I have seen more and more news articles treating ETH with language that says it is not an altcoin. They will say BTC and ETH, and then they will handle altcoins like a separate category that does not include ETH. Do you agree with this designation and what do you think caused the change?
Public sentiment? It’s in line with what many people on r/CryptoCurrency seem to believe these days. They want a heuristic for what’s safe to buy during a bear market, and a popular one is ‘BTC and ETH are the two blue chips, everything else will fade away.’
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