I will address a few comments here in a single post.
This recent boom was on the back of ETH spot ETF news. ETH yield could potentially be a huge draw for boomers
FOMO got me so I'm chasing 
Bought my first big tranche of Alts. Celestia TIA at just under $2.5 (at $2.6 now)
Wrong. Here is what you need to understand. The entire "crypto market" revolves around BITCOIN. Bitcoin is the center of the universe, and every alt, shitcoin, crypto etc revolves around its gravitational pull. When Bitcoin rises, the inevitable pattern of idiots thinking they can find an alt to "invest in" (or better yet launch an new alt to scam other suckers).
So, to be very clear, the by far the largest factor of ETH or an alt rising right now, is due to Bitcoin's rise.
As for why Bitcoin is rising, I explained why this would happen here, exactly one month ago:
Well, I'm not much of a fan of technical indicators, but it would pretty obvious that on basic technical alone we are on an upward phase and through the last bear cycle.
Beyond that there are many major drivers at play which are super bullish for BTC demand.
-Conflict in various parts of the world leading to a demand for assets which are fixed in supply, easily divisible, and transferable across boarders.
-Inflation in many parts of the world, devaluing fiat currencies at a noticeable rate.
-Increasing education and awareness among our citizens as to why a global, uncensorable, uncorruptable, secure, digital, store of value and money, perfectly limited in supply, and decentralized, is so so important into the future we are heading.
-Numerous US BTC ETF's poised for approval for some of the largest funds in the world, which will result in hundreds of Billions of fund inflows into this asset class.
-Increasing understand and regulatory and technical and philosophical and economic understanding as to the difference betwen Bitcoin and "cryptos".
- The 2024 halvening due in around 6 months.
-The increasingly obviousness that the US will (and has almost no choice but to) embark on greater money printing than ever before.
-Ai increasingly making use of BTC as a base layer store of value.
-Countries globally looking to increase income taxes.
...all of which, when you combine with even just a slight increase of demand for this very unique limited in supply asset class, will lead to a MASSIVE upward movement once FOMO takes hold (which will gradually build up and then abruptly take hold and explode in a positive loop upward price cycle).
Oh, and major financial players coming out strongly in support of Bitcoin as the supreme asset class, different and better than all others. Here is a good example, an interview with Fidelity.
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Since that post by the way, BTC has risen from 26K, to 37K. Needless to say, I nailed it.
Regarding this statement:
Ethereum ... basically dominates the crypto market. If you ask the average Joe on the street about crypto all they know about is Bitcoin. But that's good for Ethereum because it means you're still early, before peak Ethereum exposure. It will be interesting to see if Ethereum flips Bitcoin in the next bull run - hopefully we don't have WW3 to screw everyone's plans. 
You need to understand that NOTHING can "flip Bitcoin". There is only one Bitcoin, so its really a non-sensical statement you have made. It blows my mind that despite this very long thread you still don't seem to "get it".
As for the "average Joe on the street", (or in my case more likely a nice dinner conversation with older and relatively smart by not overly informed people), what I find is that they are typically try to respond with something that sounds intelligent such as "oh well, I think Ethereum is better than Bitcoin because ... it's smart contracts". Again in reality totally showing their ignorance.
Everything in one layer is a recipe for a disaster. The scalability comes with multiple chains, and it increases decentralization. Soon you'll be able to do a transaction on Ethereum and the cheapest transaction price will be available, without you having to choose which chain the transaction is routed through. I've also heard that Ethereum, Solana, Bitcoin etc. will become more interoperable. I'll have to get up to date with all these developments.
Correct, on your comment regarding the problems of everything on one layer. Try and do all these things in a single protocol, and (just like if you were to mix up all your ingredients in the fridge at once to make a nice meal), you end up with a pile of shit.
As for interoperable, yes, Eth and Solana etc will all obviously have to interact with BTC as the ultimate global store of value base-layer.
I am not doing any transactions this year for tax reasons.
With all options available in the world today, why on earth would you have structured yourself so that you are paying tax? There is currently zero reason why anyone today should be paying tax, unless they want to.
Buy from a hot wallet with your keys in your hard wallet via a third-party payment provider like MoonPay.
Once you become a millionaire, convert it to a stable coin, USD, Baht.
Once you're mentally ready, move to Thailand to live the good life until you die. Open a Thai account, take a Cypriot passport..
Kind of, except they last thing you should be doing is converting BTC to fiat, ever, except perhaps in very small amounts as needed to spend in a particular country. The rest of your suggestions here are fine.
