Raul Pal predicts that Ethereum will outweigh Bitcoin, with Solana and Sui next in line.
The institutional influx drives ETH to nearly $5,000 as staking tops are $400 billion.
Analysts believe ETH could turn BTC upside down as adoption accelerates.
Ethereum is now a favorite in the crypto world. And predictions are getting more and more interesting by that day.
Real Vision CEO Raoul Pal shared his outlook on X. “My general paper for the whole cycle is that ETH is better than BTC. Sol outperforms ETH and SUI is better than SOL because everything is on the network adoption curve.”
His comments show that Ethereum touched on Sunday’s new all-time high of $4,946, reaching the $5,000 mark, while Bitcoin struggles throughout another day in red.
Ethereum wins position in Bitcoin
Institutional money is poured into Ethereum. By mid-2025, $40 billion worth of ETH had been piled up, and BlackRock’s Etha ETF had seen a $9.4 billion inflow, far surpassing Bitcoin’s $548 million.
Companies are also jumping in. Bitmine bets 152 million ETH ($6.6 billion) and Sharplink Gaming adds 740,760 ETH ($3.2 billion). Almost 30% of ETH’s supply is locked, reducing liquidity and driving demand.
High-tech upgrades upgrade the edge of fuel Ethereum
There’s a lot to do with Ethereum. Dencun Upgrade The two tier fees increased 95%, supplying electricity to 30 million transactions a day. New upgrade, Pektra and angerpushed network capacity to over 100,000 transactions per second, beyond the peak range of MasterCard.
Zksync and Arbitrum lock up a total value of $12 billion and hold transactions for less than $1, making Ethereum more fast, cheaper and more attractive for both users and institutions.
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Wall Street will change to ETH
The SEC’s 2025 utility token classification gave Ethereum a regulatory boost, causing nearly $8 billion in ETF inflows while Bitcoin was watching the leak. Deutsche Bank’s project Dama 2, built on the basis of ZKSYNC, highlights that traditional finance is currently using Ethereum rails.
There’s also a wave of tokenization here. Real estate, art and infrastructure are already hosted in Ethereum and have become key players in real-world asset recruitment.
Mixed Solana and Sui
Ethereum may be the headline, but Solana and Sui are fighting for caution. Solana, which exceeds $200, has surpassed ETH in recent days. PAL also defended SUI after criticism, saying its wallet, stubcoin and developer activity is “exploding.”
But not everyone is sure Solana can turn Ethereum over. When one code promoter laughs with x: “They all hope that Bonkfan was the first to come.”
I remember 2023/2024 when some Deadbeats in X claimed that Solana was full of builders and that it kept flipping through the build and $eth.
Since then, until now. Pump fun is the best and worst thing to come out of it.
Deeply they all hope Bonkfun was the first to come. https://t.co/obiv4puh0l
– 8th_wonder (@tradewiththanos) August 24, 2025
The road ahead
Top analysts share PAL’s view that Ethereum can challenge Bitcoin. FundStrat’s Tom Lee looks at a 50% chance of repeating BTC’s market capitalization.
Tomley says there is a 50% chance that the $eth network value will flip $btc. pic.twitter.com/9lnrjojber
– Milk Road (@milkroaddaily) August 24, 2025
For now, Ethereum is leading the institutional race, and Solana makes that claim, and SUI is trying to take it seriously. The real story is whether the cryptography hierarchy is about to change, as our peers predict.
