Scoopfeeds — Intelligent news, curated.
Morpho poised to scale as DeFi infrastructure play, Standard Chartered says
business

Morpho poised to scale as DeFi infrastructure play, Standard Chartered says

CoinDesk · Jul 1, 2026, 1:46 PM · Also reported by 1 other source

Key takeaways

  • The bank has a $60 price target for MORPHO by the end of 2030, implying roughly 33x upside from its current price.
  • MORPHO was more than 13% higher over 24 hours, trading around $2.13 at publication time.
  • Decentralized finance has rebounded sharply over the past year as institutional interest in tokenized real-world assets and onchain lending accelerated.

It initiated coverage of Morpho with a $60 end-2030 price target, implying roughly 33x upside from current levels.Investment bank Standard Chartered has initiated coverage of Morpho, calling the lending protocol a dual-play on decentralized finance (DeFi) that combines a lending market with infrastructure for onchain banks and asset managers.

The bank has a $60 price target for MORPHO by the end of 2030, implying roughly 33x upside from its current price. This would see the token outperform both bitcoin BTC$59,468.18 and ether (ETH) over the same period.

MORPHO was more than 13% higher over 24 hours, trading around $2.13 at publication time.

Article preview — originally published by CoinDesk. Full story at the source.
Read full story on CoinDesk → More top stories

Also covered by

Aggregated and edited by the Scoop newsroom. We surface news from CoinDesk alongside other reporting so you can compare coverage in one place. Editorial policy · Corrections · About Scoop