Standard Chartered Lifts ETH Price Target to $7,500 for 2025 on Institutional Surge, ETF Boom, and Stablecoin Legislation

Standard Chartered has sharply raised its Ethereum (ETH) price forecast for 2025 to $7,500—an 87% jump from its earlier $4,000 estimate—driven by surging institutional demand, record-breaking ETF inflows, and new U.S. legislation set to supercharge stablecoin adoption.

According to the bank, treasury companies and ETFs have accumulated 3.8% of Ethereum’s total circulating supply since early June 2025—nearly double the fastest pace of institutional Bitcoin buying during the 2024 U.S. election cycle.

In the past month alone, Ether spot ETFs hit a record $1.02 billion in daily net inflows, led by heavyweight asset managers like BlackRock and Fidelity.

This marks a clear shift in institutional portfolios toward Ethereum as a core long-term holding.

A key catalyst for this bullish revision is the recent passage of the GENIUS Act in the U.S., which provides long-awaited regulatory clarity for stablecoins—opening the door to mainstream adoption.

Following the legislation, Standard Chartered observed a surge in stablecoin usage, now accounting for 40% of all blockchain transaction fees.

Of this, half are issued on Ethereum, reinforcing the network’s central role in the stablecoin economy.

The bank projects the stablecoin sector’s market capitalization to hit $2 trillion by 2028, fueling both direct demand for ETH (via transaction fees) and indirect demand through DeFi growth, where Ethereum already commands 65% of total value locked.

Ethereum's Long-Term Price Outlook Remains Optimistic

Standard Chartered also pointed to major technical advancements in Ethereum’s roadmap, including co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s plan to boost layer-1 throughput by 10x.

This would allow more high-value transactions to settle directly on-chain while routing smaller transfers to layer-2 networks like Arbitrum and Base.

These upgrades are expected to further cement Ethereum’s position as the backbone of on-chain financial infrastructure, underpinning sustained price growth.

Alongside its $7,500 target for 2025, the bank issued long-term projections of $12,000 in 2026, $18,000 in 2027, and $25,000 by 2028—reflecting confidence in regulatory stability and Ethereum’s deepening integration into global finance.

However, with ETH prices nearing their all-time high, profit-taking has intensified. Whale investors such as the “7 Siblings” collective recently sold over $88 million worth of ETH, while the Ethereum Foundation offloaded 2,795 ETH (over $12 million).

These moves suggest some caution in the market as ETH approaches key resistance levels.