As is already well known from the blockchain side, and there were debates between Dan and Vitalik, EOS and Ethereum are always compared as rivals.
Actually, there are so many other coins and other factors, so the real price forecasting will be complicated or impossible, but I do a really stupid and simple comparison here.
Today, I briefly write on the value of EOS, considering the situation in Korea and Korean cryptocurrency exchanges.
If you look at what EOS claims to be, it's obviously a more advanced blockchain than Ethereum, on many features (avg 3,000tps, scalability features, simplified smart contract, security features, etc.). But Ethereum is also working on plasma project as the main part of their upgrade.
So, anyway, from a general point of view, in the very short term, the price of EOS will rise very much by anticipation until its official launch in June.
And the today's (7th May) price of EOS is about 19,425KRW (18USD), and, as you can see on the graph, the recent price increase rate is showing a sharp rise.
So what will happen to the price trend of EOS until the launch of the offical service in June?
I can't predict the future precisely, but it is very unlikely that there will be a situation in Korea that will hinder this uptrend until at least official launching.
Because the local elections are scheduled in mid of June, it is difficult for the Korean government to do things that the voters do not like, and the elections themselves are busy issues. And the US North Korea summit seems to be one of the influences.
(Earlier this year, the Minister of Justice's negative comments about cryptocurrency had caused voter approval ratings to go down when prices plummeted.)
Accordingly, the price of EOS will likely be formed around the launch of the service, as expected. Maybe at least double or even four times the current price (or even more)?
So the price of EOS in June will be between 40,000KRW (37USD) and 80,000KRW (74USD) for one, I guess.
And what happens by the end of the year?
I see this really simple, and I think the price of EOS will be close to the value of Ethereum at the end of the year. (If there is no big accident since launching the service, though the problem always exists.)
Now the price of Ethereum is 789,000KRW (732USD) and it is likely to continue to rise until the end of this year. (FYI, the price of Ethereum in the end of last year was over 2,000,000KRW (1857USD).)
So, it seems like a really stupid comparison, but if I boldly say that the price of EOS is probably over 800,000KRW (742USD) in this year. (The price of Ethereum would be higher too at that time, but expensive to buy now.)