I've been getting more and more involved with the topic of $BTC (+1.66%) Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies and realize that I am really bullish. 😄

That's why I'm now thinking about getting my own wallet, i.e. not just trading via Trade Republic or Bitvavo, but also storing my coins myself.

My first question: Does that still make sense these days, or do you think Bitvavo is perfectly adequate?

If so, my current plan would be as follows:

I would get a hardware wallet from Trezor, probably the latest one or is the extra cost hardly worth it?

I would then also use an Exodus wallet on my cell phone and regularly send the bitcoins I buy from Bitvavo to my own wallet.

What do you think?

Do you have any tips or recommendations on how to proceed?

$SOL (+1.75%)
$XRP (+2.59%)
$BTC (+1.66%)
$ETH (+1.68%)

Hello everyone,

I've been here at Getquin for about 3 months now and I have to say I find the contributions from @BamBamInvest
@Multibagger
@Tenbagger2024 all of you here extremely interesting. You all offer extreme added value and I am always amazed at how active you are here... Because of this I wanted to speak up and ask for your opinion as I am totally unsure what to do...

First of all, I'm still quite young, so I still have my whole life ahead of me and can still "allow" myself to invest riskily, although this is of course always objective. At the moment I don't really have a strategy that I'm following or a plan for the coming months/years. So far, I've mostly bought stocks based on recommendations from posts here or YouTube videos, and I've ended up with a pretty colorful bunch... I have of course looked into the companies myself but to be honest a lot of the purchases have just been repeat purchases without really knowing what I am doing.

Among other things, I own

$XRP (+2.59%) (one of my first purchases)

$ASML (-0.87%)

$UNH (-1.14%)

$ADBE (-0.2%)

$AMZN (-3.94%)

$NKE (-0.62%)

$FI (+1.41%)

$1810 (-2.15%)

$GOOGL (-1.49%)

But since the whole thing is not subject to a real system and in my opinion I diversify too much, since I invest with smaller amounts, it would help me a lot if you could maybe recommend something to me how I can proceed... Maybe just 2 stocks? Or an ETF?

I would be very happy to hear from you and wish you a nice rest of the weekend!

XRP quotes **$2.51** today, up over **5%**, and the underlying market structure indicates further strength. According to the analysis of **Corne Marchand** ([source](https://cornemarchand.nl/xrp-supply-shock/)), a possible *supply shock* is in the pipeline: up to **8 billion XRP** - about **13% of the circulating stock** - may be temporarily tied up via strike projects such as mXRP and FXRP.

For investors, this is fundamentally relevant. A sudden reduction in freely available supply, combined with increasing institutional interest, can significantly increase price pressure. On-chain data confirms this trend: the number of XRP on exchanges is falling sharply; for example, Coinbase reduced from 970 million XRP in cold storage to just 32 million spread across two wallets.

In an environment where liquidity is becoming scarce and macroeconomic prospects (such as interest rate cuts) may boost risk appetite, the likelihood of an **upward revaluation** of XRP is significant.

For long-term investors, this is a time to reconsider positions and consider an **accumulation strategy** toward the expected breakout above **$3.00**, with a possible follow-through to **$4.00 and higher**.

📊 *XRP again shows that strong fundamentals and limited supply can be powerful catalysts for value growth.*

$XRP (+2.59%)

Digital investment products saw net inflows of USD 3.2 billion last week, 95% of which came from the US, according to CoinShares' research department.

Despite growing tensions from new US tariffs on Chinese imports, the annual total of inflows rose to a record USD 48.7 billion.

Trading volumes reached historic highs: USD 53 bn week-on-week and USD 15.3 bn on Friday. Assets under management (AuM), on the other hand, fell by 7% to USD 242 billion.

Solana and XRP remain cautious

$BTC (+1.66%) led the inflows with USD 2.67 bn, followed by $ETH (+1.68%) with USD 338 million. The inflows in $SOL (+1.75%) (USD 93.3 million) and $XRP (+2.59%) (USD 61.6m) slowed, although the markets are awaiting the imminent launch of their US ETFs.

These figures demonstrate the resilience of the crypto ETP market, driven by continued high institutional demand, even in an increasingly uncertain macroeconomic environment.

And although the weekend was characterized by high market tension - with over USD 19bn of liquidations in the derivatives market following Donald Trump's announcement of new US tariffs - crypto markets recovered quickly and returned to the levels seen at the beginning of the month.

Is this now the beginning of the correction of $BTC (+1.66%) , $XRP (+2.59%) and Co. Or is this just a breather from the sharp rise of the last 3 days?