Standard Chartered Sees Chainlink Surging 25 Times by 2030

Standard Chartered has published a detailed analysis of Chainlink's growth prospects, setting a bold price target for the oracle network. According to the bank, Chainlink could reach $200 by the end of 2030, representing a staggering 25 times its current price near $8.

The forecast is tied to the growth of tokenized finance and decentralized lending, which Standard Chartered expects will drive demand for Chainlink's data and interoperability services. The bank estimates that Chainlink currently secures more than $110 billion in value, accounting for roughly 70% of oracle-dependent DeFi value worldwide.

Standard Chartered also notes that Chainlink's cross-chain infrastructure has seen significant adoption, with CCIP quarterly volume reaching $4.9 billion in the second quarter, a 353% increase from a year earlier. The bank expects tokenized assets on blockchains to grow from $340 billion to $4 trillion by 2028, and DeFi deployed assets to increase 37-fold to $2.7 trillion by 2030.