Chainlink zavádí SVR, který rozšiřuje standardní Chainlink Price Feeds o volitelnou soukromou transmisní vrstvu a má vracet OEV zpět protokolu místo botům. Řešení se rozšířilo na Base, Arbitrum a BNB Chain.
Every time a Chainlink oracle pushes a new price onchain, it can instantly render some collateralized loans eligible for liquidation. Automated bots race to capture that opportunity, pocketing the profit while the protocol that generated the price update walks away with nothing. The industry has a name for it: Oracle Extractable Value, or OEV.
@chainlink has built a mechanism to change that. Smart Value Recapture (SVR) extends standard Chainlink Price Feeds with an optional private transmission layer. In practice, the price report travels two routes simultaneously: one through the public mempool as normal, and one through a private channel where searchers bid for the right to execute the resulting liquidation.
Designed to Be Non-Toxic A key feature of the design is its deliberate scope. Protocols that worry about the private route failing also have a safety net:
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Since that launch, adoption has broadened considerably. @chainlink has also added a second auction venue and extended SVR to Base, Arbitrum, and BNB Chain, deepening the multi-chain reach of the product.
Chainlink‘s LINK token rallied more than 8% in the past 24 hours to reach $13.26, building on a week-long surge that has seen its price climb approximately 18%. The latest advance came as LINK broke decisively above the $12 resistance, a range that has capped price action throughout recent sessions.
Key partnerships and institutional adoptionThis momentum follows Chainlink’s new partnership with Bottomline, a payments technology firm that works with over 600 banks and processes upwards of $16 trillion in payments annually. Through this collaboration, Chainlink plans to connect its infrastructure, including the Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP), to established banking payment systems. The goal is to enhance both cross-border and cross-chain transactions across the sector.
The announcement spurred LINK to break above the $12 threshold. After buyers pushed the price further, LINK surpassed $13 for the first time in several weeks on September 7. This breakout from the $12–$12.20 region, which had repeatedly limited gains, marked a significant shift in market sentiment.
Additional institutional engagement came as Circle recently launched cirBTC, a wrapped Bitcoin product. According to Circle, cirBTC employs Chainlink’s Proof of Reserve mechanism to provide onchain verification of the Bitcoin reserves backing the token.
In the US, the Wyoming Stable Token Commission selected Chainlink Proof of Reserve as its near real-time verification tool for the state’s Frontier Stable Token. Previously, Wyoming had chosen Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol as the exclusive cross-chain infrastructure for this stablecoin project.
Mini dictionary: Bottomline is a US-based payments technology provider serving financial institutions worldwide. Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) is a standard for enabling secure data and token transfers across different blockchains.
Chainlink has also collaborated with the US Department of Commerce to bring official economic data onchain. This integration with the Bureau of Economic Analysis allows key indicators, such as real GDP and the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index, to be accessible across supported blockchain platforms.
LINK price analysis: Technical breakout and momentumOn the technical side, LINK climbed above the $12–$12.20 resistance zone after spending much of August below this range. The token touched an intraday high near $13.66, and the latest daily candle suggests that a continued move towards $14 is likely if LINK holds above its breakout level.
IndicatorValueCurrent Price$13.26Resistance Broken$12–$12.2030-Day Gain62%20-day EMA$11.4650-day EMA$10.28100-day EMA$9.62200-day EMA$9.92All four exponential moving averages currently sit below LINK’s market price. The 20-day EMA has separated sharply from the 50-day EMA, highlighting the acceleration seen since last month. LINK also moved above the 200-day EMA after spending several months trading below this key indicator.
Clearing the $12 to $12.20 zone marked a crucial breakout for LINK, with buyers maintaining momentum as price surged past $13. Consistent accumulation and increased trading volumes provide additional confirmation that this move is backed by sustained demand in the market.
On the downside, a failure to maintain current levels could bring the $12–$12.20 area back into focus. Should this support collapse, the 20-day EMA around $11.46 would be the next target for buyers to defend. Parabolic SAR readings on the daily chart remain below the current price, supporting continuation of the prevailing uptrend, while a reversal would suggest waning momentum.
Shorter-term indicators also reflect growing momentum. The TRIX oscillator climbed to 23.31 after rebounding from negative territory. Accumulation/Distribution reached about 138.1 million, up from 125 million since July. This fresh jump was matched by a notable increase in trading volume after LINK crossed $13, indicating strong buying interest rather than fading accumulation.
If LINK achieves a sustained break above $13.68, the next probable resistance stands at $14. A move beyond that level could open the path toward the $15–$15.50 range, which previously acted as a trading zone in late 2025. However, dropping below $12 would threaten the current bullish structure, placing additional focus on lower moving averages for potential support.
LINK vzrostl v poslední seanci asi o 7,1 % na 13,07 USD po průrazu nad 12 USD. Analytik Investor Jordan vidí při potvrzeném průrazu další cíl na 15 USD a pak 20 USD.
TLDR A wallet sent 620,420 LINK (about $7.6 million) to Coinbase on September 7, part of $26 million moved over three weeks. LINK traded near $13.07, up roughly 7.1% in the latest session, after recovering from summer lows near $7-$8. Analyst Investor Jordan says a break above $12 could push LINK toward $15, with $20 as a further target. Trading volume rose 25% to $503.9 million and open interest climbed 8.26% to $696.89 million. Wyoming’s FRNT stablecoin adopted Chainlink Proof of Reserve, becoming the first US public stablecoin to report reserves on-chain. A large Chainlink holder sent another batch of tokens to Coinbase this week. The wallet transferred 620,420 LINK, worth close to $7.6 million, on September 7.
Blockchain analytics account Onchain Lens tracked the move. The same address has now sent 2.41 million LINK, valued near $26.04 million, to Coinbase over three weeks.
The wallet built its position through earlier Binance withdrawals. It then began routing tokens to Coinbase instead of holding them.
Exchange deposits often come before sales, but that isn’t confirmed here. Blockchain records show the transfer, not what the owner plans to do with it.
LINK traded at $13.07 on September 7, up about 7.1% for the session. Its price ranged between $12.12 and $13.32 during the day.
Chainlink Price on CoinGecko Price and Technical Signals The token’s MACD line sat at 0.7841, above its signal line near 0.7069. That points to continued upward momentum on the daily chart.
The relative strength index read 72.47, above the 70 mark often used to flag overbought conditions. LINK also traded above its 20-day moving average of $11.39, according to TradingView data.
Bollinger Bands widened as price broke out of a $7.20 to $8.50 consolidation range. Resistance now sits near $12.59.
Analyst Outlook and Network Adoption Crypto analyst Investor Jordan posted on X that LINK is approaching a resistance zone near $12. He said a confirmed break above that level could send the price toward $15, with $20 as a further target if buying pressure holds through the fourth quarter.
Trading volume climbed 25.02% to $503.90 million in 24 hours. Open interest rose 8.26% to $696.89 million, showing more derivatives traders taking positions.
Wyoming’s FRNT stablecoin adopted Chainlink Proof of Reserve this week. It becomes the first stablecoin from a US public entity to publish reserve data on-chain through Chainlink.
Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol processed $4.9 billion in volume during the second quarter. That figure rose 353% from a year earlier, per Standard Chartered.
Aave adopted CCIP as its default cross-chain infrastructure this year. BitGo also chose CCIP as the exclusive cross-chain provider for Wrapped Bitcoin, moving a $7.3 billion ecosystem.
More than 50 banks joined a Chainlink-linked stablecoin settlement test using Swift and ISO 20022 messaging. Bottomline Technologies separately partnered with Chainlink to link payment tools across 600 banks.
LINK’s rally from June and July lows near $7-$8 remains intact as of September 7. The $12 to $13 zone stands as the level traders are watching next.
Arcadia nasadila svou vrstvu automatizované správy likvidity na Robinhood Chain a využívá Chainlink pro cenová data u tokenizovaných reálných aktiv. Integrace přidává koncentrované likviditní trezory, automatické vyvažování a cross-chain kolaterál.
@ArcadiaFi has officially deployed its automated liquidity management layer on @RobinhoodCrypto Chain, bringing professional-grade concentrated liquidity tools to one of the most closely watched Layer 2 networks in DeFi.
What Arcadia Brings to Robinhood Chain The platform gives users access to concentrated liquidity vaults with institutional-level execution, designed to lower the technical barrier for managing on-chain positions. Key features include a "zap-in" entry mechanism for single-click liquidity deployment, auto-rebalancing triggers that adjust positions as market conditions shift, and leveraged yield streaming across major decentralized exchanges on the network.
The integration leans on @Chainlink price feeds to secure the valuation of tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) and cross-chain collateral. This is a notable fit for Robinhood Chain, which Robinhood describes as permissionless, AI-native, and purpose-built for real-world assets. Chainlink is among the chain's core infrastructure partners, alongside Alchemy and BitGo.
Why Chainlink Oracles Matter for RWA Platforms Securing accurate, tamper-resistant price data is a foundational requirement for any protocol handling tokenized assets. Chainlink supplies oracle infrastructure across three products on Robinhood Chain: CCIP for cross-chain messaging, Data Streams for low-latency market data, and Data Feeds for standard price oracles. For a liquidity layer like Arcadia's, which deals with cross-chain collateral and leveraged positions, that infrastructure carries real weight.
Chainlink's Data Feeds are live on Robinhood's EVM, with price data being used in trading, lending, liquidations, and tokenized securities. Reliable price information is particularly important for on-chain derivatives and tokenized assets that rely on settlement of underlying instruments.
The broader context matters here too. Robinhood described the chain as permissionless, AI-native, and purpose-built for real-world assets. Stock Tokens are available through the Robinhood Wallet in more than 120 countries, with more than 200 US stocks and ETFs offered as tokens. These tokens give economic exposure to the underlying shares, including dividend support, and can be traded around the clock. Arcadia's liquidity layer slots directly into this environment, offering a more sophisticated toolset for users who want active yield on their on-chain holdings.
For $LINK, the Arcadia deployment adds another live production use case to a growing list. RWA tokenization turns traditional assets into blockchain-based instruments, and Chainlink supplies the data, reserve checks, and messaging layer they need.
Sources:
Robinhood: Robinhood Chain Mainnet Launch Announcement
Chainlink: Live RWA Prices and Tokenized Asset Infrastructure
The Block: Robinhood Chain Goes Live on Mainnet
Chainlink oznámil partnerství s Bottomline, třetím největším poskytovatelem služeb SWIFT, které propojí více než 600 bankovních klientů s vypořádáním na blockchainu. LINK po zprávě vystřelil na 13,64 USD, nejvýše od 18. ledna.
In brief Bottomline, a top-three SWIFT services provider that processes more than $16 trillion in payments annually, announced a deal with Chainlink to connect its 600-plus bank customers to blockchain settlement. LINK touched $13.64 on September 7, its highest price since January 18, and outpaced every other top-10 cryptocurrency by market cap over the past 24 hours while Bitcoin stayed capped below $80,000. Chainlink's CCIP will move tokenized value across blockchains and its CRE will orchestrate the payment workflow, letting banks keep sending standard messages instead of building new infrastructure. Bitcoin is back under $80,000 today, down about 1%, after a stellar August rally brought investors gains of over 20% in the last 30 days.
But as trading action on the crypto majors cools, there’s at least one altcoin climbing up the charts: the native token of the decentralized oracle network Chainlink, up a whopping 6.8% in the last 24 hours. Can it keep crypto’s hot summer going a little longer?
Myriad: Bitcoin next price move? Click to make your prediction.Bitcoin got rejected from $82,000 twice over the past two weeks and opened this one pinned below $80,000, still under the 50-week moving average near $81,000 it lost back in May.
The coin is also in a compression zone after a major spike in late August. Analysts are debating between the possibility of a trend reversal that would keep pushing prices up, and a so-called Bart Simpson pattern that would tank prices back down close to $65,000 in a few days.
