Ethereum will celebrate its tenth anniversary in 2025, a year that the community views as potentially the most 'bullish' year. Ethereum community member @sassal0x (Sassal.eth) shared a series of bold predictions for 2025 on Twitter, covering various aspects of Ethereum from price breakthroughs to technological upgrades.
Price and market: ETH price may reach $15,000
According to Sassal.eth's forecast, the ETH price is expected to reach a new height of $15,000 by 2025, mainly due to the growth in market demand and the influx of institutional funds. He pointed out that net inflows of Ethereum-based ETFs could exceed $50 billion, further driving up the ETH price.
In addition, it is expected that ETH-based staking ETFs will be submitted and approved for the first time, providing investors with more diversified financial instruments.
The combination of traditional finance (TradFi) and Ethereum accelerates
Forecasts also indicate that an increasing number of traditional financial companies and institutions will begin to build applications on Ethereum. Among them, the global asset management giant BlackRock and its partners may launch a Layer 2 tokenization platform for real-world assets (RWA) on Ethereum.
More explosive news is that some countries may reveal they have already held ETH as treasury assets.
Technological developments: Pectra and Fusaka
In 2025, the Pectra upgrade is expected to go live between March and April, introducing more block data (blobs). However, due to high demand, these resources may be quickly depleted. The subsequent Fusaka upgrade is described as the largest upgrade plan in Ethereum's history, covering a vast scope and set to be implemented in 2026.
Meanwhile, the gas limit of the Ethereum mainnet is expected to be raised to at least 50 million, further optimizing network performance and efficiency.
Layer 2 and Rollup will further innovate
Sassal.eth pointed out that high-performance Layer 2 solutions (such as MegaETH and Rise) will be launched in 2025, posing a threat to competitive high-performance Layer 1s. Additionally, Arbitrum One is expected to become the first major rollup to reach decentralized stage 2, with other rollups gradually entering decentralized stage 1.
Notably, a rollup based on Ethereum may enter the top five in Total Value Locked (TVL), while a major Optimistic Rollup may transition to a zero-knowledge Rollup (zk Rollup). It is expected that by the end of 2025, the total locked ETH on Layer 2 will exceed 10 million.
DeFi and regulation: The golden age of Ethereum's decentralized finance
Sassal.eth stated that with the U.S. introducing more friendly cryptocurrency regulatory policies, decentralized finance (DeFi) on Ethereum will enter a prosperous period. Additionally, Coinbase's Base network is expected to announce tokenization and decentralization plans, further promoting the development of DeFi.
The combination of artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency: AI becomes a major trend
Sassal.eth also predicts that artificial intelligence agents will continue to be a major focus of Ethereum throughout 2025. The combination of AI and Ethereum will not only drive technological innovation but may also change existing business models.
2025, this may be Ethereum's 'golden decade'.
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