Standard Chartered forecasts tokenized assets on public blockchains will reach $4 trillion by end of 2028, split roughly evenly between stablecoins and real-world assets. The bank projects total value locked in DeFi will grow 37 times to $2.7 trillion by 2030. Chainlink’s LINK token could hit $200 by 2030, driven by the anticipated tokenization boom and the performance of its Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol, which processed approximately $18 billion in transaction volumes in Q1 2026. Chainlink maintains first-mover advantage in oracle services and has established partnerships with major financial institutions, including Standard Chartered itself and the Central Bank of Brazil.
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