Bitcoin price data. Image: TradingviewIn terms of fundamentals, traders are watching two catalysts this month: fresh inflation data and the Federal Reserve's September 16 rate decision, after Friday's stronger-than-expected August jobs report raised the odds of a hike.
Chainlink, meanwhile, had a different week entirely.
Chainlink, which trades as LINK, climbed to $13.64 Monday, its highest level since January 18. That's a roughly 6.8% gain in 24 hours, the best showing among the 10 largest cryptocurrencies by market cap—while most of the group traded flat to lower. In the derivatives market, open interest on LINK contracts also hit an 11-month high of $784 million.
Chainlink price data. Image: TradingviewThe rally may trace back to a deal Chainlink announced last week with Bottomline, a top-three SWIFT services provider that handles payments automation and treasury management for more than 600 banks.
Per Chainlink's announcement, Bottomline will connect its existing systems to public and private blockchains through Chainlink's infrastructure. Bottomline also serves roughly 1,200 financial institutions and 10,000 businesses worldwide.
Two existing Chainlink products do the work. Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol, or CCIP, has been live since July 2023 and now spans more than 60 blockchains, handling the movement of tokenized value between them. Chainlink Runtime Environment, or CRE, coordinates what the company calls "payment workflows end-to-end," handling routing and confirmations along the way.
Banks keep sending the same ISO 20022 messages they already use, the global standard for cross-border payment instructions that reached 97% adoption since a November 2025 switchover. Chainlink sits underneath as the connector rather than a replacement. Neither company has disclosed a go-live date or named a pilot bank.
Not Chainlink's first brush with SWIFTSWIFT itself has tested Chainlink before. In 2023, SWIFT ran interoperability experiments with Chainlink and more than 10 institutions, including Citi and BNY Mellon, moving tokenized assets onto Ethereum's Sepolia testnet.
Standard Chartered listed SWIFT among the institutions already using Chainlink services last month when the bank set a $200 price target for LINK by 2030, citing Chainlink's $110 billion in secured value.
What’s more, in late August, the financial services giant Charles Schwab announced plans to expand its retail crypto trading offering beyond just Bitcoin and Ethereum. The brokerage only chose three more assets to list on its trading platform: Solana, Avalanche, and Chainlink.
The combination of bullish news may be a big part of the reason why Chainlink is currently outperforming just about every other coin in the top 20 by market cap, other than Zcash: LINK is currently up 57% in the last 30 days.
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Chainlink oznámil, že stablecoin FRNT od Wyomingu přijal Proof of Reserve pro on-chain zveřejňování rezerv. Jde o první stablecoin amerického veřejného subjektu s transparentností rezerv v reálném čase.
Chainlink (LINK) is gaining renewed bullish momentum as buyers defend the recent price breakout and key resistance levels come into view. The altcoin, a decentralized oracle network enabling smart contracts to securely connect with real-world data, continues to attract attention due to improved market activity, positive technical signals, and strengthening adoption within its ecosystem.
LINK Rally Gathers PaceAt press time, LINK was trading at $12.32 with a 24-hour trading volume of $360 million and a market capitalization of $9.2 billion. The token has risen 4.78% in the last 24 hours, reflecting growing investor confidence and heightened interest among both spot and derivatives traders.
Investor Jordan, a prominent crypto analyst, indicated that LINK is now approaching a critical resistance zone. Traders are observing whether bullish momentum can push the token and close above the $12 resistance. Consolidation is expected in the short term, but a successful breakthrough above $12 could unlock stronger gains, with $15 as the next target and $20 as a more optimistic milestone.
Clearing the $12 level with sustained buying pressure could open the path for LINK to rally toward $15, with $20 seen as an ambitious objective in a robust upward trend.
If LINK overcomes resistance and maintains momentum, analysts expect broader market confidence to increase, potentially making the fourth quarter eventful for Chainlink with high volatility and stronger participation.
Volume and Technical Indicators Point to StrengthMarket data shows notable growth in trading activity. LINK’s 24-hour trading volume jumped 25.02% to $503.90 million, while open interest advanced 8.26% to $696.89 million, suggesting deeper involvement from derivatives traders and a more active market environment.
Technical analysis based on TradingView data reveals that LINK has broken out of its prolonged consolidation range between $7.20 and $8.50. The Bollinger Bands have widened, with the price rising to $12.29 and maintaining levels above the 20-day moving average of $11.39. LINK is currently pressing against upper resistance at $12.59, while the predominant trend remains positive.
MetricPreviousCurrentPrice$11.76$12.3224h Volume$403 million$503.90 millionOpen Interest$644 million$696.89 millionThe Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) indicator signals a brief pause in momentum as the histogram remains slightly negative at -0.01822, but both MACD lines are positioned well above zero, indicating an ongoing upward trend with potential for additional gains.
Analysts link LINK’s upward trajectory to broader improvements in the crypto market, as Bitcoin has also started to rise, providing further support to altcoins.
Chainlink announced that FRNT, the stablecoin issued by Wyoming, has integrated Chainlink Proof of Reserve to publish on-chain data about the assets backing the token. FRNT is now the first stablecoin from a US publicly owned entity to offer real-time reserve transparency through the Chainlink platform. This new system provides added visibility and accountability, establishing a use case for blockchain-based public accounting in government-issued digital currency.
Chainlink stated that this integration not only meets but exceeds requirements set by the GENIUS Act, a regulatory framework for digital assets, and could influence other regulated stablecoin providers to adopt similar solutions.
Mini dictionary: Chainlink Proof of Reserve, an on-chain audit mechanism, allows blockchain-based assets like stablecoins to publicly and verifiably share data about underlying reserves, ensuring transparency and increasing trust among users and regulators.
LINK price is now facing a crucial resistance level. A breakout above $12, with supportive volume and buying interest, could trigger a move toward $15 or $20. However, failure to overcome resistance may see the token enter another consolidation phase.
FRNT’s adoption of Chainlink Proof of Reserve marks the first time an American publicly owned entity has provided real-time reserve disclosure on chain, offering a new model for transparency in the stablecoin sector.
Circle přidala do cirBTC Chainlink Proof of Reserve, takže rezervy bitcoinu lze nyní sledovat on-chain. Reportované rezervy podle Circle přesahují aktuální nabídku tokenu.
6 September 2026 | 10:06 Circle has added Chainlink Proof of Reserve to cirBTC, giving users and blockchain applications an onchain way to monitor the Bitcoin backing Circle’s wrapped token.
Key Takeaways Chainlink publishes cirBTC reserve data onchain. Reported reserves exceed the current token supply. The reserve feed is not an audit. Reserve-linked minting controls were not announced. Direct access remains focused on qualified businesses. What Chainlink changes for cirBTC Native Bitcoin cannot move directly through Ethereum smart contracts. Wrapped tokens address that limitation by keeping BTC on the Bitcoin network while issuing a corresponding token on a programmable blockchain.
Circle’s cirBTC is already live on Ethereum and is designed to maintain at least one BTC in reserve for every token issued. It can be used in compatible applications without requiring its holder to sell the underlying Bitcoin exposure.
The September 4 update changes how that backing can be monitored. Under Circle’s reserve-verification model, the company discloses the Bitcoin addresses holding cirBTC reserves, while Chainlink Proof of Reserve publishes verified reserve information onchain.
Unlike a conventional reserve webpage, an onchain feed can be read by smart contracts and automated risk systems. A lending protocol could compare reported reserves with cirBTC supply before accepting the token as collateral, provided its developers connect the feed to the protocol’s risk controls.
Reported reserves exceed cirBTC supply Circle’s live cirBTC dashboard listed approximately 40.03 cirBTC in circulation against 42.51 BTC held in the disclosed reserve addresses in its September 5 reading.
cirBTC reserve reading
Circle dashboard data dated September 5, 2026, at 8:00 a.m.
TOKEN SUPPLY
40.03 cirBTC
BTC RESERVES
42.51 BTC
CALCULATED SURPLUS
2.49 BTC
CALCULATED COVERAGE
106.21%
The surplus and coverage ratio are calculations based on Circle’s published figures. The coverage figure divides reported BTC reserves by cirBTC supply, treating each cirBTC as a claim backed by one BTC under Circle’s stated model.
Reserves exceeded supply by approximately 2.49 BTC at that reading, although Circle has not described the difference as a permanent reserve buffer. The values will change as tokens are issued or redeemed and as BTC moves between the disclosed addresses.
CirBTC’s current supply is still small. If it becomes widely used across lending markets and exchanges, stale reserve information, thin secondary-market liquidity or disrupted redemptions would carry greater consequences.
What the reserve feed can verify Chainlink helps users determine whether the BTC held in Circle’s disclosed addresses covers the cirBTC visible onchain. That is a narrower function than a financial audit, which would examine a broader range of assets, liabilities, controls and legal obligations.
The reserve reading also depends on Circle identifying all relevant addresses. Holders separately rely on the custodian protecting the BTC, the issuer processing eligible redemptions and the cirBTC smart contract operating correctly.
Circle says the backing assets are held through a group affiliate at Circle National Trust, a federally chartered national trust bank supervised by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. According to the company, the BTC is segregated from Circle’s corporate assets and held for the benefit of cirBTC holders.
The custody structure protects the underlying assets, while Chainlink makes the reported reserve data available onchain. A positive reserve reading does not guarantee immediate redemption or remove operational and smart-contract risks.
Circle has not announced an automatic minting safeguard Publishing reserve data allows users and applications to identify a potential mismatch. Preventing unsupported issuance requires an additional control connecting that data to cirBTC’s minting process.
Chainlink Proof of Reserve can support rules that stop new tokens from being created when verified backing falls below a required threshold. Circle’s announcement, however, describes reserve monitoring and onchain publication without saying that the cirBTC contract automatically blocks minting in such circumstances.
Available now
Machine-readable reserve information that can be compared with the amount of cirBTC in circulation.
Not confirmed
A contract-level rule that automatically prevents additional cirBTC issuance when verified reserves are insufficient.
Wyoming’s recent Chainlink integration illustrates the same design choice. As our analysis of Wyoming’s onchain reserve system explained, developers must decide whether the published figure remains a monitoring tool or becomes part of an enforceable minting rule.
For cirBTC, the feed currently improves detection. It cannot replace missing Bitcoin, complete a delayed redemption or correct a reserve shortfall by itself.
Direct redemption remains institution-focused Reserve coverage is only one part of a wrapped asset’s reliability. Holders also need to understand who can exchange the token directly for the underlying Bitcoin.
Circle’s developer documentation says qualified businesses can mint and redeem cirBTC through Circle Mint. The service uses the same API framework that Circle provides for USDC and EURC.
A trader may still be able to obtain cirBTC through an exchange or decentralized liquidity pool without qualifying for a Circle Mint account. That trader would depend on the secondary market or an eligible intermediary when leaving the position rather than redeeming directly with Circle.
The distinction becomes particularly important during periods of market stress. A fully backed token can temporarily trade below the value of its underlying asset when direct redemption is limited to a narrower group and secondary-market liquidity becomes insufficient.
Circle has used a similar institution-focused distribution model elsewhere. As shown by Standard Chartered’s integration of USDC minting and redemption, eligible institutions can access Circle-issued assets through regulated intermediaries without necessarily maintaining a direct relationship with Circle.
Liquidity and DeFi adoption are the next tests Circle plans to add native cirBTC support to Arc when the network’s mainnet launches, subject to approval, with further blockchain integrations expected later. Expansion across several networks would make aggregate supply tracking more important because all issued tokens would ultimately depend on the same underlying Bitcoin reserves.
CirBTC’s progress can be measured through its circulating supply, secondary-market liquidity, redemption access and acceptance as collateral. Protocol documentation will also show whether DeFi applications merely display the Chainlink reserve reading or use it to impose collateral limits.
The remaining technical question is whether Circle or integrated protocols will connect the reserve feed to controls that prevent additional issuance or exposure when verified BTC backing is insufficient.
The article is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice.
