Standard Chartered Lowers Ether Year-End Price Target to $4,000
Standard Chartered has revised its 2025 price target for Ether from $10,000 to $4,000, citing ongoing structural decline. Ether was trading at approximately $1,903 at the time of the report.
Key points from the report include:
- Ether is experiencing a decline in dominance metrics.
- Layer 2 blockchains, particularly Coinbase's Base, are estimated to have decreased Ether's market cap by $50 billion.
- Market forces may halt this decline if tokenized real-world assets grow significantly.
- A proactive change from the Ethereum Foundation is deemed unlikely as a solution.
- The ETH/BTC ratio is expected to drop to 0.015 by year-end 2027, marking the lowest since 2017.
- A bitcoin rally could lead to a temporary recovery in Ether's price, but underperformance is anticipated to persist.