Standard Chartered's Geoff Kendrick has initiated coverage of decentralized lending protocol Aave AAVE$75.93, forecasting the token could climb to $3,500 by the end of 2030 as the platform benefits from renewed growth in decentralized finance and tokenized real-world assets. Kendrick's target implies a roughly 50-fold increase from AAVE's current price near $70 and would see the token outperform both bitcoin BTC$62,034.97 and ether (ETH) over the period, according to the report.