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Predictions for 2022 vary from the maximum price of $2,791.339 to more than $10,000. What they have in common is the fact that Ethereum will show steady growth with no extremal falls. The speed of this growth is what the sources see differently. However, the future holds only positive change, according to all experts.

Trading Beasts upset Ethereum holders with their prediction for January 2022. According to them, the year will begin with a minimum price of $1,607.327, which is even lower than now. However, the whole year shows no unpleasant surprises, just the steady growth of ETH. The maximum price of $2,791.339 will be reached in December 2022.

Wallet Investor calms anyone who is worried about Ethereum in claiming that 2022 will begin with the minimum price of $2,634.100. The average price will be above $4,000 in July. December will lighten up the mood with a maximum price of $4,900.

The Economy Forecast Agency’s predictions are the most optimistic. As you can see below, in December, Ethereum is going to fly above $10,000. The price will be more than double in 2022. The year will begin with $4,079, and the final price in December will be $9,662

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I hope my prediction went this way.

It is clear that the ethereum price will rise this year and next. Especially if the network update, which has been going on for nine months, continues to be successful. Already, we are seeing an impressive rise in this coin compared to the price movements of bitcoin. Now the CoinMarketCap table shows that over the past 24 hours the price of bitcoin has dropped by 0.45 percent, and over the last week it has increased by 0.32 percent as a whole. That is, we can say that the price of bitcoin stands still. At the same time, the price of ethereum has increased by 3.29 percent over the past 24 hours, and by 12.55 percent over the week and now stands at $ 3,540. Pretty good considering that after the May market drop, the ethereum price dropped below $ 2,000.
If we see a significant overall rise in prices in the cryptocurrency market in the fall, then the price of ethereum by January 2022 may even exceed $ 5,000.

Despite the fact that Ethereum will show steady growth without extreme declines and also many experts predict that ETH will surge in 2022, BTC will still be a target for investors.
This is based on a number of observations and predictions of economists who remain optimistic that there will be a very significant increase in cryptocurrency prices in the following years.
Some of the key factors that influence the price of BTC on the global market in the future, such as the distribution & volume of BTC in the world which until now about 18 million pieces of Bitcoin have been distributed, while the total of all Bitcoins is 21 million pieces. So there are about 3 million pieces that can be found by mining.
Then the most influential are government regulations that support it. The more legalized the use of Bitcoin, the higher its value.

With the way things are going in crypto space presently it looks like bears are been pushed away for now, crypto adoption rate is just way better since the beginning of crypto history, it's possible for ETH to break 4,000$ anytime soon and probably more before December but I'm not so sure about 10,000$ per ETH

As we continue to melt back up towards all-time highs for ETH I would think we see a pullback and consolidation phase as we approach the end of the year. I am looking for price to be at or slightly above $4,000 by Jan 1st. I think it is achievable if the roadmap continues to remain on track and there is no large macro news event that could break the trend out of the current bull market.

$4,500.

you're surprisingly optimistic. have you ever heard of the 4 year cycle? according to what many people believes, 2022 is not gong to be a nice year for crypto since bear will take control and start the bear market.

Ethereum is most valuable coin untill now.Ethereum is top coin after Bitcoin. ETH is continue developing. Ethereum price increase day by day.ETH price now average 3500$+. I think it will be more increase in next year in January month.My prediction Ethereum price will be reached $5k+ in January 2020.

I believe that it will definitely be over 5k but that's about, I am not imagining ethereum going up insanely high, I can see it go up, but I can't see it go up insanely high.

It means that we are definitely going to survive this bear or bull shocking period where it goes up and down constantly and go into a full bull mode and go over 5k that part I am sure, but I do not think that it will go over 10k or something like that, it is really too high for right now. Obviously we all know it will be over 10k one day, we just don't know when that day will be.

Interestingly ethereum is getting scarily close to bitcoin as well, that is the real thing that shocks me, we are way too close, probably closer than it has ever been right?

