A Huge $20K Bull Market Coming for Ethereum, but $1,500 Could Come First: Analysts

The long-term outlook for Ethereum remains bullish, but the short-term pain may come first, according to analysts.

Cryptocurrency investor “DeFi Dad” said Tuesday that once Ethereum prices reach $5,000, they will rise, mirroring the price action Bitcoin has seen in nearly a decade.

The last cycle “was very stalled for ETH, despite everything that was built on Ethereum.” He saidciting major institutional participation, stablecoins and ETFs.

“Obviously the fundamentals needed time to catch up with the price, and we overcorrected as we normally do in cryptocurrencies.”

ETH to $20k or $1500?

He predicted the value of ETH would rise tenfold to around $20,000 in the next bull market by reversing Bitcoin’s 2017 fractal patterns, with massive gains in 2027 to 2028 following the current bear market.

DeFi Dad took 12 months of fractals from BTC’s price action in 2017 when it rose from $2,000 to $20,000 to plot what a 12-month price action might look like for Ethereum after the market bottoms.

However, the market bottom is still looming, and analyst ChainMind predicts that Ethereum will return to the $1,500 level if it loses current support.

Will ETH be aggressively delisted soon?

This is the defining moment for ETH:

Hold = We go up
Break = unloading to ~$1500 levels

It means that the next daily close will determine the next major movement for ETH.

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This would act as a “trendline reset,” taking prices back to October 2023 and April 2025 levels when Ethereum price collapsed to long-term support at $1,500.

“This is the defining moment for ETH,” analysts said.

Analyst Alex Marzel noted that support above $2,050 remains holding, however anticipation Rollback to February levels if broken.

“If ETH loses this area convincingly, a move towards the $1,800 support area could accelerate quickly.”

Ethereum FUD is currently reaching peak levels yet Exodus From the Ethereum Foundation and long-term supporters of the network, such as David Hoffman of Bankless, who gave in and sold all of his ETH.

ETH price forecast

Spot prices react to Negative emotionstraded lower during the day as ETH failed to hold above $2,100.

The asset fell to an intraday low of $2,060 during the Wednesday morning trading session, losing nearly 10% over the past two weeks.

The pair has been holding for four months but appears to be heading towards the lower end of the channel, below the $2,000 psychological level.