SOL

Facedownfinsup

If you stacked into ETH or SOL when it was low, alts have their place. It’s just more of a gamble.

Hungry-Class9806

>This has placed pressure on leveraged positions, with major altcoins like Solana ([SOL](https://finbold.com/cryptocurrency/solana/)) and XRP experiencing 8% to 9% drops. In Solana’s case, the price fell below its 200-day exponential moving average (EMA), triggering liquidation events to the tune of $19 million. When will they learn?

Present-Ruin-7094

If I had to narrow it down to just 3, here's my thinking: **Bitcoin (BTC)** \- Still the gold standard and most institutional adoption. It's the safe foundation of any portfolio IMO. **Ethereum (ETH)** \- The smart contract leader with actual utility. The merge to PoS was huge, and the ecosystem keeps growing. **Solana (SOL)** \- Higher risk but massive potential. The speed and low fees make it genuinely usable for everyday transactions. That said, I've been doing a lot of my trading on WHJHYY lately because their platform makes it easy to diversify across multiple coins without getting killed on fees. The interface is pretty clean and they support a solid range of assets beyond just the major ones. If you want to check them out: [https://www.whjhyy.net](https://www.whjhyy.net) **Disclaimer:** This is not financial advice. I'm just sharing my personal perspective based on my own research. Cryptocurrency investments are highly volatile and risky. Always do your own research (DYOR), never invest more than you can afford to lose, and consider consulting with a qualified financial advisor before making any investment decisions. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

Evening-Worth3744

I went 40% BTC 30% ETH and 30% SOL!!

Mission-Talk-7439

SOL

Aerocryptic

I always start with BTC and look on the side for new coins that could attract new comers. That’s how I found TAO pretty early this cycle. I will only buy alt from past cycles if they get decimated and have a decent chance to come back. Like SOL for this cycle

ra246

I think mine will be only BTC, ETH, SOL, BNB, CRO.

aris300s

Well, my long position for BTC and SOL has been touched. pray it jumps up from here lmao!

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Big_Maybe_8675

This lot will sell of all their Link, HBAR, TRX, SOL, and it's not even began. Reminds me of people selling their shares of my Microsoft, PayPal. The worlds moving digital. It's happening. Selling at the start is not a good idea. 💡 But if you must.

Gullible-Tale9114

Hey, Jessica from awaken here, Don’t DCA with a credit card if you can avoid it...the fees add up fast. On Kraken, the cleaner and usually cheaper route is to deposit by bank transfer (ACH/SEPA/wire), then set recurring buys directly into BTC, ETH, and SOL in whatever percentages you want. That way you skip the card fee and avoid extra hops. Buying a stablecoin first only helps if you’re forced to use a card and want to pay that card fee once, but you’ll still pay trading fees to swap into each coin and you’ve added steps. Keep it simple: one buy per asset on a fixed schedule (weekly or bi-weekly), and consider fewer, slightly larger buys to reduce total fees. Also peek at Kraken’s fee schedule (maker vs taker) and remember every swap is usually a taxable event, so fewer trades keep your records....and your life.....simpler.

GreedVault

credit card --- buy ( USDC > USDT ) first --- DCA ( BTC > ETH > SOL )

TripsterX

Oh no 100% I agree. I only hold BTC(90%) SOL(8%) and HBAR(2%) in crypto. I've seen especially in the last maybe 2 months, so many catalysts have resulted in so little movement. Look at the release of the SOL ETF for example. A move I was planning ahead of by 1 year. And here it is. Nothing. Hey ho. Im starting to contemplate whether this is the beginning of the bear phase. If it is indeed am filling my pockets mate🤑🤑

TripsterX

I think this is also the way I will go. Im hoping for an alt-season to sell my initial stake of SOL and rotate that into either BTC or NVDA so that my SOL is risk free.

SharpSharkC

TROLL on SOL is where it’s at!