There is a possibility that it will reach $5k by January 2022 and that's what I'm predicting. With all of those prices that you've mentioned, you only point out a few correction.
I don't think that it will be that easy for Ethereum to reach those prices as there has to be a lot of corrections too.

Bigger faith on that though because i so much have faith on Ethereum

I agree.I would say that in the most perfect of scenarios for 2021 and the perfect Christmas gift of Bitcoin hitting 100.000 dollars as FIAT value then Ethereum would be always second but much higher in price,I would say at least 8000 dollars as the bare minimum at that time and a maximum of near 15.000 dollars for an Ethereum coin.For January 2022 I don't know but I hope it can go even better than Christmas 2021.

Well, I agree about this too, --bitcoin dominance as we can always notice that after having a growth, altcoin moves its price too not unlike those altcoins that have a low volume that under the pump and dump group. For me, even though I know that ethereum has the potential to grow in the market but still I have doubt that it will always follow the bitcoin movement which is the move in the same way. By next year, ethereum price would grow up the same with bitcoin and that is my prediction but there is no specific prediction about the price, it is really hard to decide.

If altcoin bullrun's cycle back again on the early year of 2022 (just like it happened on early 2018), i would say ETH will be at least $7,500 but then it will down to $5,000 and steady before ut down again (maybe can go down to $500 or below if cycle happened again).

This the most bullish one, and I’ll support this one because Bitcoin have to start the trend and altcoins will follow. Looking at the price of ETH now, its pretty good and any moment it can make a new all time high again. 2022 will be a great year hopefully no more virus so everyone can start to recover, I’ll go for $10k/ETH next year! :)

I used to think that ETH will soon hit $5000, but the unpredictable developments made me really surprised about it and at the moment I know my thinking is very modest because of what is happening with ETH. The current market seems to be showing signs that I think will be very important in the near future, now a lot of people have confidence that the market will explode in the next year. And I think bitcoin will cross $10000 and always do I just humbly predict if ATH bitcoin $10000 then ETH's ATH will be 10%, I believe ETH will be at $10000 a lot can be crossed.

I hope so but it seems like that we will be surpassing ATH again. 11% increase in a day for ethereum was so crazy and ethereum just needs to be doubled to be able to surpass bitcoin. Bitcoin was not growing a lot while ethereum keeps going to the moon. I personally feel that if we will be seeing another increase after the current pump on ethereum.
It seems like that burning mechanism was also creating the hype for ethereum. The amount that already burned more than ethereum that issued by the miners to be dumped to the market.
That means if this coin will become a deflationary token for sure. Just seeing the twitter update about the ethereum burn. That will be giving the right answer to support your argument.
I hope ethereum will make another new ATH as soon as possible..

seeing the current price of ethereum going towards resistance at $4k, and currently still entering the 3rd trimester, and 4th trimester, usually we will see wild crypto developments. hopefully at the end of the year and early next year ethereum will form a new ath again, and I think $10k is possible to achieve

It is challenging top at $10k but I think it is not impossible target. I think it is very hard to be hit but if FOMO hits its peak, $10k can be gotten. In 2017, we did not expect Ethereum has price above $1,500 or 0.15 BTC for one Ethereum.

So why the history won't be able to repeat this year?

0.15 BTC for one Ethereum and Bitcoin has price from $80k to $100k. Very possible dream.

$4,100 the highest Ethereum price in my opinion in January 2022. The lowest Ethereum price early January 2022 was $3,500.
I'm sure it will happen to Ethereum and now the signs of ETH starting to rise are already there even though May 2021 was the last time it hit a high.

