Ethereum Predictions 2025: Anthony Sassano Envisions $15K ETH, TradFi Adoption, and More

Independent Ethereum educator, angel investor, advisor, and founder of The Daily Gwei, Anthony Sassano, shared his 2025 Ethereum predictions via X, outlining a series of significant milestones and advancements he expects to unfold this year.

Institutions to flock to ETH; BlackRock to launch layer 2 tokenized RWA platform on Ethereum

In his predictions, Sassano anticipates that Ether (ETH) will reach a price of $15,000 by the end of 2025. He expects substantial growth in institutional investment, with ETH Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) seeing net inflows exceeding $50 billion throughout the year. Additionally, he expects that staked ETH ETFs will be filed for and receive approval from the Trump administration, which will significantly increase demand.

Further expanding his Ethereum predictions, Sassano envisions an increase in major Traditional Finance (TradFi) companies and institutions building on it. “More major TradFi companies/institutions start to build on Ethereum,” he predicts, adding, “BlackRock (and partners) launch a layer 2 tokenized RWA platform on Ethereum.”

Multiple nation-states to reveal ETH holdings; Pectra to roll out in March or April 2025

Government adoption features prominently in Sassano’s Ethereum predictions, as he anticipates that multiple nation-states will reveal holdings of ETH as part of their treasury assets. “Multiple nation states reveal that they hold ETH as a treasury asset,” Sassano states.

On the technical front, he predicts the rollout of the Pectra upgrade in March or April 2025, “with more blobs and then soon after, blobs will be saturated again.” This will be followed by the Fusaka upgrade in 2026, which he believes will be the “biggest Ethereum upgrade ever.” He also expects the mainnet gas limit to increase to at least 50 million by the end of the year, facilitating greater transaction throughput and scalability.

High-performance L2s like MegaETH and Rise to outpace L1 networks in efficiency, adoption

Sassano’s Ethereum predictions also include significant advancements in Layer 2 (L2) solutions. He anticipates that high-performance L2s like MegaETH and Rise will launch, outpacing existing high-performance Layer 1 (L1) networks in efficiency and adoption. Furthermore, he expects Arbitrum One to become the first major rollup to reach stage 2 decentralization, with many other rollups achieving stage 1 decentralization.

In addition to these developments, Sassano predicts that Base will spin out from Coinbase and announce token and decentralization plans. He also foresees that a based rollup will enter the top five as measured by Total Value Locked (TVL), and a major optimistic rollup will transition into a zk rollup.

AI agents to remain the dominant meta throughout 2025

Infrastructure advancements remain a critical component of Sassano’s Ethereum predictions. He expects the total ETH bridged into L2s to exceed 10 million, enhancing the network’s scalability and efficiency. Moreover, Sassano projects that AI agents will remain the dominant meta throughout 2025.

Concluding his Ethereum predictions, Sassano expressed strong confidence in ETH’s future. “Ethereum will turn 10 years old in 2025 and I’m very confident that this year will be Ethereum’s most bullish year yet! Ethereum is the world computer; ETH is money,” he declared.

At press time, ETH trades at $3,415.