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For years, I’ve remained fundamentally skeptical of the idea that Ethereum ($ETH) could reach $10,000. The math never quite added up. The market structure didn’t support it. The conviction wasn’t there.

But for the first time, I can see a clear and compelling path to $10K ETH.

Here’s why:

ETH staking is at all-time highs  A growing share of ETH supply is being locked up long-term.

Exchange reserves have dwindled ETH balances on centralized exchanges are back to 2017 levels.

Stable coin issuance is surging Liquidity is growing across the ecosystem.

A $6 billion SBET placement is set to directly acquire ETH from the Ethereum Foundation.

Digital Asset Treasuries (DATs) including those led by traditional financial institutions  are ramping up, leading to further ETH absorption.

We’re entering a new reflexive loop: As ETH becomes increasingly scarce and institutional interest surges, price momentum could accelerate faster than most anticipate.

TL;DR: You're probably not bullish enough.
This treasury-fueled reflexive cycle will collapse someday  but that day is not today, and likely not any time soon.

Ether that has not gotten to all-time high despite that many coins have gotten to all-time high some months ago. Bitcoin got to all-time high early last year even before halving. Ether is still below its all-time high till now. This is very bad and disappointing.

If ether will get to $10000 or not depends on bitcoin. If bitcoin continue to increase, maybe the coin will get there but I really doubt that ether will get to $10000. Do not follow what you are seeing online like on news and on X. Those people are full of stupid information.

Most coins are nowhere near their all time high.  Eth will get there in no time once it breaks $4000 which could be any week now.

I think it will hit $8,000 minimum by end of year, $10,000 is possible and some are even saying it could get close to $12,000.

I don't hold any Eth but hold a few altcoins linked to it so want it to do very well and believe it will. There is still 5 months left of 2025 and a lot can happen during that time.

As usual, most altcoins are far from their all-time high. Yes, I know.

Ethereum resistance could be strong at $4100 which it got to some months ago on March 2024. And just like I posted, it depends on bitcoin. If bitcoin fall, ether will fall.

Ether is very disappointing also.

People should first post about it get to all-time high instead of saying it will get to $10000 when it is not yet half the price.

I totally doubt this. If you believe those stupid news, I hope you will not fall into their trap. Or maybe your just make a blind guess.

I don’t hold ETH so don’t really care what it goes to , but it’s currently at $3800. It can easily hit $8k by end of 2025, that’s still 5 whole months away.

XRP went up 500% in 4 weeks end of last year, so ETH can do just over a 2x in 5 months.

United States SEC had suit against Ripple which was later won by Ripple which led to XRP price increase but significantly. Ethereum had no issue, it has ETF in United States but it was so disappointing with its price in this season. Ether was at $4850 when bitcoin was at $68500 in 2021. People said altcoins do increase than bitcoin but bitcoin is now $118000 while ether is around $3800. Very bad. I am not expecting much from the coins. Let us see what will happen but the coin has been so disappointing and I can not hold it.

Well we are seeing 4k nearly, and that means it could potentially go higher, but to 10k? I am not sure. I get that I may not look bullish enough, I understand that, but it doesn't mean that you are right that it will reach 10k neither, it may happen or may not happen. We need to consider how that would be all that different and difficult.

We need to focus on the fact that it's going to be a different situation overall, and we should not see this as something that will benefit us if it skyrocketed that much. Things need to go up for us to make profit, but not right away, if it did that then only the people who held before could make money, but if it starts to go up slowly and reaches there, then it would have time to let others join its increase.

Yeah agree , $10k is possible but wont be easy like many say it is.

My thinking is that if it can pump 60% in the last 4 weeks, then it can pump another 160% from current price by end of 2025 to $10k.

But yes, I think $8k is the more realistic and my prediction by end of year.

OP, you should see that Bitcoin has repeatedly set ATH where Ethereum has not broken the ATH record of 2021. So I don't think Ethereum will cost $10k in 2025, now the supply of Ethereum is not limited so I don't expect anything good from Ethereum. You wait for the new ATH first, don't be excited to see such predictions. I have been hoping to see the new ATH for a long time but half of 2025 is over but Ethereum prices have not increased as expected.

Eth has increased 60% in the last 4 weeks from the lows.   The first 6 months of 2025 was dominated by Bitcoin, the last 6 months of the year will be dominated by ETH and the altcoins.

