- Standard Chartered raises ETH 2025 forecast to $7,500 due to institutional buying.
- GENIUS Act and stablecoin growth support Ethereum’s DeFi dominance.
- ETH near all-time highs prompts short-term profit-taking but long-term outlook remains strong.
Standard Chartered has sharply raised its Ethereum (ETH) price forecast for 2025 to $7,500, up from a previous $4,000 target. The British bank cited robust institutional buying and accelerating stablecoin adoption as key drivers for the bullish outlook.
According to the report shared with Cointelegraph, treasury companies and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have acquired 3.8% of all circulating ETH since early June — nearly double the fastest Bitcoin accumulation rate by similar entities during the 2024 U.S. election cycle.
Institutional Engagement and Ethereum Upgrades
The bank highlighted growing engagement from the Ethereum Foundation and Etherialize as positive indicators. Standard Chartered also referenced Vitalik Buterin’s plans to increase Ethereum’s layer-1 throughput by tenfold. This upgrade aims to process more high-value transactions on-chain while delegating smaller transfers to layer-2 solutions such as Arbitrum and Base, enhancing overall network efficiency.
GENIUS Act Sparks Stablecoin Expansion
Another catalyst for Ethereum’s bullish outlook is the recent passage of the GENIUS Act in July. The legislation provides regulatory clarity for stablecoins, which currently generate 40% of all blockchain fees, with over half issued on Ethereum. Standard Chartered projects the stablecoin sector’s market capitalization could grow eightfold to $2 trillion by 2028, fueling DeFi growth where Ethereum already commands a 65% share of total value locked.
Profit-Taking as ETH Nears All-Time Highs
Despite bullish forecasts, short-term profit-taking is underway. Ethereum whale collective “7 Siblings” recently sold $88.2 million worth of ETH, while the Ethereum Foundation offloaded roughly $12.7 million. ETH is trading near $4,692, just shy of its November 2021 all-time high of $4,891. Standard Chartered expects ETH to surpass this record by the end of Q3 2025, with long-term targets reaching $25,000 by 2028.
A wallet (0xF39d) linked to the #EthereumFoundation sold 1,695 $ETH for 7.72M $DAI at $4,556 in the past 2 hours.
— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) August 13, 2025
This wallet originally received 20,756 $ETH ($95.5M now) from the #EthereumFoundation wallet "EF 1" back in 2017.https://t.co/l0tVaX1Qeq pic.twitter.com/XrI8bbUpuQ
With strong institutional demand, regulatory clarity, and network upgrades, Ethereum’s outlook appears increasingly positive. Investors and DeFi participants may find strategic opportunities as ETH continues its upward trajectory.
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