If I have some extra money, I'd rather hold my ETH and will not sell it because I believe that ETH will continue to go up. When it comes to axie infinity game, you can work, earn, save and buy more teams you wanted just keep doing more extra jobs.😅
I believe that Ethereum will be always and still a good token to hold for a long term investment but I also think that those people who are interested to buy their own team especially when they would like to buy Axie pet in marketplace they will need to buy Eth. OP may have some regrets by selling his Eth to his friend but he already learn a lesson from his decision actually this month is not a month to sell your crypto instead it is a season to hold crypto. It is also good that he advise his friend to buy eth from a reputable exchanges.