Ethereum Soars: Experts Warn of “10 Million ETH Reserve Mania” by 2026 😳

The gray-suited “industry experts,” everyday men of small appetites but insatiable greed, gathered in their clean, quiet offices to prophesy: the Strategic Ethereum Reserve (SER), a thing as mysterious as a financier’s heart, would gather more than 10 million ETH by May 2026.

This, to them, is a grand achievement—a leap of approximately 1,166.3% from today’s cold collection. These wealthy augurs see this as proof of Ethereum’s growing stature, as if every new coin is a coffin-nail for doubt itself. Confidence in Ethereum swells like a banker’s stomach after lunch.

Reserves Amass—But Who Benefits?

Inside the digital ledgers of the SER website (a mausoleum for numbers), only 789,705 ETH rest for now, parceled out between 23 well-fed entities—governments, institutions, and other mysterious beasts. Oh, what unity! What a spectacle of hoarding: together, weaving their fortunes with the precision of old spiders waiting for fatter flies.

If one seeks the lead vampire, look to the Ethereum Foundation, lording over 265,343 ETH. Coinbase squats nearby with its 137,334 ETH. Add in Golem Foundation (100,765 ETH sucked dry), Gnosis DAO (66,587 ETH wrung from the hapless), and the US Government, clutching 59,965 ETH like it’s another crate of gold from Fort Knox. Their treasure-pile teeters at $2.1 billion—enough to make even Scrooge McDuck blush in his money bin.

Behold Anthony Sassano, the soothsayer of The Daily Gwei, strutting onto the stage of X, waving his predictions like a flag in a blizzard. He bellows:

“Today, it’s under 1 million ETH in the reserve. In a year’s time, I bet it’s firmly over 10 million ETH in the reserve. The gold rush for ETH is going to be absolutely insane.”

Another nameless analyst, lost in the machinery of finance, mutters the SER is a “black hole for ETH”—an ever-hungry mouth. Protocols, DAOs, treasuries, and Layer 2s, all clutching for more… More! MORE! As if their very existence depends on who can hoard the most digital trinkets. Parabola here, mania there, and somewhere in between, a stifled scream from a hardware wallet.

“This is how a monetary asset goes parabolic slowly, then all at once,” the analyst coughs up, gnawing the end of a pencil and praying the numbers are kind.

Meanwhile, Shingen, whose faith in Ethereum is matched only by his capacity for essays, peers into the abyss and finds opportunity for narrative. The essay, he claims, is soaked with emotion—and why not? What is money if not an emotion bottled and sold at fluctuating rates?

“It’s just the beginning, the amount is small, and it’s just a definition of what was originally an individual movement, but when you read this article, it’s written in a very emotional way, and when you think about it, it’s quite important in terms of creating a narrative. It’s also good that it’s not centered around listed companies,” Shingen wrote, perhaps between sips of tepid coffee.

The essay’s author, somewhere between a dreamer and an accountant, says the SER fortress will keep Ethereum secure—each new coin locked away driving up attackers’ costs and stabilizing ETH as if the mere sight of all those zeroes would frighten off volatility. The dream? More DAOs holding ETH for decades, investing not in hope but in spreadsheets. The great decentralization marches on, step by lonely step.

But beware the dogs under the table! Speak too loudly of centralization and market instability, and you might find yourself in the cold wind of regulatory scrutiny. The author prays for “transparency and improved governance” — a phrase beloved by those with much to lose and little to say. 🤷‍♂️

Meanwhile, somewhere outside these sumptuously polished offices, ETH rallies again. On May 13, the coin jolted past $2,700, as if winking at fate and then ducking back under. Hope flares, tweets fly. The world goes on.

“ETH’s value appreciated 43.1% over the past week,” croons the BeInCrypto choir, forever cheerful, even as the numbers twist and shriek. Now trading at $2,636—a neat 7.3% hop upwards. Buy a chair to sit down, comrades, you might be dizzy soon. 🚀

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2025-05-14 13:35