Standard Chartered's 2026 coverage of several altcoins has led to significant price gains, notably Uniswap (up 210%) and Aave (up 122%). The bank set ambitious long-term price targets for these tokens, reflecting confidence in decentralized finance growth, token repurchases, and stablecoin expansion. Other tokens like Morpho, Chainlink, Sky, and Arbitrum also showed positive performance post-coverage. Standard Chartered also introduced coverage on Ethena, highlighting its role in stablecoins and tokenization with a 2028 price target of $2.
While Standard Chartered highlights strong long-term gains for UNI and AAVE, on Pluang as of Sep 30, 2026 16:41 WIB, UNI trades at Rp158.397 with a 1-day decline of 1.94%, and AAVE is priced at Rp2.878.062, down 4.36% in the last day. Compared to LINK, which holds a higher market cap of Rp190,39T but fell 6.78% in 24 hours, UNI and AAVE show relatively smaller daily drops despite their recent coverage. Pluang data also shows AAVE has a notably longer typical hold time of 105 days versus UNI's 65 days, indicating different investor behaviors.
Aave's token price jumped 11% since midnight UTC on September 29, driven by speculation that its founder, Stani Kulechov, may introduce a token burn mechanism in the upcoming Aavenomics 3.0 update. This potential burn would permanently reduce token s...
Robinhood Chain, a Layer 2 network launched in July 2026, generated $50.2 million in transaction fees from September 1-23, capturing 57.3% of Uniswap's protocol revenue. This rapid growth was driven mainly by retail traders swapping memecoins rather ...
Uniswap's token UNI fell 3.24% within an hour, dropping from $9.28 to $8.98 as of 5:23 a.m. ET on September 29. Despite this short-term decline, UNI still showed a 0.79% increase over the past 24 hours. During the same hour, short liquidations across...
Uniswap's token UNI increased by 5.55% within four hours, reaching $9.07 on Binance's UNI/USDT spot market. Despite this intraday rise, UNI closed the day slightly lower, down 0.49% compared to 24 hours earlier. During the same period, short liquidat...
Uniswap's UNI token dropped 9% to around $9.10 following a broader crypto market crash, with increased selling pressure as spot volume rose 45%. An early investor moved $12.9 million worth of UNI to market maker Wintermute, raising concerns about pot...
