If we're going to talk something realistic, I would bet it'll touch $500 by the end of this year (or maybe less or a little more). I wouldn't expect Ethereum to go back to 4-figures this year due to the rise of decentralized finance (DeFi) industry and the much-awaited Ethereum 2.0.
I would bet on the price despite that I am not a fan of speculating prices. The market condition is very unpredictable, so there are no guarantees that our predictions would be correct.
Cheezcarls it would be great if Ethereum price reach $500 by the end of this year. What would be even better is staying
above $500, in that way the next year will be opened with higher price, and we can expect from Ethereum a lot more.
As you, I think this is realistic prediction, there're many months left and anything can happen with the price of Ethereum,
I will stay positive and optimistic whatever happens!