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I was sold the crypto story in 2018... Was watching podcasts and all... So now is 2026, I don't see any real utility here beside maybe stablecoins if you want to transfer cash to someone. This is or was nice story, but now it is obvious crypto hasnt toppled the banking system amd will only be used for the USA to get rid of its 13 trillion debt to a degree, like they did with gold... So maybe just keep BTC positions, all else is relatively useless. Presonally I closed all my position this year, except stupid ADA as Daedalus was so damn slow. Good luck anyway :)

I’m 49yo and for the first time in my life I’m able to start investing some. I come from public safety so I never made enough to invest or do anything other than live check-to-check. I changed careers years ago and finally reached a level where I have some funds to invest (albeit a small amount). Currently, I’m taking spare funds here and there and buying shares of tech companies I feel have potential (quantum computing startups, nuclear power companies, etc.) I also have a small bit of crypto (Eth, ADA, XRP). My question is, should I be increasing my shares in companies or buying shares of other companies as I can? I generally shoot for 100 shares before I move on. Is 100 shares a viable amount? As for crypto, I’m on the fence whether I want to keep what I have or sell and buy more stocks. I don’t like the volatility of crypto so I don’t feel comfortable buying more.
My goal is to be able to sell at retirement and make as much as possible. I have no interest in day trading, only long term. Thanks in advance.

Yeah, I'm waiting until $0.10 before I buy more ADA. And probably until $4'ish for LINK. This ain't over yet.

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And taking into consideration the "peak" for most alts this cycle was \~50% lower than their 2021 peak, why do you think the "bottom" won't break below the 2022 bottom? Why won't ADA drop under $0.20? Ethereum didn't even make a new ATH this cycle (in Euro),
2021 Eth 4,150 EUR
2025 Eth 4,100 EUR
And if we adjust for inflation Eth top this cycle would be equal to Eth at \~3,400 EUR in 2021 or some shit, so the top for Eth this cycle was in fact 15-20% lower than 2021.

Link of course. I don't know much about ADA. I never really took much of an interest because it didn't offer anything radically different to what Ethereum offered.

I stopped trading based on 'reversal sentiment' and started looking at the Developer Mindshare.
ADA and LINK are two very different beasts under the hood. LINK is basically the industry standard for oracles, it’s the plumbing of DeFi. ADA has a dedicated community but a much slower dApp ecosystem growth. If you’re 'backing up the truck,' ask yourself: if the price stays sideways for another 12 months, which of these projects will still have thousands of active devs building on them? I’d rather bet on the infra that everyone else has to use to build their own apps.

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Why do you consider ADA?

The Alt coins are bleeding to death with another drop today I think it’s time to pump some cash into some decent Alt coins like Link and ADA ,tell me I’m wrong ,sentiment is so low at the minute surely we are due for a reversal ,some coins are down 70-80% and let’s be honest all the quality coins are most definetly goin to at least double which still won’t bring them back too ATHs ,I’m leaning towards Link ,it’s $12 today with an ATH of $52 ,in my opinion this will at minimum double in the near future

It's on the website when you're logged into your account. Dashboard > lower right (quick links) > Auto Debit Arrangement (ADA)

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no? XRP is doing well. ADA is not

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> Sustainable... How did that work out for something like ADA hardly uses electricity but got destroyed
What does electricity have to do with anything? I am confused?!
> But im excited if the supply becomes deflationary but at what rate?
I gave you a link to the blob simulator above. You can get to a deflationary burn by increasing the number of rollups or the average throughput of each transaction... or more likely a mix of both. And the point at which the overall effect makes ETH deflationary depends on the 'blob target' at the time... so I can't give you a specific 'rate', there are a large set of combinations of values for each variable that will result in deflationary ETH. Just go play with it!

Sustainable... How did that work out for something like ADA hardly uses electricity but got destroyed now is 40 cents because the network got compromised too.
But im excited if the supply becomes deflationary but at what rate? The PoW halving structure seems to be much better than what ETH is running now, maybe time will prove me wrong. Guess we will have to wait and see but price swings from $1300 to $4500 is not a good sign especially not cracking the ATH.