Ethereum, revaluation to $15,000 begins with Wall Street capital inflow..."Pushes out Bitcoin"

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Ethereum (ETH) has emerged as a core infrastructure of the global financial system, moving beyond a mere virtual asset, and has entered a full-fledged phase of value revaluation.

According to cryptocurrency media outlet Bitcoinist on April 21 (local time), Ethereum's status in the market is rapidly elevating due to concentrated interest from institutional investors. Vivek Raman, CEO of virtual asset solution company Etherealize, recently testified before the U.S. Congress, defining Ethereum as a core infrastructure of the 21st-century capital market. He emphasized that Wall Street financial experts and technical personnel are combining to build new Ethereum-based financial standards.

Global financial institutions such as BlackRock and UBS have already entered the Ethereum ecosystem and are developing actual businesses. Raman pointed out that the existing financial system remains in an inefficient structure and explained that the real-time verification and instant settlement features of public blockchains can replace it. He further predicted that Ethereum-based financial innovation would spread even faster if the U.S. CLARITY Act (Cryptocurrency Market Structure Legislation) is passed.

Danny Ryan, President of Etherealize, analyzed that institutional investors are demanding reliable financial infrastructure, not just a simple trading platform. He cited Ethereum's record of operating without a single outage and its structure free from counterparty risk as key competitive advantages. He also explained that issues regarding transaction privacy are being resolved with zero-knowledge proof-based technology.

Recently, Ethereum recorded an institutional capital inflow of approximately $196.5 million, demonstrating increased demand. Raman predicted that Ethereum's market capitalization, currently in the hundreds of billions of dollars, could be revalued to trillions of dollars in the long term. Accordingly, a forecast was presented that the price could reach $15,000 between late 2026 and 2027.

The expansion of the stablecoin and real-world asset tokenization markets are also cited as factors supporting Ethereum's value increase. Ethereum is expanding its role beyond a simple means of payment to a productive store of value.

The decentralized network structure, with over a million validators participating, also provides high reliability to institutional investors. With improving regulatory environments and technological advancements, Ethereum is establishing itself as the central axis of digital financial infrastructure. The upward momentum due to increased capital inflow is likely to continue for some time.

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