Tom Lee: The bull market has begun, and Ethereum may see a stronger rise in Q4

According to PR Newswire, Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee stated, "We believe that the cryptocurrency bull market has begun, starting at the end of June, driven by multiple factors including funds rotating from AI back to the crypto market, the continued strengthening of the crypto industry's fundamentals surrounding tokenization and AI, and the end of the four-year cycle.

With just over a week left in the third quarter of 2026, ETH's performance advantage as a macro asset continues to expand. In our view, ETH significantly outperformed other macro assets in the third quarter of 2026, which may indicate a stronger rally in the fourth quarter of 2026.

Due to institutional investors having a low allocation to crypto assets in 2026, partly because of the strong performance of AI stocks at the beginning of 2026, we expect institutions to significantly increase their exposure to crypto assets in the last three months of 2026. This could provide further upside potential for the gains since June 30."