Ethereum’s adoption and popularity is its unifying standards which simplifies integration into the Ethereum network. That being said the Ethereum network has been plagued with bottleneck scalability issues for the longest time due to increased usage on the network. This has resulted in severe congestions, with the average transaction fees growing significantly. The upcoming ETH 2.0 update is expected to resolve current issues with scalability. According to Ethereum’s founder Vitalik Buterin -“The network is looking forward to the future of Ethereum scaling, ” which includes sharding that will be introduced with the forthcoming ETH 2.0. The new function of sharing will accelerate these layer-2 techniques 100x further. This, combined with Ethereum’s relation to DeFi, is potentially a significant value driver for ETH’s profitability. Of course, provided that the DeFi space doesn’t surpass Ethereum’s capacity and move away onto a different blockchain.In the meantime, the value of Ethereum will continue to climb. It’s pushed by a rising utility of the coin, which must then push up its value in ‘fiat.’