUE currencies in Crypto are stablecoins - full stop. No one buys things with ETH, SOL, BTC, or any other crypto that isn't pegged to a fair currency; that's just how it is. The tax issues alone prohibit assets with variable values from ever being used as currency. It will NEVER HAPPEN. People need to get over it already and stop thinking in failed narratives from 5 years ago.

GripLock11

This pretty much sums up that the responses to this post have reinforced in my mind. I am pretty much settling on my DCA split being 70% Bitcoin, %15 ETH, and 5% each to XRP, Link, and SOL. Outside of the DCA for long term holds, I will probably move a small amount of my short term trading strategies from equities into other utility altcoins.

BsdFish8

> Tell me specifically when a user goes to make a transaction on Litecoin and Solana, what things will they notice? And how would they actually notice them? At least in my experience, no matter what type of transaction you make, you'll notice the speed and the cost. How is a user going to notice the things you think matter? When the payment system goes down or the payment processors (nodes) are censoring transactions from their wallet, their IP, or their regional network in particular, they are going to notice. Just the risk of this happening is what motivated people to use Bitcoin in its oldest and most primitive implementations. Credit cards and traditional banks have been handling near-instant transactions for decades. 2008 was the year when problems with security and reliability in traditional banking made the idea of blockchain payments *attractive.* Nobody needs a public ledger for speed - it's just nice to have compared to Bitcoin's blocktimes that can exceed 10 minutes. > If it was a real narrative, you wouldn't need people to validate it for you, it would come about naturally. Also, you need to stop treating VCs as anything other than early stage investors. This sub seems to think VC is a code word for some type of inherently nefarious group, rather than just a group of connected investors who have a lot of funds to employ... Having lots of money and betting on an early investment payoff does not automatically make one a benevolent influence on the product of that investment. Developers make compromises to the security, flexibility and usability of their apps and tools all the time for VC funding. The reputation that VCs have is directly informed by all of the terrible outcomes that have resulted alongside the successes. The early hiccups and downtime, alone, are the narrative (launch and ship before things actually work) that Solana is fighting against as a result. > You also haven't been able to quantify how a user would have any indication of which networks had a fair distribution, while it's extremely easy to quantify how a user would have immediate indication of what network is cheaper or faster. Wallets on a public ledger are not a secret. Transactions can be analyzed to quantify exactly how widely value is distributed across wallets in addition to how many wallets are active - unless the protocol provides tools to hide this information. We may not know who specifically owns each wallet, but we can absolutely establish when large sums of value are moving on the network and when they are dormant. > ok? My point was just that price movement, although an imperfect measure, is often an indicator of fundamentals and also future expectations. There are no fundamentals in a payment system outside of security and reliability. Fast transactions that fail to satisfy the fundamental requirements are unlikely to be sustainable. Most crypto projects are fly-by-night scams but the ones with multi-million dollar VC backing are not inherently more reliable, more secure, or more likely to be "number go up" candidates even when they have a huge marketing budget. > Because it seems like you have trouble identifying what is and isn't getting traction from more direct indicators, so instead of being confident in an inherently limited view thinking "Am I wrong? No it's the market who is wrong!" you might have a bit of reflection. Institutional traction is almost completely focused on Bitcoin right now. They understand that security and reliability are fundamental even if you don't believe me. Grayscale is just starting an ETF with a basket of other tokens, including SOL, but retail crypto is a seller's market full of rubes buying meme tokens that are mostly garbage and that are likely to be functionally worthless by the next Bitcoin halving. > this is why I'm bearish on Litecoin, it hasn't proven a good path towards self-sustainability. And obviously Litecoin also subsidizes block production as well to provide a better chance at long term sustainability. Bearish means "number go down" but it doesn't mean "network stops working." Litecoin miners collect fees and emissions, that's true, but there is no subsidy from a treasury account to incentivize participation. Litecoin has been going for 13 years and [shows no sign of stopping](https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/litecoin/hashrate-chart). The investment in hardware to increase hashrate is a real, tangible reflection of confidence in the chain's sustainability. > Seems like growth is going fine for them, but what is Litecoin's plan for growth? Growth is a narrative chasing the "number go up" prime directive. Litecoin has been growing organically and without external sponsors, exactly as the hashrate chart proves. No special plan had to be invented for the purposes of dumping overpriced junk on retail before the regulators catch up. > How do they increase that number when people seemingly don't value the things that you think are so important? You're suggesting the current people using the blockchain to securely and reliably transfer value don't think it is important because the speculative price isn't increasing to your satisfaction. Deflation is *likely* to increase the exchange value of LTC over time (and the price chart supports this outside of price spikes) but that is not the narrative that sustains usage. I'm not sure why you think it should be. > I just see it as a blockchain that can facilitate enough transactions to sustain the network while keeping individual fees low. I see it as better for certain purposes, but they really only compete in the sense that both of them are head and shoulders above everyone else when it comes to the activity of their respective ecosystems. We have different views of whether this is an unmitigated benefit or a tradeoff, then. I think Bitcoin is not just a SoV because it is secure and reliable - when markets panic, liquidity does not adjust to demand. Any price discovery to new levels will enforce slow and deliberate choices that determine winners and losers in 10 minute increments and that prioritize those who adjust their transaction fees to jump the queue. When transaction volume is practically unlimited, as it is on Wall Street, panics tend to lead to temporary pauses and shutdowns that violate the notion of reliable value transfer. Again, this is retelling the story of 2008 and why blockchain technology became significant in the first place. > So I'm really not sure what you're insinuating here. Considering the supply is 99.99% unlocked I'm not sure what "bagholders who have been trained to watch and wait for their exit signal." is in reference too. Do you somehow think Solana is more vulnerable... to people selling coins? When the big wallets head for the exits, the little wallets will follow with haste. If SOL breaches 250 USD again, there is certainly a possibility that "number go up" will continue, but the holding pattern of most altcoins is to degrade in value faster than inflation with occasional spikes. Ergo, we must time to market and take profits when the getting is good. > I'm a long term holder and every investment inherently requires timing the market to some degree, you have to enter and you have to exit and that is the only timing my long term narrative requires, just like literally any other type of buy and hold investment. Long term investing says "time in the market beats timing the market." If the capabilities of the blockchain are not changing significantly and the currency is inflationary, time in the market just describes who is left holding the bag. Centralized blockchains with foundations that have the power to change emissions and mint more tokens, just like the Fed prints money, are unlikely to sustain a "number go up" narrative like Bitcoin. I do not consider myself a long term investor in Solana, but by all means continue to pump those bags for me. In a couple of years, I might even change my mind.

