It is really a good comparison. Most of the times the comparison I see between ETH and other blockchains like BSC is always about fee and speed but what has been delaying those projects even before BSC with low fee from beating ETH is what I wonder, could be the ETH team are more experienced and better than others. Binance native (first chain) chain was Bep-2 and it didn't stand a chance to beat ETH until BSC (BEP-20) came onboard after looking like it copied from ETH chain, but even at that, BSC network still faces issues once in a while what then will happen when it last longer. To add to this, POLYGON Chain is already out and their team are doing a very good work already, and projects are already migrating to it, thus standing at a better chance to challenge BSC, therefore I think on the long run, the fight or comparison will be among BSC and POLYGON, none will have what it takes to take up ETH because the London hard fork is already working pretty well, and the proposed upgrade will most likely take care of the high gas fees, thus making ETH more valuable.
Lastly, in terms of BNB price in next four years, can't really be predicted just as that of ETH was not really predicted, but if their team continues working while withstanding the competition coming from chains like that of POLYGON, maybe BSC will stand a better chance at reaching that target.

The difference between the ATH and current price is very huge and I can only feel for those who bought at the top, although a lot of other projects are in such conditions, but while some will recover fast based on what the team are working on, others will find it hard. Also, before knowing if a project will  recover after falling from such price, it is better to know if there is any kind of problem the team are facing, any exploits and so on, this will help the investors know if the project will still survive or not. Lastly, the market has a role to play as well, the more it gets better with the market, the more some of these projects will start picking up, but even at that the team ought to be working as hard as possible to retain their values and investors.

What really made them undervalued is because more people are yet to buy them right, now what is the assurance that even after them, they will still grow without remaining undervalued; this is just how unpredictable this crypto space can be. Nevertheless, one can take an idea from those list of projects, research on them and make their own decisions but following experts decisions on every coin, most of the times do not work. Some experts can even find a coin, shill it in order to dump their bags, hence the Importance of having a good reason to buy a coin other than just decisions made by some people. Although some experts can also name good coins like ADA to buy into but a lot will list the ones that will benefit them.

I think irrespective of the season, there are coins which already game changers as well as favourites like ETH, BTC; looking at the market ETH is nowadays growing alongside BTC thus showing the potential it has because most upcoming projects with hype also launches on it thus leading to more price pump. But on the other hand, there are tokens which are only game changers in a particular season or trend, such as we are in NFT trend now, many good and already developed ones like AXS, ALICE, TLM are already enjoying the trend, but what happens when the trend is over also matters too.
So in other words, apart from BTC and ETH which are leading the market into a bull run as we are already seeing and of course the main coins to bear in mind, others I am considering are NFT tokens, getting into them early and following the hype is very important, of which majority of the profits thereof can be channelled into ETH in preparation for the upcoming ETH 2.0.

You are very right about ADA features and what the team has achieved so far as well as trying to achieve. ADA is a very outstanding blockchain platform backed by experienced team but what stuns me most is that, even with its outstanding features, many projects are yet to launch on it, I don't seems to see any or come across any (I can be corrected if I'm wrong), thus showing that many projects are yet to pay attention to it, and so far attention is not getting much on it from upcoming projects, I think it will struggle to be like BNB and ETH. Even Polygon Matic Chain is developing theirs to be exceptional, and projects are already looking into launching on it with some already migrating to it.
Therefore my own opinion is this, BNB and ETH has many projects already on their blockchain, leveraging their services and thus growing even more, that is to say ADA also needs something of such nature to be able to be compared with those two coins in terms of market cap.
Additionally, if we recall vividly, Binance native chain didn't attract much projects, recognition and growth to BNB coin until Binance Smart Chain was launched, and ever since no one has heard anything about their native or first chain, therefore ADA team needs to work more hard and develop something unique and attractive which will get the attention of upcoming projects, a Dex leveraging ADA blockchain is also not a bad idea; long term working products will lead to more price growth, I don't go with the idea or suggestion of $100 per coin, but something good will be expected if the team offers more working products.

From the current market reaction, it seems the trend of the market following the tweets from Elon Musk has passed that is, the market is doing pretty well now without his influence and that is really great, moreover I think there was a time he made a tweet about Doge and the normal pump which used to follow didn't occur, therefore showing in a way that his influence is reducing.
Also, asking about another bull run, I think we are in it already or better still close to getting into one, those who thought Bitcoin will dump were only surprised hours ago when it took a different turn, and now that confidence is returning gradually, bull run can be anticipated to be around the corner.