Judging from the very significant growth in the last few weeks, I believe ETH will reach $5k in January 2022, because the burning mechanism that has been done can create further hype for Ethereum, of course this will trigger an increase in volume and resistance  Ethereum in the future,

ETH will move to POS in the very near future, in this bullish market state.  I think it will not be a surprise if Bitcoin and ETH will make a turning point in history.  I predict ETH  is 10k$ in the same trend and the condition is for bitcoin to go up more than 100k$

the price of ethereum keeps going up, it's crazy when the fees are also getting higher...
To be honest, I still can't speculate how much Ethereum will be worth in January 2022, because it's certain that when the Bitcoin price goes up, the Ethereum price will also go up.

Now the price of Ethereum is $3,773 in the market, then how do you know that in early 2022 it will be like that? did the Ethereum developers leak that information to you, so you can say that on Ethereum price speculation?

I personally don't expect that much of a pump from here. Maybe $5k tops.

The crypto market is still driven by bitcoin and its 4 year cycles. Right now we are certainly on the tail end of that.

I think that it would be fairly asinine to say that we can ignore the signals of the past and this bull market is different, etc. As the economy opens I think that it would be inevitable some of the cheap money printing will go away and asset prices deflate a bit. But of course I think ETH has a great long term future and I'm holding.

In 2017 and early 2018, eth prices grew almost exponentially. That's because many projects started on the Ethereum network at the time. This is done through Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). All of these projects have their own coins. As an investor, you can participate in this project by sending your fiat money. Instead, you receive this new ETH token. ICOs were very popular in 2017 and 2018, and since you need Ether for ICOs, demand for them is soaring. Because of that demand, prices rose to unprecedented heights.
The era of ICO is over. Regulators have handled that. Many projects don't work at all, and this is a huge shock to the market. Investors now think twice before burning their fingers at a new project with great promise.
There is no doubt that the 2018 bear market was brutal as ETH lost more than 92% of its value – but has since recovered from prices that fell below $100.
And now I predict that ETH in 2022 will reach 5500$.

It’s incredibly tough to predict that far ahead, but let me give my prediction.. So my prediction is ETHEREUM will gonna be arround 8-12k at that time then in the end of the Quarter 4 2022 it will hit more than $20k.. I’m very stoked to see what they’ll be at!

Just fun guesses not financial advice people.

Actually ethereum really doing well right now wherein if it will continually making good results at this middle of year 2021, my prediction will be $5k.. Why not since most of the news of ethereum nowadays are really good and traders and investors were always optimistic because of that reasons..and for sure there's a FOMO as always that will drive the situation, so probably this situation will last until January and even 5k isn't enough if ethereum constantly increasing in my personal opinion.

Eth is actually doing well in terms, the only drawback is the high gas fees, am still hoping they will fix that in the near future, aside that i believe eth by January 2022 will probably be trading above 5k depending on the market situation though, already the price is very close to hitting 4k, lets hope the market stays bullish through this year, eth is a super fast performing coin no doubt.

My prediction for ethereum will be between $3,000-$5,000 ;D
I am not sure about that because that will depend on how the bitcoin price will moves. If bitcoin price can break the barrier and go to $50,000-$60,000, it surely gives the opportunity for an altcoin to increase. Otherwise, ethereum will not break $4,500 or $5,000. We still have at least 3-4 months later to see how high ethereum will increase. So before the price can go to any high price, we have a chance to buy more ethereum.

hhhh... If indeed the Ethereum developers leak information to us, then we will be successful in making a profit.
You know what speculation is?
I answered the question what is the predicted price of Ethereum in January 2022, so my answer is the lowest price of ETH in early January 2022 is $3,500.
My suggestion is that you better edit your response in my quote by answering according to your ability to think about Ethereum price speculation in early January 2022, because I am afraid you will be laughed at as a member ranked Sr.Member

Are you currently visiting the market? Try going to coinmarketcap and see how much Ethereum is currently priced. If I predict the highest price of Ethereum in early January 2022 will be $4K and the lowest price will be $3,500. How would you give a prediction for the price of Ethereum in early January 2022 with its current price almost at $4K?