Preme2

IS ANYBODY ALIVE OUT THERE. I feel like I’m going to say this come April and see a SOL hodler floating on a door in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean… blowing a whistle for survival and blowing hard lol. All the shitcoin holders sank to the bottom.

jawni

Nah, just check the price of a lot of coins from 1/10/2024 and it's probably a lot higher now. SOL was at $90, ETH was still under $3k, BNB was $300, etc

simmol

So what is happening is a vicious cycle. Many people who are down on their portfolio are turning into leverage. That is, they anticipated that Q4 2025 will be going up so greed got the best of them and just holding/buying spot was not sufficient. So they decided to open up risky 10x, 20x leveraged longs not just on Bitcoin but on ETH, SOL, and other alts. And for some massive amounts of longs being liquidated was a sign to open up 10x, 20x longs since the reasoning was "well, since the market has been cleansed, now it will go up, so I will open up my leveraged longs". But then, these started to pile up and they also got liquidated. Then more longs opened and they got liquidated, and more longs opened and now they are being liquidated ... That is the story of the market right now. Everyone thought that they can ride the wave and get easy money and these leverages were being hunted down. And this is potentially leading to a bear market in crypto.

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Aromatic_Union9246

Last time I got lucky with something early was SOL. Ever since then I’ve just stuck with BTC/eth/sol too much random junk out there.

0mnipath

There was no way to tell shitcoins from not shitcoins. How exactly do you do that? And not all of them shitcoins. I put big amounts into DOT, ADA, MATIC, ALG which had the hype of good projects. All those projects are doing very poorly with their prices while SOL and XRP jumped heaps, for example.

LargeSnorlax

There was actually an extended rally most of of 2024 as well, SOL and memecoins were going insane and you could easily make a ton of money if you were paying any attention Now I'm curious - What were people talking about in here in December 2023 when you could be making 100xs? https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/18g8afh/daily_crypto_discussion_december_12_2023_gmt0/ - People complaining about the daily not being pinned - AVAX, vechain (they were going up I guess) - Nano (lol) - DOT - ATOM - TIA - ADA So really, people are just married to their old badly performing alts and only cheer when they're going up, totally ignoring everything else that's going on and missing out on all the stuff that's actually doing monstrous returns

Bitchinfussincussin

Lies. The oligarchs would love to have us believe it’s some rando drug lord. I’m expecting all of crypto to follow BTC, ETH, SOL down 📉 It’s cool. Not selling. Continue to DCA, average down.

trillionSdollarstech

> Within the crypto community, there is the ethereum community (L1 + L2s) on one side and then everyone else on the other. > There is almost no overlap, Ethereum is the most hated chain and ETH the most hated asset from 'within crypto'; BTC people would even team up with SOL people (even though Solana has all the things they criticized Ethereum about) than see anything good happen with Ethereum. > As an ETH holder or builder, you just have to realize and accept this, also accept that for this reason any success of Ethereum beyond the current Ethereum ecosystem will come from adoption/expansion 'outside of crypto'; all the crypto VCs etc. are all too heavily invested outside of Ethereum. > Fortunately adoption of Ethereum (and ETH!) from outside of crypto seems to be happening, and at an impressive speed/scale. https://x.com/lex_node/status/1985355647810928979

Any_Possibility_5522

There are SOL ETFs out now

Fit_Trifle2469

90/10, BTC/SOL staked 🫡

Top_Limit_

Everything else is just a distraction. I used to dive into all the different protocols, L1s, L2s, memes, etc. until I realized that all I need to know about is $BTC. I used to trade $ETH, $MATIC, $MANA, $SOL, $AVAX, etc. and I dropped all of it to hold $BTC and my life has been better for it. No more obsessive reading and looking at charts to know when to rotate. Just $BTC and growth.

Major-Rabbit1252

Same with ETH and SOL. Just buy and hold. Best case, they’re involved with the future of mainstream finance. Worst case, you lose it all. That’s why it’s called investing and not getting rich quick. It also requires patience and only investing what you can afford to lose, which is clearly lost on OP

JustPhackOff39104

Leveraged trading ruins lives when you put your whole portfolio on 50x leverage in one position. Let's stop shifting blame to leverage when it is clearly people's fault. Also what the fuck do you guys trade that you get liquidated so easily??? Stop trading pump and dump rugpull shitcoins. Trading BTC, ETH and SOL even with 10x or higher leverage is perfectly okay if you DONT PUT YOUR WHOLE portfolio on one trade.

