Svmuu News, July 13, Tokyo: At WebX 2026, hosted by Coinpost, Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee delivered a speech titled “Ethereum: The Antidote to the Valley of Fear,”He stated that, from a macro perspective, the key areas to watch in 2026 include: U.S. monetary policy, the Clarity Act, AI FOMO and the capital it is siphoning off, and the exceptionally sluggish performance of the financial sector across all industries CICC.Comparing the price charts of ETH and the S&P 500, Ethereum’s current trajectory closely mirrors that of the stock market following 1987: it is at a bottom and poised to rise.
Tom Lee also reviewed ETH’s price elasticity during different historical phases, arguing that many investors are simply afraid of “low prices” and overlook the true value—Wall Street favors Ethereum (institutional adoption). Recently, another major event in the Ethereum ecosystem was the launch of Robinhood Chain and the resulting exorbitant ETH gas consumption.