Trimming My Portfolio: Why I'm Exiting These 4 Coins Before 2025 Closes

Selling at the right time hits different than buying. While the market’s been wild, some positions deserve a second look—and here’s my case for dumping a few before year-end.

Avalanche (AVAX) — Strong tech, weak moat. Layer 1s are crowded as hell right now. Solana’s stealing thunder, Ethereum’s L2s keep improving, and honestly, there’s not enough room for everyone to win. It’s like the dot-com days all over again—not every player makes it out alive.

Solana (SOL) — Too good not to take profits. Grabbed it cheap during the bear market, and if it prints a new ATH, I’m selling the excess. Not all of it, but enough to lock in gains and reduce my exposure to the chaos. Crypto’s volatile enough without being greedy.

Shiba Inu (SHIB) — Hype plays are fun until they’re not. Made decent money early on, but meme coins are fundamentally risky long-term. The plan? Rotate that capital into stuff with real utility—projects like Chainlink that actually solve problems, not just memes.

Ethereum (ETH) — Still king of DeFi, but no throne lasts forever. Competition’s heating up (looking at you, Solana and Cardano), and after a big rally, it makes sense to trim and reassess. If those challengers keep gaining ground, I might exit more.

Bottom line: profits aren’t real until you take them. Better to be boring and up than exciting and rekt.