Nothing is impossible and not even in this volatile market. It can surpass it as it has already begun with a good chance to do well this year. I hope most alternative coins that have been sleeping for years will also perform well this year. The outlook sem to be great for the year 2020
Of course nothing's impossible but for ETH to break $1400, BTC first needs to break $20k. That's just how it's gonna be for the entire crypto market. BTC won't determine the exact fates for alts, but alts will only moon when Bitcoin does. And not all of them will wake up, we'll still see alts die in a major way.
Thats not possible for eth ya we have seen eth got pumped during btc rally but according to chart and current market scenario this year i am not seeing hyped rally for eth. If ethereum upgrade will create some hype it will take it to 300-400$ mark and i think it is good for it as we will again see growth for eth Blockchain and its token will follows its trend.
We cant really tell yet price can shoot up without minding btc's price but before ETH price can shoot up that way then we would really need that bull run trend.
Reaching or breaking ATH wont really be that simple yet there would be lots of factors should really be considered or to be achieve first before that thing happens.
BTC is even having a hard time on reaching or breaking resistance, it wont be different on most altcoins in the market.
Best thing to be done is to utilize these current price movements for gains.
We really need this bull run to occur since it could pump up the price of any alt's including the ETH and we already experience that way back year 2017, but if theirs barricade or fuds spread then provably we can't see some great price changes. but it's all speculation since there's no one can predict on what will happen and best for us is to hold with trust and earn when price goes up and never get panic on situation.