Sloth_It_9

Just echoing the other comments, if you are in the meme coin market, then you could be SOL. If your money is in BTC,SOL,XRP or ETH then HODL and dont look back.

Rare_Rich6713

Seeing ETH under 3K and the bullish news that we're having, I think there is still a chance to make bank with ETH and some other alts like A47, HBAR, SOL, and some others.

Superb_Use_9535

I personally think its really hard to know which coins will make the most returns in 10-20 years. Its all speculation and if anyone tells you otherwise they are full of BS. Sure Bitcoin likely be largest market cap.. But many can grow much more in the next 10 years without it reaching bitcoin. Thats why I personally diversify my crypto account with ADA, ETH, SOL, BTC.

coinfeeds-bot

tldr; The REX-Osprey Solana Staking ETF, the first Solana staking exchange-traded fund in the U.S., debuted on the Cboe BZX Exchange with $12 million in inflows and $33 million in trading volume on its first day. Trading under the ticker SSK, the ETF provides exposure to spot Solana (SOL) and staking yields. Analysts view the launch as a significant step for crypto staking ETFs, with expectations for more crypto ETFs, including spot Solana ETFs, to gain approval by the end of the year. Institutional interest in Solana is also rising, as reflected in CME futures demand. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.

Regret-Select

Is it combined with white supremacy coin, and any of the other racist coins SOL has on Phantom

CynthiaTWilkerson

There’s always hope, *if* you’re holding real utility alts in DeFi, RWA, AI, etc., from legit projects like BTC, ETH, A, SOL, and not just chasing memecoins. Keep DCAing into your top picks, and over time, you'll see those losses shrink. The market moves in cycles… and there’s always another bull run ahead. Stay sharp

CynthiaTWilkerson

BTC of course, and yh, if you are not a full-on maxi, ETH, SOL, A, and of course XMR are better crypto. 

LavoP

Lol not at all. SOL has been great this cycle but upside is limited from here. ETH has been completely cooked. I’m huge into ETH for years and that’s been the worst decision of my life this past couple years.

