Tom Lee, executive investment director at Fundstrat Capital, expects the price to rise Ethereum currency At $5,000 if ETH/BTC breaks the 0.087 resistance level.
According to Lee, a sharp break above 0.087 would trigger a structural change in Ethereum’s price of similar magnitude to the macroeconomic changes that reshaped Wall Street in the 20th century. Lee, who is also the president of Bitmine Immersion Technologies, revealed that the company has solidified its position as one of the largest institutional holders of Ethereum.
Bitmine currently holds 3.24 million Ethereum, or approximately 2.7% of its total supply, and aims to hold 5% of the supply in the long term, what Lee calls “5% alchemy.”
Tom Lee: Ethereum will become bigger than any bank
In his keynote speech, “The Biggest Total Change on Wall Street Since Abandoning the Gold Standard,” at the Token2049 conference in Singapore earlier this year, Lee argued that the Ethereum blockchain has become the financial infrastructure for Wall Street’s migration to blockchain, and added:
“If half of the world’s financial activities migrate to blockchain, the network used to settle them will become larger than any bank or exchange, knowing that network is the Ethereum blockchain.”
Lee likened the transformation taking place in the digital currency market What happened in 1971 when the United States abolished the gold standard The US dollar went on to establish a global financial empire despite losing the gold hedge.
Lee sees the same scene repeating itself today with the Ethereum blockchain, which he believes will lead the next era of global finance by establishing dominance over decentralized financial settlement processes. Despite the recent market volatility – representing one of the largest leverage reductions in the crypto market in recent years – Lee remains optimistic, describing the current turmoil as an attractive gathering place for institutional investors.
He stressed me out by saying: Given the expected supercycle for Ethereum, this price disruption represents an attractive risk-reward opportunity.“Now, the Ethereum/Bitcoin (ETH/BTC) pair stands at 0.03654, which is over 120% away from the main resistance level at 0.087.
However, a breakout of this downtrend line will cause Ethereum to enter a price discovery phase above the $5,000 level. Lee’s valuation model, based on historical ETH/BTC ratios, suggests that Ethereum’s fair value is between $12,000 and $22,000.
When the price of Bitcoin (BTC) reaches $250,000, the implied value of Ethereum will be between $11,965 (based on the average ratio of 0.0479 over the last 8 years) and $21,818 (based on the highest ratio recorded in 2021 at 0.0873).
Even if Bitcoin price only reaches $150,000, Ethereum price is theoretically expected to range between $7,179 and $13,091, increasing the possibility of strong relative gains in the next leg.
Bollinger and Youssef expect Ethereum price to reach $5,000 this week.
Similar to Tom Lee’s predictions, John Bollinger, the legendary analyst and creator of the famous Bollinger Bands indicator, said that the price of Ethereum is forming a “W” pattern – that is, a double bottom – in terms of volatility, which could push the price to $5,000 before the end of this week.
Additionally, Ray Youssef, CEO of NoOnes, shared his views with CryptoNews on the current state of the Ethereum market, noting that it is currently going through a critical phase in which it balances between long-term technical strength and short-term uncertainty, and added:
“Even though Ethereum remains strong in terms of fundamentals, the market is showing signs of fragility in the short term.“.
It is worth noting here that the waiting list for the departure of Ethereum Blockchain validators has now exceeded 2.3 million Ethereum coins, worth over $9 billion, while the waiting time to remove coins from stake has exceeded 40 days.
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Additionally, Ethereum ETFs have also seen volatile investing recently, recording losses exceeding $310 million in the past week alone.
However, Youssef believes that Ethereum’s current price range of $3,700 to $4,000 represents… “cooling phase” After a strong performance in the third quarter, the market absorbed excess liquidity and removed speculative bets.
Youssef believes that the maturation of the DeFi ecosystem indicates that the Ethereum price is resetting and preparing for a major price discovery move to come, stating: “The price appears poised to move towards the $4,500 level in the coming weeks – which could quickly push it towards $5,000 – if market conditions improve and headwinds from macroeconomic conditions do not impact risk appetite.“.
The $3,500 support level could be further retested given the global geopolitical and economic uncertainty, as Youssef expects strong demand to “buy the dip” at this level.
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