Ethereum has started to move sharply yesterday and today, now nearing its previous peak made in Feb. If it rises over peaks from Feb 2020 and July 2019, it could very well be starting another big bull run to eventually challenge past highs over $1500.
Ethereum is the next largest crypto by market cap after Bitcoin, but IMO has significantly more potential. Bitcoin was first and has the name recognition, but technically and developmentally ETH makes bitcoin look like a simple, stagnant toy. Where bitcoin is a form of digital property (sometimes called digital gold), ETH started with bitcoin's consensus network innovation and built a programmable layer on it. This allows ETH to be (among other things), the basis of an entire universe of programmable digital finance. Consequently, ETH is already arguably more important than bitcoin, and I'm in the camp that expects ETH to one day overtake bitcoin's market cap (something it almost did back in early 2018).
Since bitcoin's inception, the price move pattern of the larger cryptos has been massive bull moves followed by long periods of pullback and consolidation where price stagnates. The last few years have been a period of consolation for ETH and bitcoin and another bull run could be ahead. For ETH, watch for breakouts over the peaks of the last few failed runs (show on the chart) for indication of a possible bull run.
I haven't been following crypto that closely the last couple years, but the movement in ETH might be due to the long awaited "ETH 2.0" update due the end of this year. The update improves the scaling of the system and starts to move away from a bitcoin-like "mining" strategy to a newer staking strategy. Rewards given to ETH holders that participate in the staking strategy could drive more people into ETH.