ETH is at a very difficult stage to beat, leading a new cycle in September and creating huge momentum for the market. ETH will convert POS and token burn processes similar to BNB. At the same time, Sharding is still a healthy signal to motivate investors. I think these are the main factors that help ETH have the potential to surpass $15k next year. ETH is back in the 4k region and ATH will be soon.

Just because ETH goes up doesn't mean that BTC has to go down, every coin could go up. I would like to change the question of the topic to "what do you think will happen to market by January 2022" and that could potentially be the same answer. There is an average of market going up or down and I believe that ETH will not be too much out of that average, sure it could be a bit higher or lower but I do not think that there will be a huge difference.

If the general market goes up then ethereum will go up and if there is a big down then the market will be down as well. It is just simply not possible for ETH to have a standable breakout at this point, not saying it is impossible but it is also improbable at the same time which is why I am expecting to be around market average movement.

This is wild speculation about Ethereum price, when we see 2017 scenario, it will be $8k - $10k when we predict Bitcoin price at $80k - $100k level.
But it could be more than $10k in the January since the burning mechanism from London fork still continued, i dont know how much it will take affect, IMHO Ethereum will going high since ERC20 growing and much needed.

There's an speculations that eth will have $5k this year, but it's not rest assured it will stay on that level. Because once when hit $4k as price go near to that price right now, there's a possibility that day traders will enjoy the benefits of it. Most probably price within the range moving forward to $5k will not be as fast as everyone expected due to short term players. Let me put a visionary that ethereum will have to reach $5k to $6k on January 2022 without any hindrance.

Still gonna believe the most sentiment of $10k at EOY. Though this may sound a bit optimistic but it isn't impossible to be honest. December is the launch of ETH 2.0 and expect that is the bullish thing that may happen to Ethereum this year alone. Even the London Fork and EIP-1559 specifically was bullish in my opinion and that has been the huge catalyst we've seen rebound from recent May crash.

well, this forum is all about ethereum, and so many people who believe ethereum will be to the moon. And I also think the same way like the others. I think ethereum has a big chance to be $7,000 in the next year or maybe even more than that. The price of ethereum had a big increasing since the London hard fork was held.

We are in the middle of the year and almost at the end of this year. At the same time, the price is at $3,900 and almost reach $4,000.
Well, anyway, the price can be at more than $5,000 in early January 2022 and it could be at $6,000.
We all want to see Ethereum reach the next ATH but if bitcoin is not increase so high or back to $64,000, it seems Ethereum can only stay at $3,750-$4,500.
But we will see what will happen in January 2022 as we have 3 months later to see it ourselves.
While the last ATH was at $4,300, so the next ATH can be more than $4,500-$5,000.

With the way things are going in crypto space presently it looks like bears are been pushed away for now, crypto adoption rate is just way better since the beginning of crypto history, it's possible for ETH to break 4,000$ anytime soon and probably more before December but I'm not so sure about 10,000$ per ETH
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I think it will be on the same price

I believe Ethereum can hit $10000 before January 2022 but it will not able to hold the price at that milestone. Ethereum will be pulled back $8000 and it may take several more weeks (maybe march) in order for it to officially surpass $10000. In my opinion, ethereum price will not go up as steadily as you predict. We have to admit that cryptocurrency is in the middle of the bubble. Therefore, it is commonly to see a coin increase significantly without any notification

The price may be more than your optimism when ethereum as a fully grown tree, capitalized as a source of water that watered it daily, brooding and cool, the condition of the land that helps the development has also completed the digging phase, in the sense that bitcoin is in a stable zone where altcoins can fly. Responding to the anxiety of many people, the root of bitcoin has been extremely large and has become a giant tree that can cover bad conditions, the current effects are too trivial to push the market back in time

I say 10k for Ethereum because Ethereum can be leading. It is important for Ethereum to stay number 2 and reject competitor coins.

