Bitcoin, XRP, Solana and Tron beat Ethereum and Cardano every month since 2022 on investor buying

Crypto’s favorite buy-the-dip strategy failed to make money for Ethereum and Cardano investors who stuck with it since the start of 2022.An investor who placed $100 into Ethereum every month from January 2022 through August 2026 would have contributed $5,600 but ended up with about $4,898, a 12.5% loss, CryptoRank data showed. The same strategy applied to Cardano would have left just $2,616, representing a 53.3% loss.Elsewhere, the results were far stronger. The $5,600 invested in Tron's TRX token would have grown to $16,521, a 195% return. Bitcoin would have produced $8,660, XRP $8,465, and Solana $8,025, leaving all three with gains of more than 40%.The differences show how dollar-cost averaging, or DCA, can soften poor entry prices without guaranteeing a profit. Buying a fixed amount regularly allowed investors to accumulate more tokens during downturns, but the outcome still depended on how strongly each asset recovered.2024 rally created most of the gains before the reversalThe strongest returns from the strategy were built during the 2024 crypto rally, when portfolios accumulated through the previous two years surged in value.By the end of 2024, the hypothetical Solana portfo...