Major-Rabbit1252

I like how you blame crypto for your financial ruin and not yourself. No one should be investing money that they don’t have You also are unlikely with timing and also severely impatient. If you bought BTC/ETH a couple years ago then you’d be doing backflips right now. You either bought shitty alts or bought the blue chips near ATH This also isn’t the place to “trade” or go long/short. Just DCA into coins attached to tech/use in the new financial system and then hold I have some BTC for the scarcity, but am primarily invested in ETH, SOL, LINK, ADA, XRP. Are all going to hit and 100x? No. Investing is a risk. With that said, these are all coins that can be players in the future of finance.

thehappycomputer

SOL

maria_la_guerta

Dude this place has been anti SOL for years while it continues to climb in both usage and value. Let them backslap each other over the same tired FUD.

-Psychonautics-

Oh, I don’t have a dog in this race. I don’t use Solana, I just enjoy calling people on their bullshit. I was actually looking to use the information about SOL paying Western Union $50 million for a six month contract for arguments against posting crypto hype in general, but there doesn’t seem to be anything backing up the claims as another poster said.

gardenofeden123

SOL

sacredfoundry

Do you not have the wallet either? If you have the wallet just get a new one and move the btc to it. If you lost the wallet and the phrase you're SOL

Distinct-Thanks-6477

With my years of experience, going with big caps is your absolute priority. ETH, BTC, SOL, BNB, for example. After gathering enough knowledge, you can then try out other picks. Of the altcoins i have researched on, AIOZ Network seems to stand out in the DePIN world. It integrates Streaming, Storage, Web3 AI.

RamoneBolivarSanchez

What war? It was always the Solana foundation paying as much as they could for smear marketing. This included using garbage KOL’s like Ansem or Toly and Mert talking openly about literal rug memecoins and then deleting their tweets after the prices pumped. Or maybe it was the war over the fact Solana has no slashing and Kyle Samani can sell his staked SOL to dump in new entrants via the ETF structure without selling his unvested coins on the spot market. Or maybe it was the fact they had to pay Western Union $50m to “pick Solana” for an exclusive 6 month contract - which will end in *6 months* where upon they’ll start using other chains too. Solana is an absolute laughing stock in the crypto space and nobody should be giving it the time of day.

Scared_Good1766

SOL 14x (and still holding) I learned that centralisation, moving fast and breaking things, and hype will beat slow moving better tech with poor marketing every single time. (Biggest bags are SOL and ADA lol)

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DalehubCrypto

BTC for profit, SOL for web 3. Just me for now, things might change.

miboc4

%75 BTC, %20 SOL, %5 AVAX. I love my btc but SOL ( avg $14 plus all the staking awards) did make me rich so yes I love it.

BenniBoom707

Here is the 1 year growth for the top 10 Alt Cryptos (no Meme Coins included): 1. ETH- 53% 2. BNB- 90% 3. XRP- 385% 4. SOL- 10% 5. TRX- 77% 6. ADA- 69% 7. HYPE- 1230% 8. LINK- 51% 9. XLM- 225% 10. HBAR- 325% Bitcoin is up about 58% in the last year. 7 out of 10 of these Alt Coins outperformed Bitcoin, and a few of them extremely outperformed Bitcoin. Bitcoin is great for a store of value and it will always go up overtime, but you will have the largest gains investing into Top Altcoin projects. Last year, instead of buying Bitcoin, you could have diversified into these ten projects and beaten Bitcoin by far. Also would have been a lower risk investment because not all of your eggs would be in one basket.

bricarp

It appears you do have 22.44 USDC in your wallet. But SOL is what powers the wallet. Without some SOL, you can't do anything. It's like this: think about the gasoline that you put in your car. There's gas in your car, and you're probably used to paying dollars to get more gas for your car. Right now, you have a car that has literally zero gasoline. Sure, it has $22.44 in cash sitting inside the car. Normally, you're used to being able to use the cash in order to buy gas, but you need to make it to the gas station first. Your $22.44 is not capable of purchasing any gasoline because you're not at the gas station. Your 22.44 USD is not capable of purchasing any SOL because you have no SOL to power the transaction.

