3 Superior Cryptocurrencies to Buy and Hold for 10 Years

Key Points

• Bitcoin will still be relevant a decade from now.

• Ethereum's planned upgrades will help it to scale and handle tokenized assets more efficiently.

• Solana's recent supply reform just made it even easier to hold for long periods.

In my view, the three cryptocurrencies that belong in every crypto portfolio for at least the next 10 years are Bitcoin(CRYPTO: BTC), Ethereum(CRYPTO: ETH), and Solana(CRYPTO: SOL).

Although it's tough to predict whether they will even be around in 2036, the odds are they will, and if their superiority in their respective domains is as it is now, they will have gained a ton of value. Let's take a closer look at each.

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The next 10 years will see three halvings occur

Today, Bitcoin's miners produce about 450 new coins daily, and 95.7% of all 21 million coins that can ever exist are already in circulation.

The next halving, which cuts the daily issuance of new Bitcoin in half, is expected in April 2028. After that, there will be another halving in 2032, and a third in early 2036, after which only 56 new bitcoins will be mined per day. So the next 10 years will see daily new supply growth slow to a little more than 12% of what it is today.