According to a recent report by Steno Research, Ethereum (ETH) is poised to outperform Bitcoin (BTC) in 2025. This outlook is attributed to historical trends and the anticipated impact of favorable cryptocurrency regulations following Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s victory in the November election.

Will 2025 Be The Year Of Ethereum?

While the overall cryptocurrency market surged to unprecedented heights this year – reaching an all-time high (ATH) total market cap of $3.9 trillion – Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency, has lagged behind in terms of price performance.

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However, Steno Research’s report suggests Ethereum could finally achieve a new ATH in 2025, driven by increased institutional investment and supportive regulatory developments. The report predicts that ETH could climb to at least $8,000 in the upcoming year.

Bitcoin is also expected to hit a new ATH of $150,000 in 2025, but Ethereum may more than double from its current price of $3,400. Additionally, the ETH/BTC trading pair is forecasted to rise from 0.035 to 0.06 within the next 12 months.

The weekly chart below illustrates ETH’s declining performance against BTC since September 2022. However, the pair is now hovering near a crucial support level at 0.035, with expectations of a rebound to the 0.06 level, which was last seen in February 2024.

Steno Research’s optimistic forecast for Ethereum underscores a potential bullish momentum for altcoins in 2025. Mads Eberhardt, an analyst at Steno Research, stated:

This expectation is partly based on the argument that Donald Trump’s U.S. presidential victory is more favorable for altcoins than for Bitcoin.

The report adds that Bitcoin dominance (BTC.D) – a metric used to gauge the proportion of the total crypto market cap commanded by BTC – is expected to tumble to as low as 45% from its current level. 

The following weekly chart demonstrates BTC.D’s sustained uptrend since September 2022, rising from a low of around 39% to a peak of 61%. However, recent price action suggests a lower high has been formed, signaling a potential sharp decline to around 45%.

DeFi Activity To Rebound In 2025

The report further predicts a resurgence in decentralized finance (DeFi) activity within Ethereum’s ecosystem in 2025. Specifically, the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized applications is expected to hit a new high of $300 billion next year.

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Renewed interest in DeFi could further drive higher altcoin prices in 2025. Notably, ETH jumped 10% following Trump’s November election victory, as improved sentiment surrounding DeFi regulations boosted market confidence.

In addition, strong inflows attracted by spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETF) further strengthen the bullish case for ETH heading into 2025. At press time, ETH trades at $3,417, up 3% in the past 24 hours.

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A widely followed cryptocurrency analyst and trader is leaning bullish on XRP.

The analyst pseudonymously known as CredibleCrypto tells his 450,200 followers on the social media platform X that paired against Bitcoin (BTC), XRP “looks absolutely fantastic.”

The trader says he plans to enter a long position in the coming days.

Based on the analyst’s chart on the one-hour time frame, it appears he is suggesting that XRP could first trend downwards before skyrocketing by at least 65%.

It also appears that the analyst believes XRP has formed an inverse head-and-shoulders pattern in the same time frame. An inverse head-and-shoulders pattern is considered a bullish signal in technical analysis.

“Still the most bullish-looking chart in the entire space off the lows in my opinion. Just a powder keg building pressure…”

XRP is trading at 0.00002323 BTC ($2.28) at time of writing.

Next up is Ethereum (ETH). CredibleCrypto says that ETH is likely to trade in a range of between $3,000 and $3,800 before bottoming out at around $2,800.

Based on the pseudonymous analyst’s chart on the 12-hour time frame, he suggests Ethereum could then rally to a new all-time high above $6,000.

Ethereum is trading at $3,492 at time of writing.

Turning to the Ethereum/Bitcoin pair, the widely followed analyst says he is still targeting Ethereum to drop to around the 0.02700 BTC to 0.02800 BTC level before he can enter a long position. According to CredibleCrypto, ETH/BTC is now “grinding back down” after initially rallying.

“Would be an absolutely epic entry if we get it that will probably mark this cycles pico bottom on ETH/BTC as well.”

ETH is trading at 0.03542 BTC at time of writing.

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A popular crypto analyst thinks that Ethereum (ETH) is on the verge of printing a massive breakout rally also known as a god candle.

Pseudonymous analyst Inmortal tells his 221,100 followers on the social media platform X that Ethereum’s two-hour chart looks similar to Bitcoin’s (BTC) price action over the last two weeks.

The analyst says that while Ethereum struggles to clear resistance at $4,000, he notes that BTC also had trouble breaching $100,000 for weeks before surging to new all-time highs.

“Same price action, but with one difference.

God candle after the breakout.

ETH.”

Based on the trader’s chart, he seems to predict that ETH will surge close to its all-time high of $4,800 after the breakout. At time of writing, ETH is worth $3,892.

The trader also has his radar locked on the memecoin Floki (FLOKI). According to the trader, FLOKI appears to be trading in a symmetrical triangle pattern and is gearing up to shatter the structure’s diagonal resistance en route to new record highs.

“Second leg up – loading.
New ATH – loading.
Price discovery – loading.

FLOKI.”

Based on the trader’s chart, he seems to predict that FLOKI will explode to a new all-time high of $0.00038. At time of writing, FLOKI is worth $0.000219.

Looking at Solana (SOL), the trader sees the Ethereum rival bursting above its diagonal resistance to rally toward $300.

“Something like this.

SOL.”

At time of writing, SOL is worth $222.60.

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