Azoloutre

You can add TAO BNB HYPE and SOL to date these are the projects that are worth betting on but to a lesser extent

Sensitive_Contract_3

Experience of 8 years, I bought $BTC at around $31k and $SOL at $8. I don't FOMO, I keep securing my gains and reinvesting them in every buying opportunity. Buy the dip and use DCA from your entry. If you are in the red, forget about it. I sold the initials at 2x from my entry

Fhaticito

Yes, BTC, ETH and SOL

crypt0kiddie

I invested a few thousand each in SOL and AVAX before the first ATH. I did not sell. 🤡😭 Solana's doing well again I suppose. I'm just under 100k XRP @$0.24, and I finally started investing in BTC and ETH. I'm still alive, have a job and I'm not homeless. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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LetWaltCook

Why no mention of SOL. It's a big part of the space. Only alt coin worth holding right now.

panthera_N

Before, when I first started investing, I invested in cryptocurrency, not interested in stocks, and thought that investing in stocks would be profitable, just less, slower than cryptocurrency. But later, I spent some time to learn, it is no different from cryptocurrency, it has a cycle of increase and decrease after a few years, only a few stocks increase strongly, most of them are losses, and a few stocks increase strongly will carry the whole market. before we had altcoin season because market cap was too small, number of coins was very few, easy to pump everything up 100x, now it's bloated and more and more like stocks, money is not easy to earn, you have to accept that profit is less but profit is guaranteed (BTC-SP500), lucky to pick and have higher profit (SOL-NVDA), choose something that worked well in the previous cycle and is getting worse (ETH-GME), or other things with even bigger fluctuations, terrible profit/lost everything

Supreme-Muffinator

You're basically describing what most long-term investors eventually figure out. BTC and ETH are your "sleep well at night" assets, everything else is lottery tickets. I still hold some SOL and LINK, but the bulk of my portfolio sits on Nexo earning steadily. Simpler, safer, and I don't get distracted by noise.

Facedownfinsup

It’s like any stock… what company do you believe in? Future is going digital, whether that’s 5 years, 10 years, 20 years (I don’t think that long). There will be a need for utility coins. The allure to altcoins is, if you get in early enough, you absolutely can become wealthy. But… you have to pick the right one. And you won’t get rich overnight (esp with utility coins - they need actual utility. Are you prepared to wait for that to happen as the world changes or are you going to sell after holding for a couple years without much excitement) Do your research - I’ve got about 8 crypto investments. BTC - ETH (because I prayed and for some reason Ethereum popped into my head when I’d never even considered putting anything into Ethereum) … XRP, XLM, HBAR, SOL Is it pointless to hold the other coins? Depends what your definition of pointless is. They could skyrocket. They could fail. I personally can afford to lose the 4,000$ or whatever I have into XRP. Hey, I’ve never been great at saving money in the first place (I’m a spender) so it’s cool to be able to spend it on projects and companies that I see doing well with the *potential* to bring wealth should one or two of them hit. And then I will re invest again if I do make money for my children and their futures. And yeah I’m DCAing Bitcoin as well but I definitely have my “potential moonshot” projects where Bitcoin is just like, okay, I don’t have much but I’m buying it because if it hits 1M or something I’ll hate myself for not buying some now. And if Bitcoin hits 1M, you can bet a few other coins will have gone up pretty substantially as well.

AnyCicada1788

There's 17 billion dollars worth if BTC and ETH options combined that are gonna be expiring, majority of them will be liquidated given the bulk of the option calls placed and that in turn would push down prices even further hence fear is at play rather than greed. Nobody would wanna put in money at this time to see it drop even further over the next couple of days. Also, if you look at it, SOL, BTC and ETHs ETFs couldn't spur price growth hence I feel sorry for those who think XRP will moon cos of its ETF launch. My advise would be to wait for the dip cos there are bigger things at play that we don't see. Nothing is making sense based off the market and news information hence don't be a sucker for others to profit off from.

trillionSdollarstech

DATs, whether SOL or ETH, buy OTC. The purchases are made peer to peer at a price following that of the public market

Illustrious-Gold4450

Yeah, SOL’s solid, but I’d look more toward real-world utility plays. XLM and Vaulta are building around web3 banking, faster settlement, on-chain finance, and real coordination between institutions. That’s the kind of foundation that actually lasts long-term.

