Sorry for the long response, but I want to give you a legit answer
I am going to be clear, I do not see a ton of the ecosystems making it the long haul. What people don't understand is the difference in the layers.
There are 3 Currencies that I see as the future of the Space.
If you want to compare it to the technology stocks
- Bitcoin - 1st Generation Web 3.0
is like
Think foundational things. The beginning of the Internet. Yahoo, AOL, MySpace, initial www sites etc...
- Ethereum - 2nd generation Web 3.0 (Inventers of Proof of Work)
is like
Google, Facebook, Twitter etc...
- Cardano - 3rd generation Web 3.0 (Inventers Proof of Stake)
is like
AI, Metaverse, Defi, DApps etc...
Now keep in mind all 3 have the capability to do what the others are doing, but Cardano is the furthest along when it comes to a secured decentralized space, but Ethereum and Bitcoin were around first, and people are more comfortable with them currently, but Cardano has more room to get bigger. Does that make sense?
Now to keep it in layman's terms
Bitcoin - Apple - Google
Ethereum - Microsoft - Facebook
Cardano - Dell - Twitter
Solana - HP - LinkedIn
Avalanche - Lenovo - YouTube
They all have their place and then there are the programs that get built on the ecosystems
Each Ecosystem have their own, but like this
Apple has
Safari
iTunes
iMovie
Pages
FaceTime
Microsoft has
Office
Edge
Teams
Media Player
One Drive
Now Blockchains Technologies (Ethereum, Bitcoin, Cardano etc...) Have their own unique versions of
Defi
Staking Software
Smart Contracts
NFT
Stablecoins
Lastly, Each project inside their ecosystem have their own currency. and those currencies value is based upon interest levels, how much it is use and how much people are willing to pay to use their products. Everything that gets built on ecosystem has it's own currency that can be converted on the Decentralized Exchanges and converted to the main ecosystem currency like BTC, ADA, SOL, ETH and then can be transferred to a centralized exchange like Coinbase, Binance, Crypto.com etc... and these Centralized Exchanges are where you can convert to Fiat (USD, Pounds, Yen etc...)
That is why Meme coins are dumb, because there is no business behind it, where as other aspects of crypto are 100% legit and will grow as the technology grows. If you really get into it there are new things that are coming out that will blow your mind. If you want to be safe
In order these 3 are going nowhere but up
Bitcoin
Ethereum
Cardano