Standard Chartered Raises Ethereum Price Target to $7,500 for End of 2025

By Marco Piccolo

Standard Chartered has sharply revised its year-end 2025 Ethereum price forecast to $7,500, up from its previous target of $4,000. The upgrade reflects a surge in institutional demand and favorable regulatory developments that analysts say have “improved dramatically” since the bank’s last projection.

Standard Chartered just gave Ethereum $ETH PT a big upgrade, now seeing it at $7,500 by the end of 2025, up from $4,000 prior. Their 2028 year-end target jumps to $25,000 from $7,500.

— Wall St Engine (@wallstengine) August 13, 2025

Geoffrey Kendrick, Head of Digital Assets Research at Standard Chartered, pointed to aggressive accumulation of ETH by treasury firms and spot ETFs, which together have acquired approximately 3.8% of all ETH in circulation since early June. This pace, Kendrick notes, is nearly twice as fast as the comparable Bitcoin accumulation rate seen during the 2024 U.S. election cycle.

Notably, Ethereum treasury firms such as Bitmine Immersion and SharpLink Gaming have purchased around 2.3 million ETH, or about 1.9% of the total supply, over the past two and a half months. The remainder of the accumulation has come from ETFs.

Regulatory clarity boosts Ethereum’s outlook

The passage of the GENIUS Act in July, signed into law by U.S. President Donald Trump, is another major factor behind the bank’s bullish outlook. The legislation establishes a federal framework for stablecoins, a sector in which Ethereum is deeply embedded. Over half of all stablecoins currently reside on Ethereum, and stablecoins account for about 40% of total blockchain transaction fees, according to Standard Chartered.

The bank projects the stablecoin market could reach a valuation of $2 trillion by 2028, up from $254 billion today. This eightfold increase is expected to generate significant fee revenue for Ethereum and spur growth in decentralized finance (DeFi), where ETH already dominates with a 65% share of total value locked.

Ethereum fundamentals and long-term trajectory

Standard Chartered also highlighted increased engagement from the Ethereum Foundation and ecosystem developers, particularly around efforts to scale Ethereum’s base layer throughput by 10x.

🔥 LATEST: Vitalik says Ethereum will scale L1 ~10x in a year, then take a “breather” before the next leap. pic.twitter.com/r06Svvy9cf

— Cointelegraph (@Cointelegraph) June 1, 2025

The goal is to handle higher-value transactions on Layer 1 while offloading lower-value flows to Layer 2 solutions such as Arbitrum and Base. The bank argues that this layered approach strengthens Ethereum’s case as a settlement layer for real-world financial activity.

Kendrick expects ETH to surpass its previous all-time high of $4,866 by the end of Q3 2025, continuing its recent trend of outperformance against Bitcoin. The ETH-BTC ratio is projected to rise from 0.036 to 0.05 by the end of next year.

Looking further ahead, Standard Chartered’s long-term outlook sets ETH targets of $12,000 by late 2026, $18,000 in 2027, and $25,000 by the end of 2028 and 2029. In contrast, the bank maintains its Bitcoin forecast at $200,000 for end-2025 and $500,000 by 2028-2029.

“We believe the case for Ethereum as an investable asset for traditional allocators continues to strengthen,” Kendrick concluded, adding that ETH treasury holdings may offer even greater upside potential than U.S.-listed spot ETFs.

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