Will 2025 Be the Year Ethereum Finally Takes Off?

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Markus Thielen
December 30, 2024

👇1-15) While we appreciate Ethereum's occasional rallies and crashes, as volatility creates opportunities, 2024 has raised serious questions about Ethereum's value proposition. Competing chains and protocols have increasingly outperformed Ethereum, challenging its dominance. Remember the term "ETH flippening BTC" that gained traction during the 2020/2021 bull market?

👇2-15) Additionally, concerns have emerged about the commitment and focus of Ethereum's leadership in advancing its mission to provide a decentralized platform for building and deploying smart contracts and decentralized applications (dApps), which aims to foster innovation and economic freedom.

👇3-15) The three major Ethereum catalysts of 2024 have largely fallen flat, adding little value overall. The Dencun upgrade in March arrived six months too late, missing the peak of the meme coin craze, which had already shifted to the more cost-effective Solana alternative.

Bitcoin (LHS) vs. Ethereum (RHS)

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