In a nutshell the price of Ethereum in January 2022 is $4,500 in my opinion... My bottom line says Ethereum is $4,500 in current market conditions. What you need to remember, this price prediction. Okay

That sort of means that you expect it to be around here parts. It is already at 4k and that means it is between 3k and 5k and that's it, it is literally at the level you expect it to be. I would assume that it would make a bit of a bigger change honestly. I am not expecting it to drop right now that's obvious, why would I expect that but the reality is that 5k+ looks way too easy right now, like with a bit of a strong wind and we will be there. Could it do 5k+? Of course it could, it is amazingly possible for it to happen but the real question is, will it do that?

We have no idea, we are just all guessing here. As long as it keeps going like this then I would assume that it will do that but we need to just be a bit more patient for it to settle at 4k first and then maybe we can do 5k+ as well later on.

I think a $5,000 market value of ethereum before the year end were very much possible, I mean any amount or price is possible but price higher than I have mentioned is way too high to expect in just four months from now. We are all positive that Ethereum will become more valuable than it was before but due to the volatility of the market we don't know when it will gonna happen but atleast we are very optimistic to the possible values of this altcoin. In fact, many investors were still wanted to invest in Ethereum however the gas fee was way too high.

It is impossible to calculate price of any coin in the future, if we could have calculated it beforehand then we would get a huge loan and make a huge profit from it. However it is us that needs to make some predictions and assumptions in order to hope for a profit, doesn't mean we will make it but if we stay down and make zero assumptions then we can't make any profit neither, doesn't make any sense at all.

This is why I believe that we should all make a prediction if we want to make a profit in the future. I believe ethereum will be 5k+ for sure by the end of this year, that is close number and not a huge profit I know that but we already moved from under 2k to nearly 4k price which is above 2x profit already, so expecting another 2x profit seems a bit too greedy that may not happen. That would change if there is a huge bull run in all of crypto, if that happens there could be 10k as well who knows? But at least 5k+ seems likely.

Actually, to achieve the latest ATH by ETH this year again, it is also time enough if market conditions can be very stable like now, because the current ETH price is also very close to the new ATH so it doesn't take much time for this for ETH, except the market is correcting again.

With the way Ethereum has really showed good and volatility it interface is, I believe there is more to the bullish price of Ethereum before before 2022. I was so much surprised to see Ethereum hitting $4k which is unbelievable to me. I believe the new development on Ethereum interface had really spiked the price to the highest height ever. Ethereum might hit $6k before 2021 because of it's new development.

in recent days, ethereum is doing fine and I hope the price of ethereum will be increasing. Besides, price gets high at the end of year and the beginning of year. In january 2022, ethereum should hit at least $6k but anything can happen because crypto market isn't controllable.

If the cryptocurrency bullrun happens again in early 2022  I believe ETH will be at least $7,500, then drop to $5,000 and stay steady before dropping again

This increase in Cryptocurrency can happen very quickly, and the end of 2022 is still very long. 
Ethereum can surprise us, and the increase is not only up to $5000 or $7500, but can be up to $15,000 and even $20,000, - We don't have to hesitate to predict the price of Ethereum, this coin is the best coin after Bitcoin.

I think it's better if we think realistically because if we have our expectations too high we might be disappointed when it doesn't happen,
for sure we need to first see the development of Ethereum and analyze it is important

if there is no market correction, then we can easily reach 6-8 thousand, but if there is a correction, then the price can go down to 2000.

I would assume that both could happen as well. Not at the same time of course because that will not happen at any time, how could something reach both high and low at the same time. However it could follow each other, it could have a crash first and then increase, like ETH being 2k first then being 8k is not really that shocking thing. Plus it is possible that we could have a huge rally and then we could crash to 2k as well. So I believe that by January of 2022 (or maybe a little later) we have a chance to have both a big high and then a big low at the same time.

