LINK could be next in line after Standard Chartered’s UNI and AAVE targets sparked sharp repricings
Standard Chartered initiated coverage of Chainlink (LINK) with a $200 price target for 2030, laying out a staged path to get there: $13 by the end of this year, $41 in 2027, $82 in 2028, $133 in 2029, and $200 in 2030.
LINK trades near $7.47 today, meaning the 2030 target implies roughly 27 times the current price. Even the bank's nearest milestone, the $13 call for the end of 2026, sits about 74% above LINK's current price.
The firm previously shared a $3,500 target for AAVE, which is close to 50 times the $70 initiation price. UNI carries a $100 target against an initiation price near $2.50 to $2.70, and MORPHO carries a $60 target against a coverage price near $2.13.
Every one of the four implies returns in the 25 to 50 times range.
| Token | Standard Chartered target | Reference price | Implied upside | Core infrastructure role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LINK | $200 by 2030 | ~$7.47 today | ~27x | Oracles, data feeds, CCIP, tokenization connectivity |
| AAVE | $3,500 by 2030 | ~$70 at initiation | ~50x | DeFi lending and collateral markets |
| UNI | $100 by 2030 | ~$2.50–$2.70 at initiation | ~37x–40x | Decentralized liquidity |
| MORPHO | $60 by 2030 | ~$2.13 at coverage | ~28x | Lending vaults and on-chain credit infrastructure |
The $4 trillion assumption behind the LINK prediction
The bank expects tokenized assets to grow from about $340 billion today to $4 trillion by the end of 2028, with assets deployed in decentralized finance expanding 37 times to $2.7 trillion by 2030.
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