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Alex is Editor-in-Chief of Coindoo and co-founder of Millennial Media Group, with nearly a decade of experience covering financial markets - crypto first, then everything else. It started in 2016 with Bitcoin. Like most people at the time, he didn't fully understand it - so he kept digging. Blockchain, tokenomics, the projects, the cycles. That curiosity never stopped, and eventually pulled him into traditional markets too: equities, commodities, macro. Not because he left crypto behind, but because you can't properly understand one without the other. What drives him is straightforward: he wants to know why something is happening, not just that it's happening. Most market coverage stops at the headline - price up, price down, here's a chart. Alex finds that kind of reporting actively unhelpful. If you walk away from an article without understanding the mechanism behind the move, what did you actually learn? He holds a degree in Tourism from New Bulgarian University - not the most obvious path into financial markets, but markets have a way of pulling in people who are simply too curious to stay out. He has authored over 200 in-depth analyses and more than 10,000 articles across crypto and traditional finance. He still thinks every day in markets teaches him something new. That's probably why he hasn't stopped.
Circle spustila Circle Wrapped Bitcoin (cirBTC), token krytý v poměru 1:1 BTC a podložený Chainlink Proof of Reserve. Je live na Ethereum a native podpora má později dorazit i na Arc po spuštění mainnetu.
Circle has launched Circle Wrapped Bitcoin (cirBTC), a 1:1 BTC-backed token that brings native Bitcoin onto programmable networks with segregated custody and verifiable onchain reserve data. Announced on 4 September 2026, cirBTC is live on Ethereum today, with native support planned for Circle’s Arc layer-1 blockchain once its mainnet launches.
How cirBTC’s Backing Is Structured Every cirBTC token is backed one-to-one by native Bitcoin and redeemable one-to-one for it, a wrapped token rather than a staked or derivative product. The underlying BTC is held through a Circle affiliate and custodied by Circle National Trust, a federally chartered national trust bank supervised by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Reserves sit in accounts segregated from Circle’s corporate assets and held for the exclusive benefit of cirBTC holders, keeping the collateral legally and operationally separate from the issuer’s balance sheet. The token is issued by Circle International Bermuda Limited, a Class F Digital Asset Business licensed by the Bermuda Monetary Authority.
Chainlink Proof of Reserve for Verifiable Backing Circle pairs segregated custody with observable backing by connecting three data points: native BTC held in disclosed reserve addresses, the onchain reserve value published through Chainlink Proof of Reserve, and the circulating cirBTC supply across supported chains. When cirBTC is redeemed, the corresponding tokens are removed from circulation and native BTC is released, so tokens in circulation should not exceed the BTC held in reserve. Circle is careful to note that proof of reserve does not replace custody, redemption, or smart-contract diligence, but it lets lending protocols, market makers, and asset managers inspect the collateral without relying solely on an issuer’s statement.
Ethereum Now, Arc and More Later cirBTC enters an already competitive wrapped-Bitcoin market, where custody and reserve transparency have become the key differentiators for institutions deciding how to put BTC to work in decentralized finance. The launch also extends Circle’s reach beyond its USDC stablecoin franchise, following moves such as bringing USDC to Hyperliquid. Native cirBTC support on Arc is expected at mainnet launch, subject to applicable regulatory approvals, with additional blockchain integrations planned over time. For holders, the pitch is straightforward: a way to use Bitcoin in onchain markets, as it did when WBTC exchange outflows recently hit a six-week high, while keeping the reserve side of that exposure observable.
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Wyoming Stable Token Commission zavádí Chainlink Proof of Reserve pro Frontier Token (FRNT), aby on-chain ověřovala jeho krytí. Jde o jeden z prvních státem vydaných stablecoinů s veřejným důkazem rezerv.
The Wyoming Stable Token Commission said on September 2 that it is adopting Chainlink Proof of Reserve to verify the reserves backing Frontier Token (FRNT), the state’s stable token, directly on-chain. In its announcement, the Commission framed the integration as a step toward a new U.S. standard for digital-asset transparency, making the state’s token one of the first government-issued stablecoins to publish on-chain proof of its own backing.
What Proof of Reserve Adds to FRNT Chainlink Proof of Reserve uses independent data feeds to check that a token’s off-chain assets match its on-chain supply, alerting holders when the collateral behind a coin falls short. For FRNT, that means the Commission can surface live evidence that the cash and U.S. Treasury assets intended to back the token are actually in place, rather than asking holders to rely on periodic attestations.
The Commission described the adoption as a transparency upgrade rather than a change to FRNT’s underlying design. The token is already integrated with Chainlink’s CCIP interoperability protocol for cross-chain movement, a step Wyoming announced in August.
Why a State-Backed Token Is Being Watched Closely Wyoming issued FRNT as the first state-authorized stable token in the United States, positioning it as a test case for how a government can issue money on a blockchain. Extending on-chain verification to its reserves is meant to give that pilot a stronger credibility argument as federal stablecoin legislation pushes issuers toward tighter reserve disclosure.
The Commission’s announcement frames the integration as a benchmark other issuers and states can follow, though it did not specify when the verification feed would go live or how often reserve data would be refreshed.
An Early Pilot With Broader Ambitions FRNT remains a small-scale pilot rather than a widely circulating currency, and its outstanding supply is still measured in a narrow range. That scale means the Proof of Reserve integration is more a signal of regulatory direction than a live test of market-scale reserve risk today.
Still, the pairing of a state regulator with a major oracle network shows how government-issued stablecoins might report their backing in the future. The open question is whether the on-chain verification Wyoming has adopted will satisfy federal regulators once broader stablecoin rules take effect.
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Chainlink Data Feeds jsou nyní na Tempo a přinášejí onchain tržní data pro stablecoinové a finanční aplikace. Vývojáři je mohou použít pro ocenění kolaterálu, FX srovnání a řízení rizik.
Chainlink Data Feeds went live on Tempo on Sept. 3, providing the payments-focused blockchain with onchain market data for stablecoin and financial applications.
Summary
Chainlink Data Feeds are now live on Tempo, supplying market prices directly to financial applications. Developers can use supported feeds for collateral valuation, exchange-rate comparisons, treasury controls and reconciliation workflows. Independent Chainlink node operators aggregate multiple data sources before publishing reports that contracts can verify. Tempo provides execution and settlement, while applications determine how incoming market information controls transactions automatically. LINK traded near $11.84, rising about 5.6%, without confirmed evidence connecting gains to integration news. The integration allows businesses, institutions and developers to access supported price feeds without building independent oracle infrastructure. Applications can use the data for collateral valuation, foreign exchange comparisons, treasury management and automated risk controls.
Chainlink Data Feeds support financial applications Blockchains cannot independently obtain market information from external exchanges and financial data providers. Oracle networks deliver that information to smart contracts, allowing applications to respond to price changes and other offchain events.
Chainlink Data Feeds are now live on Tempo.
Businesses and developers can use @chainlink’s industry-standard infrastructure to value collateral, compare FX rates, and automate risk controls while eliminating the need to build and maintain custom oracle infrastructure. pic.twitter.com/LVChhzeMC1
— Tempo (@tempo) September 3, 2026 Chainlink aggregates observations from multiple data providers. Independent node operators collect the information before publishing reports that smart contracts can verify on Tempo.
Tempo provides the execution and settlement layer, while developers decide how applications use the information. A lending application, for example, can reference a feed when calculating collateral values, borrowing limits and the health of open positions.
Developers can review the available feeds and contract addresses through Chainlink’s documentation. The companies did not state how many applications currently use the feeds.
Tempo targets stablecoin payment infrastructure Tempo is a layer-1 blockchain designed for stablecoin payments and financial settlement. Stripe and crypto investment company Paradigm incubated the project before its mainnet launch in March 2026.
The network is intended to support uses such as business payments, payroll, remittances and machine-generated transactions. As previously reported, Tempo launched its mainnet and machine-payment protocol to process stablecoin transfers for businesses and artificial intelligence agents.
Market data expands the functions applications can build around those payments. A business could compare a foreign exchange quote with an external reference rate before approving a conversion. Treasury software could also rebalance positions when an asset moves outside a predefined range.
Tempo said applications could use stablecoin balances as collateral for working capital and other liquidity products. These remain potential applications rather than evidence that specific products have launched.
“Financial applications built around those payments need dependable market data to value collateral, compare exchange rates, and manage risk,” Tempo’s Eric Kang said.
Chainlink data can automate collateral controls The feeds can allow lending applications to monitor collateral without relying on a single exchange or data provider. Developers can program borrowing limits, liquidation thresholds and collateral top-up requirements around the incoming reference prices.
Tempo applications can also use the feeds to value different assets in one reporting currency. This could support accounting, position reconciliation and exposure monitoring across stablecoins or tokenized assets.
The integration follows Tempo’s expansion beyond basic payments. In May, the network integrated Morpho’s lending infrastructure, adding decentralized credit markets to the chain. The rollout brought fixed and variable lending tools to Tempo while preserving its payments-focused design.
Chainlink has also extended its data services across other tokenized markets. In August, it introduced price feeds for four Coinbase-issued tokenized U.S. stocks on Base, allowing supported applications to assess tokenized equities for lending and collateral.
Meanwhile, Chainlink Data Feeds provide reference prices rather than executing transactions themselves. Tempo applications remain responsible for selecting feeds, setting risk limits and determining how they respond when prices move. Developers must also account for update frequency, deviation thresholds and periods when market data becomes unavailable.
LINK rises as Chainlink integrations expand Chainlink traded near $11.84 when checked, up approximately 5.6% over the previous session. It reached an intraday high near $12 after trading as low as $11.13.
Chainlink (LINK) price chart, source: crypto.news No verified evidence directly connected the price increase to the Tempo announcement. LINK traded within a broader crypto market advance, making attribution to one integration unreliable.
Chainlink has secured several institutional and public-sector integrations in recent months. Wyoming recently adopted its Proof of Reserve system to publish near-real-time backing data for the state-issued FRNT stable token. The system adds onchain reserve verification to Wyoming’s daily attestations.
The next measure of the Tempo integration will be developer adoption. Tempo has not announced a deadline for additional feeds or named applications preparing to launch with the data. Supported contracts are already available for developers to integrate.
Chainlink has partnered with Bottomline, a B2B payments technology provider, to bring secure cross-chain payment capabilities to Bottomline’s banking customers. The collaboration pairs Chainlink’s blockchain interoperability infrastructure with a legacy payments firm that processes hundreds of billions of dollars in annual volume.
Bottomline provides SaaS-based solutions for payments automation, financial messaging, fraud prevention, and treasury management. Its customer base spans roughly 1,200 financial institutions and 10,000 businesses globally. Those clients rely on Bottomline’s infrastructure to move money across networks like Paymode, and the firm has built deep expertise around compliance frameworks including Swift and ISO 20022 standards.
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Chainlink has been courting the traditional finance sector, positioning itself as the connective tissue between blockchains and legacy systems. The most prominent example is Project Pangea, an initiative involving over 50 banking institutions across Europe and South Korea. That project targets T+0 settlement for foreign exchange transactions. The banks participating in Pangea collectively manage more than $10 trillion in assets under management.
Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol, known as CCIP, allows different blockchains and traditional systems to communicate with each other, which is critical for any financial institution that wants to use blockchain without being locked into a single chain.
Cross-border transactions between countries still routinely take days to settle. Fees can eat up 5% or more of a transfer’s value. The correspondent banking system that underpins most international payments involves multiple intermediaries, each adding cost and latency.
Bottomline’s emphasis on automation and compliance, particularly its alignment with ISO 20022 messaging standards, also matters. ISO 20022 is becoming the global standard for financial messaging.
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The Wyoming Stable Token Commission has adopted Chainlink Proof of Reserve as its onchain verification infrastructure.
The move expands Wyoming’s use of Chainlink to strengthen reserve transparency for its Frontier Stable Token (FRNT). It comes shortly after the Commission selected Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) as the exclusive cross-chain infrastructure for the state-issued stable token.
The Commission says the combination would provide a more secure and transparent infrastructure for FRNT.