Inevitable-Leave-875

Do your own research on the blue chips and why they are the top ranked. And when researching a lesser known coin/token, look at: Founder & Team Background Who are they? Real names or pseudonymous? Former FAANG, crypto native OGs, or some random Telegram scams? Track record? Any rug pulls? Prior pumps? Check LinkedIn, GitHub, SEC filings, and rugpull databases. Do they respond to criticism intelligently? Or just block you on Twitter? OPSEC Tip: If the founders are fully doxxed and U.S.-based, know they’re subject to U.S. law (SEC, OFAC, IRS). Sometimes pseudonymity doesn’t = scam. Code Quality & GitHub Activity Is the project open source? If not, why? Check GitHub: Are there commits? Is it a fork of another project? Are they copy/pasting or innovating? Use tools like CryptoMiso or GitHub Stars as weak signal proxies. Run a linter on their smart contracts. Sloppy coding = exploitable contracts = zeroed bags. Security Audits & Vulnerability Exposure Who audited it? Are there known CVEs (common vulnerabilities and exposures)? Check Certik, Immunefi, and Hacken for bug bounty programs. Smart contracts are forever. One unchecked bug and the protocol gets drained. Mechanism Design Is the protocol’s incentive structure economically sound, or is it a Ponzi in disguise? Check for Ponzinomics: unsustainable yields, recursive leverage, or circular swaps. Is the protocol actually useful without the token? Or is the token the product? Product/Market Fit Does the project solve a real problem? Who uses it? Is it a DAO with 80 wallets and 10 bots? Or is there daily organic usage? Use Token Terminal or DefiLlama to check real usage metrics: TVL, revenue, active users. Legal and Regulatory Risk Is the token a security? Did they do a public sale to U.S. citizens? Are they compliant with AML/KYC or deliberately avoiding it? (Good or bad depending on ethos) Has it already been flagged by SEC/FinCEN/OFAC? Token Distribution & Vesting Who owns the tokens? Founders? VCs? Airdrop farmers? What’s the vesting schedule? Any cliffs? Is it linear or backloaded? Use Messari or whitepaper tokenomics sections to verify actual unlock schedules. Watch out for VC unlock seasons where the price tanks on linear emissions from private sales. Community & Narrative Strength Are the supporters real humans or Twitter bots? (Use tools like FollowerAudit or BotSentinel) Is there real discussion on forums or just pump memes? What’s the meme game like? Narrative fuels speculative bubbles. Is this thing cult worthy? Cults like LINK, ETH, SOL, and BTC sustain price through hell. Most coins die when Reddit stops caring. Protocol Revenue & Sustainability Does the protocol generate real, recurring revenue? Is yield coming from users, or from token inflation? How are protocol fees split? Burned? Given to holders? Dev fund? Check DefiLlama Revenues or Token Terminal for hard data. Interoperability & Ecosystem Integrations Is it isolated, or plugged into other chains? Is it EVM-compatible? Supported by major bridges? Are DEXs, wallets, explorers, oracles integrated? Also tokenomics: Total Supply vs. Circulating Supply How much of the total supply is already circulating? If 10% is circulating and 90% is locked up, you’re early, but you’re likely buying into a future selloff. Rapid unlocks = price suppression. High FDV (Fully Diluted Valuation) + Low circulation = Delayed rug via emissions. Emission Schedule/Vesting Curve Linear: Steady inflation, easier to price in. Cliff + linear: VC dump alert. Sudden supply shock. Exponential: Pure inflation. Allocation Breakdown Look for this in whitepapers or dashboards. Here’s what you want to dissect: Team/Founders have greater than 20%, they’re greedy, and will likely dump VCs/Private Sale have greater than 25%, you’re the exit liquidity Ecosystem/Grants around 20%, okay if it’s transparently allocated Community/Airdrop less than 10%, fair but check distribution Liquidity Mining around 10–30%, good if designed well (no mercenary yield farmers who will dump on you) Token Utility: What does the token actually do besides go up? Good Uses: Governance (if active and enforced) Required for usage (gas, staking collateral, slashing risk) Fee discounts (e.g., BNB) Security layer (e.g., ETH staking) Burn Mechanics / Deflationary Design Are tokens being burned with every use? Is it programmatic or discretionary (manual = rug bait)? EIP-1559 on Ethereum is a gold standard: burn on actual usage. If it’s inflationary, check if usage is greater than inflation. If not, value bleed is baked in. Staking Incentives What APR are stakers getting? Where does that yield come from? (Fees? Inflation? New buyers?) Does staking have a lockup or slashing risk? High APR from inflation = stealth dilution. It’s yield that costs everyone. Liquidity Profile How much liquidity is there on major exchanges or DEXs? Who controls it? Is it protocol-owned liquidity (POL), or whales? Slippage test: Try simulating a $10K-$100K trade. If price impact is greater than 2%, it’s illiquid. Low liquidity = manipulated price action and whale games. Market Cap vs. FDV Market Cap = Circulating supply × current price FDV = Total supply × current price A token with $50M market cap but $2B FDV = 2.5% in circulation. You’re buying into a future inflation cliff. High FDV with low liquidity = worst combo. Inflation Control Is there a cap (like BTC)? Is there a halving or burn mechanism? Are emissions dynamic (adjusted based on usage like Curve)? Flat inflation = death by a thousand cuts unless usage scales faster. Whale Concentration Use tools like Nansen, Arkham, or Etherscan to analyze top holders. Are top wallets: Smart contracts (okay) Exchanges (neutral) Private wallets (danger) More than 10% in one private wallet = big risk

Inevitable-Leave-875

I’m doing 70% BTC, the rest is LINK and SOL. I’ve been contemplating KAS but idk if I wanna gamble on it just yet.

YouAreAnFnIdiot

SOL will pump before a dip then won't do shit when everything recovers and pumps

YouAreAnFnIdiot

SOL price action is so weird lately

Square-Thought-5260

Just stick with the top two; SOL, ETH

Different-Thanks-431

Investing in real utility like you said is the most important thing when you want to dive into alts, because most of them are always quick pump and dump scheme. For me, I'd tell you to choose ETH as the front runner, SOL to follow and you can add AIOZ considering for how long it has been around. They are currently building solidly on the AI narrative which they currently have an AI challenge going on which challenge creators can upload datasets, set evaluation criteria, configure potential token rewards and also invite global AI contributors to participate, directly on AIOZ AI. This is some real utility which developers will be pouncing on in matter of time.

Single_Indication_31

You are quite cooked, instead of investing into Bitcoin,ETH, SOL , you decided to invest into a meme coin. Take that 20K out of those shitty coins. Deposit it into an Exchange and trade BTC / USDT and boom you have your 50K back.

RedneckHippy76

WOW do those options provide all your tokens? Coinbase is booming on Wall Street. Just sayin' . One question, why ask us? Probably all eligible for that Reddit Achievement of Basement Dweller. It's coming up in what 15 or 16 days? Anyway. If it's BTC or SOL and you're not trading , PayPal offers both plus I think Link. No trading though. CashApp offers BTC 2. No trading Think about it. Your financial future may be at 🥩. Good Luck

