Standard Chartered has released new 2030 targets for several crypto assets, including Uniswap, Aave, Morpho and Chainlink. In the bank’s view, Chainlink could rise to $200 by 2030, with the projections built around a broader expectation of rapid growth in decentralized finance and tokenization.
The forecast matters because it links the outlook for individual tokens to a larger structural thesis about how much financial activity could move on-chain. Rather than focusing on short-term trading moves, the bank is pointing to tokenization as a potential driver of demand across DeFi-related protocols and infrastructure.
According to the report, the projections rest on a 37x assumption for DeFi growth by 2030. That estimate is central to the bank’s view of how much room there may be for platforms tied to lending, trading and blockchain data services.
Chainlink is included in that broader thesis because of its role in connecting blockchains with external data and services. If tokenization expands as the bank expects, infrastructure providers like Chainlink could remain important parts of the ecosystem.
The targets also extend to Uniswap, Aave and Morpho, showing that the bank sees potential across multiple areas of DeFi, not just one project. For readers, the report is another sign that traditional financial firms are increasingly framing crypto through the lens of long-term market structure rather than only price speculation.