Standard Chartered has cut its Solana price target for 2026 to $250 while raising its longer-term forecast to $2,000 by the end of the decade, citing the blockchain’s growing role in micropayments.
The UK-based bank said Solana’s near-term outlook has softened despite trading around $102, but argued the network’s ultra-low fees position it for significant upside over the next five years.
“We expect micropayment uses to expand as new applications are built, and we think Solana is uniquely positioned to capture most of this expansion,”
Said Geoffrey Kendrick, Standard Chartered’s global head of digital assets research.
Kendrick lowered his 2026 target from $310, forecasting $400 by 2027, $700 by 2028, $1,200 by 2029 and $2,000 by 2030 as adoption accelerates.
The thesis hinges on Solana’s median transaction fee of about $0.0007, which Kendrick said enables economically viable payments of just a few cents that are impractical on other blockchains.
By comparison, micropayment protocols such as x402 built on Base face higher costs, with average gas fees consuming a significant share of each transaction, the report noted.
Standard Chartered also pointed to rapid growth in stablecoin usage on Solana, saying dollars circulate two to three times more frequently than on Ethereum, signalling a shift from memecoin speculation toward real payment activity.
At the time of reporting, Solana price was $98.14.