jawni

Part 1 >It screens out a well-distributed network of node validators just like Solana. The algorithm depends on a centralized and arbitrary criteria that is determined by Ripple Labs. At best, XRP holders could fork the chain if Ripple decides to pull some shit on them. I was talking about Solana, which uses currently uses Tower BFT and it doesn't "screen out" validators, every validator can produce blocks. Take a look for yourself and watch in real-time: https://fd-mainnet.stakingfacilities.com/leaderSchedule >The algorithm depends on a centralized and arbitrary criteria that is determined by Ripple Labs. Again, I was talking about Solana, for which this is not true. In fact Solana is switching to a new consensus called Alpenglow that will cut block times in half and lower the amount of SOL needed to run a validator, which should increase performance and decentralization simultaneously. https://www.anza.xyz/blog/alpenglow-a-new-consensus-for-solana From here on out, if you make a claim about Solana you should at least source it so I don't have to correct you so often. >However you like to describe it, PoS doesn't require a premine and never has. It's a convenient story for VCs that are not really in it "for the tech" and that understand they need to get profits while the getting is good. I mean... it should be pretty obvious and it literally *always* has essentially been a necessity. You know you can just ask AI these things and they'll provide the reasoning and sources to show how they came to the answer? Just to check myself I asked Gemini and it backed me up: "have any layer 1 proof of stake blockchains launched without a premine?" "To the best of my knowledge based on the provided search results, there is no direct confirmation of any Layer 1 Proof-of-Stake (PoS) blockchains that definitively launched with absolutely no premine. Here's why: Necessity of initial tokens for PoS: In a PoS system, validators need to stake their own cryptocurrency to participate in network validation and consensus. This implies that some initial amount of the native token must exist at launch to enable this staking mechanism." You literally never thought to wonder how a proof of stake network would work... with **zero** stake? lol dude, you need to apply some critical thinking here before confidently asserting something completely wrong. >Users have been complaining about XRP for over a decade. Insider dumping, downtime and lack of reliability should be four-alarm bells that one is betting on a service that could go up in flames at any moment. Litecoin has proven that it will not. I haven't been talking about XRP at all, I've been talking about Solana. Anyone besides the public, who could also take part in the initial token sales, were subject to vesting periods, and if they did dump, good for them, they had extra restrictions compared to average folks and they had a hand in improving and galvanizing the network so they should feel free to "dump" aka sell their coins... like normal people constantly do with every coin. People generally have been very happy with Solana Foundation's stewardship, they obviously put those resources towards things that would strengthen the network, like dev rel and biz dev. Causes of downtime and lack of reliability have been fixed promptly and people continue to choose Solana, so maybe you should go on a visibility campaign to bring awareness to this. Maybe people just don't know about the downtime and if you informed that, they would all stop. But my guess is that people are aware and they value things like cost and speed over a blockchain maybe being down for .01% of the time. >You're right, they're not use cases so much as basic requirements for a sustainable payment system. You can drone on about what is "basic requirements" all you want, but if people overwhelmingly choose to use something else... those things aren't as requisite as you think. >And most chains are vulnerable to wealthy insiders cashing out their value proposition before the bagholders even know what happened. "vulnerable to wealthy insiders cashing out their value proposition" ???? What the hell is that supposed to mean? You mean... people... selling their coins? How does that make a network vulnerable? Especially considering like I just said, all insiders were subject to lockups anyways, so by the time they could cash out it made no difference to the security of Solana... This is just bad FUD. Again, please provide sources or provide much further elaboration. And if you want sources for anything I've said, I can easily provide. >Bitcoin was released in a context of history also and that narrative is still playing out - loss of confidence and value for USD. Stablecoin providers are betting on the Federal Reserve, or perhaps the EU, to be their benevolent protector of value...except the track record since 2009 tells us what the market won't advertise. Values will continue to deteriorate from inflation, just like every coin not named BTC. Yeah, it was born as a form of unsovereign form of money, but haven't you seen the narrative shift towards store of value? Which would suggest that it can no longer compete as a payment method, especially relative to newer competitors. Clearly people care about preserving value, but when it comes to paying, they've moved beyond BTC and LTC. And USD is a popular form of fiat and everyone know the Fed keeps printing more. Clearly the USD value has been deteriorating the whole time that stablecoins have become popular, but even if stablecoins go away, that still leaves Litecoin at a massive disadvantage because unless LTC, the asset, is the preferred payment asset, anything else can just be tokenized on Solana and take the place of stablecoins. Clearly you're in the minority here, stablecoins seem here to stay and users of stablecoins and issuers of stablecoins are well aware of how the value of USD will decline over time, but again, if this mattered to people, it wouldn't be as popular as it is and if there were fears about it's longevity, I doubt you'd be seeing every single possible company that can use them, trying to use them. >Well good that we've got that out in the open. I try to be objective about every blockchain I buy into. Same. We all have biases but we can't let that distract us from the substance of salient points. Assuming bias does nothing, I address things based on their merit. >We know this isn't true. Bitcoin does even less than Litecoin. Every halving cycle, most new buyers are looking for the next Bitcoin instead of just buying Bitcoin. What the chain can do is ancillary to the potential for "gainz" but it makes for good marketing to the newbies. Yeah, and the issue of the chain not generating enough revenue is also an issue for Bitcoin. I think Bitcoin is likely to retain enough popularity to eventually overcome it though but that does concern me as well and I really don't know how they'll get it done. Inscriptions helped, but that seemed to divide the BTC community.

