This analyst thinks EIP-1559 could send Ethereum past $1,000 in 2021

Ethereum has been seeing immense underlying strength as of late due to the progress towards the ETH 2.0 network upgrade, which is expected to help drive further development activity and usage to the platform.

Investors are already in the process of gearing up for the transition to 2.0, with tens of thousands of tokens already locked in the ETH 2.0 staking contract.

This isn't the only potential catalyst for upside that is currently in the pipeline as Ethereum Improvement Proposal 1559 is also widely thought to provide the crypto with enhanced "Tokenomics."

EIP-1559 was first put forth by Eric Conner and proposed that the majority of the ETH in each transaction fee is burned.

The more the network is used, the more ETH is burned.

Proponents of this improvement proposal are quick to note that it benefits all investors equally rather than just favoring large holders who can stake 32+ ETH in validator nodes.

Why this proposal could send ETH's price rocketing higher in 2021.

One pseudonymous analyst pointed out that the annual issuance will be reduced from 4 percent to 1.5 percent, with this alone potentially sending ETH past $1,000 per token.

"EIP-1559 in 9 months. ETH has the possibility to become deflationary. Current issuance is 4% per year, same as BTC. ETH 2 will bringing down to 1.5%. A halving of its own just without the label. ETH is needed for everything Gas. DeFi. Alts. Staking. Uniswap $1,000+ in 2021".

The confluence of EIP-1559 and ETH 2.0 could provide Ethereum with some immense upwards momentum in 2021 and beyond, enhancing its usability, encouraging more utilization, and improving its tokenomics.