I am guessing the first one will be going high to 5k+ levels, that seems like a quite possible thing right now, and then we will probably have a big crash to under 3k levels once again, no idea if it will reach under 2k but I am sure it will definitely have a lower than 3k situation if there is a crash.

Yeah It is possible.. But this topic about begining of the 2k22. Its like EOY of the 2k21. So I guess it will range between 5000-7500.

Ethereum price should hit another ATH on or before January 2022. The ongoing technical upgrade from PoW to PoS consensus would give more price impetus as new technical milestones are achieved.

So I would suggest that ETH would comfortably sit at $5500

I think that expectation is realistic, $6000 is realistic enough if we see the price of Ethereum recently that has been going up and down drastically.
If i'm not mistaken, it will need Ethereum to break its ATH to get the price of $6000 but that seems difficult because its need breaking ATH first but from the price it self it only need 50% increase from the current price to get to that price of $6000. If there is bullish market that price will be easy but maybe it's better to not expect Ethereum to break its ATH anytime soon maybe because it already reached ATH not too long ago.

My Price prediction is 10100.

I am very optimistic on Ethereum because its use case  is the strongest among all crypto currencies listed on coinmarketcap. Some Bitcoin  loverswill not like it but it has the capacity to surpass Bitcoin and become Leader in crypto space. Whatever crypto including DEFI andd NFTs we see today 90% of them have been created on Ethereum network. The only issue which keeps irritating Ethereum users is its transaction fee which is un-affordable for small traders. The team is working on it and once Ethereum 2.0 is fully launched, hopefully, this issue will be resolved.

Ethereum is the top coin after Bitcoin and is very strong to date, its price can continue to rise and grow every day, My prediction is that the price of Ethereum will reach $6.7k in January 2020.

ETH is growing very rapidly this year. now the price is up to $ 3.5k . since the release of ETHERIUM 2.0 the price continued to increase for several months and there was a deep crash and almost all top 100 coins experienced it but now the price is starting to stabilize. ETH has a bright future, many transactions can be done using ETH, even though it has a very high fee. I think the bullrun will continue and the ETH price will continue to rise until the end of the year, maybe $5k. ETH price in january 2022? I think it will drop to $3k or maybe lower. This is just my prediction and everyone has the right to give their own opinion. thank you.

Ethereum could go further than what you think. I see Ethereum at $6k to $7k by the beginning of next year cause Ethereum are working more on there block chain which is really helping the price to surge high. By the time the market becomes bullish, Ethereum will go further higher that what it is now.

Now we are in 2021 mate, so there is no need to think about the past 2020 and by January 2020, the price of Ethereum is also not that big, so the speculation must be clear and directed, don't be silly like that.

$4,000 USD. I estimate the price of Ethereum in 2022 or the beginning of 2022 is $4,000 USD even though Ethereum is still in a state of ups and downs in the market after the correction that occurred some time ago. The rise of Ethereum will coincide with the launch of Ethereum 2.0 which I predict will occur in early 2022.

According to the plan, ETH 2.0 will be launched in early 2022. It can be said that Ethereum 2.0 is an important revolution for this network therefore it will affect the price of ETH. If ETH 2.0 is successful, I believe that it will reach $5k in the first quarter of 2022. It depends on the market if we are in bear market will be difficult for ETH to reach new ATH.

ETH development team always gives dates that they postpone constantly. Even the London fork we had on august suppose to be a few years ago, let alone that we had July date locked in and they still had a bug and postponed another month. I believe that 2.0 will come in early 2023 because a year postponing would be quite expected of ETH.

You know how much people trust them? GPU's are still selling off the charts for huge amounts of money above what they cost on retail because people know that it is impossible to have any type of proof of stake change anytime soon. If miners do not trust the development team enough to spend billions combined to keep on mining, then how could you assume that it could happen in a few months from now. Which is why I believe early 2023 is a better date, hell it could be even later than that I am not entirely sure, 2023 summer is still quite possible.