HelpDependent4285

https://jup.ag/swap/SOL-8ogGYApCUB57Ch74YPKrPzMqoNG4DU7Y9wQnjgQYSi8E[https://jup.ag/swap/SOL-8ogGYApCUB57Ch74YPKrPzMqoNG4DU7Y9wQnjgQYSi8E](https://jup.ag/swap/SOL-8ogGYApCUB57Ch74YPKrPzMqoNG4DU7Y9wQnjgQYSi8E)

Heyzuice2010

I want you to do this “Solana meme-coin checklist Contract safety • Open the token page on Birdeye or DexScreener and click “Mint authority” and “Freeze authority.” Both should read None. If either is still an address, the dev can mint or freeze wallets and you walk away. • Source should be the standard SPL-Token program, not a custom program with upgrade authority. Liquidity hygiene • Pool size: at least 300–500 SOL (or its USDC equivalent) so one large buyer or seller cannot nuke the chart. • Liquidity tokens burned to the “111111…” null address or locked for 30 days or longer via Honey or Grape. No unlocked LP in dev wallets. Supply distribution • Top non-LP holder under 4 %, top ten under 20 %. Wallets that funded the deployer should not also own large bags. Check Solscan “Rich list.” Tax and fee structure • Transfers should show 0 % fee on-chain. Ignore promises in chats; test with a tiny swap. • No weird reflection or staking programs unless you understand them in full. Dev reputation • Paste the deployer wallet into Solscan and look for prior launches. If you see earlier 100 × performers with clean exits, that is a plus, if you see rugs, move on. Momentum signals • Trending in the first page of Birdeye “New pairs” with consistent volume over at least three hours. • FDV under USD 1 million when you enter, 24 h volume already > FDV shows strong turnover. Community and narrative • Telegram or X space has real people chatting, not only “gm” bots. • Clear meme hook that ties to a trending story or viral character, easy for others to repost. Catalysts and roadmap • Announcements of CEX listings, pump.fun migration to Raydium, marketing partnerships, or NFTs can extend the life of the meme. Absence of any plan often means a one-day candle. Tool stack Birdeye (price alerts), DexScreener (charts, tax), Solscan (authority and holders), RugCheck.xyz (automated red-flags), pump.fun (pre-Raydium presales), Jupiter Terminal (deepest liquidity routers). Set push alerts for LP changes and volume spikes.” and give me updates on that every hour. If a coin passes every line above you still size small, spread risk across several plays, and pull initial capital once you hit a quick 2–3 ×.

Heyzuice2010

I want you to do this “Solana meme-coin checklist Contract safety • Open the token page on Birdeye or DexScreener and click “Mint authority” and “Freeze authority.” Both should read None. If either is still an address, the dev can mint or freeze wallets and you walk away. • Source should be the standard SPL-Token program, not a custom program with upgrade authority. Liquidity hygiene • Pool size: at least 300–500 SOL (or its USDC equivalent) so one large buyer or seller cannot nuke the chart. • Liquidity tokens burned to the “111111…” null address or locked for 30 days or longer via Honey or Grape. No unlocked LP in dev wallets. Supply distribution • Top non-LP holder under 4 %, top ten under 20 %. Wallets that funded the deployer should not also own large bags. Check Solscan “Rich list.” Tax and fee structure • Transfers should show 0 % fee on-chain. Ignore promises in chats; test with a tiny swap. • No weird reflection or staking programs unless you understand them in full. Dev reputation • Paste the deployer wallet into Solscan and look for prior launches. If you see earlier 100 × performers with clean exits, that is a plus, if you see rugs, move on. Momentum signals • Trending in the first page of Birdeye “New pairs” with consistent volume over at least three hours. • FDV under USD 1 million when you enter, 24 h volume already > FDV shows strong turnover. Community and narrative • Telegram or X space has real people chatting, not only “gm” bots. • Clear meme hook that ties to a trending story or viral character, easy for others to repost. Catalysts and roadmap • Announcements of CEX listings, pump.fun migration to Raydium, marketing partnerships, or NFTs can extend the life of the meme. Absence of any plan often means a one-day candle. Tool stack Birdeye (price alerts), DexScreener (charts, tax), Solscan (authority and holders), RugCheck.xyz (automated red-flags), pump.fun (pre-Raydium presales), Jupiter Terminal (deepest liquidity routers). Set push alerts for LP changes and volume spikes.” and give me updates on that every hour. If a coin passes every line above you still size small, spread risk across several plays, and pull initial capital once you hit a quick 2–3 ×.

mcfreiz

I’m about 50/50 BTC and SOL with SOL staking around 8%

No_Quality5565

Top alt coins with guaranteed returns and relatively less risk: ETH - Less risk, 2-3x from current price SOL - Less risk, easy 3x from current price AVAX - Way too cheap rn, easy 5-10x from current price LINK - Insanely cheap, easy 5x from current price RNDR - Great value, easy 4-8x ARB - One of the best projects on eth, easy 6-8x. Save this post and come back to it end of 2025.

Rare_Rich6713

I'm still stacking and added some A47, SOL, and ETH to my pf recently.

Dogedaddy4

Saw this post about someone losing $90M in SOL through a leaked private key and a malicious smart contract. Brutal. And sadly, not rare in Web3 anymore. It’s stories like this that pushed me to build [AirCash](https://aircash.replit.app) — a system that doesn’t rely on smart contracts, browser wallets, or any platform risk at all. No token approvals No stored keys No ledger or on-chain activity to trace With AirCash, you mint BTC into a burnable, off-chain token. Send it to anyone. Redeem it later. The system doesn’t touch your seed, doesn’t connect to a wallet, and doesn’t track you. It’s not DeFi. It’s not programmable money. It’s just cash — the way crypto was supposed to feel. Might not help people who already got scammed, but if this wakes up even one person to start protecting their value differently… that’s a win.

