Standard Chartered Keeps $40,000 ETH Target Despite 57% Price Decline

Standard Chartered Keeps $40,000 ETH Target Despite 57% Price Decline

Standard Chartered reaffirms its $40,000 ETH price target for 2030, projecting a path through $4,000 (2026), $10,000 (2027) and $28,000 (2029), despite ETH trading 57% below its August 2025 peak. The bull case hinges on Ethereum maintaining its 50-65% share of stablecoin and tokenized real-world asset markets, which the bank forecasts to grow 6x and 50x respectively by 2028 — a direct signal for treasury and DeFi strategy teams evaluating on-chain settlement infrastructure.