Where to put $1000 right now

I know this has probably been asked here a hundred times a day but a little bit of input would be appreciated. I try my best to keep up with who’s doing what in the crypto space but life is busy in the “middle class”. The news shifts daily and it’s hard to keep up with new developments. I have $1000 I wanted to diversify with. Here’s some I’m considering:

-XRP, HBAR, XLM seem to be bundled together a lot. -LINK seems interesting but I can’t keep up with the sentiment on it. -IOTA gets thrown around a lot but I don’t know what it does. -Texit seems interesting, haven’t looked into it too much yet.

I also don’t currently hold any ETH or BTC. Of course it feels like I’ve missed the boat on that but is there still value there? Also interested in any newer projects or anything unique you’ve came across. Not so much into memecoins. Appreciate any feedback!