I believe, this year Bitcoin stopped at $45K, not at $42K.
When you create this thread the price of Ethereum is $2,580, so when I respond to this thread, the price of ETH is $2,771.
From the development of the market, especially Bitcoin and Ethereum, I believe this is the time for Ethereum to prove itself as a top coin that is difficult for other coins to match.
Ethereum has proven that it's a top altcoin, the top of the alts.
Next would be hitting its price to $3k and we don't know how long that it will take until it goes there. But with the London hard fork, it shall happen anytime soon.