{"id":7713,"date":"2025-08-13T18:53:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T18:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/ethereum-price-nears-all-time-while-standard-charter-sees-upside-to-7500\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T18:53:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T18:53:35","slug":"ethereum-price-nears-all-time-while-standard-charter-sees-upside-to-7500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/ethereum-price-nears-all-time-while-standard-charter-sees-upside-to-7500\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum price nears all-time while Standard Charter sees upside to $7,500"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Standard Chartered\u2019s Ethereum price analysis reveals a hidden buying spree: institutions have absorbed nearly 4% of supply since June, setting the stage for a year-end surge that could propel the asset to $7,500.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_f56a50347949d72e918ec999d36a76ed\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Standard Chartered raises Ethereum year-end price target to $7,500, up from $4,000.<\/li>\n<li>Corporate treasuries and spot ETFs have absorbed nearly 4% of ETH\u2019s circulating supply since June.<\/li>\n<li>Meanwhile, Ethereum derivatives show record open interest on Kraken without excessive leverage.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>On August 13, Ethereum (ETH) traded within striking distance of a fresh all-time high while Standard Chartered analysts made an upward <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/standard-chartered-lifts-year-end-ether-forecast-7500-2025-08-13\/\" target=\"_blank\">revision<\/a> to their Ethereum  forecast. The analysts nearly doubled its year-end price target to $7,500, from its previous $4,000 estimate.<\/p>\n<p>The bank\u2019s digital assets research team, led by Geoff Kendrick, pointed to accelerating institutional demand, with corporate treasuries and spot ETFs collectively absorbing 3.8% of ETH\u2019s circulating supply in just over two months. That pace of accumulation, Kendrick noted, is almost twice as fast as Bitcoin\u2019s peak institutional inflows during its 2021 bull run.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Three pillars fueling Ethereum price surge to $7,500<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Standard Chartered\u2019s bullish outlook on Ethereum hinges on three converging factors: institutional accumulation, policy tailwinds, and the network\u2019s evolving technical infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The bank\u2019s analysts estimate that corporate treasuries and spot ETFs have absorbed roughly 3.8% of ETH\u2019s circulating supply since early June, with public companies like BitMine Immersion and SharpLink Gaming alone acquiring 2.3 million ETH. This signals a strategic shift toward treating Ether as a treasury reserve asset, the analysts said.<\/p>\n<p>Policy developments further strengthen the case. According to the analysts, the passage of the GENIUS Act, which establishes a regulatory framework for stablecoins, directly benefits Ethereum as the primary settlement layer for dollar-pegged tokens. Over half of all stablecoins, including $131 billion worth of USDT and USDC, operate on Ethereum, driving consistent demand for ETH to pay transaction fees.<\/p>\n<p>Standard Chartered projects the stablecoin market could grow eightfold by 2028, reaching $2 trillion, a surge that would cement Ethereum\u2019s role as the backbone of crypto\u2019s dollarized economy.<\/p>\n<p>Technological upgrades also play a critical role. Per the bank\u2019s analysts, the Ethereum Foundation\u2019s focus on scaling Layer 1 for high-value transactions, while offloading volume to Layer 2s like Base and Arbitrum, could make the network more attractive for institutional adoption.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A derivatives market maturing in real time<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>While spot markets dominate headlines, Ethereum\u2019s derivatives activity reveals a more nuanced story. Kraken\u2019s ETH perpetual futures recently hit an all-time high in open interest, becoming the exchange\u2019s most-traded contract. Yet funding rates remain subdued, suggesting traders are deploying capital strategically rather than chasing leverage-fueled rallies.<\/p>\n<p>Alexia Theodorou, Kraken\u2019s Director of Derivatives, said in a statement obtained by crypto.news that this reflects a more mature market:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cIn the current market environment, many traders appear to be turning to perpetual futures as a capital-efficient way to gain directional exposure to Ether, allowing them to express conviction while keeping capital available for other opportunities. This view is reinforced by the fact that funding rates for ETH perps, while positive, remain relatively moderate, suggesting the market has yet to reach peak euphoria,\u201d Theodorou said in a written statement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This measured positioning aligns with Standard Chartered\u2019s thesis that the Ethereum price rally has room to run.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The long-term roadmap: $25,000 and beyond<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Standard Chartered\u2019s updated targets outline a multiyear trajectory for Ethereum: $12,000 by late 2026, $18,000 in 2027, and $25,000 by 2028\u201329. These projections assume Ethereum maintains its dominance in stablecoins and DeFi, where it hosts 65% of total value locked, while capturing a larger share of traditional finance activity.<\/p>\n<p>The bank contrasts Ethereum\u2019s price path with Bitcoin\u2019s, maintaining a $200,000 end-2025 target for BTC but emphasizing ETH\u2019s dual appeal as both a store of value and a productive asset. \u201cETH\u2019s investability for institutions isn\u2019t just about price appreciation,\u201d Kendrick argues. \u201cIt\u2019s about capturing the value of the ecosystem being built on top of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Standard Chartered\u2019s Ethereum price analysis reveals a hidden buying spree: institutions have absorbed nearly 4% of supply since June, setting the stage for a year-end surge that could propel the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7713"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7714,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7713\/revisions\/7714"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}