{"id":47682,"date":"2025-09-15T21:16:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T21:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=47682"},"modified":"2025-09-15T21:16:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T21:16:45","slug":"wall-street-bank-citigroup-sees-ether-falling-to-4300-by-year-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=47682","title":{"rendered":"Wall Street Bank Citigroup Sees Ether Falling to $4,300 by Year-End"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Wall Street giant Citigroup (C) has launched new ether (ETH) forecasts, calling for $4,300 by year-end, which would be a decline from the current $4,515.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the base case though. The bank&#8217;s full assessment is wide enough to drive an army regiment through, with the bull case being $6,400 and the bear case $2,200.<\/p>\n<p>The bank analysts said network activity remains the key driver of ether\u2019s value, but much of the recent growth has been on layer-2s, where value \u201cpass-through\u201d to Ethereum\u2019s base layer is unclear. <\/p>\n<p>Citi assumes just 30% of layer-2 activity contributes to ether\u2019s valuation, putting current prices above its activity-based model, likely due to strong inflows and excitement around tokenization and stablecoins.<\/p>\n<p>A layer 1 network is the base layer, or the underlying infrastructure of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/learn\/what-is-blockchain-technology\/\">blockchain<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/learn\/\">Layer 2<\/a> refers to a set of off-chain systems or separate blockchains built on top of layer 1s.<\/p>\n<p>Exchange-traded fund (ETF) flows, though smaller than bitcoin\u2019s (BTC), have a bigger price impact per dollar, but Citi expects them to remain limited given ether&#8217;s smaller market cap and lower visibility with new investors.<\/p>\n<p>Macro factors are seen adding only modest support. With equities already near the bank&#8217;s S&amp;P 500 6,600 target, the analysts do not expect major upside from risk assets.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/markets\/2025\/09\/15\/ether-bigger-beneficiary-of-digital-asset-treasuries-than-bitcoin-or-solana-stanchart\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">Ether Bigger Beneficiary of Digital Asset Treasuries Than Bitcoin or Solana: StanChart<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wall Street giant Citigroup (C) has launched new ether (ETH) forecasts, calling for $4,300 by year-end, which would be a decline from the current $4,515. That&#8217;s the base case though. The bank&#8217;s full assessment is wide enough to drive an army regiment through, with the bull case being $6,400 and the bear case $2,200. The [&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-47682","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\/47682","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=47682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47682\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}