 
 
British banking giant Standard Chartered lifted its year-end target for Ethereum’s price to $7,500 from $4,000, citing a significantly improved backdrop for the second-largest cryptocurrency amid aggressive buying by corporate treasuries and U.S. spot ETH exchange-traded funds.
Standard Chartered Predicts Ether Surpassing $25K Amid Rocketing Institutional and ETF Demand for ETH
Standard Chartered analysts now expect Ethereum to hit $7,500 by the end of 2025, and $25,000 by the end of 2028, up from the previous $7,500 projection.
“We now see ETH at USD 7,500 by end-2025 (USD 4,000 prior) and USD 25,000 by end-2028 (USD 7,500),” Standard Chartered Head of Digital Assets Geoffrey Kendrick wrote in a recent report.
Kendrick sees ETH breaking past its old all-time high of $4,878 by the end of Q3.
Standard Chartered based its analysis on the recently disclosed corporate reserve accumulation plans.
 
Kendrick noted that Ether treasury firms and spot ETH ETFs have acquired around 3.8% of all Ethereum in circulation since early June — which is almost double the fastest comparable pace seen in Bitcoin from similar buyers.
He believes Ether treasury firms alone, such as BitMine Immersion Technology and SharpLink Gaming, purchased approximately 2.3 million ETH, or around 1.9% of the supply, in the last two and a half months. On Tuesday, BitMine said it would raise up to $20 billion for more ETH purchases.
Spot ETH ETFs accounted for the remainder, as the Standard Chartered strategist notes.
GENIUS Act To Boost Ethereum’s Stablecoin Dominance
Another major catalyst is policy. The GENIUS Act, signed into law by President Donald Trump in July, which formally established rules for stablecoin issuers, should direct activity to Ethereum because over half of all stablecoins reside on its network, and stablecoins already account for roughly 40% of all blockchain fees, as observed by Kendrick.
The recent surge in both ETF and corporate demand has likely contributed to Ether’s outperformance against Bitcoin. Standard Chartered projects the ETH-BTC ratio will rise from 0.036 to 0.05 amid strengthening Ether fundamentals.
In the near term, there is high anticipation that Ether will soon reclaim its all-time highs, currently trading at $4,683, about 4% below its November 2021 peak, according to crypto data provider CoinGecko.
To hit $25,000, Ethereum’s market cap would surpass $3 trillion based on current supply levels. But to reach such sky-high heights, we would need to see a lot more capital flooding in.
Source: https://zycrypto.com/standard-chartered-ups-year-end-ethereum-forecast-to-7500-sees-2028-high-of-25000/