JPMorgan analysts maintain an overall cautious stance on the cryptocurrency market, predicting that Ethereum (ETH) will outperform Bitcoin (BTC) and other digital currencies in market price performance by 2024.
This optimistic outlook for Ethereum reflects a unique perspective within the institution, with analysts seeing unique potential and favorable prospects for Ethereum compared to other digital assets, even amid an overall cautious sentiment toward the broader cryptocurrency landscape. It suggests.
In a note published on Wednesday, a team of analysts led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou conveyed their expectations that Ethereum (ETH) will regain its prominence and regain market share within the cryptocurrency ecosystem in the coming years.
Ethereum will overtake Bitcoin – JPMorgan
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“We believe that over the next year, Ethereum will re-establish itself within the cryptocurrency ecosystem and recapture market share,” Panigirtzoglou wrote in a note.
Analysts have highlighted the pivotal role of the EIP-4844 upgrade, popularly known as Protodanksharding, as a key catalyst for Ethereum’s anticipated revival.
Scheduled to be implemented in the first half of 2024, this significant upgrade is poised to bring substantial improvements to Ethereum’s network activity.
Danksharding is a more efficient sharding method for Ethereum, and protodanksharding is the first step towards full implementation. Danksharding, unlike the initially intended sharding method, avoids the tedious process of dividing Ethereum into multiple shard chains.
ETH market cap currently at $273 billion. Chart: TradingView.com
Data blobs are instead introduced, which are linked to a block and can hold more data than a block, but cannot be permanently stored or accessed by the Ethereum virtual engine.
Meanwhile, JPMorgan’s optimistic forecast is consistent with that of Standard Chartered. As previously stated in the communication, Ether could see a more sustained rise towards $35,000 after surging 400% in a few years.
Geoff Kendrick, head of FX research at West and Digital Assets Research, expressed the view that Ether’s upward trajectory could unfold at a more gradual pace compared to Bitcoin.
Ethereum price prediction: 5x increase
Despite this potentially extended time frame, Kendrick expects Ethereum to eventually achieve higher price multiples than Bitcoin compared to current levels. Specifically, he expects Ethereum to reach a price multiple of 5.0x, surpassing Bitcoin’s expected multiple of 3.5x.
Layer 2 networks like Optimism (OP) and Arbitrum (ARB) will benefit the most from the upgrade, according to JPMorgan analysts.
Ether seen rising to $2,426 this month. Source: Coincodex
Ethereum’s layer 2 network benefits from increased temporary data space, which increases network throughput and reduces transaction fees. Data blobs improve layer 2 network efficiency without changing the size of Ethereum blocks.
In the meantime, as Ether discovers new applications, demand for it will grow and trends around cryptocurrencies will grow even bigger. For example, the most common Ethereum use case is NFT trading, which Kendrick believes will only grow.
At the time of writing, Ether is trading at $2,281, up 5.0% in the last 24 hours, while Bitcoin is trading at $42,910, up 2.3% in the last 24 hours.
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