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ETH has been in a bear cycle for almost 2 years. 12 out of the last 15 months red. And 17 out of the past 23 months red. I personally think ETH was manipulated down. The're also a rumor that the banking cartel sent crypto down lower out of spite against Coinbase's rejection of their Clarity Bill.
Either way, I don't care, I am holding, and will hold to zero. So keep sending it down. Let's go for 24 red months. Bring it!

I’m seeing a lot of "is crypto dead?" posts lately since Bitcoin dipped from its 2025 highs. As a trader who spends my day simplifying these markets, my advice is simple: **Stop chasing 100x moonshots and start building a foundation.**
If I were starting fresh with $1,000 today, here is exactly how I would structure it to survive the current "Extreme Fear" phase:
# 1. The Safe Haven ($500 - 50%)
* **Asset:** **Bitcoin (BTC)** and **PAX Gold (PAXG)**.
* **Why:** Bitcoin is currently around $68k–$69k, significantly down from its $126k peak in October. It's in a heavy accumulation phase for institutions. I’m also seeing a massive trend toward gold-backed stablecoins like PAXG as a hedge against volatility.
# 2. The Ecosystem Anchors ($300 - 30%)
* **Asset:** **Ethereum (ETH)** and **Solana (SOL)**.
* **Why:** ETH remains the "digital oil" for DeFi and NFTs. Solana is leading the way in speed and high-performance apps. These aren't going anywhere; they are the infrastructure of the future.
# 3. The "Smart Utility" Bucket ($200 - 20%)
* **Asset:** **XRP**, **Chainlink (LINK)**, or **Cardano (ADA)**.
* **Why:** Focus on utility. XRP has finally gained regulatory clarity for cross-border payments, and Chainlink is the essential bridge for real-world data.
**Abu Cartel’s Golden Rule:** Do not spend all $1,000 today. The Fear & Greed index is at an all-time low of 5. Use a Dollar Cost Average (DCA) strategy—invest $200 every week for the next 5 weeks. This way, if the market dips further, you’re actually buying the sale, not losing sleep over it.
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**What’s your plan? Are you stacking quality assets while the market is "radioactive," or waiting for the next pump?**

That’s a really sharp observation, and it’s the first thing I looked at when I started digging into the whitepaper. The key is that the Reserve Pool isn't a single entity—it’s a **competitive marketplace**.
The Clardun contract doesn't just "take" a price; it fetches live quotes from _all_ registered reserves simultaneously. If a Reserve Manager tries to gouge the spread, they simply don't get the trade. The contract is hard-coded to pick the most favorable rate for the user. It effectively forces these reserves to compete for your transaction volume, which naturally drives the spread down (usually around 0.1%).
But the real "alpha" here is how it handles the "Atomic" execution. In a traditional DEX, you submit a trade and "hope" the price doesn't shift while the block is mining. In Clardun’s model, the quote you see is what the reserve is legally/mathematically obligated to fill. If the liquidity isn't there or the rate shifts even a fraction, the **entire transaction reverts**. Your tokens never leave your wallet, and you don't pay for a failed "partial fill."
I know most people probably won’t read this far into the technical weeds, but I’ve been a bit obsessed with the settlement mechanics of this project over the last few days. Most "DeFi" right now is just slow, expensive banking on a blockchain. Clardun is actually trying to solve the **Settlement Risk**—the gap where your money is "in flight." When you realize this same tech can be plugged into a merchant API so someone can pay in $SHIB and the merchant gets $ETH instantly without either side worrying about the 2-minute "waiting room," you see why the $55M cap is filling so fast. It’s not just a swap; it’s a clearinghouse.

There was a discussion about this a few days ago as well: https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/1r8rcjv/daily_general_discussion_february_19_2026/o67dvgj/
Otherwise HiPattern is spot on. The Rocket pool queue is long at the moment (~1200 validators). There are only a handful of megapools dequeued every day now, which means node operators have to wait a long time. I expect more people transitioning from minipools to megapools due to a reduction of rewards for a subset of 8 ETH minipools in 3-4 months. This will dequeue some people, but even if you are dequeued, the Ethereum deposit queue is also 2 months long and rocket pool megapools have to pass it twice due to a special way deposits are handled in rocket pool. How I see it, running megapools only makes sense if you are in it for the very long term. Due to lowering the node operator provided ETH even further in Saturn 2 fewer node operators are needed overall to stake the same amount of rETH. This means that I will probably also shift towards more of my ETH in rETH instead of megapools. In the end this all depends on the rETH demand. If wee get a few large deposits, the queue will shrink fast.

cointracker treats the 32 ETH deposit as a "disposal" because tokens leave your wallet. not a bug, just bad default categorization. reclassify it manually as a staking deposit, or check [ethstaker.tax](http://ethstaker.tax) for a cleaner CSV export.

Just stacking for now and throught the summer. Buying BTC, ETH, SOL, LINK, HBAR, ALGO and XRP. I have about 50% in btc and other half diversed between those others.

