CandleFocus Why Ethereum is the Contrarian Play for 2025 According to Bitwise CIO
2025-01-09
Author: Content Editor
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan believes that despite its struggles in 2024, Ethereum remains a promising investment for 2025. He argues that Ethereum's dominance in various blockchain use cases, from DeFi to stablecoins to tokenization, is a strong indication of its potential. Additionally, Ethereum's appeal to traditional finance institutions further supports its prospects. Although Ethereum has not had a strong start to 2025, with its price currently below its opening price, researchers like Bitwise predict that Ethereum could nearly double in price this year, with a projected value of $7,000.
Related News
XRP price preps for 'powerful move' above $2.90 as sentiment metrics signal optimism Lummis poised to lead newly created Senate digital assets subcommittee AI agents with trading capabilities: the next hot trend? Bitcoin mining in 2024 was a roller coaster ride Next Big AI Coins: What Smart Investors Are Buying Today Ripple Labs Moves 300 Million XRP, What’s Happening? Coinbase CLO Calls Out SEC's "Bullying" Tactics Against Crypto Crypto Whale Dumps $45.7 Million Worth of Solana (SOL), Sell-Off Signal? Sol Strategies is raising $20 million via debt financing from ParaFi Capital to expand Solana staking operations Ripple stablecoin exec outlines next steps for listing RLUSD on additional exchanges, including Coinbase Trump’s Bitcoin policy lashed in China, deepfake scammers busted: Asia Express Santiment highlights contrarian opportunities amid mixed market sentiment Ethereum (ETH) Flashing Sell-off Signal, $2,850 Next Target? Just One Wallet Owns Close to $10 Billion Worth of Dogecoin (DOGE) Crypto X buzzes over the approval of the Silk Road bitcoins dump: What do people say? Is the Fed’s rate-cutting cycle over? How Many Interest Rate Cuts Will the Fed Make This Year? Analyst Answered – “But Pay Attention to the Date…” Election swayed advisers, but crypto adoption has room to run Ethereum Gets Massive $12,000 Price Tag From Research Lead Ahead Of Major Upgrade When to Expect a Bitcoin Price Rebound? Chinese Analysts Compiled The AI Revolution Will Spawn Millions of New Tokens What is APY in crypto and how it can impact your portfolio Experienced Analyst Says He Targets $ 10 For XRP, $ 7,000 For Ethereum – Here Are His Opinions What’s Next for Bitcoin Price? Analytics Firm Presents Two Bullish, One Bearish Scenarios Polymarket users bet Biden more likely to pardon SBF than Ross Ulbricht BNB Price Stands 14% Away From All-Time High but Battles Resistance Bitcoin Heads to $90K as Crypto Selloff Gathers Steam Coinbase, Google, and ai16z members back new DAO to accelerate crypto and AI IOTA Invites Developers to Apply for $10M in Season 2 Grants Aptos integrates Chainlink for verifiable data Avalanche bleeds $1B in stablecoin market cap – What’s next for AVAX? Ethereum and Bitcoin enter a historically strong Q1 period, will markets get a boost this time? Krypton DAO (KRD) price soars 513% over the week: will it hold the gains? Stakely Implements Ethereum Validators’ Gas Limit Increase to 36 Million New Administration in the US Announces a New Critical Appointment for Cryptocurrencies – Here are the Opinions of the New Official JUST IN: Two Senior Fed Officials Make Critical Statements on Interest Rates CodeXChain and UniLend Unite to Transform On-Chain AI Markets And AI Agents in