If there are any serious successes in the development of ETH2, then reaching the level of $ 1000 is quite likely already in 2021. As for the higher levels, their prospects are doubtful - the emission of the ETH is too large and at higher price levels its capitalization will become unjustifiably high. However, I will be glad to be mistaken.
hopes that with eth2 there will be a fundamental change from ethereum and can increase with expectations that should have happened. but their gas fee problem cannot be fixed immediately which will make this a stumbling block. There are many alternatives that will use this opportunity.
If ethereum should be consistent to keep moving according to what it has been doing by sticking to bitcoin, of course $ 1K must have happened this year and there is no need to wait until next year. all because ethereum was shocked by the fast movement of bitcoin that it eth was not ready.
To be honest, I don't really understand what kind of problem with commissions you are talking about. ETH has an effective transaction price and it is better than most projects (and better than bitcoin). After the transition to ETH2, this problem will "fall in price" even more. At the moment, this is a distant prospect, but even in its current configuration, the ETH is an excellent means of payment and execution of smart contracts.
