Lubin: Ethereum to Overtake Bitcoin as Financial Backbone

Joseph Lubin: Ethereum to Overtake Bitcoin as Financial Backbone

Written by Aaron S.,

Editor-In-Chief

Last Updated: September 01, 2025

Key Takeaways

Joseph Lubin predicts Ethereum could rise 100 times as Wall Street shifts to decentralized systems;
He says financial firms will use Ethereum infrastructure for core operations like staking and DeFi;
Lubin agrees that Ethereum may surpass Bitcoin in value and eventually become a key financial commodity.

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Joseph Lubin, founder of Consensys, has shared that Ethereum ETH $4,346.66 could see a hundredfold rise in value as financial institutions start building directly on the network.

He stated in an August 30 post on X that Wall Street firms will eventually run core operations through decentralized infrastructure, and that shift could change the demand for ETH.

According to Lubin, these institutions rely on isolated and expensive systems to manage financial processes. He argued that Ethereum can streamline this by replacing many of those separate systems.

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He stated that traditional firms will move from being centralized financial players to ones that operate on blockchain-based systems. This includes becoming a validator, staking ETH, joining layer-2 networks, developing smart contracts, and participating in decentralized finance.

In other words, Ethereum would not only be held on balance sheets, but it would also become part of the financial infrastructure itself.

Lubin also pointed to comments made by Tom Lee of Fundstrat Global Advisors, who predicted that Ethereum could surpass Bitcoin BTC $109,152.69 in terms of network value. Lubin stated that he is "100% aligned" and even claimed Lee was being too conservative.

He wrote that Ethereum would surpass Bitcoin’s monetary base and eventually outperform other commodities.

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