Ethereum is still good for long term holding. Biggest uses of ETH is for buying ICO, The ICO market is developing fast and all new ICO accept ETH payment, most of ICO are based on Ethereum blockchain with ERC20/ERC233 token so ETH is very potential for long term holding.
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