Ethereum price prediction 2021: Can the cryptocurrency reach $10,000?

Ethereum price prediction 2021: Can the cryptocurrency reach $10,000?

12/01/2021

ETHEREUM has been on a hot streak lately – but what's next for the second largest cryptocurrency after Bitcoin?

We reveal price predictions for 2021 – and whether Ethereum could reach $10,000.

The cryptocurrency, which was released in 2015, was founded by eight people, one of which is 27-year-old Vitalik Buterin.

As well as being used as a cryptocurrency, developers can also build applications and run smart contracts on Ethereum.

Keen investors should be aware that it's not a guaranteed way to make money and you can lose all the cash you put in.

In other words, don't invest more than you can afford to lose or into something you don't understand.

Cryptocurrencies are also especially volatile, and their values can crash at little to no notice.

There's scant regulation for crypto firms, so you'll likely be without protection if things go wrong.

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What's the Ethereum price?

The price of Ethereum (ETH) is currently sitting at $4,703.10 – up 2% over the past 24 hours, according to CoinMarketCap.

Ethereum all-time high is $4,859.50, which it traded at last month.

Furthermore, it's up from $738 on January 1, meaning it has rocketed by more than six-fold since the beginning of the year.

But there's no guarantee the price of Ethereum will rise that much again – or even that it will rise at all as cryptocurrencies are extremely volatile.

Before Ethereum started rising this year, its previous all-time high was on January in 2018, when it hit $1,290.

Ethereum price predictions for 2021

How the price of Ethereum will change in future is impossible to know for certain, but experts and investors have still made predictions.

According to a panel of 50 fintech experts on comparison site Finder, they expect Ethereum to climb to $5,114 by the end of 2021.

Furthermore, they project that the price will surge to $15,364 in 2025 and then more than triple from that point to $50,788 in 2030.

Meanwhile, Joshua Fraser co-founder of Origin Protocol Joshua Fraser is even more bullish on the price of Ethereum, forecasting that it could touch $10,000 at the end of the year.

"Ethereum is currently hosting an already large but still quickly growing alternative financial system in decentralized finance or DeFi, said Fraser.

"Eventually, Ethereum will be one of the main financial settlement layers of the world. ETH price will reflect this future reality."

What is cryptocurrency?

CRYPTOCURRENCIES are a form of payment that can be exchanged for goods and services.

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CoinPriceForecast expects Ethereum to increase slightly to $4,735 by the end of 2021 and then explode to $12,303 by the end of 2024.

And WalletInvestor has a one-year forecast of $7,311.73 and a five-year forecast of $19,232.60.

Make sure you take these predictions with a pinch of salt though, as they're nowhere near guaranteed.

The cryptocurrency market is affected by a number of factors, including regulatory crackdowns and comments by high-profile individuals.

In other words, Ethereum could also drop in value, meaning you would lose money.

We explain whether Ethereum could overtake Bitcoin in future.

It comes after the values of Bitcoin and Ethereum fell in May after China announced a further crackdown on cryptocurrencies.

Plus check out, four things you need to know about Dogecoin.

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