Ethereum to $40,000? Why one analyst expects the second-biggest crypto to outperform Bitcoin – DL News
- Ethereum will hit $40,000 by 2030, Standard Chartered predicts.
- The second-biggest crypto should also outperform Bitcoin.
- Increased adoption of onchain finance is seen to fuel the rally.
Weaker-than-expected Bitcoin performance will enable Ethereum to outperform the top crypto and hit $40,000 by 2030, according to Standard Chartered’s latest forecast.
The major British multinational bank published the prediction in a research note on January 12.
“2026 will be the year of Ethereum, much like 2021 was,” Geoffrey Kendrick, Standard Chartered’s global head of digital assets research and author of the note, said.
He argues that an improvement in Ethereum’s prospects relative to Bitcoin means the price ratio between the two assets could…
