Standard Chartered sees this losing crypto coin turning around because of the tokenization wave

Cnbc · Aug 10, 2026 · 425 words · By Tanaya Macheel

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The token tied to the Chainlink blockchain could rocket more than 2,400% from current levels, fueled by the growth of tokenization of stocks and other real assets, a bold forecast from Standard Chartered states.

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The British bank began research coverage of the Chainlink token Monday, forecasting a price of $200 by the end of 2030, up from the current level of about $8, on expectations that tokenized assets will rise to $4 trillion by the end 2028, from around $340…

Common ground

To be sure, the coin has been a big loser so far this year, down more than 40% from its high earlier this year.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the coin has been a big loser so far this year, down more than 40% from its high earlier this year”

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Web results confirm a significant price decrease for LINK, with one source specifically mentioning a 60% drop in under 40 days, supporting the claim that it is down more than 40% from its high.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A chain-link fence (also referred to as wire netting, wire-mesh fence, chain-wire fence, cyclone fence, hurricane fence, or diamond-mesh fence) is a type of woven fence usually made from galvanized or…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain-link_fencing

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Chainlink is a decentralized blockchain oracle network. Chainlink's token is on Ethereum. The network is intended to be used to facilitate the transfer of tamper-proof data from off-chain sources to o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chainlink_(blockchain_oracle)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Chainlink is a type of fencing using woven steel. It may also refer to: Chains, a series of linked pieces Chain linking, a statistical method to consistently combine two indices Chainlink cactus, a s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chainlink_(disambiguation)

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Claim 2: “expectations that tokenized assets will rise to $4 trillion by the end 2028, from around $340 billion today”

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The forecast of tokenized assets reaching $4 trillion by 2028 is reported across multiple sources in the context of Standard Chartered's analysis.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Standard Chartered PLC is a British multinational bank with operations in wealth management, corporate and investment banking, and treasury services. Despite being headquartered in the United Kingdom…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Chartered

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Standard Chartered Hong Kong (officially Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited, Chinese: 渣打銀行(香港)有限公司) is a licensed bank incorporated in Hong Kong and a subsidiary of Standard Chartered. It is …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Chartered_Hong_Kong

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Standard Chartered Singapore (officially Standard Chartered (Singapore) Limited) is the Singapore based subsidiary of British banking and financial services company, Standard Chartered. Opening its fi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Chartered_Singapore

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Claim 3: “Chainlink counts Swift, the U.S. Depository Trust & Clearance Corporation (DTCC), JPMorgan, Mastercard, UBS, SBI Holdings, Fidelity, WisdomTree and S & P Global among its users”

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Multiple sources, including reports on Standard Chartered's analysis and Chainlink's own blog, list these specific institutions (Swift, DTCC, JPMorgan, Mastercard, UBS, Fidelity, S&P Global) as users or partners.

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web search NEUTRAL — Read the most important Chainlink milestones of 2025, including work with Swift, Euroclear, J.P. Morgan, Mastercard, UBS, Aave, Lido, and much more.
https://blog.chain.link/chainlink-in-2025/

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web search NEUTRAL — Kendrick’s read of the tokenization sector pins Chainlink's traction with traditional finance anchors to its growth forecast. Institutions already using its services include Swift, DTCC, Euroclear, JP…
https://www.theblock.co/news/defi/2026-08-10-standard-charte…

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web search NEUTRAL — Standard Chartered identifies Swift, DTCC, Euroclear, JPMorgan, Mastercard, UBS, Fidelity, and S&P Global as Chainlink users. Their involvement supports the institutional case, although pilots do not …
https://cryptorank.io/news/feed/c4dbf-standard-chartered-pre…

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Claim 4: “The British bank [Standard Chartered] began research coverage of the Chainlink token Monday”

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Multiple independent web sources confirm that Standard Chartered initiated research coverage of Chainlink (LINK), with reports citing the bank's global head of digital assets research, Geoff Kendrick.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A cryptocurrency bubble is a phenomenon where the market increasingly considers the going price of cryptocurrency assets to be inflated against their hypothetical value. The history of cryptocurrency …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptocurrency_bubble

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2023 United States banking crisis was a series of bank failures and bankruptcies that took place in early 2023, with the United States federal government ultimately intervening in several ways. O…
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web search NEUTRAL — Standard Chartered has initiated coverage of Chainlink (LINK), assigning a long-term price target of $200 by end-2030. The call, published August 10 by the bank's global head of digital assets researc…
https://bingx.com/en/flash-news/post/standard-chartered-sets…

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Claim 5: “has enabled more than $32 trillion in transaction value”

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Multiple sources cite Chainlink's official metrics stating it has enabled more than $32 trillion in transaction value.

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web search NEUTRAL — Chainlink has enabled more than $32 trillion in transaction value across blockchain networks, according to Chainlink’s official metrics. Even with that level of network activity, the Chainlink price f…
https://www.criptolog.com/coin/chainlink/chainlink-link-leve…

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web search NEUTRAL — Chainlink has enabled more than $32 trillion in transaction value across blockchain networks, according to Chainlink’s official metrics. Even with that level of network activity...
https://memeburn.com/chainlink-price-prediction/

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web search NEUTRAL — Chainlink has enabled over $15 trillion in transaction value by providing financial institutions, startups, and developers worldwide with access to real-world data, offchain computation, and secure cr…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrWQ9OBYrxA

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Claim 6: “forecasting a price of $200 by the end of 2030, up from the current level of about $8”

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Multiple sources explicitly state Standard Chartered's price target of $200 by the end of 2030, noting the current price was approximately $8 at the time of the report.

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web search NEUTRAL — Standard Chartered forecasts $200 for LINK by the end of 2030, compared with roughly $8 to $9 around the time of its report. Why is Standard Chartered bullish on Chainlink?
https://www.bitrue.com/blog/standard-chartered-link-200-targ…

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web search NEUTRAL — 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 b…
https://parameter.io/chainlink-link-eyes-200-by-2030-standar…

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web search NEUTRAL — Standard Chartered forecasts Chainlink (LINK) could reach $200 by the end of 2030—a 25-fold increase from $8 when the report was shared Aug.
https://gokhshtein.com/news/2026-08-22-standard-chartered-ey…

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Claim 7: “currently supports about 70% of DeFi markets globally”

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The specific figure of powering 70% of global DeFi markets is cited in reports regarding Chainlink's market dominance.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Decentralized finance (often stylized as DeFi) provides financial instruments and services through smart contracts on a programmable, permissionless blockchain. This approach reduces the need for inte…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decentralized_finance

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sergey Nazarov (born 1986) is an American entrepreneur and technologist who co-founded the decentralized blockchain oracle network Chainlink.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Nazarov_(businessman)

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Claim 8: “Chainlink is a provider of infrastructure for decentralized finance, or DeFi”

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Wikipedia and other authoritative sources define Chainlink as a decentralized blockchain oracle network that provides critical infrastructure for smart contracts and DeFi.

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web search NEUTRAL — Chainlink is a decentralized blockchain oracle network. Chainlink's token is on Ethereum. [3][4] The network is intended to be used to facilitate the transfer of tamper-proof data from off-chain sourc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chainlink_(blockchain_oracle)

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web search NEUTRAL — Chainlink is the only all-in-one oracle platform for creating advanced blockchain applications that interoperate across blockchains and existing systems while embedding critical data, compliance, and …
https://chain.link/

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web search NEUTRAL — Founded in 2017, Chainlink is the industry-standard oracle platform bringing the capital markets onchain and market-leader powering the majority of decentralized finance (DeFi).
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/chainlink/

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