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Standard Chartered Says Chainlink Could Reach $200 by 2030

The bank ties the outlook to a $4 trillion tokenization forecast that would lift fees earned by Chainlink’s oracles and CCIP.

Overview

  • Standard Chartered initiated coverage of Chainlink on Monday with staged price targets that culminate in $200 for LINK by the end of 2030.
  • The bank’s valuation links that upside to a forecast that tokenized assets on public blockchains will reach $4 trillion by end-2028 and DeFi assets will grow sharply by 2030.
  • Standard Chartered says Chainlink could capture much more fee revenue as tokenized flows scale because its oracles and CCIP route data and cross-chain transfers that protocols and tokenized funds need.
  • The research cites measurable CCIP traction and migrations from legacy bridges, lists institutional pilots with firms such as Swift and JP Morgan, and notes quarterly CCIP volume growth reported in 2026.
  • The note also flags clear risks including slow institutional adoption, pilots failing to become production, technical failures, and competition from specialist interoperability and oracle providers.