The move goes beyond the federal transparency framework established by the GENIUS Act, which requires monthly disclosure of stablecoin reserves and outstanding supply backed by independent examination of month-end figures. Wyoming already publishes daily attestations, but says those reports still provide only snapshots and can leave an information gap between reporting periods.
The Network Firm will independently examine FRNT’s reserves and token-supply balances under AICPA standards. Chainlink Proof of Reserve will then deliver verified reserve information onchain in near real time, creating what the Commission described as a stronger assurance model for regulators and market participants.
Wyoming is also adopting Chainlink Proof of Reserve Secure Mint. The system can programmatically prevent new FRNT tokens from being minted unless verified reserves are at least equal to the outstanding token supply. According to the Commission, this could reduce the risk of infinite-mint attacks while giving users cryptographically verifiable evidence that new tokens are backed.
The Commission said the initiative reinforces Wyoming’s position as a leader in public-sector digital assets, with FRNT intended to support digital payments and tokenized financial markets while maintaining high standards for transparency and resilience.
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Americké ministerstvo obchodu spolu s Chainlink zpřístupňuje oficiální makrodata onchain, včetně reálného HDP a indexu cen PCE. Feedy běží na Ethereum, Base a Arbitrum.
The U.S. Department of Commerce has initiated a collaboration with Chainlink to provide macroeconomic data onchain, enabling blockchain applications to access official U.S. economic data. This development, reported by Chainlink, involves the Bureau of Economic Analysis data, including real GDP and the PCE Price Index, now accessible across multiple blockchain networks. This move suggests an increased integration of government data with blockchain technology, enhancing the potential for smart contracts and decentralized applications to utilize reliable economic indicators. The feeds are live on prominent chains such as Ethereum, Base, and Arbitrum, among others, expanding the reach of onchain government data.
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Key Takeaways The U.S. Department of Commerce’s collaboration with Chainlink appears to enhance the integration of blockchain technology with official economic data. Market pricing suggests potential increased interest in blockchain-based applications as government data becomes more accessible. The provision of macroeconomic data onchain is consistent with scenarios that support the utility and adoption of blockchain technology. What to Watch Observers should monitor how this integration might influence blockchain adoption, particularly in sectors relying on economic data for smart contract execution. Additionally, market participants may watch for any significant shifts in the pricing of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, as enhanced data accessibility could impact investment decisions. Further developments from the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding expanded data feeds might also affect market perceptions of blockchain applications.
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Charles Schwab plánuje v příštích měsících přidat na platformu Schwab Crypto Solanu, Avalanche a Chainlink. Tím rozšíří nabídku z dvou na pět digitálních aktiv pro zhruba 39 milionů klientů.
Charles Schwab has announced plans to expand its cryptocurrency offerings by adding Solana (SOL), Avalanche (AVAX), and Chainlink (LINK) to its Schwab Crypto platform in the coming months. The brokerage currently allows trading in Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH), and the expansion will increase its available digital assets from two to five. This move will provide Schwab’s approximately 39 million clients the option to trade these additional tokens within the same platform they use for stocks and ETFs.
Platform expansion and new assetsSchwab introduced its crypto spot trading service for retail clients in May 2026. The company stated that the new addition aims to meet increasing client demand for established cryptocurrencies. While Schwab has not given a precise launch date for Solana, Avalanche, and Chainlink, it indicated that trading will be open in the coming months.
Joe Vietri, Head of Digital Assets at Charles Schwab, emphasized that the expansion is designed to offer clients greater flexibility in constructing their portfolios. Vietri explained that customers can now “build a digital asset allocation alongside the investing and banking experience they know and trust at Schwab.”
With this expansion, clients will have more choices to build a digital asset allocation alongside the investing and banking experience they know and trust at Schwab.
The company plans to maintain its transaction pricing at 75 basis points, or 0.75% of each trade’s dollar value, describing this as one of the lowest fees among major brokers.
Infrastructure, custody and access limitationsAsset custody for Schwab Crypto accounts is handled by Charles Schwab Premier Bank, while trade execution is managed through Paxos, a blockchain infrastructure provider regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
However, access to Schwab Crypto is currently unavailable to residents of New York and Louisiana and is not accessible outside the United States.
Mini dictionary: Paxos is a New York-based blockchain infrastructure company that provides digital asset issuance and settlement services. It operates under US regulatory oversight and partners with financial institutions for regulated trading.
The impact of Schwab’s entry for SOL, AVAX, and LINKCharles Schwab manages more than $12 trillion in client assets, making it one of the largest brokerage firms in the United States. The decision to list SOL, AVAX, and LINK is expected to increase these tokens’ reach and appeal beyond the traditional crypto user base, bringing them to a broader retail audience.
The three tokens recorded price increases after the news went public. Solana traded near $107, an 11.6% rise within 24 hours. Chainlink rose to approximately $11.9, up 6.3%. Avalanche also climbed by over 4%, reaching $7.50, according to CoinMarketCap data.
Token24h Price ChangeCurrent PriceSOL (Solana)+11.6%$107LINK (Chainlink)+6.3%$11.9AVAX (Avalanche)+4%$7.50Schwab’s latest move marks a cautious expansion into digital assets. The company previously started its crypto platform with only Bitcoin and Ether, reflecting a careful approach while it evaluated marketplace risk and demand. Schwab asserts that the list of available tokens will continue to grow, but each addition remains subject to regulatory requirements and the company’s risk guidelines.
Cautious approach to cryptocurrencyCharles Schwab has previously described cryptocurrencies as speculative and high-risk in its reports, noting that digital assets can significantly influence portfolio volatility even at low allocation levels of 1% to 3%. The company also warns clients that these assets are not FDIC insured or SIPC protected and may lose their entire value.
Schwab’s disclosures state that digital assets are not covered by FDIC or SIPC insurance, and significant losses are possible.
While the company’s latest development brings more options for investors, Schwab maintains the right to delay or withdraw any token listing depending on regulatory changes or additional risk assessments.
LINK drží support na 11 USD a na grafu se tvoří býčí pennant, který může při průrazu mířit k 15 USD. Charles Schwab zároveň plánuje přidat LINK, SOL a AVAX na svou krypto platformu.
TLDR LINK trades near $11.89, up 5.11% over the last 24 hours A bullish pennant pattern points to a possible breakout toward $15 The $11 level is acting as key support for the current structure Charles Schwab plans to add LINK, SOL, and AVAX to its crypto platform Schwab holds 39.8 million brokerage accounts and $13.1 trillion in client assets Chainlink is trading at $11.89 at the time of writing. The token has gained 5.11% over the past 24 hours.
Trading volume over the same period reached $449.77 million. LINK’s market capitalization stands at $8.89 billion.
The price chart shows LINK holding above $11. This level has become a key support zone for traders watching the token.
A pattern known as a bullish pennant has formed on the chart. This shape often appears after a strong price move and can signal more upside.
Crypto analyst Crypto With Gopal shared this setup in a post on X. He pointed out that LINK is consolidating above the $11 support after a strong rally.
$LINK printing a textbook bullish pennant 👀📈
After a strong rally, price is consolidating above $11.00 with buyers defending support. A breakout above the pennant could unleash the next momentum wave toward $15 🔥
Bulls are holding control — sentiment remains bullish.$LINK… pic.twitter.com/xBWkpmkzQd
— Crypto With Gopal (@cryptowithgopal) August 27, 2026
According to Gopal, buyers are absorbing selling pressure while keeping control of the price. Holding the $11 level could keep the setup intact for another move higher.
Breakout Target Sits at $15 A clear break above the top line of the pennant would confirm the pattern. If that happens, traders are watching $15 as the next target for LINK.
Chainlink Price on CoinGecko Volume will play a role in confirming any breakout. Low volume moves can turn into fake-outs that reverse quickly.
If the breakout does not happen right away, holding the $11 support remains the main focus. Losing that level could weaken the current structure.
Charles Schwab Adds LINK to Its Platform Chainlink shared news on X that Charles Schwab plans to add three new tokens to its Schwab Crypto platform. The tokens are Chainlink (LINK), Solana (SOL), and Avalanche (AVAX).
NEW: Charles Schwab to add LINK to its Schwab Crypto platform.
As the largest brokerage in the U.S., Charles Schwab serves 40 million brokerage accounts and manages $11.77 trillion in client assets. pic.twitter.com/dC2IIcaScA
— Chainlink (@chainlink) August 27, 2026
This move expands the list of cryptocurrencies Schwab offers beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum. It gives more traditional investors a way to access these tokens through a platform they already use.
Schwab reported 39.8 million active brokerage accounts in the second quarter of 2026. The firm also held $13.1 trillion in total client assets during that period.
Not all of these assets will move into crypto markets right away. Still, the listing could raise LINK’s visibility among a wider group of investors.
The next moves for LINK depend on two things. One is whether buyers protect the $11 support level, and the other is whether the pennant breakout confirms with volume.
Lighter rozšířil integraci s Chainlinkem na více než 125 trhů a přidal 24/5 streamy amerických akcií pro přesnější ceny mimo běžné obchodní hodiny. Feedy podporují likvidace, margin a limitní příkazy.
Lighter, the zero-knowledge rollup-based decentralized exchange built on Ethereum Layer 2, has broadened its partnership with Chainlink to cover more than 125 markets across multiple asset classes and regions. The expansion adds Chainlink’s 24/5 US Equities Streams to the platform, giving perpetual futures traders access to low-latency pricing data well outside traditional market hours.
From commodities to equities: what the integration covers The original partnership between Lighter and Chainlink was announced in November 2025, designating Chainlink Data Streams as the official oracle solution for Lighter’s real-world asset derivatives markets. That initial scope covered commodities, equities, and foreign exchange pricing, the core trio that makes up the RWA derivatives universe.
The January 2026 expansion layers on Chainlink’s 24/5 US Equities Streams specifically. This is the product Chainlink built to serve continuous equity price data during hours when the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq are closed, enabling crypto-native platforms to offer trading on equity-linked products around the clock (minus weekends, hence the “24/5” label).
With the expanded integration, Lighter now supports over 125 markets spanning multiple asset types. The Chainlink feeds power several critical functions on the platform: liquidations, margin calculations, and conditional or limit orders that depend on precise, real-time pricing.
Why oracles matter more for RWA derivatives Oracle security is a perennial concern in DeFi, but it becomes especially acute when the assets being traded don’t live natively on-chain. A Bitcoin perpetual contract can reference on-chain liquidity for its price feed. A perpetual contract on Tesla stock or gold futures cannot.
Chainlink has built its reputation as the dominant oracle provider in DeFi precisely because of this dynamic. Its decentralized network of node operators aggregates pricing data from multiple sources, reducing the risk that any single point of failure corrupts the feed. For a platform like Lighter, which runs a verifiable order-book system designed to prevent frontrunning, pairing that execution layer with a robust oracle creates a more coherent security story.
CEO Vladimir Novakovski has spoken publicly about the partnership’s significance, including at SmartCon 2025, framing the Chainlink integration as central to Lighter’s ability to scale its RWA derivatives offering while maintaining data integrity.
The competitive landscape for on-chain perps What distinguishes Lighter’s approach is the combination of ZK rollup technology with a verifiable order book. Most on-chain perps platforms use automated market maker (AMM) models, where liquidity pools replace traditional order books. Lighter’s order-book design is more familiar to traders coming from centralized exchanges, but it introduces complexity around ensuring that the order matching itself is transparent and tamper-resistant.
The ZK rollup layer handles that verification. Every trade execution can be cryptographically proven, which in theory eliminates the possibility of the exchange operator reordering or censoring transactions.
Lighter claims hundreds of thousands of users on its platform as of early 2026.
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Chainlink added nine new integrations spanning five of its services and five different blockchain networks on August 30, marking another week of steady infrastructure expansion for the dominant oracle platform. Eight platforms participated in the latest batch, with Coinbase and Robinhood Crypto among the most recognizable names on the list.
