Chainlink could reach $200 by 2030, says Standard Chartered

Standard Chartered predicts Chainlink’s LINK could hit $200 by 2030, driven by DeFi and tokenization growth, potentially outperforming Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Standard Chartered has begun coverage of Chainlink, setting a $200 price target for LINK by the end of 2030. This represents a roughly 25-fold increase from its current price near $8. The bank anticipates tokenized assets on public blockchains will reach $4 trillion by 2028, while decentralized finance (DeFi) assets could grow 37-fold to $2.7 trillion by 2030. Chainlink’s infrastructure is expected to be a major beneficiary, with its fees projected to rise about 25 times as tokenization and DeFi expand. Standard Chartered’s staged price targets for LINK include $13 by the end of 2026, then $41, $82, and $133 in subsequent years, before reaching $200. Currently, Chainlink secures over $110 billion in value and about 70% of oracle-dependent DeFi value globally. The bank’s forecast suggests LINK could outperform both Bitcoin and Ethereum by 2030, with those assets projected at $500,000 and $40,000, respectively.