Web3 Fidelity's Timmer: Bitcoin 'Stole the Show' in 2024 Is the Bitcoin bull run ending? Analyst says metrics don’t point to a ‘market peak’ yet Shiba Inu Grapples With Heavy Bearish Forces: Will Support Levels Hold? Time to Buy Bitcoin? $1.02B BTC Outflow Raises Hopes of Price Rebound Bitcoin’s Trump trade dented by rising yields and strong US dollar Bitwise CIO Reveals What Will Happen If The US Sells Its Silk Road BTC US Crypto Policy to Inspire International Regulatory Change: IoTeX’s Aaron Basi Weighs In Exclusive: Tether whale Heka thinks MicroStrategy is expensive Nansen to integrate TON Blockchain for better analytics Shiba Inu (SHIB) on Brink of Being Oversold, Bollinger Bands Signal Prominent Analyst il Capo Speaks After the Recent Drop in Bitcoin: Is There Any Need to Worry? What to Expect in Altcoins? Ethereum price is slowly forming a rare pattern: is a surge coming? Cypherpunk Nick Szabo joins Samson Mow’s Jan3 as chief scientist FaTPay Partners with PoPP to Redefine Web3 User Rewards and Growth Loom Network (LOOM) closes the week with a 14% gain: can it maintain the momentum? BTC’s $100K Support Zone: What to Expect if the Sixth Range Breaks Down TrinityPad Collaborates with RWA Inc. to Reshape Real-World Asset Tokenization Is Solana Rally on the Horizon with US ETF Boost? Anticipated Cryptocurrency Project Finally Announces Altcoin Airdrop – Here Are The Details Sonic integrates Circle’s bridged USDC Bit Digital’s Crypto Holdings Increase to 742 BTC and 27,624 ETH The Graph Unveils New Development Geo Genesis: Details Raydium launches perpetual futures trading on Solana Bitcoin Miners Face Revenue Slump as BTC Stumbles Away from $100,000 Mark Hedera (HBAR) Relies on Bitcoin to Break Free From Month-Long Consolidation BREAKING: Coinbase Futures Announces It Will List 3 New Altcoins SOL ETFs unlikely to be approved in US ‘anytime soon’ First Bitcoin Holder Might Enter S&P 500, And It's Not MicroStrategy Grayscale adjusts large cap fund increasing Bitcoin and Ethereum allocations to 90% CleanSpark Achieves Milestone of 10,000 Bitcoins in Treasury Solana (SOL) Price Analysis for Today, 9 January 2025 0G Foundation raises $30M selling AI nodes Crypto Market Dip Creates Value Plays in SUI ENA, HYPE & SOL Pro-crypto advocate Bryan Steil named chair of Subcommittee on Digital Assets Bitcoin Meets AGI: Could AI’s Evolution Lead to Bitcoin Becoming Its Default Currency? Dogecoin (DOGE) Large Transactions Jump 41%, What Are Whales up To? Shiba Inu Price Crash: How Low Could SHIB Coin Drop in January? VIRTUAL Drops 35% from All-Time High, Hits Weekly Low 'Bitcoin Is the Right Move': Michael Saylor Unveils Core BTC Strategy Bitcoin and Dogecoin Correlation Spotlighted by Bloomberg Analyst The Future Of Home Bitcoin Mining Is Bright XRP Forms First Bearish Signal of 2025: Details Cardano leads the market decline – Why is ADA down today? Framework Ventures leads $2.5 million funding round for DePIN startup Starpower Ripple USD (RLUSD) Sees 300% Imbalance in Ethereum Over XRP Ledger Cardano price could rebound 60% despite notable selling activity Analyst Outlines What XRP Must Do to Avoid 74% Crash to $1 Binance Completes DAR Token Swap and Dar Network Rebrand XRP Price Prediction for January 9 Barcelona Partners Cardano to Revolutionize Fan Engagement Ethereum Layer 2s Surge Past 10M Active Addresses, Transaction Volume Hits 5.19x Mainnet Levels Whale Nets $8.42M Profit from $swarms Token Liquidation Unlucky Altcoin