The integration breakdown The nine integrations stretch across Chainlink’s core service offerings, which include its decentralized Data Feeds and the Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol, better known as CCIP. Think of Data Feeds as the plumbing that delivers real-world price information to smart contracts, while CCIP acts as the universal translator between different blockchains, letting assets and messages move across chains without relying on fragile custom bridges.
The platforms involved are expected to use Chainlink’s capabilities for applications including wrapped assets and enhanced cross-chain features. Wrapped assets, for context, are tokens on one blockchain that represent assets from another, like holding a receipt for Bitcoin on Ethereum. Getting the price data right on those instruments is critical, and that’s where Chainlink’s Data Feeds come in.
A pattern, not a one-off Chainlink has turned these integration announcements into something resembling a weekly ritual. The week prior, on August 23, the network logged 12 integrations across five services and ten chains. Two weeks before that, on August 9, it was eight integrations across five services and six chains.
Why the big names matter Coinbase and Robinhood aren’t exactly scrappy startups experimenting with blockchain infrastructure for the first time. Both are publicly traded companies with regulatory obligations, compliance teams, and millions of users. Their willingness to integrate Chainlink services carries implicit institutional validation that smaller DeFi protocols simply can’t provide.
For Coinbase specifically, the integration aligns with its broader strategy of building out on-chain products beyond its centralized exchange. The company has invested heavily in Base, its Ethereum layer-2 network, and reliable oracle infrastructure is essential for any DeFi ecosystem to function on top of it.
What to watch from here The steady accumulation of integrations has implications for LINK, Chainlink’s native token. More integrations mean more potential usage of the network’s services, which could translate into increased demand for LINK as it is used to pay for oracle services and participate in staking. Whether that demand moves the needle on price depends on the actual transaction volume these integrations generate, not just the announcement itself.
The cadence of these announcements, averaging roughly nine to twelve integrations per week through August alone, suggests that Chainlink’s integration pipeline remains healthy heading into the fall.
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Chainlink je podle článku klíčovou infrastrukturou DeFi a pohání zhruba 70 % globálního trhu, včetně 80 % DeFi na Ethereum a 90 % na předních layer-2 sítích.
Every financial revolution needs foundational infrastructure. For DeFi, that infrastructure is Chainlink.
From the experimentation of DeFi Summer to the institutional-grade applications of today, Chainlink has been a constant driver of innovation for the onchain finance economy. Beyond providing critical infrastructure, Chainlink is widely credited as a primary driver of DeFi’s growth to more than $200 billion TVL. The launch of Chainlink Price Feeds in 2019 enabled DeFi protocols such as Aave to launch secure markets that could safely scale from a few million to tens of billions of dollars in net deposits.
Today, Chainlink powers approximately 70% of the global DeFi market, including 80% of Ethereum DeFi and 90% of DeFi on leading layer-2 networks. Chainlink has enabled tens of trillions of dollars in transaction value, including trillions of dollars in deposits and borrows for lending platforms like Aave.
Since establishing the industry’s most secure and reliable oracle networks for market data, Chainlink has expanded into a unified platform of services spanning data, interoperability, compliance, privacy, and orchestration. The platform is now being used by the world’s largest DeFi applications to support innovative use cases across lending, derivatives, insurance, prediction markets, stablecoins, and more.
In this collection, you’ll find major Chainlink DeFi integrations and announcements across some of the largest DeFi protocols and ecosystems in the industry.
Lending & BorrowingDecentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocols allow users to lend or borrow assets using smart contracts, relying on Chainlink's decentralized market data to accurately price assets, calculate loan health, and trigger liquidations.
Aave Aave is the largest DeFi protocol with tens of billions in net deposits, over a trillion dollars in all-time loans, and a majority of active loan market share. Chainlink provides Aave with the data, interoperability, and orchestration capabilities that power every Aave lending market across 20+ blockchains. Since its original launch in 2020, Aave has been fully powered by Chainlink, with every lending market deployment secured by Chainlink decentralized oracle networks. As Aave has expanded across chains and market verticals, its adoption of Chainlink has continued beyond price data to provide the foundational infrastructure that powers Aave.
Data Feeds: The primary source of data on Aave that enables:
Valuing collateral and debt in real time, which determines how much a user can borrow against deposited assets. Triggering and pricing liquidations when positions become undercollateralized, protecting against protocol insolvency.Minimizing manipulation and outage risk by using decentralized, aggregated data.Smart Value Recapture: Recaptures liquidation MEV through a decentralized network of liquidators, converting oracle-related value into protocol revenue across chains. Since Aave integrated SVR, it has recaptured tens of millions of dollars and generated additional Aave DAO revenue. "This Chainlink SVR integration increases revenue for the DAO, strengthening the Aave ecosystem." — Stani Kulechov, Aave Labs FounderLink to the announcement.
SmartData: Powers Aave Horizon to enable institutional investors to borrow against tokenized real-world assets. By securing its lending markets with high-quality Chainlink data infrastructure, Aave Horizon can support overcollateralized stablecoin loans onchain against U.S. Treasuries, credit, and equities as collateral.
Link to the announcement.
CRE: Powers automated governance and treasury operations across all chains where Aave is deployed. CCIP: Enables Aave's stablecoin GHO to be natively available on Coinbase’s L2 Base network, with all cross-chain transfers secured by Chainlink CCIP. Since adopting the CCIP-powered Cross-Chain Token (CCT) standard, Aave’s GHO has grown over 925% to hundreds of millions in circulating value.
ACE: Powers a modular compliance layer that verifies policy and identity data at the transaction level, allowing Aave Horizon to enforce issuer and regulatory standards onchain for tokenized RWAs.
KaminoKamino, the largest DeFi lending protocol on Solana, leverages Chainlink to obtain the financial market data required to securely price loans and liquidate at-risk positions.
Data Streams: Enhance the performance, reliability, and security of Kamino markets by enabling accurate loan and liquidation calculations. Kamino also integrated xStocks by leveraging the Chainlink data standard to unlock tokenized equities lending. xStocks’ tokens can now be used as collateral for borrowing on Kamino’s xStocks Market, powered by Chainlink Data Streams’ custom solution that delivers reliable market data.
Link to the announcement.
Compound FinanceCompound, a DeFi lending market protocol, leverages Chainlink to underpin institutional-grade lending markets on Compound v3 and v4 with secure price data and verifiable risk controls.
Data Feeds: Provides a reliable source of pricing data that enables Compound to securely support multiple collateral types such as tokenized treasuries, equities, and structured products. Smart Value Recapture: Enables Compound to recapture liquidation-related OEV and redirect value back to the protocol.
Link to the announcement.
Maple FinanceOnchain asset manager Maple Finance leverages the Chainlink interoperability standard to accelerate the expansion of syrupUSDT and syrupUSDC.
CCIP: Enables billions of dollars worth of syrupUSDC to be natively transferable across Ethereum and Solana.Chainlink enables users to natively mint the yield-bearing stablecoin on Solana, expanding Maple’s multi-chain reach and advancing its mission to deliver institutional-grade yield to onchain borrowers.
syrupUSDC is the top token transferred via CCIP with billions of dollars in volume.
“Expanding to Solana unlocks a high-speed, high-capacity environment where Maple’s products can reach a broader class of users — from institutions to advanced DeFi participants,” said Sid Powell, CEO and Co-Founder of Maple. “With syrupUSDC now native to Solana, we're delivering yield, capital efficiency, and liquidity to one of the largest stablecoin ecosystems in crypto.”
Link to the announcement.
SparkSpark Protocol, a lending market deployed by the Sky ecosystem, leverages the Chainlink data standard to underpin lending and borrowing services with secure, high-quality data.
Price Feeds: Powers the USDS/USD, ETH/USD, and stETH/USD feeds to increase the speed at which new markets are launched within the Sky ecosystem."The integration of Chainlink Price Feeds was essential to bringing Spark Protocol online in a timely manner. We feel there is mutual benefit in continuing to build a relationship with Chainlink. Spark is all about openness and collaboration." — Sam MacPherson, CEO of Phoenix LabsLink to the announcement.
JupiterJupiter, a leading DeFi protocol on Solana, leverages Chainlink to enhance its onchain perp markets and secure short-term crypto markets on Jupiter Prediction Markets.
Data Streams: Jupiter leverages Data Streams to deliver low-latency market data to strengthen its perps market and power 5-minute & 15-minute prediction markets for BTC, ETH, and SOL on Jupiter Prediction Markets. Link to the announcement.
Tydro Tydro, the largest lending protocol on Ink, deprecated its legacy oracle solution and officially migrated to Chainlink to secure its lending markets.
Data Streams: Delivers tamper-resistant, highly accurate market prices that are continuously updated and resilient to manipulation, to secure all current and future lending markets on Tydro.Link to the announcement.
DerivativesOnchain derivatives are financial contracts, such as futures or options, whose value is derived from underlying assets, utilizing Chainlink’s low-latency, manipulation-resistant market data to accurately price assets, settle contracts, and ensure continuous protocol solvency.
LighterLighter, a leading perp DEX and the biggest ZK-based Ethereum rollup, leverages Chainlink Data Streams as its official oracle solution powering its RWA markets.
Chainlink Data Streams: Delivers high-fidelity pricing data for RWA markets, including commodities, equities, and FX. This pricing data powers critical protocol operations, such as triggering liquidations, calculating margin consumption, and triggering conditional/limit orders.Link to the announcement.
GMX GMX, a decentralized perpetual exchange, integrated Chainlink Data Streams for secure financial market data to support perpetuals, swaps, and liquidity.
Data Streams: Enables sub-second pricing updates and fast onchain transaction execution to power high-speed markets on its decentralized perpetual exchange.
Link to the announcement.
Chainlink 24/5 Equity Streams: Enables extended execution of equity perp markets beyond traditional market hours.
“We’re excited to expand our partnership with Chainlink as Lighter’s official oracle solution for RWA markets by integrating 24/5 U.S. Equities Streams. This enables us to extend our fair, low-latency perp execution beyond regular market hours without compromising data integrity.” — Vladimir Novakovski, Founder & CEO, Lighter
Link to the announcement.
ApeX ExchangeApeX Exchange, a decentralized derivatives exchange, integrated Chainlink to power and secure its RWA perpetuals.
Data Streams: Delivers low-latency market data for tokenized real-world assets, enabling users to trade RWA markets across Arbitrum, Base, BNB Chain, Ethereum, and Mantle. "Bringing tokenized real-world asset markets on-chain is a major milestone for ApeX Exchange, and Chainlink Data Streams is the critical infrastructure making it possible. By integrating low-latency and highly reliable RWA pricing data across five chains, we’re setting the stage for a new era of decentralized RWA trading. ApeX delivers a solution that meets the needs of traders seeking exposure across both crypto and real-world asset markets." — Leon, Co-Founder, ApeX.
Link to the announcement.
Chainlink 24/5 Equity Streams: Unlock institutional-grade onchain equity perps with enhanced risk controls such as liquidations and margin management. “Chainlink’s 24/5 U.S. Equities Streams unlock the ability to offer equity perps with institutional-grade risk controls. Continuous coverage paired with rich market metadata allows ApeX to manage margining and liquidations more accurately across pre-market, post-market, and overnight trading.” — Hamza, Marketing Lead, ApeXLink to the announcement.
MYX Finance MYX Finance, a permissionless perpetual trading platform, integrated Chainlink to power secure and efficient perp markets across all EVM-support chains.
DataLink: Enables permissionless perpetual market listings on the MYX platform. Data Streams: Delivers institutional-grade, low-latency market data that supports next-generation perpetual markets. Link to the announcement.
Price Feeds: Powers secure perp trading markets before tokens are listed on centralized exchanges. Link to the announcement.
Prediction MarketsPrediction markets enable users to trade the outcomes of real-world events, relying on Chainlink to securely connect smart contracts to real-world data sources so markets resolve accurately and transparently without a single point of failure.
PolymarketPolymarket, the leading onchain prediction markets platform, partnered with Chainlink to unlock high-speed crypto markets and enhance resolution accuracy.
