Ether Price Could Quadruple to $8,000 by 2026 Due to Upgrades, Growing Use Cases: Analyst

Ether could hit $8,000 by end-2026, Standard Chartered analyst wrote, a 400% jump from today's price.

Improving Ethereum architecture like "danksharding" will lower costs and boost efficiency.

Gaming, NFTs, and asset tokenization to drive demand for ether.

Bitcoin's halving, regulatory developments, end of bond sell-off to benefit ether.

Longer-term valuation estimate of $26,000-$35,000 based on future use cases.