Analyst and Fundstrat co-founder Tom Lee, known for his successful predictions in the cryptocurrency market, evaluated the new “Project Crypto” initiative of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
According to Lee, this step could herald a new era for Ethereum (ETH).
Tom Lee noted that Ethereum has been performing strongly against Bitcoin since April, with the ETH/BTC ratio steadily rising. He argued that Wall Street's interest in Ethereum is behind this move. According to Lee, the development of stablecoins on Ethereum has become a “ChatGPT moment” for the blockchain.
Lee stated that the “Project Crypto” initiative, jointly announced by the SEC and the White House, aims to solidify the US's global leadership by moving financial markets onto the chain. “This means stepping into the golden age of finance,” Lee said, noting that Ethereum is the blockchain with the largest smart contract infrastructure.
Also Ethereum:
- It is the largest smart contract network and the most compliant with US regulations,
- It has never experienced an interruption since its establishment,
- JPMorgan said that giants like Robinhood prefer ETH in their tokenization processes.
In the short term, Lee expects the ETH/BTC ratio to return to last year's levels (around 0.0500). In this scenario, Ethereum's price could rise to $5,707 in an environment where Bitcoin is trading at $114,000.
According to the Fundstrat digital asset team, ETH is predicted to reach a fair value of between $10,000 and $20,000 in the next 12 months.
*This is not investment advice.