Data Streams: Deliver verifiable, low-latency oracle reports to enable near-instantaneous resolution and instant payouts of asset pricing markets
Polymarket’s Chainlink-powered 5-minute, 15-minute, and 4-hour crypto prediction markets have reached billions in trading volume.
Link to the announcement.
ADI Predicstreet ADI Predictstreet, the first-ever Official Prediction Market Partner of the FIFA World Cup 2026™, adopted Chainlink's orchestration standard to enable accurate sports markets and unlock instant payouts for over 6 billion fans worldwide.
CRE: Enables Predictstreet to automate market creation, resolution, and settlement, with high-quality FIFA data.Link to the announcement.
World World, the premier prediction market on Solana, adopted Chainlink as its primary oracle infrastructure to unlock immediate resolutions & instant payouts.
World is actively expanding its Chainlink-powered markets across:
• Macro and Markets: Interest rates, inflation, GDP, employment, equities, commodities, and FX
• Major Sports: NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, tennis, golf, MMA, and more
• Elections: U.S. and International
CRE: Enables World’s prediction markets to settle rapidly with deterministic outcome resolution.Data Streams: Delivers fast, accurate data to power high-performance crypto prediction markets on World.Link to the announcement.
MyriadMyriad adopted Chainlink as the official oracle platform to power new crypto prediction markets.
CRE: Powers a unified orchestration layer to automate market creation, resolution, and settlement for Myriad’s prediction markets.Data Streams: Delivers fast, accurate data to power high-performance prediction markets on Myriad.Link to the announcement.
Predict.fun Predict.fun adopted Chainlink as core infrastructure to power high-speed crypto prediction markets.
CRE: Automates the market creation and lifecycle management required to operate Predict.fun prediction markets. DataLink: Delivers data from Binance’s order books to Predict.fun. Link to the announcement.
Opinion Labs Opinion Labs, a prediction market, leverages Chainlink for real-time equity data to power new prediction markets.
Chainlink 24/5 Equity Streams: Delivers real-time equity data to enable accurate settlement and enhanced resolutions for always-on equity-focused prediction markets.
Link to the announcement.
Limitless Limitless, the largest prediction market on Base, adopted Chainlink as its oracle infrastructure to unlock high-speed prediction markets.
Data Streams: Delivers fast, accurate data to power high-speed resolution for short-term, high-volume crypto markets and enables instant payouts on Limitless.Link to the announcement.
Stablecoins & PaymentsStablecoins provide a medium of exchange that forms the backbone of global onchain payments, with Chainlink providing price data and enhanced utility by continuously verifying offchain fiat collateral balances, unlocking DeFi utility, and securely processing cross-chain payments.
World Liberty Financial World Liberty Financial adopted Chainlink interoperability standard to power cross-chain transfers of its $4B+ USD1 stablecoin.
CCIP: Enables builders to access USD1 across chains for onchain payments, lending markets, and other DeFi applications.CRE: Continuously pulls reserve data from BitGo, verifies it, and delivers it onchain. Price Feeds: Deliver secure, reliable market data to enable the launch of WLFI's Aave V3 instance. Proof of Reserve: Enhances the transparency around the collateral backing USD1. Link to the announcement.
PaxosPaxos, a leading tokenization platform, adopted Chainlink to accelerate the adoption of PayPal USD (PYUSD), PayPal’s USD-backed stablecoin issued by Paxos, by increasing its utility across DeFi.
Price Feeds: Delivers secure market data around the PYUSD stablecoin, enabling developers to integrate the stablecoin using accurate, reliable, and decentralized market data for PYUSD onchain. Link to the announcement.
Ripple Ripple adopted the Chainlink standard to enhance RLUSD utility and expand access in the multi-chain DeFi ecosystem.
Price Feeds: Delivers secure, reliable pricing data for RLUSD to support trading, lending, and integrations into DeFi applications. “As RLUSD scales across DeFi ecosystems, reliable and transparent pricing is essential to maintaining stability and building trust in its utility within decentralized markets. By leveraging the Chainlink standard, we bring trusted data onchain, further strengthening RLUSD’s utility across both institutional and decentralized applications.” — Jack McDonald, SVP, Stablecoin at RippleLink to the announcement.
United Stables Following a security review, United Stables adopted Chainlink as its official data oracle and cross-chain infrastructure to expand the distribution of the U stablecoin across DeFi and deliver institutional-grade security for the United Stables ecosystem.
Data Feeds: Delivers highly accurate, decentralized market data to enhance the utility of U across leading lending protocols.Proof of Reserve: Provides automated, cryptographic verification of underlying collateral to ensure near-real-time balance sheet transparency for United Stables.Link to the announcement.
KRWQ KRWQ, the world’s largest Korean Won stablecoin from IQ and Frax, adopted Chainlink to unlock automated reserve verifications for its stablecoin.
Proof of Reserve: Enhances transparency into the offchain reserves backing its Korean won stablecoin, accelerating its distribution across the onchain economy.Link to the announcement.
Tokenized Real-World Assets Tokenized real-world assets represent traditional assets onchain, enabling them to interact with smart contracts and decentralized applications. Chainlink provides the infrastructure needed to connect these tokenized assets with the data and systems they depend on, including reliable market data, verification of underlying reserves, and secure interoperability across blockchains and existing financial systems.
Coinbase Coinbase, the leading publicly-listed firm for digital assets, is leveraging Chainlink to transfer all Coinbase Wrapped Assets across chains and to bring its premium exchange data onchain for the first time.
CCIP: Serves as the exclusive bridging solution for all Coinbase Wrapped Assets, enabling cross-chain transfers and expansion.Coinbase Wrapped Assets, which include cbBTC, cbETH, cbDOGE, cbLTC, cbADA, and more, currently have an aggregate market cap exceeding billions.
"We chose Chainlink because they are an industry leader for cross-chain connectivity. Their infrastructure provides a reliable means to expand Coinbase Wrapped Asset offerings." — Josh Leavitt, Senior Director, Product Management at Coinbase.
Link to the announcement.
DataLink: Delivers Coinbase’s premium exchange data underpinning billions in trading activity onchain.With DataLink, protocols can now access a wide range of Coinbase's premium datasets directly onchain, including:
Order book dataSpot pricesPerpetual futures data, including from Coinbase International ExchangeE-mini futures dataAdditional datasets spanning crypto, metals, energy, and equity futures via Coinbase Derivatives Exchange
Link to the announcement.
Robinhood Chain Robinhood Chain, Robinhood's Ethereum-based layer 2 blockchain, adopted Chainlink as its official data and cross-chain oracle infrastructure powering Robinhood Chain and all Robinhood-issued assets, including Stock Tokens like NVDA, GOOG, AAPL, and more.
By leveraging Chainlink, Robinhood Chain unlocked native connectivity across chains, enabling users to access highly secure real-world assets at scale.
CCIP: Unlocks secure cross-chain connectivity for Robinhood assets across the multi-chain ecosystem.Data Feeds: Powers fast, secure, and accurate pricing for Robinhood Stock Tokens. Link to the announcement.
Ondo Ondo, a leading RWA tokenization, selected Chainlink as its official data oracle to accelerate the adoption of tokenized stocks and ETFs.
Price Feeds: Delivers custom tokenized equity market data that captures all economic and corporate action events, such as dividends, delivering comprehensive valuations directly onchain.
“With the recent launch of Ondo Global Markets, we're witnessing the convergence of traditional and decentralized finance in real time. By adopting Chainlink as the official oracle infrastructure for our tokenized stocks we're making our tokenized assets seamlessly composable across DeFi and institutional rails." — Nathan Allman, CEO & Founder of Ondo Finance
Link to the announcement.
xStocks xStocks, a leading tokenized equities platform, is leveraging Chainlink to make its tokenized stocks globally accessible through DeFi.
CCIP: Enables xStocks’ expansion to other blockchains across the multi-chain DeFi ecosystem.Data Streams: Powers custom xStocks Data Streams, a bespoke oracle solution that delivers high onchain data accuracy, sub-second price latency, and the ability to verify corporate actions in real time.Proof of Reserve: Increases the transparency and reliability to the collateralization of xStocks assets. Link to the announcement.
Bridgetower Bridgetower adopted Chainlink to unlock the distribution of tokenized securities tied to the DOM X Arizona Copper-Gold Project, a natural resource asset valued at $11.06 billion.
CRE: Powers transparent, compliant, and scalable asset issuance, unlocking global distribution of Bridgetower’s tokenized real-world assets.Link to the announcement.
Tenbin Tenbin deprecated its legacy cross-chain solution and migrated to Chainlink to expand distribution of its tokenized assets, including tGLD, tMXN, and tBRL, across the multi-chain ecosystem.
CCIP: Unlocks the highest level of cross-chain security to enable the expansion of all Tenbin’s tokenized assets across the multi-chain ecosystem.Link to the announcement.
Commertize Tokenization platform Commertize deprecated its legacy bridging solution and migrated to Chainlink as its official cross-chain infrastructure.
CCIP: Unlocks the highest level of cross-chain security to enable the expansion of Commertize tokenized assets across the multi-chain ecosystem.Data Feeds: Deliver tamper-resistant, highly accurate market prices that are continuously updated and resilient to manipulation. Proof of Reserve: Increases the transparency and reliability of the collateralization of Commertize assets. Link to the announcement.
Superstate SuperState, an asset management firm, is leveraging Chainlink to enhance the transparency and utility of the USTB tokenized fund.
Data Feeds: Deliver onchain NAV data that enhances the transparency and utility of the UTSB tokenized fund. Proof of Reserve: Enhances the onchain verification of AUM data. Link to the announcement.
Backed Backed, a tokenized equity platform, integrated Chainlink to enhance its tokenized RWAs with increased utility, liquidity, and interoperability.
CCIP: Powers secure cross-chain token transfers of bTokens across Arbitrum, Base, BNB Chain, and Solana.Proof of Reserve: Delivers real-time, decentralized verification of bToken’s collateralization, ensuring transparency for users.Data Feeds: Delivers highly accurate, tamper-proof market data for bTokens.Link to the announcement.
Bridgetower Bridgetower adopted Chainlink to unlock the distribution of tokenized securities tied to the DOM X Arizona Copper-Gold Project, a natural resource asset valued at $11.06 billion.
CRE: Powers transparent, compliant, and scalable asset issuance, unlocking global distribution of Bridgetower’s tokenized real-world assets.Link to the announcement.
Tenbin Tenbin deprecated its legacy cross-chain solution and migrated to Chainlink to expand distribution of its tokenized assets, including tGLD, tMXN, and tBRL, across the multi-chain ecosystem.
CCIP: Unlocks the highest level of cross-chain security to enable the expansion of all Tenbin’s tokenized assets across the multi-chain ecosystem.Link to the announcement.
Commertize Tokenization platform Commertize deprecated its legacy bridging solution and migrated to Chainlink as its official cross-chain infrastructure.
CCIP: Unlocks the highest level of cross-chain security to enable the expansion of Commertize tokenized assets across the multi-chain ecosystem.Data Feeds: Deliver tamper-resistant, highly accurate market prices that are continuously updated and resilient to manipulation. Proof of Reserve: Increases the transparency and reliability of the collateralization of Commertize assets. Link to the announcement.
Liquid Staking & Restaking Liquid staking and restaking enable users to earn rewards while maintaining token ownership for use in DeFi, with Chainlink providing the tamper-proof exchange rates necessary to safely value and utilize these receipt tokens as collateral across the ecosystem.
LidoLido, the leading liquid staking protocol, is leveraging Chainlink for market data to securely support Lido staked assets and as the official cross-chain infrastructure for Wrapped Staked Ether (wstETH).
