Anthony Sassano, independent ethereum educator, angel investor, advisor and founder of The Daily Gwei, <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/sassal0x/status/1874448474449789129″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener nofollow”>shared his ethereum predictions for 2025 via
ethereum Predictions 2025
ethereum will celebrate its 10th birthday this year and Sassano predicts that Ether (eth) will reach a price of $15,000 by the end of 2025. He anticipates substantial growth in institutional investment, predicting that eth exchange-traded funds (ETFs) will see net inflows . exceeding 50 billion dollars throughout the year. Additionally, he expects staking eth ETFs to be introduced and receive approval from the Trump administration, which will significantly increase demand.
Expanding further on his ethereum predictions, Sassano foresees a rise in major companies and traditional finance institutions (TradFi) based on it. “More major TradFi companies/institutions start building on ethereum,” he predicts, adding: “BlackRock (and its partners) launch a layer 2 tokenized RWA platform on ethereum.”
Government adoption figures prominently in Sassano's ethereum predictions, as he anticipates multiple nation-states will reveal holdings of eth as part of their treasury assets. “Several nation states reveal that they hold eth as a treasury asset,” says Sassano.
On the technical front, he predicts the launch of the Pectra update in March or April 2025, “with more spots and soon after, the spots will become saturated again.” This will be followed by Fusaka's upgrade in 2026, which he believes will be the “biggest ethereum upgrade ever.” It also expects the mainnet gas limit to increase to at least 50 million by the end of the year, facilitating greater transaction performance and scalability.
Sassano's ethereum predictions also include significant advancements in Layer 2 (L2) solutions. It anticipates high-performance L2s such as MegaETH and Rise will be launched, surpassing existing high-performance Layer 1 (L1) networks in efficiency and adoption. Additionally, he expects Arbitrum One to become the first major rollup to reach Stage 2 of decentralization, and for many other rollups to reach Stage 1 of decentralization.
In addition to these developments, Sassano predicts that Base will separate from Coinbase and announce decentralization and token plans. Sassano explained the reasons for this: “Because Base is a project incubated within Coinbase that is achieving escape velocity at this point. It would make a lot of sense for it to be logically integrated into their own team (while still having the same support from Coinbase): it gives them more freedom, flexibility and independence without having to worry as much about regulations and possible internal bureaucracy. “
It also predicts that a based summary will enter the top five as measured by total value locked (TVL), and a strong bullish summary will move to a zk summary.
Infrastructure advancements remain a critical component of Sassano's ethereum predictions. It expects the total eth bridged to L2 to exceed 10 million, improving the scalability and efficiency of the network. Additionally, Sassano projects that ai agents will continue to be the dominant meta through 2025.
Concluding his ethereum predictions, Sassano expressed great confidence in the future of eth. “ethereum will turn 10 years old in 2025 and I am very confident that this year will be ethereum's most bullish year yet! ethereum is the world computer; eth is money,” he declared.
At the time of this publication, eth was trading at $3,415.
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