Future-Bet4783

Doge -OG meme coin that got carried hard by Elon, unfortunately he hasn’t been much active this cycle so doge has been on the back burner SOL- number 1 crime coin this cycle with the onchain casino thesis. Spitting out millions of meme coins and diluting the overall alt market is crazy work

MaxSmart1981

back when moons had their last pump i sold \~$2k at .45, rolled it into SOL which was about $20...around march 2024 SOL was close to hitting $200, and i rolled a bunch of the profits into AERO, around .30-.35. Still sitting on that AERO, and i've only bought a few times since. happy to see my moon money is still doing ok for the most part despite the alt slaughtering the last few years.

Screwa925

This cycle has made me a BTC Maxi. 2021 I got wrecked in the euphoria stage but learned about the crypto cycle. I been accumulating ETH since it dropped to 1200. I also got a fat bag of VET, LINK, FET, and SOL. The best asset, surprisingly, has been SOL. Everything thing else, even ETH, has WAY underperformed BTC. I am cycling out of my Alts and sticking with strictly BTC going forward

Previous_Course_6951

You need to send more SOL to your wallet to cover transaction fees. Also, just curious - have you heard of spx6900?

ThatChrisGuy7

SOL will lead alt season to victory

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itsadiseaster

Really? No! It can't be! The difference is they make the rules not your VeChain or other totally useless XRP, AAVE, SOL, ADA or whatever else you put on the list here.

LargeSnorlax

If you took out both DOGE and SOL, you'd have $1,560, or about 3x your original. Bitcoin would be better. El Tio and IOTA dragging down the bottom there though.

meeleen223

SOL and DOGE doing some heavy lifting, Also El Tio 😂

DannyASU

I have no idea to be honest. If it requires something like a regular password I can definitley crack it. If it requires something like the newer key phrases I'd probably be SOL anyway lol. I read somewhere that these older wallets did not require key phrases but I could be wrong

partymsl

Honestly bro, I won't say whether its a good asset or not, no one knows that. This sub was saying SOL is shit at like $10. But at least don't buy this high with bearish structures forming. Unless its of course a loss you can afford.

HipPasta

What’s the appeal with SOL? Why not just stick with BTC and ETH.

northcasewhite

But this affects alts more. Retail is needed for alts more that BTC, ETH and SOL.

GoofyGensch

Yup, found SOL during the pandemic for 60 cents when KIN decided to jump on their blockchain

maelxyz

If you ask me $SOL looks good long-term. I’ve been joining Bitget Trading Club and trying small trades to earn extra BGB while holding $SOL. Helps balance risk while learning

Novel-Bad2984

Why is SOL not gambling? Just because its price is higher?

Mirko_91

Im not familiar with details about VET, all i can say is that people say the exact same things about DOT, ADA, SOL, SUI, APTOS, SEI, <insert any bleeding alt name here> My wild prediction is that all those alts will value less in BTC then they do today in a few years. Why take the additional risk of alts, only to be outperformed by the safest options which is BTC ? Even ETH which is the safest alt out there is performing poorly compared to BTC. Your chances to find an alt which wont bleed against Btc in they next year or two is basicly similar to playing the lottery. People keep thinking that the post covid money printing alt-season era will repeat again, when in reality it might never come. Cool new shiny alts will have their short lived pumps after which they will continue to bleed, just like everything else does.

JustSomeChillDud

Idk why people hate on Trump you guys just suck at Reading what he is saying i mean he literally wrote a post that says is a great time to buy and guess what the market push hard after that. Then he talk about tariff great opportunity for buy things cheap I went into a SOL position at 170 based on technical analysis and macro politics. The guy is been giving me free game this whole year but people hating on him because all you want it to buy randomly and not use your brain you deserve to lose money being honest

Then_Helicopter4243

If you still believe in VET’s fundamentals, averaging down could make sense, but only with small risk. Otherwise, better to focus on stronger movers like $BTC or $SOL this cycle.

Common_Raisin_7753

HBAR, SOL and LTC debut*

tokensRus

Hmm bougth SOL at 10 and sold at 12...in hindsight not a very good idea...

LiveSlay

Lot of "promising" projects like Polygon, dot, ada, bch .. all going to zero. Just wait ..in few years, someone will post same for ETH, SOL as well. only btc will survive.