According to recent updates I came across, Ethereum 2.0 might not be launching as early as we're all expecting it to. There might be some delay I'm not sure how long but we should keep our fingers crossed. ETH is the king of crypto after bitcoin that gave birth to plenty of trends. First with ICOs and later Defi, NFTs and others so the platform would continually be utilized by devs and users. When ETH 2.0 goes live, we might most likely see eth costing between $5K to $7K even as high as $10k.

What is your basis for being so sure of the predictions you made above? So far, no one knows how the cryptocurrency market conditions will be in the future. As trader of course expect the coins they hold to be more expensive in the future, it is human nature that cannot be denied. The crypto market cannot be controlled by any party, thus making traders have to use a stop loss strategy to secure the profits that have been obtained.

Of course you can keep hoping , but expecting is different from Hope right?

i don't want to get closer to expect because i Know that 2022 is another hard days for crypto and this may end like 2019 if things goes that way.
but if 10k is reachable ? then i will be one of the celebrant as my holding is still intact this whole year and till next.

There is a dependency we all know that is bitcoin.  The first scenario would be the market base and the separate bears in Fud involving once again China the Evergrande Group, which in my opinion is not too severe to present the risk of a sharp sell-off from investors retail private.  While institutions continue to buy dips will see a bullish correction from October or December before exploding in early 2022. So unless Bitcoin resets ATH around 65k - 72k, bullrun on  ETH and altcoins will start.  Assuming Sharding is launched at that time, ETH can make an ATH at 6k$.  The second scenario is worse but it doesn't have a big chance.

maybe it will decrease but because it is still in the early stages, so it depends on the highest increase of the price at that time, if ethereum reaches 10000 $ then maybe in January it will be in the range of 7-8k $.

But will it really materialize in the future? while the market is currently still experiencing a decline without any signs of improvement occurring, everyone does not doubt Ethereum, but the price increase must also be seen from market conditions and Bitcoin conditions that must improve first

It's very hard to predict right now. My personal target is $6,000 within a very short time. Currently, the market is bearish, Bitcoin touches the $40,000 support zone. Ethreum is also dumping a lot. Maybe Bitcoin will touch $38,000 support also, So Ethereum will follow Bitcoin. I strongly believe If Ethereum can break the previous ATH, it would not take time to reach $6000 or more. But it depends on the Bitcoin price. IF bitcoin cant is able to break $46000 to $48,000 resistance, We may see Bitcoin in the $38000 zone and Ethereum at $2400-$2100. It's a good time to take the advantage of this dump. If Ethereum dump more, I will buy some. Placed some orders at a low price.

Ethereum is a platform for DeFi and NFT. If both are hype, then the price of Ethereum will increase. Disadvantages of Ethereum in unlimited supply, so to reach the highest price in history, Ethereum will have to burn some existing supply to reduce future supply. The scarcer the supply of a crypto asset, then the price is also higher.
I think This is the reason for Ethereum future rise.

Regardless of Ethereum being pumped by NFT and DeFi yet that Unli Supply is the hindrance for this coin reaching the top and also the reason why this will never become a number 1 cryptocurrency.
burning is the best idea and at least put limited supply for the future.
But it is clearly asked about for Next year so how come that 10k will be coming this year?
Ethereum will only follow bitcoin so if bitcoin not reached 100k then ETH might have no chance in reaching 10k.

What you thought is opposite to what it should be.

NFT and DeFi needs to have a rise from Ethereum to follow. Ethereum is the leader of ERC20 ecosystem exclusively DeFi and NFT. Altcoins can not take off if Bitcoin does not have its bull run first.

This is what you are right. Ethereum needs to follow Bitcoin and if Bitcoin can finish its bull run to $100k, Ethereum can follow and complete its own bull run to $10k.

You can not say the opposite that Bitcoin will rise to $100k with the condition that Ethereum increases to $10k.