Tom Lee Says Ethereum Firms Are ‘Elite Of Wall Street’ — Is $9000 Price

Key Takeaways

• Tom Lee says Ethereum is attracting the “venerable and elite of Wall Street,” but will it help his bullish price prediction?
• Amundi deployed on public Ethereum without consultation, joining BlackRock and Franklin Templeton in choosing the network.
• Analysts are unsure about Lee’s bullish $9,000 price target.

Fundstrat co-founder Tom Lee said major financial institutions building on the Ethereum blockchain represent “the venerable and elite of Wall Street,” fueling fresh debate over whether growing institutional adoption could support his long-term bullish price target of $9,000.

“Elite of Wall Street” Turning to Ethereum

In comments posted on X, Lee highlighted that Europe’s largest asset manager, Amundi, had launched a tokenized fund on Ethereum.

“The list of institutions building on Ethereum is the venerable and elite of Wall Street,” Lee wrote.

Adding: “The latest is Amundi… Europe’s largest asset manager is launching a tokenized fund on Ethereum.”

Lee’s remarks follow a broader institutional shift toward public blockchains, with asset managers experimenting with tokenization as regulators and investors warm to digital infrastructure.

Ethereum Foundation Ecosystem Lead

James Smith, head of ecosystem at the Ethereum Foundation, underscored the significance of Amundi’s move, saying the asset manager had deployed on Ethereum without fanfare.

“A €2.2 trillion asset manager called Amundi just launched a tokenized fund on Ethereum,” Smith posted.

“They didn’t ask anyone. They just did it on November 4th and told everyone three weeks later,” he wrote.

Smith added that Amundi’s scale exceeds major U.S. asset managers: “They’re bigger than Fidelity’s asset management arm. Bigger than PIMCO. Number one in Europe, top ten globally.”

Adding: “And they chose public Ethereum. Not a private chain. BlackRock chose Ethereum. Franklin Templeton chose Ethereum. Amundi chose Ethereum.”

Ethereum is increasingly being seen as the preferred blockchain for large institutions experimenting with real-world asset tokenization, something that Tom Lee believes will eventually lead it to lead it to new heights.

Ethereum’s $9,000 Prediction

Lee’s institutional-adoption remarks coincide with his latest bullish price forecast.

Despite the crypto market continuing to bleed, Lee said Ethereum’s pullback will be followed by a major upside.

“In the near-term, there is downside to $2,500, but that is minor compared to the upside,” he said. “We think that ETH can be $7,000 to $9,000 by the end of January.”

At the time of report, Ethereum is trading around $2,843, marking a decrease of over 5%.

Charts Don’t Align With Lee’s Rally Scenario

Valdrin Tahiri, an analyst at CCN, cautioned on Friday that technical indicators diverge sharply from Lee’s outlook.

He noted that Ethereum “broke down from its 220-day diagonal support… on Nov. 13,” adding                                                   …