Chainlink’s LINK token could rise more than 25 times to $200 by the end of 2030 if the tokenised real-world asset market reaches $4 trillion by 2028, according to Standard Chartered. The bank expects growing use of tokenised assets to increase demand for Chainlink’s oracle services, potentially lifting LINK from around $8 currently to $200. Standard Chartered also forecasts that tokenised and crypto-native assets used in decentralised finance could reach $2.7 trillion by 2030.
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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The forecast comes from Geoff Kendrick, Standard Chartered’s global head of digital asset research. In a report shared on Monday, Kendrick said the growth of tokenised real-world assets, or RWAs, would require more external information to be securely brought onto blockchains.
That could create greater demand for Chainlink, which provides oracle services that connect blockchain networks with data and information from outside the blockchain. According to Kendrick, higher demand for these services could increase Chainlink’s fee generation and support a much higher LINK valuation.
Standard Chartered expects the tokenised RWA market to reach $4 trillion by the end of 2028. The bank also sees a much larger market for assets being deployed in decentralised finance. Tokenised and crypto-native assets in DeFi could rise 37 times to $2.7 trillion by the end of 2030.
Kendrick said these assets would need several key services as the market grows. These include reliable data, communication between different blockchain networks, privacy-focused compliance systems and connections with traditional financial infrastructure.
The report comes as activity in tokenised assets continues to grow. Tokenised RWA trading on decentralised exchanges reached a record $141 billion in July, according to data from CryptoRank. That represented a 19.5% increase from the previous month, with public equities playing a major role in the growth.
Chainlink remains the largest decentralised oracle provider in the blockchain industry. According to DefiLlama data cited in the report, Chainlink currently has $34.4 billion in total value secured. Chronicle ranks second with $7.36 billion.
However, Standard Chartered’s forecast is not without risks. Kendrick identified several factors that could prevent LINK from reaching the $200 target. These include slower-than-expected adoption of tokenisation by financial institutions, stronger competition from specialised oracle providers and possible technical problems.
The forecast therefore depends on more than simply the growth of the RWA market. For Chainlink and LINK to benefit fully, tokenised assets would need to generate sustained demand for external data, interoperability and other infrastructure.
If institutional adoption continues to accelerate, Standard Chartered believes that could create a much larger role for Chainlink in the financial system developing around tokenised assets.
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