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. Yahoo Finance

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…