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There's definitely some good reasons for ZEC to pump, but you guys should definitely look at the reasons why ZEC is pumping before jumping in.
It's not so much that the news is about anything that exceptional, despite bagholders now trying to call it the "invisible Bitcoin" lol.
It's a lot of your typical alt coin news and "partnerships", governance voting, someone famous mentioning ZEC, VC and funds who put money into it, etc...except that it all came out at once.
One of the main tech reasons is that the network upgrade should now fix the major security issues, and reduce the block time. So it's not so much that it's doing something exceptional or groundbreaking, it's just that it won't be as shitty.
But ultimately the big reason is the ETF. Even in 2026 crypto ETFs are still a big deal. An alt coin getting an ETF is still gonna create a major pump. Whether the pump can sustain is another story. We've seen what happened to ETH, SOL, XRP, ADA, BNB, LINK, etc...

nearly every altcoin that THIS SUBREDDIT PUMPS has ultimate dumped. Fixed it for you
ALGO ADA ATOM and soon XMR any alt this sub loves is dog shit.

The ones that pump that this subreddit HATES ultimately are the winners (see solana and soon to be zcash)

This is a stupid way to frame it.
Crypto sources its funds from ordinary banks. People put their savings into DeFi because when banks pay 0-2%, NOT using DeFi is losing money to inflation.
That's where all the ETH, DOT, ADA, AVAX, FTM, MATIC, NEAR, and every other NFT going crazy comes from.
Without that money, no alt-season.
Because we shifted regime from nearly 2 decades of 0-2% interest to a 4%+ interest regime, the death of alt-season happened in 2022.
It's never about "crypto being a lifestyle". It's about the money valve getting firmly clamped shut

thankfully i spent more time on bitcoinmarkets than here and cashed out my bitcoin in 24, ignoring the whole IOTA, ADA bullshit going around in this sub

Oh, so that why I just received the push message that ADA is down 11% in 24h... I really don't understand how ADAs price can be SO decoupled to its actual tech stack and news...

Can you use a Mastercard to buy something with ADA? Can you transfer ADA to pay off a Mastercard?
Otherwise, what even is the point of this?

Sold most of my alts before alt season went to shit and never really recovered. Except for ADA. I stubbornly held on and now I’m left with a bag that I can helpfully unload someday.

Hold and stake in ADA for continuous profit.

Hey thanks for the reply yes BTC or any of the coins are like private companies because beyond the white paper (which is essentially the about page or maybe corporate responsibility of the company has it) there is little updated info on the goals, implementation, progress toward the goal. BTC is the most famous but it’s not something I would trust as it doesn’t have a utility beyond “storing” wealth. We also differ on the sifting stance. People were not educated enough so the fear mongering started. It’s the same today with AI. People fear what they don’t understand. After a decade of mainstream people now know that ledgers are very easy to track and exchanges have records of everyone’s wallet that is on their platform. The nefarious dealings is all nonsense. All of those wallets were tracked and people were arrested. Interpol has reports on it lots of information about the tracking of ledgers. (Minus BTC less for that because it’s owned by no one however the wallets are still registered.
I AM NOT A FIDELITY EMPLOYEE.
As far as crypto being more secure that a bank yes I am 100% saying that. FDIC is the insurance on the money in said bank. The potential for Crypto currency to be hacked vs a banks firewall datacenter and enterprise I do believe is less likely. I don’t think banks are cracked easily either but for a coin to be hacked the hacker would have to go through the same firewall, datacenter etc and have the exact cryptographic code. It’s extremely safe.
When I talk about crypto I am talking about the technology itself. I’ve posted before I am bearish or crypto coins, the tech is what I am discussing. The only coin I follow is etherium. I have no idea what those other coins are but I would compare them to penny stocks. The etherium and bitcoin ledger is a decade old. Other coins use their rail system to exist all those coins are equal to penny stocks.
There are only a handful of coins with utility I would classify bitcoin as one but the ones I would are…. Again not invested in them just follow them
ETH, SOL, ADA, XRP. I do follow chainlink but they are on etherium chain so….. there’s that.
I’m not trying to sell you, obviously you follow the coins, the ones you listed I’ve never heard of and reading why they failed it makes sense. Some people buy OTC companies others know that’s a losers game, people also create wack coins and people buy them as well. Shoot web designers make terrible websites that fail all the time. Doesn’t mean the internet is bad, stocks are bad or crypto currency and blockchain tech is bad.
Again I am not an investor in crypto I get my exposure through companies like JPM, Costar, Mastercard, ICE etc.

BTC only but I might consider adding ETH, SOL, and ADA