Crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) investors remained defensive on Wednesday, 
May 27, with bitcoin and ether funds extending their losing streaks. HYPE and 
Solana products drew modest fresh capital, but the broader tone stayed firmly 
negative. Bitcoin ETFs Extend Losing Streak to Eight Days as Blackrock Loses 
$528M The selling pressure in crypto ETFs is no […]

Crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) investors remained defensive on Wednesday, May 27, with bitcoin and ether funds extending their losing streaks. HYPE and Solana products drew modest fresh capital, but the broader tone stayed firmly negative. Bitcoin ETFs Extend Losing Streak to Eight Days as Blackrock Loses $528M The selling pressure in crypto ETFs is no &#8230;

Blackrock Leads $733M Bitcoin ETF Selloff as HYPE Funds Keep Drawing Inflows

Ethereum (ETH) has followed Bitcoin (BTC) and much of the wider crypto market 
lower over the past 48 hours, dropping below the key $2,000 support level and 
reigniting concerns among some investors that a longer bear phase could be 
underway. Even with the recent slide, Standard Chartered’s Digital Assets 
Research Head, Geoff Kendrick, says the bank is not backing away from its 
bullish long-term outlook for Ethereum. Ethereum Price Will Catch Up In a note 
to investors on Thursday, Kendrick reaffirmed Standard Chartered’s core 
projection for Ethereum’s performance over the next four years, including its 
end-2030 target of $40,000 for ETH. He linked the current weakness to 
something investors may eventually look back on as a confusing, even 
misleading, signal. Rather than treating the price drop as proof that the 
network is weakening, Kendrick argued that Ethereum’s usage metrics are 
continuing to improve even as the token’s market value loses ground. Related 
Reading: Hyperliquid (HYPE) In The Spotlight: Grayscale’s Latest Report Says 
What Comes Next To illustrate the gap between price action and underlying 
progress, Kendrick drew a comparison to Amazon during the 2001 dot-com bust. 
His argument echoes a line often attributed to Jeff Bezos: that while a 
company’s stock can go the wrong way, “everything inside the company” can 
still be moving in the right direction. Kendrick specifically said that 
Ethereum will “catch up” to those improving internal metrics and suggested 
that investors are effectively watching a delay between operational strength 
and market pricing. ETH Upside Signals Standard Chartered’s view leans heavily 
on measurable indicators that Kendrick says support Ethereum’s position in key 
parts of the crypto economy. One of the bank’s central points is Ethereum’s 
role in stablecoins. Kendrick noted that 54% of all stablecoins are currently 
issued on the network. He also said stablecoins make up around one-third of 
all Ethereum transactions in 2026 year-to-date. Based on that momentum, 
Standard Chartered projects the stablecoin market cap could increase sixfold 
from current levels by the end of 2028. Related Reading: Perfect Crypto Week 
In Texas: 6 Candidates Backed, 0 Misses—What To Track Next A second major 
pillar of the bullish case is Ethereum’s position in tokenized real-world 
assets (RWAs). Kendrick said Ethereum hosts around 62% of RWAs and about 68% 
of active on-chain loans. He projected that the non-stablecoin RWA sector 
could grow about 50 times to reach $2 trillion by the end of 2028. For 
Standard Chartered, tokenized RWAs are likely to expand in a way that brings 
Ethereum a significant share of the activity. Kendrick’s projections suggest 
Ethereum could still capture roughly half to two-thirds of both tokenized 
assets and the related category of growth, with Ethereum hosting an estimated 
50% to 65% of those segments. Kendrick’s analysis keeps the forecast 
unchanged: ETH at $4,000 by the end of 2026 and then $40,000 by the end of 
2030. In the same reaffirmation, Standard Chartered lays out an extended path 
through the intervening years, projecting $10,000 by end-2027, $18,000 by 
end-2028, and ultimately $40,000 by end-2030. At the time of writing, ETH was 
trading at $1,991, having retraced by 5% in the weekly timeframe. This means 
that the altcoin is now trading 59% below its all-time high of $4,964, reached 
last year. Featured image created with OpenArt; chart from TradingView.com

Ethereum (ETH) has followed Bitcoin (BTC) and much of the wider crypto market lower over the past 48 hours, dropping below the key $2,000 support level and reigniting concerns among some investors that a longer bear phase could be underway. Even with the recent slide, Standard Chartered’s Digital Assets Research Head, Geoff Kendrick, says the &#8230;

Ethereum (ETH) Drops Below $2,000—Why Standard Chartered Still Expects $40,000 By 2030

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