Standard Chartered Cuts Near-Term Solana Forecast, Sees $2,000 by Decade’s End

Standard Chartered’s digital assets research division issued a revised price outlook for Solana (SOL) today, tempering near-term expectations while maintaining an aggressively bullish long-term target. Citing persistent macroeconomic headwinds and slower-than-anticipated institutional liquidity entering the altcoin market, the bank has lowered its short-term forecast for SOL. The previous projection, which saw Solana hitting approximately $250 by late 2025, has been adjusted downward to a range of $180-$200 for the same period.

However, the report emphasized that this near-term adjustment is a recalibration based purely on current market dynamics, and not a fundamental change in the network’s competitive advantages. Standard Chartered strongly reaffirmed its long-term thesis, maintaining its prediction that Solana is poised to reach $2,000 by the year 2030. The bank argues that Solana’s superior scalability, ultra-low transaction costs, and rising dominance in key Web3 sectors—including decentralized finance (DeFi) and Real World Assets (RWAs)—will drive massive adoption over the next six years.

Analysts noted that the $2,000 valuation is predicated on Solana capturing a significant share of the smart contract platform market, eventually achieving a market capitalization equivalent to approximately 20-25% of Ethereum’s projected 2030 value. Standard Chartered views Solana as the primary technological challenger poised to onboard millions of users and enterprises globally, securing its position as the leading high-performance layer-one blockchain for the next decade.

Source: Standard Chartered Cuts Near-Term Solana Forecast, Sees $2,000 by Decade’s End