Aucade13

I‘m quite new to cryptos but I just invested in BTC, ETH, XRP, SOL, LINK, AVAX, ATOM and MATIC as a longterm hodl for the grandchildren.

stonkgoesbrr

*SEC approves Grayscale Digital Large Cap ETF with BTC, ETH, XRP, SOL, ADA *Crypto market: boring lol ima sell

jawni

Staking seems fine for SOL ETFs with SSK being launched tomorrow, but regulators seem to have issues with ETH's native staking process that may make it take longer or require changes to be approved. Not sure why active management would matter though, these are literally just holding a single asset for the most part.

jawni

We already have quite a few Strategy-clones for other coins. Four different companies, Upexi, Defi Dev. Corp, Classover, and Sol Strategies, have started acquiring SOL and Sharplink Gaming has already done this with ETH as well. There is also Tony G Holdings doing with HYPE, Justin Sun/Eric Trump possibly doing it with Tron, and Vivopower doing it with XRP.

zooka19

Sometimes I wonder my life decisions... I have BTC/ETH/SOL/BNB/XRP in order of largest to smallest positions. With DOGE and SHIB just there because. it's not a huge amount. I coulda BTC/FART/PEPE and be retired.

giodude556

SOL is a scam, you sure your not just buying into another scam xD

coinfeeds-bot

tldr; The U.S. is set to launch its first Solana staking ETF, named 'SSK,' by REX Shares and Osprey Funds. This ETF offers both price exposure and staking rewards for Solana (SOL) through regulated brokerage accounts. The SEC clarified staking doesn't violate securities laws, enabling the fund's creation. SOL's price surged following the announcement. Analysts suggest this could pave the way for similar staking-enabled ETFs for other cryptocurrencies, marking a significant step for yield-bearing crypto products in the U.S. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.

coinfeeds-bot

tldr; Algorand (ALGO) is now available for on-chain staking in the Crypto.com App, joining other supported blockchains like Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), and Polkadot (DOT). On-chain staking allows users to secure the blockchain, earn rewards up to three times a week, and unstake assets flexibly. This feature is accessible to most Crypto.com App users, with some jurisdictional restrictions. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.

Escapement_Watch

The whole stock market will run on SOL soon. The writing is on the wall. BTC number 1 SOL will be number 2.

bimbobandit2016

They're finally putting the S&P500 on SOL tokens. Great for those of us from shithole countries that weren't allowed to invest in it

ensui67

To be clear, it’s up to 40% and that’s also counting for companies involved with crypto like say, Robinhood, Circle and stablecoins. Very different than saying up to 40% in SOL. Base case allocation is still like 5-10% and more towards the higher end depending on your life expectancy. Much like how it may be argued that you keep like 90%+ equities if your time horizon is infinite.

jawni

oh yeah? Let me hear more about this. In what ways did it flip SOL's growth?

SadPhone8067

What’s the word with SOL are people buying this or what?

HudyD

Glad you’re back in the game! For long-term stacking, I’d stick with BTC, ETH, and maybe layer 1s like AVAX and SOL. But if you’re looking to catch early movers, I am using Bananagun Pro to track fresh deploys and migration alerts. It’s been super helpful for identifying real projects vs. the typical low-liquidity traps

didnt_hodl

Correct. USDT runs on ETH, SOL and TRX. need to be invested in all 3 to capture the coming stable coin boom

jawni

I feel like **I** am understanding everything, but to make sure you're understanding as well, please just answer yes or no for a couple questions if you could. 1. I understand that you said "But you do you, we will see you after hbar flips sol." and then set a reminder for 6 months. Do you understand that? 2. I understand that HBAR's market cap did not flip SOL's market cap as of today, 6 months later. Do you understand that? 3. I understand that HBAR's price dropped 36% relative to SOL's price. Do you understand that? If you can't answer with yes, yes, and yes, then it's clear you're either too stupid to understand what is going on or you're just trolling.

jawni

**YOU** literally set the circumstances of this, so accusing me of cherry-picking is pretty fucking hilarious. Was it not you that said exactly this... exactly 6 months ago: >But you do you, we will see you after hbar flips sol. >!remindme 6 months Did it flip SOL? No. Is it trending towards flipping SOL? No. Did it outperform SOL? No. Did it even sustain it's USD value? No. But somehow you claim to be up 5x... and your accusing *me* of cherry-picking. This is just too funny. Shall we pick some very specific criteria that you can't weasel out of and set another 6 month reminder again?

ghost-age-1000

Robinhood launched ETH and SOL staking . Is that why eth and sol is comparatively in better condition then other alts?

jawni

Hey u/East-Day-7888 , I'm sure you got your 6 month reminder today as well. [You were confident HBAR was gonna flip SOL...](https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/1hpnp1r/new_study_from_various_universities_on_dlt/m4jjb9w/) How is that going for ya? [HBAR down 36% against SOL.](https://imgur.com/a/x55VSRv)

HSuke

What changed? They're adding crypto perpetuals trading, SOL and ETH staking, and building a new layer 2 blockchain based on Arbitrum (using Ethereum as the L1?)

reactzzzz

SOL making moves atleast

jawni

Nothing worth fomoing into right now except maybe HYPE. I'd say SOL if I wasn't already a long term holder, with the ETFs being so close, major substantial partnerships being announced pretty much every day, and the most active and one of the highest revenue generating blockchains in the world. But the hype isn't there right now, IMO people will start FOMOing after the ETFs are approved and will wrongly think it's a sell the news event.

