What is the true quantifier of Success for Ethereum?
2014: Ethereum holds its crowdsale at about $0.31 per ETH.
2015: Ethereum mainnet launches on July 30. ETH starts trading near $2 to $3.
2016: The DAO hack hits in June while ETH trades around $20.
2016: Ethereum hard forks in July. ETH trades near $12.
2017: ETH starts the year near $8 and ends the year above $700.
2018: ETH reaches about $1,400 in January, then falls below $100 by December.
2020: DeFi summer begins. ETH moves from around $130 in January to above $700 by year-end.
2021: NFTs, DeFi and EIP-1559 push ETH into the spotlight. ETH reaches an all-time high near $3,578 in November.
2022: The Merge arrives on September 15. ETH trades around $1,600 that week.
2023: Shanghai/Capella unlocks staking withdrawals in April. ETH trades near $1,900.
2024: U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs get approved in May. ETH trades around $3,700 to $3,900.
2024: Spot Ethereum ETFs begin trading in July. ETH trades around $3,400 to $3,500.
2025: Everyone argues whether Ethereum is undervalued, overbuilt or waiting for its next narrative. Price goes over $4,400.
2026: Maybe this is the year. Price drops to $1,733.
What's next? Maybe It wasn't about the price after all?