After the market warms up, many people ask: Are there any spot coins suitable for holding for several years? My answer is very clear, but first, we need to clarify a premise - what exactly do you mean by "long-term"?

If your "long-term" is only 3-4 years, my advice is: don't touch a coin right now. This duration essentially only represents a complete bull-bear cycle and does not count as real long-term holding. For this type of demand, waiting to enter the market at the bear market low will provide much better cost-performance than currently.

But if your goal is to treat cryptocurrency as an asset allocation, planning to hold it long-term like gold and only liquidate part of your position when you need funds, then that is the true "long-term holding". In this case, my only advice is: only buy BTC, don't touch any other coins.

The logic behind it is not complicated: coins like BNB, SOL, ETH, DOGE, XRP, and ADA are indeed high-quality targets. They have consistently ranked in the top ten by market capitalization through two consecutive bull and bear cycles, which is the result of a joint choice by market funds and industry consensus, and their intrinsic value is beyond doubt. However, the core issue is that when the market experiences a prolonged downturn or bottoming out, the vast majority of people simply cannot "hold on." Taking the previous cycle as an example, when ETH fell to its lowest point, how many people derided its prospects and asserted it had no future, ultimately resulting in countless people "selling low." This is not an issue with ETH itself, but rather that the "consensus" of most people is too fragile and easily collapsed by extreme market emotions.

In contrast, BTC presents a different picture. Although many people complain about its high price and short-term gains not being as good as smaller coins, almost no one in the crypto circle truly denies BTC's core value. It does not have fundamental mechanism flaws; the only "shortcoming" that is often criticized may be its high unit price. However, in my opinion, this is precisely its advantage—BTC has been designed from the beginning to cater more to high-net-worth individuals with long-term asset allocation needs.

So the conclusion is very clear:

- If you have a short-term mindset, equating a 3-4 year cycle with "long-term", now is not the time to enter; it is advisable to wait and see.
- If you want to truly allocate assets for the long term and pursue stable holdings, just buying BTC is enough. If you can steadily hold onto BTC, you will inevitably gain profits in the long run; conversely, if you cannot even stick with the most solidly recognized BTC, then there is no need to consider any other coins.