$10k may not happen, but id be very surprised if it doesn't hit at least $8k by end of year as that is now only a 105% move now from current price.

Im not sure how you post pictures on here , but if you search 'path to altseason' you will see the common path image showing the 4 phases to altseason, and we are currently in phase 2 with ETH dominating Bitcoin.

Bitcoin will continue to rise for the rest of this year, i think it can hit around $150k , but ETH and altcoins will perform better from here now.

$10,000 for Ethereum this season is hard to see, not even when the whole season currently is now speaking about bitcoin, but i want to believe that there is still more of expectation for ethreum together with other altcoin to perform and make all time high, this could be after this present one or during the next bull season, but there is high probability that the altcoins season in near and fast approaching as well, but to what extent ethereum could go remains a mystery for us all as expectations are going more higher.

Nope, I am bullish enough with ETH and in fact, I haven't sold yet the remaining few ETH that I am holding. Maybe if it reaches to $10k then I'll start selling bit by bit to get the most from holding it. Although there's a demand for staking, mine isn't on the staking platforms. I'm holding it and will depend to the value appreciation of it through price increase. But when it starts to drop more, I'll start buying more and despite the market has corrected a lot mainly to Bitcoin. ETH's price is still quite stable and trying to get back to $4k level.

We are in August and 2025 is almost in the last quarter there is no time again for us to forecast such a high price for Ethereum in this year as it going to be an impossible thing, for Ethereum to reach $10k ETH in 2025 that is an over exaxerated price speculation and predictions that could breed frustration if that doesn't happen for those who may have accumulate a lot of Ethereum for this reason.

Well I do hodl some Ethereum in my crypto portfolio. And I would really like it if we did see price point of 10k for each Ethereum in this year.

But right now price is only $3575. There is not alot of time left and we need to see 3 times the gains for a price of 10k. I do think we will see this price but in this year no I do not but I do wish for me to be wrong about that.

Certainly possible with the defi deployed.
So many good defi coming out right now, even the one supported by trump. Like it or not but trump's WLFI has taken quite the spotlight and right now trying to dominate stablecoin market with USD1 and so on.

If ethereum is where all those defi being deployed, $10k doesn't seem to be too dreamy. Narrative has shifted needless to say and it's going to ETH.

We still have pretty much 5 months left of 2025 , a lot can happen in that time and it is only a 2.5x away from $10k , it’s possible.

When I first saw this thread, I thought there's no way ETH to 10k USD was gonna happen.  But thinking about it more and if we're really gonna have our alt szn what other altcoin would actually lead alt szn?  There's only one altcoin that could take that mantle...  And it's ETH.

ETH is gonna lead alt szn and take everything else up with it, unlike the BTC trend up.  All it did was suck liquidity out of alts.  An ETH trend up might bring the WAGMI vibe back.

That’s right, Bitcoin dominated ETH and alts for months , but now in the last 4-6 weeks ETH has taken over and massively outperforming Bitcoin.

Bitcoin will still pump over next few months , but ETH and other altcoins will massively outperform it now.

Well yes it is true that can happen and we still do have alot of time. But I do think it is just too 'bullish' to think we will see these kinds of gains in a little amount of time like we have.  But it did break 4k for first time since December so maybe will see this price of 10k in this year.

https://news.bitcoin.com/eth-breaks-4000-for-first-time-since-december-price-projected-to-hit-10000-this-year/

I highly doubt that we are going to see it happen this year, not in 2025, but on the next cycle it may happen. We had the 2024 one which was halving and in 2025 we have seen it go up a lot more.

So we can definitely assume that it will do better when the time comes and we end up seeing in 2028 when another halving happens, so by 2029 we can definitely see the price of ETH become 10k. I know that sounds like a lot of waiting, but unfortunately it doesn't look like we are going to see 10k this year, that is way too much increase. The price of ETH right now is 3.6k dollars, that is nearly 3 times the price to reach 10k, so it's not going to happen. We have to realize it's a tough deal to make this work, and 10k will not be reached.

ETH broke the $4100 few hours ago, briefly going past $4200 even. Very good signs considering it hadn’t hit $4k for over 8 months.

It will hit $7.5k minimum this year and $10k is not guaranteed of course but I really wouldn’t be suprised if it does hit it.