Whale Gets Liquidated for the Third Time! Lost $18.5 Million, Could Lose Another $51 Million in Bitcoin! Bitcoin (BTC) Price Prediction for January 9 US cleared to sell $6.5B in Bitcoin — Will it crash BTC price? Here’s How Many Days Left for Shiba Inu TREAT Token Launch Ethereum Rival Solana To Surge Much Higher in the Coming Weeks and Months, Says Trader – But There’s a Catch Here’s how much Bitcoin Joe Rogan owns 74.7% of Ethereum Holders in It for Long Term, Report Finds Kraken Offers Fee Credits for FTX Clients to Trade $50K in Crypto Financial advisors allocating crypto to clients doubles to 22% in 2024: survey Stocks and crypto are too perfect – Goldman Sachs warns of vulnerability and market correction Judge throws out Brit's attempt to recover £600 million in bitcoin from landfill: BBC Bio Protocol expands to Solana as its price crash continues Undead Apes rug pull reminds that magic internet money is totally real Bitcoin Price Loses $10K in 2 Days After Dropping Below $92K: Where Is the Bottom? Bio Protocol and NuDAO Partner to Revolutionize Decentralized Science (DeSci) Citigroup Analysts See ETH and SHIB as Key to Altseason Revival in 2025 FV Bank taps PayPal’s PYUSD for direct deposit and payments Crypto market wipes out $350 billion in two days Analyst Says Ethereum Will Explode to $7K if This Happens Lumia Partners With the Graph to Bring Data Indexing and Querying Capabilities 2025 Bitcoin Price Prediction: What if BTC Price breaks below $90K Support? How UK Market Woes Are Impacting Crypto in Europe The path to creating seamless cross-layer interactions | Opinion Will Bitcoin's Decline Continue? Analysis Company Says "Risk Continues", Announces Expected Level! 5 Factors That Make Crypto Bull Run Imminent in 2025 XRP Price Defends Major Bollinger Bands Level: Bullish? Why Ethereum is the Contrarian Play for 2025 According to Bitwise CIO 565 Trillion Shiba Inu (SHIB) Now Held by Only Five Whales Why These Altcoins Are Trending Today — January 9 Circle joins Ripple, Coinbase to support Trump’s inaugural committee Analyst sets Dogecoin price roadmap to 2025 and 2028, citing historical patterns New year, new position as former Mysten Labs' CLO Kevin Boon moves to president role Bitcoin vs. Altcoins: Lessons from a Squid Game Crypto Story Crypto industry blasts SEC Chair Gensler's continued 'arrogance' ADA Risks Dumping to $0.55 After Losing $1 Support: Cardano Price Analysis 3 reasons why Bitcoin price may surge to $123k in January Ripple's RLUSD Beats DAI in 24-Hour Trading Volume XRP Price Prediction, Right Time To Buy? Ethereum Price Analysis: How Much Will ETH Be Worth in 2025? When Will Bitcoin’s Price Decline End? Key Factors to Watch Cardano Founder Says Ripple Paid $5M to Have Dinner with Donald Trump Crypto under MiCA: What’s changing and what it means for investors and companies io.net and Alpha Network Join Forces to Advance Decentralized AI and Web3 Infrastructure One thing disruptor banks didn’t expect to be challenging: Compliance Verifiable AI firm Rena Labs raises $3.3 million in pre-seed funding Bitcoin will hit $1.5M by 2035, says analyst who called 2024 bounce ETH, DOGE, ATOM, APT, XTZ, and FTM Await Bullish Boost in 2025 MANTRA Blockchain to Tokenize $1B of Real-World Assets for UAE-Based Property Firm DAMAC Mantle Expands Ecosystem with USDe and mETH Integration on Compound Aave Joins Aptos Testnet, Its First Non-EVM Blockchain Ronin Network integrates Transak for fiat-to-crypto and NFT