Bitcoin and Ethereum staged a surprising weekend rally, with Ether climbing past $4,000 for the first time in eight months and Bitcoin recovering after a drop below $113,000 the previous week — a rebound that pulled much of the crypto market higher. The swing back to bullish sentiment has brought renewed investor optimism and fresh price forecasts for both flagship tokens.
Ex-Wall Street trader Vivek Raman has reignited hopes by laying out bullish near-term targets. Using the strong ETH/BTC move as his basis, Raman responded to analyst Pentoshi’s call that the ETH-BTC pair could extend to 0.055 after clearing 0.036. Raman argues that a move to 0.055 would imply an Ether price near $8,250, placing ETH’s market cap around $1 trillion, and makes a near-term ETH $8,000 outcome more likely.
Raman pairs that Ethereum outlook with a bullish Bitcoin prediction, projecting BTC could reach $150,000 in the near term. He also points to the potential for capital rotation: as ETH treasury vehicles gain traction, investors may shift allocations from Bitcoin treasuries into Ethereum exposure, potentially triggering a Wall Street-style run on ETH.
On a longer time horizon, Raman sees even larger targets: Bitcoin as high as $250,000 and Ethereum reaching $25,000 — a scenario that would put ETH near a $3 trillion market cap and push Bitcoin toward a roughly $10 trillion market cap.
Raman is not alone in issuing sizable long-term bullish calls. Another analyst, Fapital, projects by 2032 Bitcoin could reach as high as $889,969 while Ethereum might hit $28,000. While the timeframes differ, both pundits share the expectation that Ethereum will eventually clear the $20,000 mark.
The recent momentum follows other macro signs of adoption and institutional interest — and even jurisdictional moves such as El Salvador’s steps toward Bitcoin banking — but the market’s rapid swings underline continuing volatility. Traders and investors remain split between excitement over possible new all-time highs and caution about how quickly sentiment can reverse.
For now, the weekend rally has reopened discussions about how high BTC and ETH can climb, with analysts pointing to both near-term catalysts and multi-year narratives that could reshape market caps if momentum holds.
