Standard Chartered Predicts 40x Increase for Uniswap Token by 2030
Standard Chartered forecasts a nearly 40-fold increase in Uniswap's native token UNI by 2030, driven by the migration of Wall Street to on-chain investments. The prediction comes in a note from analyst Geoff Kendrick, highlighting Uniswap's unique market infrastructure. This coverage is from Decrypt.
Standard Chartered projects that Uniswap's native token, UNI, could experience a dramatic increase in value, potentially reaching $100 by 2030. This forecast stems from a broader trend of traditional finance (TradFi) migrating on-chain, as articulated by analyst Geoff Kendrick.
Kendrick describes Uniswap's automated market maker model and its fixed rules as attributes that make it a leading platform for open market infrastructure. He emphasizes that as financial institutions tokenize their assets, they are likely to seek integration with Uniswap, positioning the decentralized exchange (DEX) as a key player in the evolving financial landscape.
"For TradFi institutions, Uniswap should be viewed less as a retail DEX app and more as market infrastructure that TradFi can integrate with once tokenized assets scale and TradFi operators want to plug them into DeFi," Kendrick notes. This shift is projected to enhance the trading volume on Uniswap significantly, with an estimated 37-fold increase in assets traded on-chain by 2030.
Moreover, Uniswap is expected to implement a “fee switch” in late 2025, which is anticipated to further increase the token's scarcity by burning roughly 1% of the UNI supply annually. This structural change aims to increase UNI’s value as demand for automated trading on the platform grows.
Currently, UNI trades around $2.72, which reflects a 9.8% rise over the previous day. Despite having reached a peak price of approximately $45 five years ago, Uniswap remains a dominant player in decentralized finance (DeFi), having facilitated over $3.7 trillion in trading volume since its launch in 2018.
The importance of this forecast lies in the projected rise of digital assets within DeFi protocols, expected to reach a value of $2.7 trillion by the end of the decade. As more assets enter liquidity pools on Uniswap, the relationship between its trading volumes and protocol fees will likely strengthen, driving further value to the UNI token.
Summary based on original reporting by André Beganski at Decrypt, originally published Jun 15, 2026. SolanaWire does not republish source content.
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