Ethereum pump was likened to the London hard fork and from the results and hype, it seems the price will most likely go up more. Also, with Bitcoin crossing $45k in the past few hours, might be enough confirmation that bull run is coming again, that is, a lot of people said, analysed and/or predicted that with Bitcoin above $45k will start another bull run. Hence assuming the market keeps up in such line with less fud but with more good sentiment, then Ethereum might reach $4k as you predicted. But we just have to know, that a lot of factors will be in place for such prediction to actualize, and one of them is less fud, which has kept the market in a bad condition for months, so with less fud, the market will adjust more better.

What I can point out is trend, as of then it was about crytokitties and maybe it contributed to the bull run, however, other trends we have had like DeFi didn't in a big extent lead to a bull run, but it contributes in attracting more users and investors to crypto which lead to a good market. Therefore what I would say about NFT gamified ecosystem is that, it is a trend and if good projects banks on it to develop something unique and attractive, it will lead to more users coming to crypto and will lead to a more growing market. Nevertheless, with Bitcoin price, bull run is already anticipated to be around the corner and maybe NFT hype will add to it in other to make it more interesting.

If the poster has followed the idea and invested in Bitcoin, he would have made a lot now, this is to show the potential and how powerful Bitcoin is, when it comes to long term investment ,in the same way, if he had invested in some coins which lacks what it takes or the potential to last long term, he would have wasted his time and money, as most of them died before they could even stand.
However, with respect to today, when it comes to long term holding of altcoins Ethereum should always be in mind, because it is very vital for a team of a project to keep advancing this is really what will make the coin in question to last and this is the case with Ethereum. DOT, ADA and SOL, should also be paid attention to, because they are really good in their own respective ways, and from what the team are doing so far, it all points to long term sustainability and value.

I believe once a team knows what they are doing and trying every possible best to perfect it, they can set new pace every now and then. Polygon Matic chain is already gaining huge prominence, in fact projects are now moving from Binance Smart Chain to Polygon to show how serious it is getting. In addition, we all know how the hype of BSC was and how many projects leveraged it because of low fee and faster speed, but with Polygon offering more, will make it stand out and at a better chance to compete with BSC, and such competition will only make it grow more.
Although no one can say what will happen by the end of 2022 as regards what the market cap will be, but one thing will most likely happen, and that is, if the team continues improving on their platform, more users will find it worthwhile for use and more upcoming projects will find it outstanding for launch which will contribute to more growth and more market cap.

It is quite true that it is difficult to make predictions but I think Ethereum price will go higher but might not reach $5k but $4.5k, moreover the price is currently above $3k. My basis for such speculation is this, the London hard fork has been implemented and it is clear the implementation is working well and with such hype currently around the hard fork, has made Ethereum the centre of attraction already and we know what it means for a lot of people in this space to pay attention to a coin. Secondly, there is already positive sentiment in the crypto space already and Bitcoin is following up which means another wave of bull run might be or is already around and with such, Ethereum have every opportunity to pump more.

I don't agree with everything you said, although there are elements of truth in some other things you said. First, one good thing about Binance is that, it goes for good projects which will attract more traders to its exchange, and not just that, projects that will keep having a nice trading volume which is of good benefits to Binance. Binance once in a while delist coins which means at a point some projects which were once good, turns out to be trash.
Secondly, during the last bull run, not only projects on Binance experienced the pump, in fact Kucoin seems to be leading in that aspect, a lot of low cap coins had massive growth. Even in the likes of exchanges like MXC, Hotbit etc, coins were also pumping. Therefore my own conclusions is that, wherever hype locates a coin no matter the exchange it pumps and moreover we were in a bull season so such was expected.

That is quite true, one of the Important things that makes some coins recover sharply when the fall due to the market or recover faster than others when the market dumps and picks up, is the level of development within the project and how consistent the team are. In my own opinion so far, and from what I have noticed within some projects, CAKE recovers fast because of the staking features it has, and because people knows the benefits within it, once they see it at a good price they buy it. SOL AND POLYGON are yet another, although it might be hard to ascertain why they recovers fast but I know why they will last and survive is because their team are supportive of other projects launching on their blockchain. ADA is yet another whose team are not giving up, but making sure they create an impact on the crypto space, one can say their team are highly consistent with their developments. Now when you talk about hype projects which will last, you start from DOGE.

