🧬 Standard Chartered predicts ETH at $40,000 by 2030 British bank Standard Chartered expects Ethereum to outperform other cryptocurrencies in 2026, while lowering its short-term price targets for ether. In a note to investors, the bank’s digital assets research team called 2026 “the new 2021” for Ethereum and highlighted growing interest in on-chain products and tokenized assets as key factors supporting ETH. The bank expects the ETH/BTC ratio to gradually return to its 2021 peak levels around 0.08. Price forecasts were revised. The bank now expects Ethereum to end 2026 at $7,500 instead of the previous $12,000. The target for 2027 was lowered to $15,000, and for 2028 to $22,000. At the same time, the long-term outlook was raised: $30,000 by the end of 2029, with a new target of $40,000 set for 2030. ETH maintains leadership in the DeFi, stablecoin, and tokenized assets (RWA) segments. Growth in on-chain activity and increased network throughput (including the recent Fusaka upgrade) are also seen by the authors as laying the groundwork for further growth. According to experts’ estimates, the total volume of tokenized assets could reach $2 trillion by 2028, with the majority of activity expected to take place on the Ethereum blockchain.