🚀 Ethereum Predicted To Smash $10K Barrier By Top Analyst - Igniting 5x PEPE Surge & 50x Brett Explosion
Wall Street's playing catch-up while crypto's next mega-trade unfolds.
The Ethereum Domino Effect
When ETH cracks five figures, the entire altcoin market shifts into hyperdrive. One analyst's bold Q4 prediction suggests we're not just talking incremental gains - we're looking at tectonic plate movements across the ecosystem.
Memecoins Riding The Wave
Pepe's positioned for a 5x multiplier off Ethereum's coattails. Meanwhile, Layer Brett - the dark horse in this race - could deliver returns that make traditional finance portfolios look like pocket change with a staggering 50x potential.
The Ripple Nobody Saw Coming
Forget the 'Magnificent Seven' - the real action's happening on-chain where retail investors actually make life-changing money instead of paying management fees to watch their funds underperform the S&P. The AI trade expanding beyond Big Tech? Cute. Crypto's been running that playbook since 2017.
Analysts add new companies to the trade
Some on Wall Street are cutting the list down. A “Fab Four” of Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon has been suggested. Jonathan Golub at Seaport Research recommended removing Tesla to create a “Big Six.” Ben Reitzes at Melius Research added Broadcom to make an “Elite 8.”
But none of these attempts capture all the companies benefiting from AI.
Oracle has surged more than 75% in 2025 as its AI-related cloud services took off. Palantir, once a niche software firm, is now the top performer in the Nasdaq 100, surging 135% this year on AI demand. Jurrien Timmer, director of global macro at Fidelity Investments, which oversees $16.4 trillion, said:
“A company can become too big to ignore. It could be that as the AI story evolves, new winners take the place of the old winners, even if the previous ones continue to do fine.”
This is not the first time Wall Street has reshuffled the names that dominate. The Nifty Fifty ruled the 1960s, the Four Horsemen carried the Nasdaq through the dot-com bubble, and FAANG defined the mobile and social media era.
Each club was dominant for its time, but each eventually gave way to new leaders. The same pattern is now playing out with AI.
Index makers formalize the expansion
Cboe Global Markets announced the Magnificent 10 Index on September 10, including the original seven plus Broadcom, Palantir, and Advanced Micro Devices. The announcement came the same day Oracle posted its biggest one-day gain since 1992 with a strong forecast, yet it was excluded.
Nick Schommer, portfolio manager at Janus Henderson, which manages $34.7 billion, said: “We do need to expand the conversation beyond just the Mag Seven. Oracle is definitely a part of it now, and so is Broadcom.”
Cboe said the index was built on criteria like liquidity, market value, trading volume, and leadership in artificial intelligence and digital transformation.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Oracle, Broadcom, and Palantir are repeatedly mentioned by investors as critical to the AI ecosystem. Palantir is also singled out as one of the few clear software winners while firms like Salesforce and Adobe face doubts about being left behind.
The AI boom is lifting companies outside the seven. Apple is flagged as falling behind in AI, while Tesla faces a crowded electric vehicle market. Still, both have loyal investors. Apple supporters believe the iPhone will become the gateway device for AI. Tesla’s backers place their hopes on Elon Musk’s push into autonomous driving and humanoid robots.
AI demand is boosting energy producers, networking companies like Arista Networks, memory makers such as Micron, and storage firms including Western Digital, Seagate, and SanDisk. But not all players are available on the market.
OpenAI, reportedly valued at $500 billion, remains private, as do Anthropic and SpaceX, though they still shape the AI environment.
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