Standard Chartered predicts Uniswap price of $100 in 2030

Standard Chartered makes a striking prediction: the UNI token of Uniswap will rise to $100 by 2030. The British bank sees tokenisation of real-world assets (RWAs) and the growing adoption of decentralised finance as the main drivers. By the end of 2026, the bank already expects a price of $6.50.

Uniswap as an infrastructure layer for tokenisation

According to Standard Chartered, Uniswap is well positioned to benefit from the shift that traditional financial institutions are currently undergoing. More and more Wall Street players are moving towards onchain solutions, and the bank sees the Uniswap protocol as a potential infrastructure layer for trading in tokenised assets.

The thinking behind the prediction is that RWAs, such as bonds, real estate and equities recorded on a blockchain, represent a huge market. If Uniswap plays a central role in that, demand for UNI could increase significantly. The bank states that the growing adoption of DeFi by institutional players is the main catalyst for this.

Nearly forty-fold increase from current price

A price of $100 represents an increase of nearly forty times from the current level. That is an ambitious projection, but Standard Chartered bases it on the expectation that the tokenisation trend will continue strongly in the coming years. The bank views Uniswap not just as a trading platform, but as a broader market infrastructure that could form the backbone of a new financial system.

The prediction comes at a time when institutional interest in crypto and DeFi is visibly growing. For example, Strategy recently bought large amounts of Bitcoin, as can be read in this report on its purchase of 1,587 Bitcoin for $100 million. Whether the UNI price actually reaches that $100 depends heavily on how quickly the traditional financial world makes the move to onchain activities.