Ethereum Fundamental Analysis on October 18, 2025: Upside Potential Amid Short-Term Hurdles
This analysis explores Ethereum's fundamentals on October 18, 2025. At around $3,950 with an 8% drop over the past 24 hours, the market grapples with ETF outflows, waning on-chain demand, and economic cues like Lagarde's speech and German PPI data. Still, 36.8 million ETH staked (30.4% of supply), $240 billion DeFi TVL, and 90% gas fee cuts post-EIP-4844 point to long-term growth. ETH could reach $5,000-$6,000 by year-end.