Despite the stagnation in its value after witnessing exploding growth, crypto market analysts are expecting Ethereum (ETH), the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency, to reach $10,000 per token from the current levels above $4,300.
Ethereum’s dream run so far
If Bitcoin has earned the moniker of ‘digital gold’, Ethereum is rightly the ‘digital silver’ of the cryptocurrency market. Given its limited supplies, rising demand will only push Bitcoin prices higher. Ethereum’s supply isn’t limited, as its supplies are adjusted regularly to maintain flexibility.
As with every boom and bust cycle, Ethereum has seen its prices fluctuate even as the cryptocurrency market matured from just a novelty to an alternative investment medium. According to crypto market intelligence firm Glassnode, almost 97% of its traders have booked profits, with even short-term holders booking substantial gains averaging $553 million in August 2025 during the latest bull run. Ethereum’s prices have risen upwards of 71% in the last six months.
Increasing Institutional interest
Institutional investors began buying Ethereum in earnest in 2024, following the launch of US spot ETFs. This helped it become one of the hottest investment vehicles in 2024, even as US President Donald Trump endorsed cryptocurrencies through the passage of the GENIUS Act, along with other legislation later on.
2024 Wrapped: Ethereum Overview & ETF Insights
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1. Ethereum Metrics (2024 vs. 2023):
▫️Total Value Locked: $66.95B | +127.2%
▫️Total Transactions: 421.8M | +13.2%
▫️Average Daily Active Addresses: 394.2K | +16.3%
▫️Total ETH Staked: 34.2M | +17.9%
▫️Total Fees: $2.5B… https://t.co/1dz6jTQRH6 pic.twitter.com/SlTuv2GfnV— Ethereum Daily (@ETH_Daily) January 10, 2025
In August, investing in Ethereum became even more lucrative than ever, with institutional investors associated with Wall Street pouring in almost $14 billion into Ethereum ETFs, even as investing and mining Bitcoin remain more challenging than ever.
Current status + Future Predictions
Out of the total $528 billion worth of Ethereum tokens, institutional investors now hold almost $12.5 billion through ETFs or crypto trusts, and interest in these tokens is growing. As more and more Ethereum tokens are being scooped up by institutional investors, exchanges are witnessing a declining supply on the exchanges, which will eventually lead to higher demand and prices in the times to come.
Even though many have noted the short-term stagnation of the dream run, technical analysts predict this is just the start of an ‘insanely bullish’ demand that could come before 2026.
Former BitMEX CEO, Arthur Hayes, expects Ethereum to climb to $10,000-$20,000, fuelled by the ETF-driven inflows.
“Once it’s broken through, there’s a gap of air to the upside, and you have obviously all these digital asset treasury companies who are raising money. It’s going to be easier to raise money if the asset they’re buying has broken through all-time highs and is ascending upwards,” he says.
His predictions and the current market trends have aligned with a Coinbase survey from 2023, where institutional investors reported plans to increase their crypto allocations by nearly 60% by 2026.
Some investors, already disillusioned by the performance and uncertainty of leading stocks, have already started migrating to Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies, it seems to be only a matter of time before Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies become even more valuable than holding traditional stocks.
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