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Hell, I was pretty hardcore on it from the start. I dismissed ETH entirely for its obvious shortfalls and pre-mine. It was $7. Should have just bought some.

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**Tricky's Daily Doots #1,547**
**Yesterday's Daily 27/07/2026**
[Previous Daily Doots](https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/1v7qq89/daily_general_discussion_july_27_2026/p01nniz/)
- u/Elendron looks at [the near-term macro outlook.](https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/1v7qq89/daily_general_discussion_july_27_2026/p00q6m6/) 📈
- u/ethdaily delivers [the daily ETH news.](https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/1v7qq89/daily_general_discussion_july_27_2026/p06afor/) 📰
- u/Jey_s_TeArS delivers [a topical daily haiku.](https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/1v7qq89/daily_general_discussion_july_27_2026/p04a5oh/) 📝

For a simple swap, Trust Wallet works well, but don't swap directly in the wallet without comparing rates. Connect it to a reputable DEX aggregator like 1inch or Matcha to get better pricing and lower slippage. Also, make sure you have enough native gas tokens (ETH, BNB, etc.) on the same network before swapping.

Now we wait for him to bullpost about ETH. That's when he sells the whole stack

I've held ETH since 2021 and the thing that got me interested again wasn't ETF flows or supply charts.
It's that real lending has moved onchain. I don't mean looping or perps or yet another farm wearing a hat.
Actual small and mid sized companies borrowing working capital, funded in USDC by people like us, interest paid out monthly, loans collateralised against equipment or property. Nearly all of it settling on L2s.
We undersell this here.
You can sit in Europe, put stables into a loan for a company that physically manufactures something and get paid by that company every month. The yield is a borrower servicing debt, which is a completely different mechanism from emissions and it took the better part of a decade of infrastructure before that was even possible at retail sizee.
Rates run higher than Aave or Compound, obviously. That's credit risk, priced the way credit risk has always been priced. But there's collateral behind it and monthly cashflow you can actually inspect which frankly makes it more legible to me than most of what pays double digits in Defi,.
The part I keep coming back to is that this needs Ethereum specifically. Nobody originates real loans on a chain that could get captured or reorged. Neutrality is the product and we say that constantly and this is the first use case I've seen where it isn't just a slogan.
Anyway a few things I'm trying to work out, in case someone here has been closer to it than me.
Is there a future for this direction? I just want to predict the next meta.

I got it, thanks. Yes I also came to the same conclusion during the weekends regarding ETH on Etherfi. I'll check USDT opportunities on Fluid.

Do you know some good resources about looping and all related details?

With Clarity Act I thought we had a real shot. Now that that’s pretty much off the table I’m not sure if I want to spend another cycle holding ETH. Seriously thinking about rotating to HBAR. Don’t hate me.

I use the telegram wallet. You can send any of those 2 coins on a few network and they will automatically be credited as USDT. You can then send them back to either USDC or USDT. I primarily use ETH / Trc20 / Sol network but they do have others available so make sure the network you use is supported.

>This does not mean that we will not retest the lows one more time, but at least in my bubble there is a vibe shift. 
It all depends on ETH investors. Are they going to jeet the long-term holders again by dumping before ETH even reaches $5k?
It's happened so many times now that, unfortunately, the odds favor the same behavior repeating. Very few (if any) major assets have a 5-year chart that looks like ETH's. It literally resembles a row of shark teeth - violent spikes followed by brutal collapses.
Too bad images can't be posted here. It's one of those charts you have to see to believe.

high liquidity coins like BTC or ETH are best for scalping but low-cap altcoins will chop you up regardless of how good the setup looks

> It's the chop before ETH outperformance, at least that is what I am currently betting (or burning) my money on :)
What are your price predictions EoY 2026 and EoY 2027?

It's the chop before ETH outperformance, at least that is what I am currently betting (or burning) my money on :)
This does not mean that we will not retest the lows one more time, but at least in my bubble there is a vibe shift. I have a lot of ETH cynics in my circle and so many of them are recently buying small bags again first time in ages because "what if".
Also the "most hated rally" logic came around kind of. Everyone hates ETH because of some made up reasons or Solana propaganda that it somehow became the controversial bet, which makes it attractive. Especially since if you look at purely fundamentals and take sentiment aside it is the clear bet.

