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:
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Pendle
PENDLE
$PENDLE
, Ethena
ENA
$ENA

Worldcoin
WLD
$WLD

Jupiter
JUP