As investors allocate less of their capital to digital assets amid the current cryptocurrency bear market, both Ethereum (ETH +3.20%) and Solana (SOL +4.56%) are getting hit hard. The former is 51% below its record (as of April 13), while the latter is trading 67% off its peak. Shrewd investors might take this weakness as a signal to take a closer look.

Between these leading cryptocurrencies, which is the better buy right now?

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Looking at past performance

Since their respective launch dates (Ethereum in 2025 and Solana in 2020), both digital assets have performed exceptionally well. In the past five years, though, it has been two different stories.

Ethereum investors would’ve lost 10% of their initial…