jawni

>It’s literally a copy of Bitcoin except there will be 84 million coins, but then with lower transaction fees and times. The hashing algorithm is different, but it doesn’t seem to be in a bad way, just different. So... strike 1. Not differentiated enough from the most popular coin who people are going to choose over LTC 99 times out of 100. If I was wrong, we wouldn't be having this conversation in the first place. >The counter-argument to that seems to be that there are newer coins that do this better. I do not believe this to be the case. For example, many tout Solana would be better for this purpose, as its transaction time is nearly instant, compared to Litecoin’s ~2.5 minutes. And? Feels like you were gonna follow that up explaining how that isn't as good as it seems or something... but then you didn't. Why would you even include this if you're not going to elaborate on how this isn't a massive disadvantage for LTC? >It is true Solana is faster, but its network has gone down on several occasions. Litecoin has never gone down in its history. Imagine a government or major corporation finally closing a deal, only for the crypto it planned to use to be completely inoperable at that moment. Oh... so because it went down, that means the advantages that it has when it's up don't count? Well no, obviously when it's up it still beats LTC and of course when it's down it can't do anything. But lets look at the downtime, last occurred Feb 6 and lasted for 5 hours. So over the last 24 months, Solana has been down for 5 hours. Percentage-wise that comes out to an uptime of 99.97% uptime. So maybe you get unlucky and try to do something in that 5 hour window, but odds are that doesn't happen. There is also no reason to suspect downtime will continue, as we've gone nearly 2 years without an incident, while handling massive amounts of traffic during that time, levels of traffic that crypto quite frankly has never seen. Client diversity is also improving with the release of Firedancer. >There is also the proof of stake versus proof of work discussion between the two, as well as Solana not being a fair launch as reasons to prefer Litecoin. Can you tell me a single thing that a "fair launch" affects today for a user of either blockchain? If someone goes to use Litecoin, are they going to be like "wow, you can really tell this blockchain had a fair launch!"? No, because while it's cool to have the fairest launch possible, it's largely inconsequential, and it's also largely impossible to do in 2025. People demonize pre-mines without understanding their necessity, without trusted people having large amounts of stake, networks can easily be attacked in their early stages. Even Midnight, a project tied to Cardano where everyone spazzes out about the ideals of decentralization, is using permissioned nodes to start out. Layer 1's launch with investors now and carefully planned network rollouts, because networks need to be bootstrapped and grown over time, they can't just be a pet project like Litecoin started as. And even though VCs generally get the earliest chance to buy and lowest prices, the price of SOL on the public market dipped down to the levels that VCs bought at, so ultimately everyone had a chance. >And then there’s Ethereum, which I don’t believe compares to Litecoin. They’re not in competition. Both can succeed and/or both can fail. Ethereum is a bet on web3, while Litecoin is a bet on peer-to-peer payments becoming more common. Every single L1 competes against LTC because stablecoins are the ultimate peer-to-peer asset in crypto and the ETH ecosystem is pushing that hard(also Tron majorly leading here, Plasma up and coming, and Solana relevant here too). Thinking LTC is going to be the "payment coin" is laughable considering how far behind it is from stablecoins. >Besides thinking other coins may do what Litecoin does but better, the only other criticism I see is Litecoin’s founder selling his entire position. However, this was 8 years ago. He said he did this to make decisions about Litecoin’s future without taking how those decisions would impact price into consideration. A convenient thing to say when it was at an ATH. But this was 8 years ago, and the founder is still leading and adding new features like anonymity, so I don’t believe it matters that he sold his position anymore. He has continued to act in the coin’s best interest, add features, and remain active to date. No one who matters really cares about this. It's a non-issue. >Another common criticism is that it’s just traded sideways for so long. But I thought past performance is not predictive of future results? There is still reason for, and the possibility of, big money adoption that I laid out above. An ETF seems to be on the horizon. The tech simply works without issue. The fact that it has traded sideways is an opportunity, not a criticism. Also doesn't matter. >So I ask, why don’t you invest in Litecoin? What would you recommend I read to understand why I’m wrong? I’m truly open to learning and do not claim to be an expert in this stuff. But after all the research I’ve tried to do on my own so far, I haven’t really been able to convince myself it’s not a good investment. Your investment thesis is majorly flimsy, and is roughly the same as everyone's thesis was a decade ago... and how well has that played out for them? All the "good" things about Litecoin have not led to it being a leader in the industry when it was well positioned to do so. Being the "Silver to BTC's gold" is awesome when there is only like 5 coins and LTC is the fastest of all of them... but how good is that when you have a hundred different networks that are just as cheap and in most cases 10-100x faster? And they can handle smart contracts, support other assets, and are more interoperable with other networks... what is Litecoin's selling point now? It's not like this is just my opinion either, the data supports this. Litecoin celebrated 300,000,000 transaction after 13 years, it literally takes Solana half a week to hit 300,000,000 transactions... So, I don't invest in Litecoin because I don't see any feasible way for it to be relevant, especially when what made it relevant a decade ago is now now longer unique to Litecoin, and it's prior strengths are now relative weaknesses compared to new competitors. So I don't understand why anyone would be bullish on it at this point.

dartdartdartdart

Yup, I just took my L and consolidated from 90% btc to 99% btc. Kept a bit in SOL and XRP so I won’t have the same level of FOMO, but I have no expectations.