I hope that you've got some words from an angel and we'd see that price for Ethereum. Just as I've said, maybe selling a portion of it when that price comes while waiting for $10k. But, I am not going to sell all that I've got. I've got some plans already for how I will utilize the remaining ETH holdings that I have. I just want to use it entirely and produce some other investments from it. Because with another long cycle that we'll have to it, the price might be stagnant and move again. So, if this year will make it $7.5k as minimum, hoping for that but it's still better if we see $10k.

Yeah...  But I'd be fully convinced if ETH goes above all time high and continues to outperform BTC.  But here's another thought tho.  It could be possible that not all alts will go up.  Like the everything goes up, WAGMI vibe that we have gotten used to might not happen but only select alts will outperform together with ETH.

As for what those alts are, I don't really know...  But my bets are HYPE and from the looks of it, ENA which is gonna have its own L1 soon.  And be on the look out for Monad TGE and the possibility of a Base airdrop.

I agree, not all coins will go up. While I have no idea if ETH will be 10k or not, I know that not all will go up that much. Maybe ETH will, maybe it won't, maybe some others will, and some others won't. That's the most important part. Things are not that easy or simple in the crypto world, you never know what's going to happen. So, you stick with it and wait for it to get better.

I am certain that we are going to end up with a lot better result if we just forget about the individual ones, and look at the market and the direction. Because while not all coins will go up the same amount, when there is a bull run, that means almost all of them will go up, and that's how you make money. Some may go up 40%, and others 50%, but both goes up.

So ETH just hit $4700 and is now only $150 away from all time high, exciting times for our altcoins.

It is up 28% in the last 7 days alone, so anyone who feels it cannot hit minimum $8k by end of year, that is only 70% away now.

It will see dips along the way, but with 2 or 3 rate cuts coming by the end of 2025, altseason on the way, id be very surprised if it does not hit $8k within 4 months.

Rather than making yourself that being stressed on what are those numbers, then it would be that more wise that you should be that just simply that go with the flow and never ever make yourself that being that too mindful about into the price. If you do believe on a certain project would be that pumping in the future then you do opt in on accumulating and holding it for long term. Now that we are talking about ETH then this is something that wont be that too far or something realistic or target with having that 10k usd per ETH but since we are talking about 2025 then it would be that totally hard to believe on. If we've been trying out to attach on how it do behaves and moves into those previous cycles then it would be that giving out the idea that it wont be a smooth sail ride on which means that its better not to anticipate or hope that much. ETH could reach out 10k but this might happen on the next 4 year cycle once again but since we arent that still on bull run or with altcoin run then we can say that there's still that room to grow when it comes into numbers. For me, then always be having that discretion when making out some investment on crypto space because we dont really know on where prices would be that heading on.

What do you expect at the moment, ether is way below half of that $10,000 price predictions, and sure it going take a long while before Ethereum achieve above $5k Price considering the current conditions of things around the coin.

Recently Ethereum have done a lot good price movement and that is somewhat over stretched price movement already so kind of hard to see it moving up and taking that expected predictions of 10k is going take a long while mate.

It will likely hit $5k by mid September, and once it does then it can easily hit $7-8k by November.

If whales and institutional investors keep buying ETH, then $10k is plausible. But I don't think it will happen by the end of the year. We're talking about a massive "pump" within just 4 months. It took ETH several years to reach close towards its last-recorded ATH of $4.8k per coin (since 2021). Right now, it hasn't even crossed the $4.5k range. The excitement (or hype) is all attributed to institutional firms adding ETH to their portfolios. This was expected to happen right after the SEC gave the "green light" for ETH spot ETFs. Nothing new to see here.

Competitors such as Solana and BNB have performed better than ETH in terms of price (even though ETH is much more valuable). I'd proceed with caution just in case. You'll never know if the hype fades away and ETH goes back to "ground zero". For what I know, ETH hasn't solved its on-chain scaling issues. So gas fees will eventually rise due to increased popularity. We'll see what happens in the long run.

Altcoins take years to get close to their all time highs, and then all of a sudden they pump multiple 100% in just a few months. Thats what happens in altseason, out of the 4 year cycle, majority of it is down and sideways but only a few months is where the real money is made.

Eth was $2300 just 7 weeks ago , so it’s done a 100% move in that time. It can see another 100% move by end of year no problem and hit $10k. It’s not definite of course, but likely I would say.