Ethereum: Top investment banks are extremely optimistic, Standard Chartered calls for $40,000

1. Standard Chartered Bank: predicts ETH could reach $40,000 by 2030, with a mid-term target of $7,500 by the end of 2025 and $25,000 by 2028. The report clearly states that Ethereum will significantly outperform Bitcoin, and institutions are forming a consensus around Ethereum as a foundational digital asset.
2. Tom Lee (Fundstrat): predicts a target price of $10,000-$12,000 by the end of 2026, one of the most optimistic forecasts in the current market.
3. VanEck: forecasts Ethereum could reach a baseline target of $22,000 by 2030, driven by spot ETF approvals and growth of Layer-2 ecosystems.
4. ARK Invest: Kathy Wood's team envisions Ethereum becoming the foundational layer of the global financial system, replacing traditional financial intermediaries and achieving significant long-term value accumulation.
5. Citigroup: predicts ETH price of $4,300 by the end of the year, relatively conservative but still indicating substantial upside from current levels.
6. Overall forecast: by 2026, Ethereum's tokenization scale, stablecoin scale, and ETH price are all expected to increase fivefold.
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