payments Fidelity sees Solana as a 'notable contender' but backs Ethereum's stronger fundamentals Nigeria's SEC Warns Crypto License Applicants: Meet Registration Requirements or Face Rejection Blockchain Engineer Alleges Attack Triggered Terra's $50 Billion Downfall Ripple President Highlights Key RLUSD Use Cases After Recent Interview UK Judge dismisses $770M Bitcoin landfill hard drive case Cardano (ADA) Price Prediction for This Week Did Bitcoin (BTC) Finally Reach Bottom? Here is Ripple Potential Valuation After IPO Bitcoin Price Analysis: Is BTC Doomed to Fall to $80K After 9% Correction? Cautious Markets: Binance Stablecoin Outflows and Bitcoin’s Growth Gemini Appoints New Leadership Team in Europe to Boost Expansion ? Types of Missions in Crypto News Farming Toncoin (TON) Skyrockets 94% in Whale Moves Amid $482 Million Market Sell-Off Market Fears of Potential Selling Pressure From Possible Silk Road Sale is Overblown: Van Straten CFTC Biden Administration Issues Subpoena to Coinbase in Polymarket Case XRP Price Volatility Getting Squeezed XDC Defies Market Trend, Surges 7% Amid Short Pressure What is Gwei and why it matters for Ethereum users Crypto Liquidations Hit $483 Million With ETH, SOL and XRP in Spotlight MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin debt loop: Stroke of genius or risky gamble? Ethereum Slumps As It Encounters Fierce Rejection At $3,746 LA wildfires threaten crypto companies in southern California VeChain CEO Unveils 2025 Roadmap: VeBetterDAO, Renaissance, and VeWorld Super App US Bitcoin Reserve in Q1 2025? Crypto Industry Lobbies Amid Selloff News Cardano’s ADA Slumps 8% as Traders Await Trump Catalyst for Bitcoin Gains Shiba Inu Holds Support at $0.000020: Will Bulls Reclaim Control? Bitcoin Exchange OKX Announces Listing of This Altcoin on Its Spot Trading Platform! Here Are the Details Binance prevents over $4b in losses in 2024 with enhanced security Crypto Lobbying Reaches Trump’s Table: Ripple’s $5M XRP Bet Binance CEO Reveals Jaw-Dropping Plan to Onboard One Billion Users OM targets $10: Analysts see major upside for MANTRA Chain Analyst Says "XRP Is Ready for a Big Rally", Reveals the Only Necessary Condition! Experts Explain Why DeFAI Will Be the Big Story of 2025 Standard Chartered wins license in Luxembourg to offer crypto custody services Bitcoin adds 154 new millionaires daily in 2024 XRP Price Prediction: Will XRP Crash to $0 in January 2025? XRP, ADA, and DOGE Are Top Picks to Watch in 2025 Doge Meme Appears in US Senate: ‘Doge Inevitable’; Dogecoin Founder Reacts Dogecoin Price Analysis: Expert Forecasts $2 Target For DOGE Bitcoin Exchange Binance Releases New Listing Announcement! Here Are The New Altcoin Trading Pairs Eliza Labs And IoTeX Unite To Pioneer Sentient AI With DePIN Integration Mastercard brings p2p aliases for crypto transfers in UAE, Kazakhstan: report Watch Out for Donald Trump's First Day in Office! "He Could Take a Big Step for Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies!" Solana poised for gains fueled by US ETF and retail adoption — Analyst Introducing Season 2 of IOTA Grants XRP Price Stagnates Despite $3 Billion Whale Accumulation Market Analyst Says Ethereum Will Disappoint in This Cycle; Here’s His Maximum ETH Target Expert Reveals Key Shiba Inu Long Entry Zone, Targets Massive Rebound to $0.00004170 Analyst Says XRP Looks Very Strong, Cites Chart Pattern to Send to $9 Can Xrp Maintain Its Rally and Reclaim Its All-Time