Crypto · 15 September, 2026 · 3 min read
Standard Chartered Sets $10 Arbitrum ARB Target by End-2030, Predicting 70-Fold Gain
Standard Chartered initiates ARB coverage with a $10 end-2030 target. Projected 70x upside from current price, around $0.14, by 2030.
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6 of 12 outlets skipped it: standard Chartered details intermediate ARB targets by year-end.
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Standard Chartered’s $10 bet
Standard Chartered initiated coverage of Arbitrum’s ARB token with an end-2030 price target of $10, a forecast the bank said represents a roughly 70-fold increase from about 14 cents.
“Standard Chartered started covering Arbitrum’s ARB token on Tuesday with a forecast that it reaches $10 by the end of 2030”
In its note, the bank’s global head of digital assets research Geoffrey Kendrick tied the call to revenue from networks such as Robinhood Chain, which Standard Chartered said lifted Arbitrum’s estimated monthly revenue run rate to about $5 million.
CoinDesk reported that ARB holders currently have no direct claim on Arbitrum’s revenue, even as the bank expects tokenization to make Arbitrum a favored network for traditional finance.
The Block said Arbitrum traded at about $0.13 on Tuesday and that Standard Chartered set interim targets of $0.50 by end-2026, $1.50 by end-2027, $3.50 by end-2028, and $6.50 by end-2029.
Standard Chartered also projected that ARB would outperform bitcoin and ether over the forecast period, while forecasting ether to reach $4,000 by end-2026 and $40,000 by end-2030 and bitcoin to reach $100,000 by end-2026 and $500,000 by end-2030.
Kendrick’s thesis and caveats
Kendrick wrote that “The recent Robinhood chain launch has demonstrated the potential for Arbitrum to become the number 1 choice for TradFi when bringing assets on-chain,” framing Robinhood Chain as evidence for the bank’s longer-term thesis.
CoinDesk reported that the bank identified a key limitation: “ARB holders currently have no direct claim on that revenue,” even though Robinhood Chain pays 10% of its net protocol revenue into the Arbitrum ecosystem.
The Block said Standard Chartered expects Arbitrum to benefit from the Arbitrum Expansion Program, under which the network receives a rolling fee equal to 10% of net protocol revenue from external chains using its technology stack.
CoinDesk added that much of Robinhood Chain’s early activity came from memecoin platforms and trading apps rather than tokenized traditional assets, while still citing the bank’s estimate that Robinhood Chain’s September revenue run rate is about $5 million.
Standard Chartered also flagged risks including slower tokenization and competition from other blockchains, while noting the lack of direct value accrual to ARB holders as part of what could derail the forecast.
What could move next
Standard Chartered’s model points to tokenization growth as the addressable market, with CoinDesk citing Kendrick’s expectation that $4 trillion of traditional assets will be tokenized by the end of 2028.
“Kendrick expects $4 trillion of traditional assets to be tokenized by the end of 2028”
The Block said the bank projected tokenized assets to reach $4 trillion by end-2028, up from roughly $340 billion, and also projected tokenized equities could grow in tandem to $750 billion over the same period.
CoinDesk reported that ARB had gained nearly 7% in the last 24 hours amid a dip in the broader cryptocurrency market, while also noting that Robinhood has been covering gas fees for users under a 90-day subsidy due to expire around the end of September.
CoinMarketCap said 92.6 million ARB is scheduled to unlock on Sept. 16, adding another dated catalyst to the period in which Standard Chartered’s interim targets run.
Across the coverage, the bank’s upside case remains linked to enterprise chains built on Arbitrum’s stack, but the sources also repeatedly stress the same structural risk that ARB holders do not currently receive a direct flow from the revenue being cited.