Standard Chartered Says Chainlink Could Hit $200 by 2030 as Tokenization Explodes

Standard Chartered sees LINK reaching $200

Chainlink could become one of the biggest beneficiaries of the tokenization boom, according to Standard Chartered.

The bank has initiated coverage of LINK with a $200 target for the end of 2030, arguing that Chainlink could emerge as critical infrastructure for a financial system increasingly built around tokenized assets and decentralized applications.

With the LINK price currently at around $8.20, the forecast implies a gain of roughly 2,340%, or nearly 23.5x the current price.

The prediction is not based solely on speculative demand for LINK. Instead, Standard Chartered’s thesis centers on the expected expansion of tokenized real-world assets and decentralized finance.

Standard Chartered initiates coverage of Chainlink $LINK, forecasting a price of $200 by end of 2030

The bank sees Chainlink underpinning the tokenization trend, a market set to grow to $4 trillion by 2028 pic.twitter.com/qx1ZK9MvGP

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$4 trillion tokenization market could drive demand

Standard Chartered expects the tokenized-asset market to expand dramatically over the coming years.

The bank projects tokenized assets could reach approximately $4 trillion by the end of 2028, representing a roughly 12-fold increase from current levels. It also expects the broader DeFi market to grow approximately 37 times to $2.7 trillion by 2030. 

That growth could create a much larger market for infrastructure capable of connecting traditional financial assets with blockchain networks.

This is where Standard Chartered sees Chainlink gaining an advantage.

Chainlink could become the infrastructure layer

Chainlink’s core technology provides external data to blockchain-based applications through its decentralized oracle network.

That role becomes increasingly important as traditional financial assets move on-chain.

Tokenized funds, bonds, equities and other real-world assets need reliable pricing information, market data and mechanisms that allow blockchains to communicate with external systems.

Chainlink also operates its Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP), which is designed to facilitate the movement of data and value across different blockchain networks.

Chainlink says its infrastructure has already supported tens of trillions of dollars in transaction value and secured more than $100 billion in assets across the DeFi ecosystem.

Standard Chartered’s thesis is therefore that Chainlink could capture increasing economic value as tokenized finance moves from pilots into large-scale institutional deployment.

The $200 forecast still faces major risks

The forecast is highly bullish, but Standard Chartered also identifies risks.

The tokenization market must scale significantly for the thesis to materialize. Institutional projects could take longer than expected, pilots could fail to reach production and competing blockchain infrastructure could reduce Chainlink’s potential market share.

There is also no guarantee that growth in tokenized assets will translate directly into equivalent demand for LINK.

Still, the size of the opportunity explains why the bank has taken such an aggressive long-term position.

Standard Chartered’s $200 target effectively places Chainlink at the center of the next phase of blockchain adoption: the shift from speculative crypto markets toward tokenized financial infrastructure.

If the bank’s $4 trillion tokenization forecast materializes and Chainlink captures a meaningful share of the infrastructure supporting that market, LINK could have a substantially larger addressable market by 2030.

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