Catenaa, Monday, September, 21, 2026- Standard Chartered has initiated coverage of Arbitrum’s ARB token with a $10 price target for the end of 2030, betting that growing use of its blockchain infrastructure by traditional financial firms will drive revenue.
ARB traded around 13 cents when the forecast was issued Tuesday. The bank set interim targets of 50 cents for the end of 2026, $1.50 for 2027, $3.50 for 2028 and $6.50 for 2029.
Geoff Kendrick, Standard Chartered’s global head of digital assets research, said the bank expects ARB to outperform bitcoin and ether through 2030.
The forecast rests heavily on Arbitrum’s role as infrastructure for companies building their own blockchain networks.
Under the Arbitrum Expansion Program, external chains using its technology and settling outside Arbitrum One return 10% of net protocol revenue to the Arbitrum ecosystem.
Robinhood Chain has become a prominent example.
The network, built with Arbitrum technology, launched July 1. Standard Chartered estimates Arbitrum could receive about $5 million in Expansion Program fees in September if current activity continues.
Robinhood Chain generated average daily fee revenue of about $2.8 million during the first half of September, according to the bank.
Arbitrum Foundation separately reported that Expansion Program fees generated $360,000 for the DAO in July, accounting for 35% of its income that month.
Arbitrum is an Ethereum Layer 2 ecosystem designed to process transactions more efficiently while benefiting from Ethereum settlement. Its technology can also be used to create customized chains for businesses and financial institutions.
That enterprise business has become increasingly important as banks, brokers and asset managers experiment with tokenized stocks, funds and other traditional financial assets.
Standard Chartered estimates tokenized assets could grow from about $340 billion to $4 trillion by the end of 2028, with tokenized equities reaching $750 billion.
The bank sees that expansion creating demand for blockchain infrastructure such as Arbitrum.
However, the forecast carries substantial risks.
ARB holders do not currently receive a direct share of the network fees underpinning Standard Chartered’s valuation argument. The bank also cited competition from rival blockchains and slower-than-expected asset tokenization as potential obstacles.
US regulation remains another uncertainty after the CLARITY Act failed to advance in the Senate this week.
Standard Chartered’s $10 target therefore depends not simply on wider crypto-market gains, but on Arbitrum converting growing institutional blockchain use into sustained ecosystem revenue.
