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When you talk about cycles in regard to crypto, you should soon come to understand how very similar to tarot, astrology and tea leaf reading you are. When is Sagitarius coming into ETH, again, Nostradamus?
What we can see is that those big booms are gone, and the altcoin markets reflect that. Bitcoin is the last one standing because people like you still have others holding on. The initial premise "the money of the future" is now clearly invalid and as a result all the investments in the space will soon be underwater.
I hope you, dear reader, will not be left holding the bag.

Is earning 4–5% APY on ETH, paid in ETH, realistically achievable in today’s market without excessive DeFi risk?

🔔 The 10 ETH Streak Chaser ends on 05 Feb

Ah yes, another day, another round of Ethereum staking FUD:
*Around 70% of all SOL is staked, versus “only” 30% of ETH. While both L1s hit major staking milestones, the economic impact is very different. Could this mean that SOL is becoming “economically” stronger than ETH?*
[https://ambcrypto.com/bitcoin-and-altcoins-rally-as-trump-signals-tariff-pause-easing-eu-us-tensions/](https://ambcrypto.com/bitcoin-and-altcoins-rally-as-trump-signals-tariff-pause-easing-eu-us-tensions/)
They conveniently ignore that Solana staking is far more centralized, with significantly fewer validators and essentially no slashing risk. ETH staking is fundamentally different. Most SOL holders aren’t actually running validators - they’re delegating to a small set of operators.
Yes, Ethereum has liquid staking too, but this isn’t an apples-to-apples comparison. ETH’s validator set is orders of magnitude more decentralized, and its staking model carries real economic penalties and security guarantees that Solana simply doesn’t.

I was buying Algorand for $2, ICP for $40, huge losses, but I still hold. Only ETH, BTC and HBAR have held up the value decently well.

>me too. i got downvoted and called a bear just for saying i'd exit at $7k, **yet eth couldn't even sniff that this cycle.** now i'm just praying for $5k so i can dump my bag and never touch this shit again, but even that feels like a pipe dream
That’s because everyone and their mother wanted to do exactly that. I always viewed ETH as a long-term investment - something I’d hold until I’m old and only start selling 2–3 ETH per year once it reached $80–100k. But that bias clearly wasn’t shared by most people, and I ignored that for too long.
We have to be realistic now. A lot of people are going to sell and exit after any meaningful price action because they’ve been traumatized by the last few years. There’s a massive wall of worry that still needs to be climbed.
The only thing that could really counter that, in my opinion, is a move so strong and sustained that it flips sentiment - where FOMO buyers overwhelm sellers. I’m not sure what sparks that, though. Maybe a few major nations announcing strategic investments into top chains, or large corporations doing the same. That kind of validation would go a long way toward easing the fear and skepticism many potential crypto investors still have.

Guy....the NYSE and LSEG are currently using various cryptos to implement 24/7/365 trading and you're done now? We haven't "won" yet, but read the writing on the wall. Idk about BTC but LINK, CC, ETH, SOL, etc. are currently being used. It's a matter of time.

Swap all your SOL ADA and XRP for BTC and maintain a solely BTC and ETH balance. Everything in crypto besides monero and stablecoins follow bitcoin anyway

The only real crypto “investment” in my mind is BTC. Maybe also ETH.
Everything else is gambling in my opinion. I still dabble in them because I’m a degenerate and you can get crazy returns if you time it right, but I’m just calling it what it is.

Short answer:
There's a type of gambling for every taste. It just depends on your risk appetite.
Hoping for an asset's price to eventually appreciate after buying it on spot is only one of those ways.
Long answer:
Spot trading in crypto to own an asset is actually the outlier in the world of trading.
Trading without ownership is the bread and butter of the industry.
If you zoom out, people gamble on the price of any asset going up or down and hope to make money off their prediction. Be it forex, commodities, stocks, crypto, or whatever.
Exchanges simply provide the means to do it. And since people will lose one way or another, the platforms have every incentive to provide such services to make a quick buck. They just need to warn you about the risk and wait till you ignore them.
In TradFi, people bet on forex, commodities, penny stocks, and meme stocks the most. But if the price of things like exchange rates between currencies barely moves, it's not as interesting to bet on, and up until TradFi trading got gamified, there was a steep barrier to entry to become a "trader".
Meanwhile in DeFi the price of even the most established assets like ETH or BTC is unpredictable and can jump magnitudes. Same goes with any meme coin or taken, but with even more volatility.
So it becomes tempting to think that you can make gains off shorting or going long and multiplying that bet with leverage. If you're right, you could make some money. If you're wrong, you're liquidated and gave your money to the exchange's pockets.
It's not all that different from prediction markets or sports betting.
People don't care if they're making money off a bet that a dog-themed coin's price will crash or that crude oil's price will increase within 24 hours. The playground and tools are different, but the game is the same in the hopes of making money. That's trading in a nutshell.
Ownership of the asset is usually not why most users are in crypto. If that were the case, they wouldn't keep their crypto on exchanges.
Even in the world of stocks, it is easier to get into margin, option, and futures trading rather than buying actual shares and trading them. A majority of stock platforms don't even give the option to buy the actual shares.

