Standard Chartered maintains a long-term view of ETH: it is expected to reach $4,000 by the end of 2026 and rise to $40,000 by 2030

Comparing news, Geoffrey Kendrick, head of digital asset research at Standard Chartered Bank, said that the current trend of Ethereum is similar to Amazon after the collapse of the Internet bubble in 2001. The price drop does not indicate a deterioration in fundamentals; on the contrary, there may be a “mismatch between stock prices and internal indicators.”

Kendrick quoted Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as saying that the market price can diverge from the company's fundamentals for a long time, but it will eventually return to value trajectory. Although the current price of Ethereum has dropped by about 57% from its high in 2025, core indicators such as on-chain transaction volume and total locked volume (TVL) are still close to historical highs, so Standard Chartered maintains a long-term view of ETH. It is expected that the price may reach $4,000 by the end of 2026 and rise to $40,000 in 2030. (The Block)