Ethereum Layer 2 fees will drop by 40% to 95%, making sub-cent transactions the norm.
"Analysts are projecting that layer 2 fees, the fees you pay on arbitrum base or optimism or whatever, could drop by another 40% to 95%. We're talking about subscent transactions becoming the norm, not the exception."
If major Ethereum staking ETFs are approved in 2026, a significant influx of institutional capital (a 'wall of money') will enter the Ethereum market.
"If approved, they get the potential capital appreciation of the tech sector plus a native yield of 3 to 4%. It turns Ethereum into a productive asset. It becomes a digital bond. Bitwise CIO Matt Hogan has said that staking is the quote killer app that will differentiate Ethereum from Bitcoin in the eyes of institutional allocators. Bitcoin is digital gold. It sits in a vault. It does nothing. Ethereum is digital real estate. It generates rent. If staking gets approved for these major ETFs in 2026, we could see a wall of money that makes the initial ETF launch look like a dress rehearsal."