Ah man. I feel seen. Crypto since 2017, DCA $ETH managed to get 15 ETH and XRP at .40 - didn’t sell in 2021 when total portfolio peaked $100k. Kept it in Celsius and bam, bye bye to my 15 ETH. Oh and I also managed to get .5 BTC that I ended up selling for a down payment on a house that I didn’t even end up purchasing. 2022 / 2023 was brutal for mentally. I only hold chainlink now and just focus on building my Roth IRA. I let go of the mental anguish of not selling and paying off my student loans s or just keeping it in my savings. It took 4 years but I’m finally in a better place. Stings every once in a while but I’m learning to live with it

**TLDR**: Just like the title said. They edited it few weeks later so nobody noticed except those who found the thread via Google or LLM scraping their content.
# How they Operate
They posted a seemingly harmless generic question like:
* "How do you swap ETH to XMR?"
* "How do you trade BTC with no KYC?"
* "How do you restore wallet with seed phrase?"
The body text usually uses short **AI slop** like:
>"I’m trying to swap some ETH to XMR and want to understand the best way people usually do this. I’m aware that many major exchanges don’t support XMR directly anymore, so I’m curious about the practical options that still work."
Few weeks later, they will edit the text into shilling scam like:
>"I’m trying to swap some ETH to XMR and want to understand the best way people usually do this. I found **mysite.scam** which looks trustworthy, anyone else tried using it?"
When posting, the scammer will plant some comments with his alts which will later be edited to endorse the scams too.
>I'm using mysite.scam all the time! It's 100% safe!
Those comments will be upvote-botted so it's at the top of the thread.
# Who's the Victim?
They're hoping people who search that question in Google would land on the thread and used the scam sites.
Also, LLM like ChatGPT might possibly use the thread as reference in answering question.
# How to Identify It?
Usually, the generic question + AI slop body text is a giveaway.
Other way is to check their profile (if not hidden). These scams usually use a hacked / bought old account. You could see how an account that never participate in crypto sub suddenly asking this question.
Sometimes they use upvote-bot straight away. Crypto sub is always stingy with upvotes, so a generic question getting like 7 upvotes is sus...

If you found thread like this, help educate others by explaining how the scam works. And report it to mod for removal.
Thank you

Yesterday a woman in her 70s cornered me at a social event and asked me if I would explain to her about cryptocurrency. "I think of it as just a scam but you clearly don't."
I started by conceding that there are a lot of scammers and that she's right to be cautious. I know she has a weather station so I explained to her and her husband about WeatherXM and settting up weather stations in weather blackspots and then getting rewarded for submitting their data. Then when she was still interested in how it hung together financially (she had been CEO of a local company before retiring), I tried to explain about tokens and ledgers and trustlessness and how your tokens gain value as the data is sold to bigger players. That she had the freedom to sell her tokens whenever she wanted to, and to whomever she wanted. She was really thoughtful about this. I'm not saying she's going to dump her stocks and invest in ETH, not by a long shot. And I know someone else would have explained it better. But she was truly interested and invested in hearing me out and I wanted to share that here.

The volume has been great, the USDC/ETH liquidity pool on Katana still providing some solid returns.
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Just waiting for Katana TGE now, to see what it's actual market value will be!

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Been investing in crypto for multiple years now. For the past 3 years I earned 50k-250k per year. My capital is small though around 20k-70k so I’m buying meme coins or startup coins which has more risk than the common crypto like BTC or ETH.

The markets are buzzing, and not just with caffeine! We're at a pivotal crossroads where Macro meets Crypto – and your portfolio needs to pay attention NOW.
Here’s the absolute latest shaking up the global economy and digital assets:
Fed's Hawkish Echoes: Recent Federal Reserve commentary and sticky inflation signals are solidifying the "higher for longer" interest rate narrative. Rate cut hopes are dimming further, dampening overall risk appetite across global markets. This means less easy money flowing into speculative assets like crypto.

Ethereum ETF - Hype Turning to Headwinds? Speculation is running wild, but whispers suggest Spot Ethereum ETF approvals might be further off than initially hoped, with some analysts citing a lower probability for May. The SEC's silence and historical cautiousness are fueling skepticism, potentially removing a major near-term catalyst for ETH and altcoins.

Bitcoin's Post-Halving Grind: BTC is navigating a post-halving consolidation phase. While long-term bullish, short-term price action is feeling the macroeconomic squeeze and potential profit-taking. Watch for key support levels as miners adjust to new realities and institutional flows react to the macro picture.

Global Economic Jitters: Geopolitical tensions and mixed economic data from major economies (e.g., China's ongoing recovery struggles, European inflation) continue to add layers of uncertainty, prompting a more cautious approach from big capital.
Bottom Line: CAUTIOUSLY BULLISH with significant headwinds. The macro environment is tightening, and a key crypto catalyst (ETH ETF) faces increased doubt. Patience is paramount, and selective opportunities will emerge. Don't get caught off guard!

I bought ETH in 2017 also sub $100. Told my family to buy as much as they could. No one did. Some of them finally got in a couple years about at just over $2k on average. Still profit for them, but they could have had sooo much more.

I can get that apy staking Cardano when midnight get running its gass is ADA. With midnight you can bridge ETH

You’re missing the point that ETH dropped more than 10% as a result from the tariffs and is still a 10% increase away from being at that level. The asset is insufferable no need for you to be as well