Ethereum could reach USD $ 7,500 this year and USD $ 25,000 in 2028, says Standard Chartered

The financial entity significantly raised its projections to Eth, promoted by corporate purchases, cash, new regulations of stablcoins and technical advances.

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• Standard Chartered projects Eth A USD $ 7,500 by the end of 2025, more than double its previous estimate.
• 3.8% of the circulation supply is in corporate treasury and in ETFs.
• The new rules on stablcoins in the US and technical improvements strengthen the adoption of Ethereum.

Standard Chartered, financial entity of British origin and international presence, published new estimates regarding the price of Ethereum, ensuring that the digital currency could reach USD $ 7,500 per unit by the end of the year, and anticipating the USD $ 25,000 in 2028 to maintain the upward trend.

The entity’s reading came to place in a new analysis published by Geoffrey Kendrick, director of research in digital assets for Standard Chartered, who supported these values in the strong demand you are receiving Eth by companies that want Ethereum spot. To this adds expectations for new regulatory frameworks that provide greater clarity for investment in these assets in the US.

Corporate and ETF purchases drive demand

Regarding the behavior seen in digital currency prices, Kendrick said Eth It could exceed its historical maximum of USD $ 4,866 before concluding the third quarter of 2025.

The manager explained that companies with treasury in Eth and the ETF al few have acquired approximately 3.8% of the entire Ether in circulation since the beginning of June. This rhythm is almost double the highest speed recorded by similar buyers in the case of Bitcoin.

The entity estimates that signatures like Bitmine Immersion and Sharplink Gaming have bought about 2.3 million Eth —Equivalent to 1.9% of the supply – in just two and a half months. The ETFs contributed the rest, in a context where the digital currency has risen more than 41% so far this year, compared to the 29% increase of BTC

Stablecoins regulation favors Ethereum

Another key factor is public policy. In July, President Donald Trump signed the law Genius, which establishes a federal framework for Stablecoins. Standard Chartered maintains that this regulation will directly benefit Ethereum, Since more than half of all stablcoins operate on their network and that they already represent about 40% of the commissions in Blockchain.

The Bank, like the US Treasury Secretary, Scott Besunt, provides that the Stablecoins market value could reach USD $ 2 billion by the end of 2028. This would increase both direct income from commissions in commissions in Ethereum as indirect activity in decentralized finances (Defi), where about 65% of the total blocked value is in this network.

Technical advances and adoption perspective

In the Technological Front, Standard Chartered observes greater participation of the Ethereum Foundation and ecosystem collaborators to expand the performance of the base layer. The objective is that high -value transactions are settled in the main network, while high volume operations migrate to layer 2 as Base and arbitrum.

This architecture, according to the entity, reinforces the projection that Ethereum Capture most of the real financial activity in the future, generating an additional impulse for the price.

Long -term projections

The bank has repeatedly defended his thesis on investment in corporate treasury with Eth, arguing that the combination of institutional products, public companies and regulatory clarity make Ether A very attractive asset for traditional assignments. He has even affirmed that corporate treasury may be more interesting than ETFs in cash. UU.

Estimates reviewed by the entity Now they include a price of USD $ 12,000 by the end of 2026, USD $ 18,000 by 2027 and USD $ 25,000 for both 2028 and 2029. In parallel, it maintains its projection for Bitcoin in USD $ 200,000 for 2025 and USD $ 500,000 by 2028–2029.

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