Standard Chartered Sees 37x Growth for Tokenized Assets by 2030

Standard Chartered has made significant strides in embracing decentralized finance (DeFi) and on-chain finance, positioning itself for growth by 2026. The bank's recent work focuses on infrastructure development, asset tokenization, and the impact of decentralized exchanges.

Institutional interest in DeFi continues to evolve as established banks like Standard Chartered explore how blockchain can serve their needs. The bank has conducted an in-depth review of DeFi infrastructure, highlighting the potential benefits of decentralized exchanges over centralized alternatives.

Tokenized assets are expected to play a major role in this growth, with Standard Chartered predicting that their value will increase up to 37 times by 2030. This growth would lead to new liquidity pools and settlement channels, but areas such as regulation, custody, and interoperability still need to evolve.

Decentralized exchanges like Uniswap could generate higher fees if they become the primary venues for tokenized asset volumes, with UNI's value linked to the activity level of the protocol. Standard Chartered has used long-term price scenarios to forecast potential outcomes, but these are contingent on adoption, competition, and market structure.