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We finally resolved it by using Coinbase Asset Recovery through Edge instead of OperaGX. Like I said his friend is just an idiot. I had to spot my BF about $100 in ETH for the recovery fee but once that was done and he had his payment he paid me right back and was finally able to rest.

As a beginner with 130 bucks, I’d keep expectations low on quick profits. Short-term trades are basically gambling, especially if you’re new. BTC and ETH are slower but way more predictable long term. SOL can move fast, but it also drops hard, so be ready for that. If you do pick SOL, maybe just park it and learn instead of trading. Also once you’re not using an exchange anymore, a simple wallet helps, I use Solflare for SOL stuff since it’s pretty straightforward. Main advice is don’t rush, treat this first buy as tuition, not a money printer.

If Bitcoin goes higher than 91k ETH will go up too.  ETH goes bananas when BTC goes up uncontrollably.  That’s probably going to happen again in the future.

ETH is showing a very clear iHS

since you asked "how":

Spot crypto ETFs (like Morgan Stanley's BTC, ETH, and SOL) directly hold the actual cryptocurrency. The trust buys and custodies real Bitcoin/Ether/Solana on behalf of shareholders. so when trillions in institutional money flows into these ETFs (hello morgan stanley's client base + advisors recommending allocations), they have to go out and buy massive amounts of the underlying asset to back the shares. that's direct buying pressure on the spot market which means institutions "wanting in" by accumulating YOUR favorite coins at scale. which also now adds real selling pressure during bearish periods, and of course with the billions of value these banks and ETFs now hold (BTC ETFs alone at \~$120B), their effect on the market is way more amplified than retail ever was.

>**Standing in the rain,**
>**Urge to leverage refrain,**
>**Hand over migraine.**
~Daily haiku until we’re at least at 0.178 on the ETH/BTC ratio or highest market cap

Which real-world use cases (beyond trading and yield) do you see as most likely to drive mainstream demand for ETH itself?

Yes actually two strategies work:
1) Classic ETH/USDC:
https://debank.com/profile/0xfc28aa01239dbbc3f1b0667d404933e493a2b2a8
2) The canteen method: (Earn small from a lot of positions):
https://debank.com/profile/0x78501b5d80f23c61a4f3a144213322caac6cbaf2/

I’ve been involved in crypto trading and investing since 2022, and honestly, the journey hasn’t been pretty, at least not at the beginning.
I came into crypto like a lot of people: excitement, big expectations, and way too much confidence for someone who didn’t really understand the market yet. I thought watching price charts for a few weeks and reading Twitter was “research.” Spoiler: it wasn’t.
2022–2024: Learning the Hard Way
2022 was mostly random trades, FOMO entries, panic selling, and holding bags longer than I should’ve. I didn’t track things properly, but I knew I wasn’t doing great.
2023 was when the losses became very real. I finished that year down around $12,000.
Some examples:
Bought SOL at ~$38, sold at $24 out of fear
Bought APE at ~$5.20, watched it bleed, sold around $2.90
Overtraded futures without proper risk management (huge mistake)
2024 somehow managed to be even worse. I ended the year down another $15,000.
This was mostly because:
I kept chasing pumps
I didn’t stick to stop losses
I traded emotionally instead of logically
At that point, I seriously questioned if crypto just “wasn’t for me.”
2025: The Turning Point
2025 is the first year I actually became profitable, and the difference wasn’t luck — it was education and discipline.
At the start of 2025, I made a decision: either I take this seriously, or I stop completely.
I started actually studying crypto:
Watching podcasts almost daily
YouTube videos focused on market structure, risk management, and psychology
Reading articles and researching projects before investing
Journaling my trades (wins and losses)
From March 2025, I also subscribed to Salvatore Crypto Signals. The signals themselves were solid, but honestly, the biggest value for me was education. I used their 24/7 customer support constantly asking about setups, why a trade worked or failed, how to manage risk, and even basic crypto questions.
It genuinely felt like having a private crypto mentor, and that changed everything.
Some 2025 Trades That Made the Difference
Here are a few actual examples:
Bought BTC at ~$41,800, sold at $53,200
Bought ETH at ~$2,250, sold at $3,450
Bought SOL at ~$62, sold at $118
Smaller alt trades with strict stop losses instead of “hoping”
I stopped trying to get rich overnight and focused on consistency. I risked less per trade, stopped revenge trading, and accepted losses quickly instead of letting them destroy my account.
The Result
By the end of 2025, I finished up $26,000.
After being down for three years straight, that number meant more to me mentally than financially. It proved that I wasn’t just gambling anymore, I was actually trading.

Where to stake my ETH?