High? Dogecoin Holds Key Support at $0.33: Will Bulls Push Prices to $0.40? AXL in trouble? on-chain metrics point to potential losses Bitcoin Headed Lower Amid ‘Concerning’ Chart Signals, According to Crypto Analyst – Here Are His Targets Average Dogecoin Trader Returns in the Red Amid Market Struggles Ripple Pushes Back Against SEC Appeal Drama as XRP Tests $2.40 EON Chain and Zenqira Unite to Reshape the AI Ecosystems and Decentralized Blockchain BTC Slips to $93,000 Following Fed’s Concerns Over Trump Policies Donald Trump Inauguration: Can We Expect Crypto-Friendly Executive Orders on Jan 20th? This is Not the Time to Short or Sell Your Dogecoin: Expert Analyst Binance Announces Both Listing and Delisting! Here Are the Four Altcoins Affected! German Banking Leader DZ BANK Adopts Ripple for Digital Asset Custody Cardano Founder Reveals What’s Next for Hydra After Doom Coinbase informs users of CFTC subpoena involving Polymarket SPX6900 Falls 19% Post-ATH: What's Next for SPX Traders? Crypto scams and hacks surpass $3b in 2024, up 15% from 2023 Ethereum’s Push to $3,700 Price Level Meets Market Uncertainty Ethereum Price Prediction: Ideal Target Revealed SHIB Burns Plummet 72%, Here's Immediate Price Response Big Whale Panics: He Sold His Large Purchase of Altcoins Three Minutes Later, Losing Almost All of His Money Thai authorities unplug Bitcoin mine that stole millions of baht in electricity Pundit Suggests $50 XRP Price Might Not Be Enough for Mass Adoption, But There’s a Catch GraFun Labs Announces Alpha Launch in Partnership with Industry Giants Polkadot-based Phala Network launches Ethereum Layer 2 rollup 4 AI Agent Projects Backed by Binance Labs Yet to Launch Tokens Vitalik Buterin to Provide More Support to Ethereum, Here's How These Altcoins Bleed Out as Bitcoin (BTC) Slips Below $93K (Market Watch) IMF urges Kenya to align crypto laws with global standards Can XLM Price’s $1 Target Sustain Amid Bearish Momentum? Heatmap Analysis Reveals BTC’s Critical Price Levels El Salvador President Nayib Bukele Hints at Buying More Bitcoin As US DOJ Approves Sell IOTA Celebrates TLIP Milestone in Kenya, Global Expansion in Sight AAVE Crypto Consolidates as Breakout Looms: Recovery Possible Soon? ENA price outlook: Ethena forms a risky pattern as market cap dips below $3B $ENS Hits $50.1M: Top Revenue-Generating dApps of the Month Hong Kong launches initiative to help banks with DLT adoption XRP May Surge 40% as ‘Trump Effect’ Boosts Ripple Sentiment Crypto liquidations surpass $520 million in past day amid increased market volatility TRON + AI: Decentralized Data and Smarter Blockchains 3 Reasons Why XRP Price Set for Comeback Amid DOJ’s $6.5B BTC Sale China and US Tighten Payment Grip on Europe—Can the Digital Euro Stop Them? BNB Price Rebound Possible: Can It Climb Back to $720? Bitcoin ETFs Suffer $582M Net Outflow, Second-Highest Tally Ever Redefining Innovation: The Role of Non-Linear Thinking in Blockchain’s Evolution Binance’s 2024 Year-End Report Reveals $100 Trillion Milestone $ENS Hits $50.1M: Top Revenue-Generating dApps of the Month Bitcoin As The New S&P 500 Of Our Time? This CEO Thinks So Is Grok getting the so-called “Unhinged” AI feature soon? Raredex offers rare earth metal exposure for investors on Arbitrum Ripple’s RLUSD Stablecoin Nears Wider Exchange Rollout Crypto Slides, but SUI, LINK, TAO, ADA And TIA Might Be Deals to Watch Elon Musk Warns His Plans For Dollar Could Slow Bitcoin’s Price Growth: