{"id":20137,"date":"2025-04-02T06:16:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T06:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=20137"},"modified":"2025-04-02T06:16:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T06:16:48","slug":"ethereum-could-drop-to-1500-before-pectra-upgrade-but-8000-remains-in-sight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=20137","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum Could Drop To $1,500 Before Pectra Upgrade, But $8,000 Remains In Sight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Ethereum<\/strong> (CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/eth\/usd\">ETH<\/a>) could drop to $1,500 before the repeatedly delayed Pectra upgrade launches in late April, according to <strong>MEXC<\/strong> Chief Operating Officer <strong>Tracy Jin<\/strong>, though long-term projections remain optimistic with <a href=\"https:\/\/in.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/25\/02\/43763591\/ethereum-slashes-fees-by-70-ahead-of-pectra-fusakas-april-rollout\">potential $8,000 highs by year-end<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Happened<\/strong>: The second-largest cryptocurrency has struggled in 2025, dropping 38% since January while investors redirect capital away from ETH exchange-traded funds. Network activity has reached historic lows despite past improvements in transaction speed and cost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA second decline to $1,500 by the end of the month is very likely,\u201d Jin said, noting that despite transaction improvements, \u201cthe community has switched to using other blockchains.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Jin highlighted positive indicators suggesting &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/25\/04\/44600392\/ethereum-could-drop-to-1500-before-pectra-upgrade-but-8000-remains-in-sight\" alt=\"Ethereum\" could drop to before pectra upgrade but remains in sight>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) could drop to $1,500 before the repeatedly delayed Pectra upgrade launches in late April, according to MEXC Chief Operating Officer Tracy Jin, though long-term projections remain optimistic with potential $8,000 highs by year-end. What Happened: The second-largest cryptocurrency has struggled in 2025, dropping 38% since January while investors redirect capital away from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-20137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20137\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}