Ethereum draws institutional capital... "Possibility of surpassing $15,000 by the end of 2026"

Source: DigitalToday Original Title: Ethereum Draws Institutional Capital… Breaks $15,000 by 2027 Original Link:

Cryptocurrency institutional investment marketing firm Etherealize(Etherealize) co-founder Vivek Raman(Vivek Raman) and Danny Ryan(Danny Ryan) claimed that Ethereum(ETH) is gaining an advantage in the ‘institutional competition’ to modernize the global financial system.

Raman recently appeared on a market outlook program and said, “Despite the rising popularity of alternative blockchains like Solana(SOL), global financial institutions such as BlackRock, Fidelity, and JP Morgan continue to choose Ethereum as the foundation for their on-chain strategies.”

Ryan also emphasized, “Institutions are not trying to create meme coin casinos,” adding, “They want to redesign the financial markets from first principles, and in that process, they need proven infrastructure.” He explained that Ethereum has secured a ‘precedent for institutions’ due to its near 100% uptime, absence of counterparty risk, and status as the oldest smart contract platform.

The two founders analyzed that changes in the U.S. regulatory environment are accelerating Ethereum adoption. While the Market Structure Bill(Clarity Bill) is delayed, the Geniuses(Genius) bill, which legalizes the use of public blockchains for stablecoins, is seen as a pivotal turning point.

Raman said, “The Geniuses bill signals to banks and broker-dealers that utilizing blockchain infrastructure is no longer risky gambling,” likening it to “pulling Geni out of the bottle.” Thanks to this bill, traditional financial institutions can transfer billions of dollars in tokenized money market funds(MMF) and real assets to Ethereum without waiting for a complete market restructuring.

Real-world examples are emerging. The world’s largest asset management firm’s tokenized fund ‘BUIDL’ started on Ethereum and expanded to Solana, Polygon, Arbitrum, and others, now managing over $2 billion in assets. Additionally, a major financial institution announced last December that it invested about $100 million to launch an Ethereum-based tokenized MMF.

Both experts expressed strong optimism about future prospects. Raman said, “Ethereum’s market capitalization could be reevaluated from hundreds of billions of dollars to trillions,” and added, “There is a possibility that Ethereum’s price could reach $15,000 by the end of 2026.” Currently, Ethereum is trading around $3,200.

He cited the fivefold growth of the stablecoin and real-world asset(RWA) markets and Ethereum’s rise as a productive store of value similar to Bitcoin as the basis for this outlook. Raman stated, “Ethereum is the infrastructure of civilization,” and added, “Even if its market cap reaches $2 trillion, it remains smaller than major global tech companies.”

Regarding concerns about Ethereum’s ability to handle large capital inflows, Ryan responded, “Ethereum is already prepared for the ‘game time.’” He explained that recent protocol upgrades and Layer 2 scaling solutions have significantly improved gas limits and data availability.

Privacy was also identified as a key challenge. Ryan said, “We are using zero-knowledge proofs(ZK) to address privacy issues required by institutions,” and “Ethereum is currently developing a ZK-based stack with institutions that enables private transactions and confidential market interactions on a public blockchain.”