CCIP: Powers cross-chain transfers of wstETH by leveraging the Cross-Chain Token (CCT) standard.“For stakers, the ability to move assets quickly across the ecosystem is essential for seizing opportunities, rebalancing liquidity, and managing their staked ETH efficiently. By adopting Chainlink CCIP as the official cross-chain standard for wstETH, we’re giving users and builders a standardized, secure way to move wstETH across chains. The Cross-Chain Token standard keeps ownership with the Lido community while adding the programmatic safeguards needed as wstETH scales to more networks.” — Jakov Buratovic, Master of DeFi at Lido.
Lido also expanded direct staking to Linea, a leading Ethereum layer-2, powered by the Chainlink interoperability standard. Via Chainlink CCIP, DeFi users can stake ETH and receive wstETH directly on Linea via a single transaction.
Link to the announcement.
Price Feeds: Enable DeFi protocols across leading blockchains to securely support Lido staked assets, such as Aave.Link to the announcement.
Data Feeds: Provide reliable and tamper-resistant wstETH exchange rates across chains, ensuring users receive fair value when staking through liquidity pools. Link to the announcement.
Solv Protocol Solv Protocol, a BTCFi platform, integrated Chainlink to bring Bitcoin users into the multi-chain DeFi ecosystem.
CCIP: Powers Solv across BNB Chain, Ethereum, and Solana. CCIP also enables native transfers of SolvBTC across chains via the Cross-Chain Token (CCT) standard.Link to the announcement.
Lombard Finance Lombard, a leading provider of Bitcoin Liquid Staking Tokens, integrated Chainlink to scale and secure BTCFi.
CCIP: Facilitates secure cross-chain token transfers of LBTC across Arbitrum, Base, BNB Chain, and Solana. CCIP also enables native token transfers of BTC.b across Avalanche, Ethereum, and Katana.Proof of Reserve: Delivers real-time, decentralized verification of LBTC’s collateralization, ensuring transparency for users. Price Feeds: Provides LBTC access to highly accurate, tamper-proof market data, creating a strong foundation for LBTC’s adoption to scale.“Chainlink’s decision to partner with Lombard speaks to our shared commitment to building institutional-grade infrastructure for Bitcoin’s integration into decentralized finance. We’re leading the way in BTCFi, setting an industry-standard for how Bitcoin is collateralized, staked, and integrated into DeFi. With Chainlink CCIP, Proof of Reserve, and Price Feeds, we will securely scale BTCFi and rebuild decentralized finance atop Bitcoin, unlocking a host of new financial products.” — Jacob Phillips, Co-founder of Lombard
Link to the announcement.
Kelp Following an exploit of their legacy bridge provider, Kelp migrated rsETH to Chainlink to power secure cross-chain transfers and verifiable minting requirements.
CCIP: Unlocks secure cross-chain transfers of rsETH and expands distribution across the multi-chain ecosystemProof of Reserve Secure Mint: Helps ensure that new tokens are only minted when reserves meet or exceed the required backing. Link to the announcement.
AI AgentsOnchain AI agents are autonomous programs capable of holding value and executing complex transactions, empowered by Chainlink's infrastructure that provides them with offchain computation, real-world APIs, and verified data needed to act independently.
x402 x402, is an open internet-native payment protocol that enables AI agents to make onchain payments with stablecoins, partnered with Chainlink to enable AI agents to access and purchase CRE workflows.
CRE: Enables AI agents to directly trigger CRE workflow and allows AI agents to autonomously pay for CRE workflows.“Seeing industry leaders like Chainlink team up with x402 reinforces what we’ve long believed: onchain payments will power the future of AI. We’re excited to see what developers build with CRE and x402, creating new seamless, secure ways to transact onchain.” — Erik Reppel, Coauthor of the x402 Whitepaper
Link to the announcement.
Virtuals Protocol Virtuals Protocol migrated the VIRTUAL token to Chainlink as its exclusive interoperability infrastructure to unlock secure cross-chain payments for AI agents.
CCIP: Secures cross-chain transfers of VIRTUAL, unlocking secure cross-chain payments for its AI agents. Link to the announcement.
ElizaOS ElizaOS is an operating system that enables devs to build, orchestrate, and collaborate with AI agents, and leverages Chainlink to enable secure cross-chain token transfers of its native token.
CCIP: Enables secure transfers of elizaOS across Base, BNB Chain, Ethereum, and Solana, expanding its reach into the multi-chain ecosystem. Link to the announcement.
Chainlink přidal cenové datové feedy pro čtyři tokenizované akcie Coinbase na síti Base: NVDAc, METAc, AAPLc a GOOGLc. DeFi protokoly je mohou používat jako zástavu pro úvěry.
TLDR Chainlink added price feeds for four Coinbase tokenized stocks on Base. The feeds cover NVDAc, METAc, AAPLc, and GOOGLc tokens. Aave, Morpho, and Euler are among the protocols preparing lending markets for these tokens. The tokens are not available to U.S. investors under current offering rules. Chainlink’s feeds track total return value, including dividend reinvestment adjustments. Chainlink introduced price feeds for four Coinbase tokenized stocks on Base this week. The move lets decentralized finance protocols use the tokens as loan collateral. Coinbase issued the assets under the B20 token standard.
The four tokens represent shares in Nvidia, Meta, Apple, and Alphabet. Their tickers are NVDAc, METAc, AAPLc, and GOOGLc. Each token is backed one-to-one by a share held in custody.
Chainlink announced the update on X on August 26. The company said its Data Feeds give lending protocols the data needed to assess the tokens as collateral. This expands their use beyond simple holding and trading.
Chainlink is unlocking real-world utility and distribution for the world's largest tokenized stocks and ETFs.
✅ Coinbase
✅ Robinhood
✅ xStocks
✅ Ondo
Here's how Chainlink is supercharging the adoption of tokenized equities 🧵👇 pic.twitter.com/TOCPm23uo4
— Chainlink (@chainlink) August 26, 2026
Coinbase Onchain SPV Ltd. issues the tokens. The company is based in the Abu Dhabi Global Market. It operates under prospectuses approved by the market’s Financial Services Regulatory Authority.
Alpaca Securities acts as broker and custodian for the underlying shares. Alpaca is registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. It also belongs to FINRA and SIPC.
How the Price Feeds Work Each Chainlink feed reports the total return value of a B20 token. This combines the stock’s market price with a multiplier from Coinbase’s onchain oracle registry.
The multiplier accounts for dividends. Coinbase’s prospectuses state dividends are usually reinvested into more shares after fees and taxes. This changes how much equity each token represents over time.
Chainlink advises developers to check each token’s contract address. Ticker symbols alone can be copied by unrelated projects. Verifying the address helps avoid confusion between similar-looking assets.
The feeds run around the clock, Monday through Friday. They blend data from regular trading hours, extended hours, and overnight markets. Coverage is strongest during standard U.S. market hours.
Data quality drops during overnight sessions due to fewer providers. On weekends, when equity markets are shut, the reported value may not change. Chainlink uses smoothing to reduce short price spikes during session transitions.
Lending Access and Restrictions Base-based platforms including Aave, Morpho, and Euler are preparing or offering lending markets for the tokens. Aerodrome supports liquidity for the tokenized stocks. 0x, 1inch, KyberSwap, and CoW Swap provide trading tools.
Not every protocol will list every token right away. Each platform decides independently which markets to activate. Availability can vary by asset and by service.
The tokens remain off-limits to U.S. investors. Coinbase issues them under Regulation S, which applies to offerings made outside the United States. The securities are not registered with the SEC or state regulators.
Verified holders can redeem tokens for the underlying stock, U.S. dollars, or USDC. Coinbase charges a 0.05% redemption fee for this process. The company may also run identity and sanctions checks before approving a redemption.
Holders who obtain tokens through DeFi without finishing Coinbase’s compliance steps are considered unvested. Unvested holders cannot redeem their tokens for shares or cash. They also cannot submit voting instructions tied to the underlying stock.
Chainlink spustila Reserve 7. srpna 2025, do které se převádějí výnosy sítě do LINK a ukládají se do smart kontraktu na Ethereum s vícedenním timelockem. K 15. srpnu držela asi 5,48 milionu LINK v hodnotě zhruba 63,6 milionu USD.
How the Chainlink Reserve WorksChainlink launched the Chainlink Reserve on August 7, 2025.
The mechanism works in three stages. First, Chainlink generates revenue from two streams: fees from large institutions accessing its infrastructure offchain, and usage fees from decentralized applications consuming its onchain services.
Second, those payments are routed through Payment Abstraction.
Third, the converted LINK is sent to a smart contract deployed on Ethereum. The contract includes a multi-day timelock for withdrawals, and no withdrawals are expected for multiple years, which reduces the circulating supply by locking accumulated LINK.
Growth Since Launch and What It Means for $LINK By August 15, the Reserve had grown to around 5.48 million LINK, worth approximately $63.6 million, a substantial increase from its initial position.
The broader implication is straightforward: as Chainlink's network sees more usage, more revenue is generated, more of that revenue is converted into LINK, and more LINK accumulates inside the Reserve. Network growth and token accumulation become linked rather than separate processes.
Sources:
Chainlink Reserve Official Press Release (PR Newswire, August 7, 2025)
Introducing the Chainlink Reserve: A Strategic LINK Token Reserve (Chainlink Blog)
Chainlink Launches LINK Reserve to Fuel Network Growth (CoinDesk, August 7, 2025)
NUVA, venture spojený s Animoca Brands a Nuva Labs, zvolil Chainlink jako výhradního poskytovatele datové infrastruktury pro svou institucionální platformu RWA. Platforma byla spuštěna na Ethereu 13. května 2026 a propojuje tokenizovaná aktiva z Provenance Blockchain s DeFi. Základ těchto aktiv má hodnotu zhruba 19 miliard USD. Prvním produktem je nvPRIME, tokenizovaný vault navázaný na portfolio HELOC ve výši 18,4 miliardy USD, který cílí na výnosy nad 7 %.
NUVA Taps Chainlink to Power Institutional RWA Platform@NUVALabs, a venture co-created by @Animocabrands and Nuva Labs, has named @Chainlink as its exclusive data infrastructure provider as it looks to shift institutional private credit onto decentralized rails. The move signals a broader push by the platform to make high-grade financial assets accessible within the DeFi ecosystem.
Crypto Briefing reports that NUVA launched on Ethereum on May 13, 2026, leaning on Chainlink's oracle infrastructure to underpin the platform's core functions. The platform connects tokenized real-world assets from Figure Technologies' Provenance Blockchain directly into DeFi markets, with two flagship products sitting on top of an asset base valued at roughly $19 billion.
The integration opens with the debut of nvPRIME, a tokenized vault that gives on-chain investors exposure to short-term funding backed by U.S. residential mortgages and home equity lines of credit (HELOCs). According to CoinDesk, nvPRIME is tied to Figure's $18.4 billion HELOC portfolio and currently targets yields above 7%, though access is largely restricted to institutions and accredited investors. A companion product, nvYLDS, is a yield vault linked to YLDS, an SEC-registered stablecoin backed by short-dated Treasuries and bank deposits.
Why Chainlink Oracles Matter for Tokenized CreditFor tokenized credit products to function inside DeFi protocols, reliable on-chain pricing is essential. Chainlink's oracle network handles the valuation of NUVA's tokenized assets, feeding price data to the smart contracts that power collateralization and yield distribution. Without accurate oracle data, lending protocols cannot safely liquidate undercollateralized positions or calculate net asset values, making the choice of oracle provider a critical infrastructure decision.
Chainlink's growing role in institutional RWA markets is well documented. CoinPaprika notes that Chainlink's push model handles daily NAV feeds and cross-chain distribution for tokenized funds, and that the network secures roughly $110 billion in on-chain value. For NUVA, selecting a single exclusive provider rather than layering multiple oracle solutions reflects a deliberate architectural choice aimed at consistency and reliability across its vault products.
NUVA describes itself as a chain-agnostic vault marketplace designed to unlock permissionless access to institutional-grade real-world assets. The platform is backed operationally by Nuva Digital, a collaboration between Animoca Brands and Nuva Labs, and overseen by the NUVA Foundation.
