5 cryptocurrencies to consider for the long term, besides Bitcoin, Ether, and Solana, according to DeFi analyst

TheDefiEdge used four criteria to choose tokens with potential for appreciation: product-market fit, income generation for holders, resilience to market downturns, and fundamentals.

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Recently, cryptocurrency trader and entrepreneur Cobie promoted a survey on X with the aim of gathering community opinions on the most promising tokens for long-term investments, excluding Bitcoin

, Hyperliquid (HYPE), and stablecoins.

The survey received 2.6 thousand responses and over a million views. Among varied responses, many of which were biased, with traders and investors taking the opportunity to promote tokens from their portfolios, the pseudonymous analyst TheDefiEdge made a selection of the five most promising based on four objective criteria.

TheDefi Edge evaluated the long-term appreciation potential of cryptocurrencies based on product-market fit, income generation capacity for holders, resilience to market downturns, and technical fundamentals.

The five cryptocurrencies chosen by the analyst for long-term investment focus were:

AAVE

AAVE
AAVEUSDT
136.76
-3.78%

Pendle

PENDLE

$PENDLE

, Ethena

ENA

$ENA

ENA
ENA
0.1503
-2.84%

Worldcoin

WLD

$WLD

WLD
WLD
0.4528
-2.05%

Jupiter

JUP