that would be happend if they could finish ethereum 2.0 by this year because there is very much bunch transaction getting stuck due gas fee wont reduce because of DEX trade and many new DeFi contract are deployed, that's my personal opinion about ethereum if they could hit 1000$ by this year. they need to bring ethereum 2.0 asap to settle the stuck transaction with low fee problem.
The ETH2.0 will help Ethereum to surge in price but that doesnt mean it will be the reason for Ethereum to hit $1000 price range and I'm starting to believe that people will be disappointed with the result of the ETH2.0 because the publicity about it is more than enough.
Nevertheless, if the market continues bullish ETH will receive $1000 without ETH2.0.
The current market is a lot of people interested and I'm sure the price increase of Ethereum will depend on Bitcoin. Everyone is feeling very optimistic about what's going on these days, so I believe this is an opportunity that you shouldn't miss. Of course, I don't invest all my money in Ethereum because this coin will usually have an adjustment after each price increase so there is still a risk if you invest.