I think when ETH 2.0 is on, the price will go easily to 1k and beyond. Ethereum is number 1 smart contract blockchain!
ETH already have competitors. Therefore, №1 now, but what will be in the future is not yet known. Perhaps the ETH-killer will take first place. And why did you decide that ETH 2.0 will cost 1k?
And if ETH would ever go to 1k, it'd drop like a break in a short time after it.
As an end user of DAPPs built on Ethereum, I know how bad it is to have an unstable and volatile price.
I'm playing Axie Infinity, it's an NFT game. I notice that when ETH price is rising, more people want to sell their Axies (NFTs) and personally I also feel less willing to do any kind of expense, I just feel like there's more value in holding ETH in a bull market.
And then there's the bear market, in such times everyone wants to trade their ETH for NFTs because good games bring value to NFTs over time, so they are even better than stable coins in a declining market.
So in any case, what I want as a gamer is price stability, security and low transactions fees. Only security is achieved by ETH at the moment.
I more developers will start using ARK to build games and then maybe ETH developers get much-needed updates out quicker.