BTC is still king and controls the market. (I actually don't own any because I like leverage on lower prices ones for easier 2X and 3x) I am older and don't have years to wait on BTC. If I was under 50 I would be loading BTC on dips for retirement. I don't see that changing, and BTC will continue to control the crypto market pricing overall. If BTC goes to $120,000 and beyond well will all make money. Unlike stocks, crypto is still controlled BTC. A healthy BTC pulls everything up. Unlike stocks, even in a bad market there are stock winners. Less so in crypto. ETH coming back a little as 1.4 billion were hacked.
So far ICP, my biggest position has been horrible. I average over $11 but won't average down anymore. I am way up on XRP, SOL, ADA and AVAX so won't average up. For newbies, on the big ones, I would buy NEAR, ICP and ONDO beaten down right now. If ONDO drops more I will add more. WITH ETH around $1,800 and all time high at $4,891I have been loading ETH which I did not own before. I have enough ICP and NEAR. Markets right now are disappointing and we should have taken off already. Now with these tariffs, stocks and crypto have been hammered. I am buying crypto dips. Trust in crypto is very low after that ETH hack.
Most of the small ones you have to buy on computer wallets, like Metamask and Trust wallet have been huge disappointments. Too many come out and many rug pulls. I am hoping for one or two winners there to cover all my losers. Still hoping PIN, BRETT, and AXGT can do that. Many others are hopeless heading to zero. Have to be so careful listening to the crypto influencers who are behind so many pump and dumps. Many have zero conscience, except bragging how rich they are. They promote a new smaller coin which instantly 2X or 3X and they take their original out. And in a short period it tanks. We all lose while they make money. WOLF on SOL, BULL on Tron and CALI on base were real examples, promoted by 3 different influencers. I lost quite a big and doubtful I will get my money back. They have tanked badly and none of the influencers take responsibility. Most just move on talking about their next pump. Some are promoting while they are selling. Listen to them but don't trust them. And take profits almost instantly on the small ones and at least get your original out. In the last four years have lost tons on the smaller ones and many dead now. My bigger ones have covered those losses but overall I am red again.
I started late in crypto in early 2021 when there were way less tokens. Now way too many. The guy who came on this thread promoted OTTO which has totally bombed. I should never have bought it. And conveniently he has disappeared and never responded to my posts to him on OTTO. Take responsibility! Typical these days in crypto. Mostly buying bigger ones again and riding and just holding my smaller ones if any make a huge run.