2026-01-11 03:29:17

ETH's recent trend leaves people speechless—there seems to be no middle ground between rise and fall.

Asset management giant VanEck released a Bitcoin price forecast as early as last year, concluding that by 2030, ETH could fluctuate between $360 and $22,000, and under extremely optimistic assumptions, it might even reach $154,000.

From another perspective—under a pessimistic scenario, ETH would return to three digits; under an optimistic scenario, it would soar to the sky. This huge range from floor to ceiling sounds very professional, but in reality, it's just using "anything is possible" to hedge risks. Since anything is possible, it essentially means nothing definitive.

You'll find that such predictions have almost zero guiding significance for actual decision-making. Because fundamentally, it's saying Ethereum will either fail completely or succeed enough to reconstruct the entire financial system—what happens in between, no one can give a certain answer.

But on the flip side, this also precisely illustrates the real situation Ethereum is facing: it's no longer a question of "multiplying a few times," but a more fundamental issue—does Ethereum still have a place in the core financial system of the future? That is the real gamble.

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MerkleTreeHugger

· 14h ago

This prediction is as good as no prediction at all, from 360 to 154,000, basically "it might go up or down"... --- I’ve looked at VanEck’s forecast, and it’s a case of overreaching, trying to cover everything, so if everything can be right, it means nothing is right. --- At the end of the day, it’s still a gamble on whether ETH can integrate into the traditional financial system; everything else is just fluff. --- From the floor to the ceiling... this prediction range is truly impressive, stacking professional jargon just to call it a prediction? --- Instead of looking at such ridiculously broad predictions, it’s better to look at real on-chain data; there’s too much虚假 (fake) stuff out there. --- Wait, so VanEck is saying ETH could be $360 or $150,000? Well, I could say that too, haha. --- The real issue isn’t the rise or fall, but whether Ethereum can truly become the infrastructure of finance; everything else is just a supporting role.

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WhaleWatcher

· 15h ago

360 to 154,000, this isn't a prediction, it's gambling haha

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LayerZeroEnjoyer

· 01-12 08:29

VanEck's prediction is outrageous, from 360 to 154,000? It sounds like they didn't say anything at all, haha

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AltcoinTherapist

· 01-11 03:55

That's right, VanEck's prediction is a joke, from 360 to 154,000? The gap is ridiculously huge and offers no real reference value at all.

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CryptoTherapist

· 01-11 03:55

nah this vaneck prediction is just portfolio therapy for their own anxiety... they're literally saying "eth either goes to zero or becomes the financial system" which is just saying nothing with extra steps lol

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