Neat-Emu-8731

Start with BTC and ETH. Add SOL or LINK if you want more growth. Stick to what has strong use and active devs

Thakkerson

Alts marketcap pretty big atm. It is just that everything is soaked up by BNB, XRP, SOL, etc lol

meowboiio

Honestly, that sounds more like Bitcoin evangelism than actual analysis. Just because it was first doesn’t mean it’s the best anymore. BTC might be the ‘safest’ in terms of name recognition, but it’s also the slowest, least functional, and barely evolving. I’d rather invest in tech that’s actually being used and developed — not just held like digital gold and worshipped like a relic. I prefer projects that are actively building — like ETH, SOL, LINK — real innovation, even if it's clunky sometimes. I'm here for growth and utility, not just digital gold and blind hope. Also, have you actually thought about what happens when block rewards dry up? No more block subsidies means miners rely solely on fees. And if fees skyrocket just to keep the network secure, good luck moving your BTC when the market panics. You might not even be able to sell without paying $200+ per transaction. That’s not security, that’s a ticking time bomb.

Usual-Ad3082

No one's coin as of now has all of the solutions. Bitcoin is slow and lighting is only a temporary stop gap, ETH is slow and is more app based, XRP seemingly had the rug pulled out from underneath them which caused their momentum to stop and yeah ripple owns about 45% of the coins and there are tons of other coins that will never get off the launch pad. Bitcoin has been backed by institutions but that can change very fast as technology does. Keep in mind we are talking about technology no one drives around a Model T as their daily driver. That's Bitcoin. ETH has a ton of issues but they are working through them and seem to at least keep themselves in the conversation. SOL was very popular because it was used as a currency to buy meme coins but that is slowly dying. XRP is interesting but it's as if no one but people in the community know about it. It has had a lot of claims that BOA is using their network and BOA never denied it. It's also having some issues with institution adoption. I will say this if Cryptocurrency's future is payments they are the leader as of now but that means nothing because of technology. Bitcoin maxis really only looks at it as a currency that's value will only continue to grow faster than any other form and that's not how currencies really work. It's also expensive to own so they offer fractions which is not practical. Bitcoin has no way to evolve or grow it can really only maintain so I believe it won't 10x in the next 5 years. People will get bored with it. A company called strategy is heavily invested in them which could eventually Doom that company. Once that company is gone Bitcoin could have a massive fall. The risk vs reward ran out once it reached 100k.

endawg97

I like to have heavy weight on BTC and then a little ETH staked and SOL staked. Because we don’t know which one might actually become the OS for blockchain.

DorkyDorkington

Depends what you want. If you are looking for small to medium gains with average risk then BTC, ETH and SOL like you said. If you want to have a chance at getting huge gains with high risk then you could add a selection of projects that currently have a small market cap but a reasonable actual use case and at least functional, proven tech with some level of adoption/partners or investors, collaborators among large corporations. There are many but it takes some effort to find them. Some interesting ones could be AMP, IMX, XRP, Render and Chainlink just to name a few with different use cases/funtionality. Once you start looking into the field and really finding out what these projects offer a whole new world will open for you. However it is still early and many will fail... but some will likely succeed, some fail and some ancient ones will also likely fade out at some point. For starters stop thinking about various tokens as just "coins" or crypto money.

Background_Stick6687

75% btc 10% ETH 10% SOL 5% RWA’s ( chain link, HBAR)

AsharQ

Learn from my mistakes from 2017. If you want to hold for 10+ years, ONLY BUY BITCOIN. Nothing, absolutely nothing else. No other coin, including ETH and SOL, is validated enough. Have a seperate fund and use that and with that i would make a portfolio of BTC, SOL, ETH, DOGE.

hiddenintheleavess

Everyone will say more BTC. IMO, Eth is worth holding as it’s essentially the second best behind BTC. Sol I would probably sell but it has potential for growth. IMO, I’d sell the RMNBY and VOO- if you want SP exposure I’d go SPY over VOO unless you’re holding for like 15 plus years. NVDA is probably a keeper, short or long term. GPUs are not going away anytime soon. TLDR: Sell the SOL, RMNBY and VOO. Consider SPY and buy BTC for the rest.

dingobro1

Leaning towards just bitcoin. Will likely wait for the next bear market though based on some comments here. If BTC doesn't drop? Then I guess I am SOL and just have an empty crypto wallet to show for it.

biba8163

> Inverse /r/cc! 2025 /r/cryptocurrency price predictions (*"If BTC hits $100K, my shitcoin is going to moon"* logic) > **"How high will it go in 2025?"** > - *"Watching a lot of vids and trying to work out how high will BTC, ETH, and SOL go in 2025 at their peak. I have come to 200k for BTC, 16k for ETH, and 1k for SOL."* > - So 100k BTC, 8K ETH, 500 SOL. Got it. > - 120K-150K btc, 8k-10k ETH, 400-600 SOL > - btc 200k is roughly a 3x for BTC. Eth 16k is closer to a 4.5x. I expect ETH to outperform BTC > - Btc 200k, ETH 12k and Solana $800 IMHO, but inevitable. > - BTC: $150k-$200k ETH: $12k-$16k SOL: $1k > - Your BTC target might be a little high. ETH has a decent chance at 16k, but might get exhausted around $12k. SOL flirting with $1000 seems inevitable. > - 150k btc, 17k eth, 800 sol > - btc 250k eth 20k > - The 2021 peak was 3.5x the 2017 peak. Since we're back around ATH, I'd be very happy with a 2x from here. So about 140k BTC, and 8 to 9K ETH. > - 3.50 ADA, $7 > - No way 16 for ETH maybe 9. > - 100k for BTC 10k for ETH and SOL will die. > - BTC- $142k ETH- $8.7k SOL- $520 https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/1cyg2fb/how_high_will_it_go_in_2025/