$AAVE Standard Chartered calls AAVE to $3500! Is it a "guiding light" or "reverse poison milk"?

The target price is just a suggestion; the core logic is worth pondering. Tokenizing RWA is a long-term narrative, but a 50x pump requires some serious faith.

Why is Standard Chartered so bold?

Geoff Kendrick, head of digital asset research at Standard Chartered, has initiated coverage on Aave with a direct price target of $3500 by 2030, implying about a 50x upside from the current price.

The core logic is straightforward: tokenizing real-world assets (RWA) on-chain, with the DeFi market expected to expand 37x to $27 trillion by 2030, and Aave as the leading lending protocol stands to gain the most.

He backs it up with data: by October 2025, Aave's deposit peak is projected at $75 billion, which would place it within the top 30 of the U.S. banking sector. After the April hack that triggered $8.5 billion in withdrawals, assets are now flowing back, and the protocol is regaining its vitality. $aave