You can trade them for BTC if you don't have much BTC. But if you have it already, those coins are good to hold. As you see the BTC dominance is decreasing and the dominance for altcoins are increasing again. In this moment, there is a chance that pumping will go through altcoins.
I'm not saying those particular altcoins you have mentioned but there is a chance that they will be one of it.
Topic: What to do with nonsignificant altcoins - page 5. (Read 955 times)
I'm talking stuff like Monero, XLM, etc. With BTC so high, does it make more sense to trade them for BTC, or for USD?
How come you said insignificant altcoins when they are the top coins in marketcap after Bitcoin. You can trade them against Bitcoin and even tether USD and make a profit. A week ago, XLM climbed over 150% and all holders benefit from that. You can use Monero to maintain your privacy so they are not insignificant. They have their own purposes too.
I'm talking stuff like Monero, XLM, etc. With BTC so high, does it make more sense to trade them for BTC, or for USD?
Don't panic buddy, MONERO and XLM are popular coins, the current correction is only temporary, Usually the coins that you hold will increase in price. To avoid the risk of loss, you must use a stop loss strategy, BTC and ETH will be the right choice for you. if the decline in MONERO and XLM continues, you still have hope in BTC and ETH.
It's better to hold them because they are popular coins, I don't know where you get the ' nonsignificant ' from, Monero and XLM aren't like most new projects today, hold for now because it looks like it's altcoins time to shine, since yesterday popular DeFi projects are revaluating fast
They still have a planty of space to growth because they are pretty popular. I thing that they will growth futher
I'm talking stuff like Monero, XLM, etc. With BTC so high, does it make more sense to trade them for BTC, or for USD?
Monero though has some usage being a privacy focused coin. But does it have any effect of whether you put your money in it and it goes down? Does that privacy focus help you make back your money? No.In a sense, privacy is important but the level of paranoia in this sector is too much and that hurts the retail investors. In my opinion, there is no need for a separate crypto just for privacy. Bitcoin is enough.
Of course it makes more sense to sell them for USD or BTC whichever is lower that time so you get more of what you are selling it for, then use it to finally get BTC or keep the USD to spend as you wish.
Reduce your portfolio in crypto to bitcoin only. The altcoin craze is long gone and so is the ICO, DeFi craze. They are all hyped based methods to take your money.
I'm talking stuff like Monero, XLM, etc. With BTC so high, does it make more sense to trade them for BTC, or for USD?
I don't have a straight answer to your question because I don't know if Bitcoin can go higher than 40k in this bull season, if you plan to change to USD it's probably because you feel like you've earned enough, if you are satisfied with what you've made then swap the coins for USD and if Bitcoin is in correction mode you can enter BTC again 
Is there a point to waiting for the nonsignificant altcoins? Are they expected to do anything in the foreseeable future?
Unfortunately, we really don't know what the future brings so it's hard to answer your question.
So the best thing to do is either hold them or trade to bitcoin, simply as that. It's really up to you, government are after Monero and other privacy coins, just saying. So it might pose some risk on you. XLM is amongst the top 10, but its in the wild ride in the last month or so.
As for bitcoin, good for long term hold, so you have so many choices and I wish you the best to make the right now.
Is there a point to waiting for the nonsignificant altcoins? Are they expected to do anything in the foreseeable future?
so how should we answer this? This situation is completely related to your trade. If you currently have enough to satisfy you, you can switch to eth or dollars. But if you bought high and suffered serious losses due to declines, it is better to wait.
Probably is I bought these coins when they were worth more, so trying to determine if I can reduce losses by trading them for BTC, which may continue to go up, or just cash out
I'm talking stuff like Monero, XLM, etc. With BTC so high, does it make more sense to trade them for BTC, or for USD?
it does and why not? if what you wanna get from your trade is just regular profit and it doesn't matter what kind of pair that you have been using it to trade against your coin. I personally will prefer USD or stable coin rather than bitcoin. When you have earned $100 and it will be $100
When you are trading it on bitcoin and when you are earning $100 and it could be increase or decrease because it depends on the bitcoin price.
You will also get a heart attack when the sudden dump was happening with bitcoin.
I'm talking stuff like Monero, XLM, etc. With BTC so high, does it make more sense to trade them for BTC, or for USD?
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