You can say this coin has come a long way, at least from the creation of this thread which was in 2019 till now, it is maintaining a good price as well as market cap; a lot of projects created by 2019 are no where today, so I think the team are trying their best. Just as we have seen over the years, it is most times difficult to dedicate this market, nor the price a particular coin will reach at a particular time. However, what I believe that really matters within a project is, if the team are equal to the task of developing and keeping the platform running, once this is in place the project will last long term, the price increase might not reflect immediately but so far there is constant developments, it will increase one day; hence the reason most times, good coins are better for long term.

When a person or thing starts attracting attentions one can say it's their season, for example last year it was Bitcoin where all attention was and we saw the price growth, and now it is time for Ethereum. So yes I would say it is Ethereum season, as the team already have updates lined up to achieve, of which the recent London hard fork was a success, at least some Ethereum has been burned to show the update is at work.
Also, with the anticipated ETH 2.0, is another update to pay attention to, therefore you can see that enough attention is being paid on Ethereum now thus we might be seeing another new ATH sooner than later.
Ethereum is currently driving the market which will or already bringing more attention to the space hence another anticipated bull market.

With respect to the past few months which were obviously a bull run months and asking if the market could bounce back to where it was, the answer is tough and as for me, I will say unpredictable. The reason is, for a very long time now, it is hard to predict the movement of the market and Bitcoin which controls the market can make surprising moves any time. But looking at the crypto space entirely, one can see or rather sense that fud has reduced considerably unlike before while big players are getting involved with the market through NFT, ETH ecosystem and so on, thus banking on these basis, one can say the bull will continue moreover Bitcoin is still holding strong. Also, if the bull run sets in again, it will most likely surpass the height it was before because the fomo and all whatnot will be huge.

To be frank, most times in order for a team to remain afloat with the crypto space while also making sure their platform keeps growing, there is need to, at a point to be in touch with what's happening at that point in time. DeFi is one trend whose impact is still being felt till today and the platforms which were careful enough to implement some of DeFi features are still growing today.
Therefore in my own opinion, Nominex team did the right thing, since one of the aims of a project team is to ensure the continuous growth of a platform, they did the right thing by embracing DeFi. But that is just one step, the next steps would be sustaining the platform and making sure it reflects what investors want else it will fade away like others. Nothing stops a team from implementing new ideas, it shows they are ready for long term.

With such a capital and coupled with the fact you are new, one mistake can take all that funds from you. So the best and first thing you should do is to know how the crypto space works, how to save your private keys, how to be safe from phishing scam, how to trade on exchanges, how to trade on DEX through the correct contract address and so on.
Secondly, since you are new and having learnt all the things you need, you can get started by holding good coins like ETH, the more you study ETH, the more it will give you a better understanding of the coins to buy and hold as well. In the same way, you can learn trading but pay more attention on spot trading and use funds you can afford to lose, this will help you keep track of yourself.
Lastly, if I am to list 3 coins which in my own opinion I believe are good, of course I will start with BTC, then ETH, BNB or ADA or SOL, these are coins which have the potential to grow more because their team are always active and supportive.

ADA is a good coin, I don't doubt it a bit, in fact it is one of my best coins which I hold, but even at that, I think giving such prediction or speculation about ADA is kind of we are expecting much from the team when they haven't done much as well or will I say it is too much. The reason for this is, when we look at coins which have grown so much and unexpectedly pumping so much that they took many people by surprise we talk of coins with already working blockchain on which many projects are listed, launched on and developing their use case on that network. A good example for clarification is BNB, we can remember the price of BNB last year, then when BSC network went online and started getting more attention due to low fee etc, the price of BNB shot up, and as more projects launched it also contributes to it, and look at the price today; although coin burn also helped.
So I would ask, how many projects are leveraging the ADA blockchain? Until more projects starts finding it easy to launch on ADA, I think the price of ADA might find it hard reaching 10$ let alone $20. More projects on a blockchain brings more investors to that blockchain.

I think insane profits would have worked months ago but now, the market is not in too good condition. Nevertheless, if you are familiar with NFT tokens or know what NFT tokens are, then you can make your research about them and know the ones to go for, but make sure you avoid those hyped ones on twitter and so on because most of them have no true intentions but just to get the funds and exit scam, just make sure you study them, ask questions and so on.
Secondly, another option would be to look at the good coins already growing, but this will depend on how long you want to hold, so assuming you are the long term holding type with such amount you can split it in, SOL, ETH and ADA, or chose the ones you want.