Institutional prediction around Ethereum price is quietly building even as Arthur Hayes fires bearish salvos at its long-term market position. Bitcoin, meanwhile, drops under $78,000, pressing resistance that has capped every rally since November. Hayes, BitMEX founder and one of crypto’s most-watched macro voices, argued this week that AI-focused tokens like Render and Fetch could displace Ethereum from the top three by 2030, citing AI crypto’s 250% gain in H1 2024 against ETH’s comparatively modest 40%.
ARTHUR HAYES PREDICTS ETHEREUM COULD FALL OUT OF TOP 3 CRYPTOS BY 2030 AS AI TOKENS RISE pic.twitter.com/xBqo7TwBFw— Crypto Town Hall (@Crypto_TownHall) April 24, 2026
He explicitly ruled out Solana as the flipper. The comments ricocheted across Crypto X within hours. But Hayes simultaneously holds a $10,000–$20,000 ETH price target by the next U.S. presidential election. Bearish on rank, bullish on price.
With all the respect for Arthur, this seems to be a pretty weird prediction, as Ethereum is already the biggest platform for agentic AI, so why wouldn’t it benefit even more from AI in the future?— BigNobody (@_BigNobody) April 24, 2026
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