Here’s Why Mark Cuban chooses Bitcoin over Gold as economic hedge US entities dominate bitcoin holdings, 65% above offshore peers: CryptoQuant Expert Predicts How Much It Will Cost to Buy 10,000 XRP in 2025 Ethereum Price Crashes – Is $3,000 A Good Buy Zone? XRP Price vs. BTC Pressure: Can It Hold Its Ground? DOGE ’extremely quiet’ social chatter could be an opportunity: Analyst Can Aptos Crypto Price Hit $20 As On-Chain Activity Picks Up After Dip? XRP Price Prediction For January 9 Crypto Market Today Jan 9: Bitcoin Dips Below $95K, RUNE and INJ Drop 11% US moves to tighten AI Chip exports in final push before Biden leaves office Donald Trump Top 6 Picks for CFTC Chair After Rostin Behnam Ethereum Price at Risk: Could $3K Be Tested Soon? Ethereum Name Service price prediction 2025-2031: Is ENS a good investment? Bitcoin’s Technical Challenges Highlight Volatility Solana Must Reclaim Momentum In The Coming Weeks – SOL/BTC Ratio At A Pivotal Point Celestia (TIA) Faces Potential 9% Decline Amid Growing Bearish Pressure DOJ authorized to sell $6.5B in seized Silk Road Bitcoin FMCPAY Combines its Efforts with RUNERA to Reinvent Gaming and AI on Bitcoin’s Layer 2 FTX says Backpack acquisition of EU arm has not been approved by court Bitcoin Price Faces Mounting Pressure: Bears Take the Lead Bitcoin USD Eyes $127K: V-Shape Recovery Possible Soon? Bitcoin whales have scooped up 34K BTC since December dump: Analyst Grayscale Updates Fund Composition; Adds SUI, CRV, LPT CFTC Chair Candidates Interviewed as Donald Trump Eyes Crypto-Friendly Policies HeLa Space Revolutionizes On-Chain Asset Management in Partnership with Aspis Protocol XRP Flashing Bullish Signal That Previously Triggered 470% Upside Burst, According to Analyst Ali Martinez Ethena (ENA) Price Falls 18% as Death Cross Points to More Losses Boring? Binance Founder Downplays Bitcoin $100K Milestone With A Bold Remark Binance Leads Blockchain Revolution as 2024 Milestone Year for Crypto and Finance Trump-backed NFT collection debuts on Bitcoin’s ordinals protocol Is Bitcoin price going to crash again? Gensler highlights the need for further progress on crypto regulation by SEC Bitstamp lists Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin Fed minutes show officials against rate cuts, cautious of Trump FTX Breaks Silence On Backpack’s Alleged Acquisition Of The Defunct Exchange Neo announces Escape the Matrix AI agent challenge, $30k prize pool available AI memes, agent tokens and the Pump.fun ecosystem posted the largest 30-day gains Bitcoin To Blast Off? Trump’s Fury Over Interest Rates Signals Big Move Oklahoma proposes legislation to allow state workers and vendors to be paid in Bitcoin Bitcoin Whales Are Accumulating Again, Is Price Rebound Ahead? Crypto Gains Highlight Emerging Tokens with $COAI Leading Gary Gensler Maintains Crypt Hostility As He Prepares for SEC Exit XRP Price Eyes Bullish Flag Breakout That Could Put 50% Gains On The Board Solana Pushes Validators to Test Early 'Firedancer' Upgrade Open interest in Bitcoin futures contracts on CME is now at a record 51,000 Bitcoin's (BTC) Goodbye to $100,000, Shiba Inu (SHIB) Approaches Last Support, XRP Stronger Than Everyone Else Hedera (HBAR) Sheds Its Recent Gains, Risks Further 18% Correction Here’s what the Pectra upgrade and Trump pump could mean for Ether holders this year L2scan Joins Forces with AltLayer for Seamless Blockchain Exploration Kraken, a16z execs in the running for CFTC chair role