Vitalik Buterin is advocating for privacy as the standard in response to a major bank data leak, elevating Ethereum price predictions with exposure to this cycle’s biggest narrative.
Before wider market FUD took over, the privacy coin narrative was gaining traction as the next major touch point for real-world adoption through tokens like Zcash.
Vitalik’s recent commentary that “Privacy is not a feature. Privacy is hygiene” has revived interest, this time placing Ethereum in the conversation.
Privacy is not a feature. Privacy is hygiene.
— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) November 23, 2025
The argument arises in response to the recent breach of client data at major U.S. banks like JPMorgan, Citi, and Morgan Stanley, first reported by the New York Times.
The privacy narrative has found new relevance in this institution-led market cycle: Institutional use-cases need rails that offer privacy, yet are compliant with selective disclosure.
In October, the Ethereum Foundation launched a new privacy-focused cluster and released initial details about Kohaku, a privacy-centric browser wallet and software development kit.
This is a step towards an essay written by Vitalik in April, outlining a path for Ethereum to address the kind of structural data exposure seen in both TradFi and public blockchains.
Ethereum Price Prediction: Could the Privacy Coin Narrative Boost ETH?
As the native blockchain of potential privacy solutions bridging Web 2 to Web3, fresh demand stands to aid Ethereum in filling out the final shoulder of a potential bullish head-and-shoulders pattern.
And with supportive momentum indicators and a decisive bounce from a historical demand zone around $2,750, it may have just hit its bottom.
The RSI has made a sharp bounce from the 30 oversold threshold after months of steady decline, while the MACD approaches a golden cross, readings that have historically marked local bottoms for the Ethereum price.
A fully realised pattern breakout could see the neckline reclaimed around $5,500, reclaiming past all-time highs and entering new price discovery in a 90% move.
But as the bull market matures, if Ethereum finds a bigger part to play in the transition from Web2 to Web3, the move could extend 250% to $10,000.
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