I've spent a good time going deep into Uniswap V3 LP strategies and reached a conclusion: **the game is structurally designed for LPs to lose**.
**The Core Problem**
Every "delta-neutral" strategy falls apart. Borrow ETH on Aave, provide LP, claim you're hedged? Nope.
Your LP delta **changes continuously** as price moves, while your debt stays fixed. Every rebalance to fix this **crystallizes a loss**. This is LVR (Loss Versus Rebalancing) - mathematically proven to accumulate σ².
Same problem with perpetual hedges. Static hedge + dynamic exposure = guaranteed losses.
**Who Actually Makes Money?**
1. **JIT LPs** \- Add $10M+ liquidity for a single block via Flashbots, capture fees, withdraw. Exposure: \~12 seconds.
2. **Arbitrageurs** \- They extract value FROM LPs. They're the house.
3. **Low-volatility pair LPs** \- Found some whales running pairs like WBTC/cbBTC, WBTC/WETH pools. Not sure if they are hedging or not.
Questions
1. Has anyone found a consistently profitable LP strategy without MEV infrastructure?
2. Any approaches beyond low-volatility pairs that actually work?
3. Has anyone success with stepped-hedge ?
**TL;DR:** DeFi LP seems mathematically rigged. Arbitrageurs extract LVR, JIT LPs steal fees, hedging locks in losses. Change my mind.

Where to stake my ETH?

So I've been trading on Coinbase for like 3 years now and just found out that every time I swapped one coin for another, that counted as a taxable event. I genuinely thought taxes only happened when you cashed out to USD.
Apparently the IRS treats it like you're selling one crypto and buying another, so you owe capital gains on whatever profit you made since you bought the first coin. This was very stupid of me and I should have done my research because I've done probably 50+ swaps between ETH, BTC, SOL, whatever, and never reported any of it.
I'm probably being paranoid, but my dad got audited last year over some random real estate thing and it was a nightmare for him. That whole situation made me anxious enough to actually go back and figure out my crypto taxes. Spent a weekend pulling transaction history from Coinbase and used CoinLedger because I was too lazy to calculate everything manually (I’ve heard all the platforms are pretty similar though, Koinly/Bitcoin.Tax are other options and you can try them all out for free). Turns out I owed like $2,400 from last year alone.
Just wanted to give others a heads up if you're in the same boat. Holding coins is fine, moving between your own wallets is fine, but swapping counts as disposing of the asset. And yeah, I know some of you are gonna say there's no point worrying about this stuff, and fair enough. I just wanted to sleep better at night.
**TL;DR:** Every crypto-to-crypto swap is taxable, not just when you cash out to fiat. Found this out the hard way after years of unreported trades.

If you’re just starting with $130, focus more on learning than chasing quick gains. Want “safer” large caps → BTC is the simplest long-term hold, ETH adds smart-contract exposure, SOL has higher upside but also higher volatility, so expect bigger swings. Don’t invest money you might need soon and don’t expect fast profit. Pick one or two, hold, and keep adding slowly. Whatever you buy, use a reputable exchange to purchase and then consider moving to a self-custody wallet for storage (something like Solflare is beginner-friendly). Biggest rule: avoid meme coins, avoid leverage, and only invest what you can afford to forget about for a while

It's my genuinely sad duty to follow up on a bet about ETH hitting 5k in 2025.
[https://www.reddit.com/r/ethfinance/comments/1hhmbc0/comment/m2v6zxa/?context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethfinance/comments/1hhmbc0/comment/m2v6zxa/?context=3)
Paging u/SendN00dles1 \- can I ask that you settle up by making a donation of the .1 ETH to a local food bank?
(Unless you'd rather go double-or-nothing.)
Now back to hoping this is the year we cook that crab market.

You pay income tax on the staking income and then CGT tax on any gain that asset makes when you sell.
Each pound of value only gets taxed once.
E.g. if you receive £100 ETH you might pay 20% income tax on that value. Then if you sell for £150 you might pay 24% CGT on the £50 gain.

Consistent and super cheap pricing, extremely fast, concurrent (hashgraph), highly secure, transparent, governance council made up of industry leaders…someone to go to if there are issues or changes needed.
There are other similar competitors like IOTA but those are behind Hedera currently. Essentially the AVAX to Solona or ETH.

are we talking about hot or cold wallets?
tbh I stick to IronWallet on mobile for daily ETH stuff, and Ledger chills in the drawer for long-term holdings.

It’s nice not having to deal with a cluttered interface just to send a token.

As a solo staker, to increase your stake above 32 ETH you only need 33 ETH (or maybe it's 33.5 ETH, can't remember the threshold).

Good question. And honestly, I don't have a precise answer to give you.
I've been avoiding Volatile/stable v3 LPs like the plague. The few times I tried, I got screwed by volatility. Out of range because ETH went above my range? I buy ETH higher and it proceeds to dump. Vice versa. Just the overall experience is really annoying for me. But I'm sure that some people enjoy it and some people are good at it. But again, I feel like those who are good at it should give trading a chance, since for me it's almost the same, without the IL issue.
When I did pegged pairs, for example weeth/eth on Etherex-linea, it was more or less fine, but having to rebalance often gets quite annoying. At least, I'm not entirely sure if it's for me.