Start with something simple: put **$200** on **Kraken** and watch it for 12 months.
A beginner‑friendly allocation might look like:
* **50% BTC**
* **20% ETH**
* **15% SOL**
* **10% XRP**
* **5% KAS**
All crypto lives on blockchains and requires **private keys** to move.
On an exchange, the platform holds the keys.
With **self‑custody**, you hold the keys yourself, usually stored as a **24‑word seed phrase**.
Anyone who gets your seed phrase can take your crypto, so beginners are often safer starting on a top‑tier exchange like Kraken or Kraken Pro.
Learn the basics early:
* Blockchain fees
* Exchange fees
* Spreads
* Stop loss orders
* Self custody wallets
* Seed phrases
* Passphrases
* Hardware wallets, Ledger and Trezor are well known hardware wallet brands.
Avoid **hot, web and extension wallets**.
Assume most people online want to scam you, hack you, or trick you into giving up your seed phrase.
**NEVER** enter a seed phrase online or record electronically as text or image.... **NEVER**!
Always use official websites, double check URLs, and be extremely careful with anything you download.
Good internet security software is strongly recommended.
Be ready for **50 percent or more price swings**.
And be aware that simply HODLing right now has a higher chance of losing money, although nobody knows what the market will look like in a year.
**DO NOT INVEST MORE THAT YOU CAN AFFORD TO LOSE!!!!**

5% of ETH supply is wild. That's more centralized than most people realize.
I track crypto in my trading journal and this kind of institutional accumulation always makes me nervous. When one entity controls that much, they can move the market with a single transaction.
Decentralization was supposed to be the whole point of crypto. Guess we're just recreating traditional finance but with more buzzwords. 💀

Best cross chain swap for ETH to SOL?

The problem is that ETH's 2025 ATH was only about $75 higher than its 2021 ATH. That's essentially a flat cycle.
If ETH had rallied to $8k or $10k, then a 60% correction would still have left us around $4k. Instead, ETH barely made a new high, yet still collapsed roughly 68%, from about $4,950 to $1,550.
That has shaken my confidence in ETH investors. I still believe the asset itself is fundamentally undervalued, but that view clearly isn't shared by enough market participants. Either that, or there are simply too many leveraged traders who become forced sellers whenever the market turns.
Ironically, I'm more bearish on ETH's price than I am on Ethereum itself because I no longer trust the behavior of many ETH holders. It feels like too many people are just waiting to dump everything around $4k after getting burned before.
If ETH is ever going to flip BTC, that cycle of panic selling and repeated round trips has to end.

First, ask your friend which network he will send the USDT on (Ethereum, Tron, BSC or Solana). This is important because they are not the same.
Also, you need a little bit of the network coin (like ETH, BNB or SOL) to swap USDT into LINK. USDT alone can’t do it.
Before downloading any other app, check if your wallet already has a swap option. Most wallets do.
And one more thing - send a small test first, maybe 20 or 50 USDT. Better lose small fee than send everything to wrong network.

You're doing it right.
The only way to make money in ETH for the past decade has been selling high and buying low.

from Elon's clanker about the Lido news:
Lido Core 2026 Upgrade Summary (rolled out July 27, 2026):
* Biggest upgrade since V2: Migrating \~8M+ stETH ($16–16.5B) from 265k+ legacy validators to larger 0x02 validators (up to 2,048 ETH each).
* Key change: Curated Module v2 (CMv2) — professional operators now required to post ETH bonds (skin-in-the-game) for performance accountability.
* Impact on Ethereum messaging: Reduces total validators by \~1/3 → \~29% fewer attestation messages per epoch, easing consensus layer load.
* Efficiency gains: Lower network overhead, better alignment with Pectra/Lean Ethereum; nearly doubles high-balance validators network-wide.
* For Lido: Improved security, sustainability, and operations; minor temporary yield dip (\~0.28% annual).
* For users: No action needed; fully protocol-level upgrade. Migration ongoing over several months.