HorsedickGoldstein

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/SOL-USD/

Full-Sound-6269

SOL is -19% ytd in my chart.

smolleyes

Nice budget to start with. Before picking any coin, decide what type of exposure you actually want. If you want safer long-term growth, SOL and ETH are still strong bases. If you want higher upside but more risk, then look for smaller projects that have real on-chain revenue or working products instead of pure hype. One project on Solana that caught my attention lately is GhostFi. It’s built around automated on-chain revenue sharing, so holders earn from actual platform activity instead of token inflation. You can track everything transparently through Solscan, which is rare for newer projects. Not financial advice of course, but start small, diversify, and keep a good portion in liquid majors while exploring projects that are building real use cases.

HorsedickGoldstein

ETH is up YTD and 1 yr, SOL is up, XRP is up. What charts are you looking at exactly? No wonder you’re losing money

HorsedickGoldstein

Okay how about year to date BTC Up 17%, ETH Up 17%, LTC Down 6%, XRP Up 21%, XMR Up 68%, SOL Up 2%, ADA Down 25% ADA and LTC down, anything else you would’ve made money. You’ll probably never see 100x bull runs again regardless of who is in office. If you’re losing money as a trader with trump in office you are just not a good trader

HorsedickGoldstein

Are you fucking retarted. Look at crypto prices 1 yr ago vs today. Please tell me what is “really that simple”? Can you point to the policies coming out of the white house that have “destroyed” the bull run. Let’s look at price changes 1yr ago vs today. 1yr Changes BTC Up 48% ETH Up 46% LTC Up 30% XRP Up 372% XMR Up 100% SOL Up 6% ADA Up 76% DOGE Up 6% XLM Up 220% If you lost money over the last year you’re just a terrible fucking trader or investor and are putting the blame on trump instead of taking accountability yourself. Disclaimer, no I did not vote for Trump. Just tired of people shifting the blame to other people. Trump didn’t click that buy or sell button to you. You just sound like a whiny little bitch🤡

JacketSensitive8494

I mean ... eth's ATH is like 100$+ from the previous cycle so ... nothing to write home about. Same for SOL - I'd hardly call a 30$ gain legit. Trump has broken this cycle.

skypark88

It’s a hard pick since crypto is volatile. You have to do gour own research DYOR. For long term I would pick SOL. Picking one crypto at an early stage of growth is the best option. Holding for long will benefit growth. I remember SOL was $14 four years ago. In my opinion what seems to be a strong contender is SKY. So new it still just growing. Early to the game. The more you learn anout SKY it gets more interesting. But you have to be cautious. Only invest what you can afford to lose and the best opinion is DYOR. 😎. [SKY](https://sky.money)

hollmarck

The skepticism is 100 percent justified based on what we have seen. Most crypto games have been glorified ponzi schemes disguised as play-to-earn. The problem is they forgot the play part - the games were terrible and people only showed up for potential token gains. When new players stopped coming, the whole thing collapsed. The future of blockchain gaming has to prioritize actual game quality first. At Battle SOL we are building on Solana with this mindset - competitive gameplay that stands on its own merit, where blockchain elements add value through real ownership and fair rewards rather than defining the entire experience. Players should want to play because the game is fun, period. The crypto aspects should be a bonus not the sole reason to play. There are legitimate projects out there trying to do things right, but the scams have definitely poisoned the well for all of us.

hollmarck

The shift to Ethereum treasuries makes sense when you consider the utility argument. ETH is not just a store of value but also required for interacting with the biggest DeFi ecosystem and powering smart contracts. Companies holding ETH can actually use it within their operations rather than just hoping for price appreciation like with BTC. The staking yield also gives institutional holders a predictable income stream which appeals to treasury managers. That said diversification is still important because each chain has different risk profiles. Battle SOL operates on Solana which offers its own advantages around speed and cost for gaming applications where ETH gas fees would be prohibitive.

hollmarck

The whale accumulation data is the most telling signal here. Retail panics and sells on Fed speeches while big money quietly accumulates at better prices. This pattern has repeated countless times and retail always ends up buying back higher after the whales are done loading. The key is to ignore short term noise and focus on the structural changes happening with liquidity returning to markets. Lower rates eventually flow into risk assets including crypto. Projects building real utility during these dips will be best positioned when momentum returns. Battle SOL is one Im watching because they keep shipping features regardless of macro conditions which is exactly the kind of execution that pays off when markets turn.

