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I’ve been in crypto for years now, and one thing I’ve realized is how much of this market was built on pure speculation. So many projects were hyped up as the future and barely have anything to show for it today. But with stablecoins, tokenization, regulation, and traditional finance getting more involved, I do think we’re witnessing a shift in how money works. I’ve been looking at BTC, ETH, LINK, XLM, and XMR lately, but I’m curious what everyone else is actually accumulating. What projects do you genuinely see having a purpose in the next 5–10 years? Not just surviving another bull run, but actually being used. And do you think most altcoins will eventually become irrelevant?

It's been about 2–3 years since I last posted here, and honestly, it's crazy seeing how much the crypto market has changed. Between institutional adoption, ETFs, stablecoins, and the push for clearer regulations, crypto is starting to look a lot different than it did a few years ago. I'm also aware of how narratives like *ISO 20022* were heavily pushed, only for people to realize that compliance or compatibility doesn't automatically translate into token demand or price appreciation. Lately, I've been looking more into BTC, ETH, XLM, and LINK. Monero (XMR) has also caught my attention, especially as privacy becomes more relevant and people start questioning how much of their financial activity should really be public. I still think speculation drives a huge part of this market, but I'm more interested in what actually gets used rather than what's being hyped for the next cycle. **What projects are you genuinely accumulating or researching for the next 5–10 years?** And do you think we're finally moving toward a market where utility matters more than hype, or will crypto always be driven by narratives and speculation?

ETH looks good.

ETH is an investable asset, therefore it's affected by global economic conditions. e.g. More dovish president elected, rich people anticipate being able to borrow at lower rates soon, they up the risk asset allocation in their portfolio, ETH price goes up.

At your size versus daily volume, market impact on ETH is probably small. The spread is your real cost, so get more quotes before debating anything else

hmm that's a good wholistic viewpoint. I know ETH price action is dependent on BTC but I always thought that the relationship was more dependent on speculation than actual ETH gas usage

i think ETH needs it's 'linux' moment. Where it makes more sense to trust a public ledger, with re-viewable and open contracts. The use case is there, and ready to go. But there needs to be a company, or individual willing to put this to practice, and use their own service, and then be successful at it. I think it's hard, because existing companies can do the same, and get a 1% cut by keeping it private. Maybe a Stripe replica, that works just like stripe, but can be fitted for any crypto coin, running it through a token swap contract that extracts USDT at the end. Something along those lines needs to be built, and built right. I think it's just going to take a little more time for full adoption to be there. But it WILL happen as all these large institutions get hacked, and trust in private code bases dwindles.

This sub and my research led me to believe ETH has utility, the price action of ETH led me to believe I don't need to invest in it. I consider both to be true.

I was sold on ETH when I learned it was a programmable money VM

ETH up like 7% too.

NK holds a lot of BTC and ETH too. I think they're trying to outlast the sanctions lists, and will likely try and cut a deal with whatever world powers end up dominating the next decade.

What’s so terrible about proof of stake? Why did you have faith to begin with if eth was targeting POS even before it launched in 2015? The only reason ETH got POW is because people got antsy in 2015 and said launch it and fix that later.

got the email this morning.. did the security verification and I just transferred a little bit of ETH (0.1 ETH) from Coinbase to my Crypto Account. the amount showed in my Schwab account after \~25 confirmations on the ETH network. The tricky part is that the transaction does not have a cost basis amount yet... so I'll wait to see how this will be handled. If I'll need to do it by hand or if somehow it will be magically calculated.

I've been reading through a lot of discussions on here lately, and it's interesting how differently people see ETH. Some are extremely bullish, others think it has some serious problems, and everyone seems to have their own reasons. It got me wondering, has anyone here actually changed their opinion on Ethereum because of something they read or saw? Could be a Reddit comment, some on-chain data, a developer update, or even just using Ethereum yourself. I'm also curious what sources people here actually trust when it comes to ETH. There's so much information out there, and it's hard to tell what's worth paying attention to sometimes. Would love to hear if anything has genuinely changed your perspective, whether it made you more bullish or more skeptical.

**Fun fact with bad timing:** in April 2022, Binance led the $150M round that went toward paying back Ronin's users after the hack. On Oct 31, the FBI said North Korea was behind the more than $6B that just left Binance itself. Ronin is still the cleanest example of how this keeps working. Most people remember it as "one guy opened a fake job offer." The company's own postmortem tells a longer story. **The setup** * Ronin was Axie Infinity's own chain. Money crossed over a bridge run by **9 validators, and any 5 signatures could approve a withdrawal.** * Sky Mavis, the studio behind Axie, ran **4 of the 9.** * Why only 5? Their own Q&A: some nodes "didn't catch up with the chain, or were stuck in syncing state." **The favor nobody switched off** * Nov 2021: the network was getting hammered, so Sky Mavis asked the Axie DAO for help handing out free transactions. The DAO allowlisted Sky Mavis to sign on its behalf. * Dec 2021: the arrangement ended. Their words: "the allowlist access was not revoked." * So signature #5 was still reachable from inside Sky Mavis. **The drain** * The Block later reported (two anonymous sources) that a senior engineer got a fake job offer after several rounds of interviews, sent as a PDF. Sky Mavis declined to comment on how it happened. Its postmortem only says "one employee was compromised." * Mar 23, 2022: two withdrawals, **13:29:09 and 13:31:04 UTC. 115 seconds apart.** 173,600 ETH and 25.5M USDC, about $625M. * Nobody noticed for **six days.** Their words: "We didn't have a proper tracking system for monitoring large outflows from the bridge." The alarm was a user who couldn't withdraw 5,000 ETH. **The part I keep thinking about:** users were paid back in coins. ETH had dropped so much by the time the bridge reopened in June that the refund was worth about $216.5M. And the Axie DAO, the group that did the favor, didn't get its own 56,000 ETH covered in that refund. Question for people who know bridges better than me: **is a 5-of-9 multisig with 4 keys at one company decentralized in any real sense?** And how many bridges today look the same if you squint? I made a 14 minute doc on the whole chain (the FBI naming Lazarus, the money going through mixers, the roughly 10% that got seized back) for a small channel I started a few weeks ago. Sources are on screen the whole way. If you want the full story with the visuals: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63\_InzH4fO4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63_InzH4fO4) Honest feedback welcome, I'm still learning this.

ETH has also been ruled a commodity by US regulators. So have a bunch of others.

Pump $ETH and $BTC guys lets go

Once you understand the logistics of what moves whese coins and why it gets easier. BTC is the lead, everything else follows. Whats ETH used for? Smart contracts and gas for primarily trading bitcoin. When BTC moves, ETH moves. Your late entry skips are just skipping volume if you would have entered earlier. BTC moves and drags everything else along with it Think about the purpose and use of these coins, then look at BTC as the mover.

buying so much ETH

I don't gaf what any crypto bros think, Kamala would've been way better for BTC and ETH than trump (and even if not, fuck anyone voting for trump). But Biden clearly indicated to the SEC to allow the ETFs and a much more cautious, regulated approach to crypto would have allowed ETH and BTC to thrive.

ETH Baby chill

The blue wave extends to ETH

🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀 ETH SZN 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀

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