If you don't own "much" crypto, and just want to earn the yield of staked ETH, then just go with any one of the 5-6 biggest LSTs (Liquid Staking Tokens).
In very simple terms, a Liquid Staking Token is the token you get by a Staking Protocol, when you give them your ETH to stake it on your behalf. These Protocols have a (large or small) set of node operators that run staking software. Each node operator uses some of their own ETH (as a bond, as a security in case they misbehave) combined with "your" ETH. The staking rewards they earn are split: they get a relatively small portion as reward for their work, and the rest goes "into" the value of the LST token they give you.
How does the last part happen? The exchange rate of their LST, increases as time passes in relation to ETH. Very simple example: you give one ETH today, and receive an amount of the LST of your choice. Assume the ethereum staking yield is 2.5%. Assume the LST fee is 10%. Let's say you keep the LLS in your wallet and do nothing for a whole year. When that year passes, if you give them back your LST (or swap it for ETH in any decentralized exchange), you get more ETH back than what you originally deposited with the protocol. How much? 2.5%, minus the 10% fee..
Now, not all Liquid Staking Protocols are equal, but this is a big discussion, and I don't want to unnecessarily confuse you.
The 4 bigger ones (in random order) are:
a) [Rocketpool](https://rocketpool.net/). Read their [FAQ](https://rocketpool.net/liquid-staking/what-is-liquid-staking), you'll learn tons of usefull stuff. Their LST is rETH
b) [Lido](https://lido.fi/). Their LST is stETH
c) [Ether.fi](https://www.ether.fi/). Their LST is eETH
d) [Stakewise](https://stakewise.io/). Their LST is osETH
There are some more, like puffETH from Puffer, rsETH from Kelp, cbETH from Coinbase, etc but in my own personal opinion they are either too small, too centralised, or slightly sketchy..
I am happy to explain stuff more if you need additional info..

secured is right. the 10:1 ratio on derivatives alone makes it hard not to lean that way. curious where you're watching for the move — ETH specifically or broader?

Conviction! It will reach 3 digits when ETH touches ATH

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BTC and ETH ETFs bleed $3.8B as altcoins take the spotlight

Ich bin 40, verdiene im öD, nicht verbeamtet (E-11) 2800 netto und verfüge derzeit über ein liquides Polster von rund 25.700 € auf dem Tagesgeldkonto. Mein ETF-Depot umfasst insgesamt etwa 14.000 €, aufgeteilt in ca. 11.600 € in ftse All world ETF, 1.500 € in einem Emerging-Markets-ETF und 900 € in einem Euro Stoxx 600 ETF. Hinzu kommen rund 15.700 € in Apple Aktie sowie etwa 19.000 € in Kryptowährungen (aufgeteilt auf 7500 BTC, 11000 ETH und eine kleinere Beimischung von 900 ADA). Insgesamt liegt mein investierbares Vermögen damit im Bereich von rund 75.000–80.000 €.
Ich bespare meine ETFs aktuell mit rund 630 € monatlich und möchte ab nächstem Monat die Struktur bewusst auf eine Zielallokation von 50 % Amundi global Prime, 30 % Schwellenländer (ESG konform) und 20 % Europa ausrichten. Damit verfolge ich Thomas (von Finanzfluss) wachstumsorientierte Strategie mit gezielter Übergewichtung von Emerging Markets und Europa gegenüber dem globalen Marktportfolio.
Mein Risikoprofil ist dadurch klar chancenorientiert, gleichzeitig halte ich ausreichend Liquidität vor, um mittelfristige Vorhaben – insbesondere den möglichen Erwerb einer Immobilie – flexibel umsetzen zu können.
Noch was, meine Freundin und ich ziehen bald zusammen und überlegen 1-2 Kinder großzuziehen.
Was haltet ihr davon? Vielen Dank für jegliche Hilfe!

If you buy ETH or BTC at any given price point, and do not sell it for a couple of years (or less).
There has historically been a 100% success rate that you will see 50-100% (or more) higher prices than what you paid. Regardless of what that price was.
I don’t think either of the two are going anywhere.
Quite the opposite actually.

There’s a conspiracy out there that the US will in fact seize all stablecoins like they did with gold in 1933. They need to pay for this debt anyway they can. 
The US Dollar is about to get kicked to the curb within a few years. Insane take, but the US could in fact make a CBDC out of one of these stablecoins or crypto coin, and then just take it all. 
The conspiracies are running hard in my brain rn. 
 I’m still staking ETH, and SOL. 

This applies to BTC just as well. If not better. ETH at least has some utility, BTC just drains resources for nothing.

Yes and these are some paltry stats for transactions processed. 5 mill in a month. Eth’s biggest l2 base processes 12 -15 million a day. Even ETH L1 was processing over 3 million a day recently.

Vitalik just sold $8,200,000 in ETH.

Could ETH B require a holding time requirements while ETH A doesn’t?

I'm DCA'ing on BTC, ETH, SOL, ADA, and lending USDC for now. More so on BTC and lending USDC.

BTC, ETH, LINK, or SOL