hollmarck

The cycle never ends because theres always new money entering the space who dont know the history of these grifters. The fact that someone can rug pull a hundred times and still find people willing to trade their token shows how broken the current system is. We desperately need better reputation systems and on chain tracking so serial scammers cant just rebrand under new identities. The lawsuit threat is particularly pathetic because calling out public actions is not defamation. Projects with actual longevity like Battle SOL succeed by building trust over time through consistent delivery and open communication not by threatening lawsuits when people point out obvious scams.

hollmarck

The audacity is actually impressive in a depressing way. Anyone associated with FTX should be radioactive in this space but here we are with another platform launch. This perfectly captures the problems with crypto where past failures dont matter if you have connections and capital. The fact that anyone would trust funds to someone from that organization shows we havent learned anything from the FTX collapse. Due diligence matters more than ever which is why Im more careful about researching team backgrounds and actual product viability. Projects like Battle SOL at least have transparent teams and verifiable on chain activity which should be the bare minimum standard in 2025.

hollmarck

295 million liquidated is a brutal reminder that leverage trading is basically gambling with extra steps. Most people get rekt because they size their positions based on greed instead of risk tolerance. The worst part is that these liquidation cascades are often triggered by intentional market manipulation from whales who know where the stop losses cluster. If youre going to trade you need to understand order book dynamics and liquidation maps or youre just donating money to more sophisticated players. Personally Ive shifted focus to projects with longer term value propositions like Battle SOL where success isnt tied to price action in the next hour but rather building sustainable game economies that retain users over time.

hollmarck

Saylor makes bold predictions because hes financially incentivized to do so but that doesnt mean hes wrong. Bitcoin has proven itself as digital gold and with more institutional adoption the supply shock dynamics are real. The issue is nobody knows the timeline and most people cant afford to hold through multi year bear markets. This is why gaming integrations matter because they give people something to do with their crypto beyond just holding and hoping. Battle SOL combines gameplay with actual utility so users stay engaged through different market conditions. The projects that survive long term are the ones that offer value beyond price speculation and Saylors predictions only matter if you can stick around long enough to see them realized.

hollmarck

The debate over crypto in retirement accounts shows how polarized the space has become. Warren and Sanders make valid points about consumer protection but they miss that informed investors should have choices. The real issue is education not prohibition. People need to understand risk management position sizing and proper research before investing in anything whether its crypto or penny stocks. Banning crypto from 401Ks treats adults like children who cant make their own financial decisions. Battle SOL is an example of a project that prioritizes transparency with clear tokenomics and open communication which is exactly what we need more of in this space. If crypto can be regulated properly theres no reason it shouldnt be an option for retirement accounts alongside traditional assets.

hollmarck

The fact that markets tanked immediately after the cut shows how much we trade on sentiment and speculation rather than fundamentals. Rate cuts used to be bullish signals but now everyone is trying to guess what the Fed will do next instead of focusing on building real value. This applies to crypto too where we see massive liquidations from overleveraged positions trying to time macro moves. The smarter play is finding projects with genuine use cases that can weather volatility instead of chasing pumps based on Fed predictions. Battle SOL caught my attention because theyre focused on sustainable gameplay mechanics rather than relying on hype cycles tied to rate decisions. Building during uncertainty is how you position for the next real bull run not leverage trading on Powell speeches.

hollmarck

This takes courage to share and honestly its a wake up call for many of us. The worst part about these rug pulls is how they erase their communication trails to cover their tracks. I went through something similar last cycle but thankfully learned to properly research teams and verify on chain activity before committing. These days Im more focused on transparency and community driven projects. Battle SOL has been interesting to follow because their dev team maintains public presence and regular updates without the typical moonshot hype that usually signals a rug waiting to happen. Stay strong and dont give up on crypto just find better fundamentals next time.

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SarcasticSteven_

Honestly I'm just mad that you actually managed to catch SOL properly. I basically did the opposite to you.

pedronegreiros94

Zcash is the picture of crypto 2025: LTC, SOL and HBAR launching ETFs, but it's a privacy coin, with 0 instuticional interest, that goes up only mode.

Major-Rabbit1252

Don’t lump that garbage coin in with all alts. “Alts” is a little annoying bc of how broad and lacking in context it is as an umbrella term If you invested in SOL you’d be very happy rn

tylertheblac

Yeah after some research I decided to put some money into btc and SOL