Ethereum is a global asset which can be bought and sold by anyone in the world. The factors which influence its price are varied, unknown and often unexpected. The challenge of accurately predicting the price of Ether is confounded by the asset itself; cryptocurrencies are an entirely new asset class, the economics behind them and the real value to attribute is not well understood. Pundits and forecasters try to create predictions by “reading charts”, speculating on regulation and anticipating adoption, but these predictions are centralized and invariably wrong for the reasons above