NEW YORK, March 10, 2026, 11:25 EDT
Retail-crypto chatter from the past two days has leaned in favor of Bitcoin for putting $1,000 to work, leaving Cardano lagging in recommendations. Ether, though, still got a nod for long-term investors in a separate March 5 opinion piece. On Tuesday, Bitcoin hovered close to $71,255, Ether was roughly $2,069, and Cardano traded near $0.27.
This round of analyst calls comes just after a volatile macro backdrop sent crypto markets whipsawing—investors rotated hard into the largest, most liquid tokens. Spot bitcoin ETFs pulled in a net $167.1 million on March 9, bouncing back from hefty outflows of $227.9 million and $348.9 million on March 5 and March 6. Reuters tracked bitcoin circling $70,000, with oil prices falling and the dollar losing ground.
In a piece published Sunday on Nasdaq, Motley Fool’s Alex Carchidi pointed out that both bitcoin and Cardano slid nearly 27% over the previous month. The article made the case for bitcoin, citing its capped 21 million supply and the easier path for investors via spot ETFs. Cardano, though pitched as a smart-contract platform—where code self-executes on the blockchain—still lags with just about $121 million in total value locked and only around $37 million in stablecoins backing its network.
The Motley Fool’s Tuesday column—also published by Yahoo Finance—leaned in on the bitcoin argument. The piece claimed over 95% of bitcoins are already out there, with just around 450 new coins minted daily, and noted that U.S. spot ETFs control about 1.2 million bitcoin. It also contended the token was sitting at or under miners’ production costs.
Back on March 5, the same author took a different angle on Ether, pitching it as the more obvious long-term bet. The argument? Ethereum underpins nearly $55 billion in decentralized finance—lending, borrowing, and trading apps that cut out banks—while Solana trails far behind with under $7 billion. That column also pegged Ethereum’s stablecoin tally at roughly $159 billion, accounting for more than half the entire market.
Opinions remain split among market watchers. David Morrison, senior market analyst at Trade Nation, pointed to bitcoin’s “surprising resilience” even as broader markets came under pressure. CoinDesk cited macro strategist Mark Connors, who argued that a drawn-out U.S.-Iran conflict might ultimately benefit bitcoin, should increased war spending, rising debt, and lower rates drag down the dollar over time. Trade Nation
Still, risks remain. ETF inflows only recently flipped back to positive, following two sharp outflow days, and another move higher in oil prices or renewed risk aversion could put pressure on bitcoin once more. Cardano might recover if developer momentum actually translates to genuine user demand. As for Ethereum, those much-discussed upgrades promised for this year are still on the to-do list.
Recently, retail voices have pulled back from the sweeping optimism of earlier cycles. In a jumpy market, arguments favor bitcoin for its scarcity, scale, and liquidity, while ethereum’s real-world usage stands out. Cardano, though, remains on the hook to show it can actually convert features into a user base.
