Analysts at international bank Standard Chartered have presented a bold outlook that has stirred discussion about the future of digital finance. According to their latest study, the market for tokenized real-world assets is expected to reach USD 4 trillion by the end of 2028. The Chainlink network is expected to become a key infrastructure for this massive shift of capital, with the bank projecting as much as a 25-fold increase in the price of its LINK token – from the current approximately USD 8 to as much as USD 200 by 2030.

Can stablecoins become the new standard for global trade if their development in practice encounters complex verification and regulatory obstacles? This is precisely the challenge that payments giant Mastercard is attempting to address in a new pilot project in cooperation with Borderless. Together, they are connecting the world of traditional payments with blockchain infrastructure and demonstrating what the future of international transfers could look like.