Sources
Crypto Briefing: NUVA uses Chainlink for data infrastructure in DeFi
CoinDesk: Animoca-backed NUVA brings Figure's $19 billion of tokenized assets to Ethereum
Animoca Brands: NUVA launches on Ethereum
Coinbase has selected Chainlink to support its tokenized U.S. stocks on the Base platform, according to a recent announcement on social media. This collaboration leverages Chainlink’s existing infrastructure for tokenized equity feeds, which are already in use on Base. The partnership is part of a broader trend of integration between Coinbase and Chainlink, as seen with previous initiatives like Project Diamond and DataLink. These efforts underscore Coinbase’s commitment to developing its tokenized asset ecosystem with robust oracle and interoperability infrastructure.
The market appears to interpret this development as a positive indicator for the potential of a Base token launch by the end of 2026. Recent price movements suggest increased confidence, as evidenced by a 4-point increase in market pricing for a December 2026 token launch. Currently, the probability of a token launch by this date is priced at 12%, up from 9% a day ago and 7% a week prior.
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This announcement comes amidst a series of strategic moves by Coinbase aimed at bolstering its Base platform’s capabilities, highlighting the company’s ongoing expansion into tokenized assets.
Key Takeaways Recent collaboration between Coinbase and Chainlink suggests increased confidence in Base’s ecosystem, which may indicate potential for a token launch. Market activity reflects increased probability of a Base token launch by the end of 2026, with current pricing at 12% YES. The integration of Chainlink’s infrastructure with Base is part of a broader pattern of Coinbase enhancing its tokenized asset offerings. What to Watch Watch for further announcements from Coinbase regarding its Base platform and potential token launch plans. Any news related to regulatory approvals or strategic partnerships could further influence market pricing. Additionally, updates from key figures at Coinbase, such as CEO Brian Armstrong, might provide further insights into the company’s roadmap for Base. Observing the market response to developments in the tokenized asset space will be crucial in assessing future probabilities for a Base token launch.
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Chainlink přidal 12 nových integrací napříč 10 blockchainy a šesti službami. Mezi nově podporované sítě patří Arbitrum, Avalanche, Base, Solana a World Chain.
Chainlink added 12 new protocol integrations spanning 10 different blockchains and six services, the oracle network announced on August 17. The chains getting fresh Chainlink support include Arbitrum, Avalanche, Base, BOB, Botanix, HyperCore, HyperEVM, Solana, Sonic, and World Chain.
What’s actually in the update The 12 integrations bring a mix of protocols into Chainlink’s orbit, including build_on_bob, Chintai Network, ICE Markets, and Numa Money among others. The services involved span Chainlink’s core product suite, which centers on data feeds and its Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol, known as CCIP.
Data feeds are the mechanism by which smart contracts get reliable, tamper-resistant price data from the outside world. Without accurate feeds, lending protocols can’t calculate collateral ratios, and DEXs can’t price swaps correctly.
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CCIP handles cross-chain messaging, letting blockchains communicate with each other across a landscape where capital and applications are scattered across dozens of Layer 1s and Layer 2s.
The pattern behind the numbers Chainlink has been publishing batch integration updates throughout 2025. A recent prior update documented 8 integrations across 5 services and 6 chains, making this latest batch a meaningful step up in both scope and chain coverage.
The oracle network has facilitated transaction value in the tens of trillions cumulatively, a figure that reflects both the scale of DeFi activity flowing through its pipes and its central role in the ecosystem’s architecture.
Why infrastructure growth matters more than it looks The inclusion of chains like BOB and Botanix in this batch is worth watching. These are newer environments still building out their DeFi ecosystems, and getting Chainlink integration early acts as a credibility signal for developers that basic infrastructure for reliable price feeds and cross-chain communication is available.
For Solana, which already has a mature DeFi ecosystem, continued Chainlink integration reflects ongoing demand for oracle services as new protocols launch and existing ones expand. The same logic applies to Base, Coinbase’s Layer 2, which has seen significant developer activity throughout 2025.
Projects like Pyth Network have carved out meaningful share in the oracle space, particularly on Solana. Chainlink’s multi-chain strategy gives it a structural advantage: protocols that operate across multiple chains prefer a single oracle provider that works everywhere over stitching together different solutions for each network.
The six services covered in this batch, rather than just one or two, signal product diversification on Chainlink’s side. The network has been expanding beyond basic price feeds into areas like verifiable randomness, proof of reserves, and automation services.
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Chainlink (LINK) za posledních 24 hodin vzrostl o 12,03 % na 12,06 USD. Trh sleduje rezistenci na úrovni 12,50 USD, zatímco Bitwise dál akumuluje LINK pro svůj ETF.
Chainlink (LINK) is experiencing a renewed surge in price momentum as institutional purchases and increased demand for its network infrastructure drive optimism among traders. Buyers have defended recent gains and reinforced recovery, setting the stage for a potentially larger rally if key resistance levels are overcome.
LINK price and key resistance levelsAt the latest reading, LINK traded at $12.06, reflecting a 12.03% increase over the past 24 hours. Chainlink’s 24-hour trading volume stood at $1.04 billion, and its market capitalization reached $9.03 billion. The coin’s price action has caught the market’s attention, with the $12.50 resistance zone now viewed as a critical threshold for a broader shift in trend dynamics.
Continued upward movement hinges on whether LINK can break and consolidate above this level. A decisive push past $12.50 may reinforce positive sentiment, with traders targeting the $20 mark next. If momentum continues to build, the price could even approach $28.
Market participants are closely watching the $12.50 resistance for signs of a sustained reversal, as a breakout at this level could open the door to higher price targets amid renewed institutional interest.
Institutional accumulation through Bitwise ETFInstitutional demand has played a major role in recent LINK strength. Bitwise Asset Management, a firm known for launching multiple cryptocurrency ETFs, has continued to accumulate LINK for its Chainlink product. In a recent transaction, the Bitwise Chainlink ETF acquired 163,379 LINK tokens worth approximately $1.85 million.
Over the span of one week, Bitwise amassed around 727,170 LINK tokens, representing a total value of $5.515 million. The ETF achieved an average entry price of $7.585 per token. With LINK now trading close to $12.06, Bitwise is already sitting on over 50% in unrealized gains from its latest purchases.
MetricBitwise Chainlink ETFTotal LINK purchased (1 week)727,170 tokensTotal value$5.515 millionAverage entry price$7.585Current LINK price$12.06Unrealized gain50%+Chainlink’s ETF activity from Bitwise has caught the attention of both retail and institutional investors, suggesting that further accumulation could fuel continued bullish momentum.
Bitwise Asset Management is a US-based investment manager specializing in index and thematic products focused on the digital asset market.
Mini dictionary: Bitwise Asset Management, an investment firm specializing in cryptocurrency index funds and thematic ETFs for institutional and retail investors.
Technical outlook and market expectationsThe short-term outlook for LINK now depends on its ability to breach and hold above the $12.50 resistance zone. If this level is reclaimed with strong demand and increased trading volume, technical analysts believe a move toward $20 could materialize, and further gains to $28 may come into view with sustained momentum.
Broader interest in blockchain oracle solutions and real-world asset (RWA) networks is also supporting Chainlink’s long-term narrative. The project is recognized for providing decentralized data oracles, which are essential for securely connecting smart contracts to off-chain information.
Mini dictionary: Oracle, a service enabling blockchains and smart contracts to access real-world data such as asset prices, events, and off-chain information in a secure and decentralized manner.
Market observers are expected to focus on upcoming ETF flows and any technical breakthroughs, as they may offer additional confirmation of Chainlink’s trend development in the sessions ahead.
The next major test for LINK lies at $12.50, with bullish momentum likely to intensify if this barrier is cleared and trading volume remains high.
Disclaimer: The information contained in this article does not constitute investment advice. Investors should be aware that cryptocurrencies carry high volatility and therefore risk, and should conduct their own research.
Chainlink [LINK] moved closer to erasing its 2026 losses after reaching $12.60, its highest price in seven months.
However, LINK quickly retraced from that level. At press time, Chainlink traded near $11.76, marking a 1.47% daily gain. Trading Volume climbed 84% to $1.2 billion, reflecting elevated market activity during the volatile move.
Why did Chainlink fall from $12? Chainlink’s retreat coincided with considerable capital leaving the futures market.
Source: CoinGlass CoinGlass recorded $410.29 million in Futures Outflows, compared with $390.9 million in Futures Inflows.
Consequently, Futures Netflow fell 280% to -$19.3 million. The negative reading showed that more capital exited futures than entered them.
However, Futures Netflow alone could not confirm whether traders closed Long Positions or added selling pressure. While derivatives exposure weakened, institutional demand moved in the opposite direction.
Are Chainlink ETFs buying LINK? Chainlink Spot ETFs recorded five consecutive days of Net Inflows as LINK approached its seven-month high.
Onchain Lens reported that Grayscale received 132,950 LINK worth $1.53 million from Coinbase Prime. Grayscale was the only Chainlink fund recording Net Inflows that day. Its Daily Net Inflows reached $5.16 million, lifting Cumulative Net Inflows to $109 million.
Source: SoSoValue The previous day, Bitwise’s Chainlink ETF added 163,379 LINK worth $1.85 million.
These purchases suggested that institutional demand continued despite LINK’s rejection from $12.60. That demand now faces a test from the wider Spot market.
Is Spot demand supporting Chainlink? CoinAnk data showed that Market Delta remained positive for three consecutive days.
Source: CoinAnk At press time, Market Delta stood near 64,000, reflecting stronger Spot buying than selling.
Meanwhile, Spot Netflow turned negative after previously reaching $15 million. That earlier spike coincided with increased profit-taking after LINK crossed $10.
Source: CoinGlass At press time, Spot Netflow stood near -$1.19 million, indicating that more LINK left exchanges than entered them. This reduced immediate sell-side pressure but did not independently confirm fresh purchases.
Can Chainlink reach $14? Chainlink’s bullish structure remained intact despite the rejection. The Positive Directional Indicator climbed to 55, while the Negative Directional Indicator fell to 3.
Source: TradingView A rising Average Directional Index and Positive Directional Indicator reflected a strong prevailing trend.
If institutional and Spot demand continue, Chainlink [LINK] could reclaim $12 before targeting $14. However, continued Futures Outflows could weaken momentum and expose the $10 support.
Final Summary
Chainlink reached a seven-month high of $12.60 before retracing to $11.76. LINK Trading Volume rose 84% to $1.2 billion during the volatile move.
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Chainlink's native token (LINK) is ending the week with a strong 22.05% gain, reaching $11.45 on TradingView. Positive capital momentum has been building over the past seven days amid hearings before a CFTC advisory committee and the commercial rollout of the project's new AI platform.
LINK price chart and Chris Barrett's post on X. Source: TradingViewCommenting on these developments, the company's communications director, Chris Barrett, quipped on social media today: "You can't spell Chainlink without AI." The play on words directly refers to the project's infrastructure expansion into the autonomous machine sector.
Inside Chainlink's move into AI and U.S. regulationThe developers are targeting practical demand as AI systems and robots operating 24/7 cannot rely on the traditional banking system because of its delays and limited operating hours.
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Launched in mid-August under the mission "The Onchain Engine for the Agentic Economy", the Chainlink for Agents platform addresses the problem of machine payments by serving as a verified data layer for AI agents settling transactions in stablecoins through the CCIP protocol.
The practical value of these rails is confirmed by the speed of their commercial adoption: Robinhood and BitGo have already begun integrating the AI layer.
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At the same time, Chainlink's leadership is building a regulatory foundation around cybersecurity. At a CFTC committee meeting, project co-founder Sergey Nazarov presented smart contract architecture as a tool for protecting U.S. financial markets from algorithmic manipulation and attacks by advanced AI systems.
The hearings demonstrated a shift in the direction of U.S. authorities: instead of debating the legality of cryptocurrencies, regulators focused on establishing rules for moving domestic markets onchain. Commenting on the changing agenda in Washington, Chris Barrett emphasized:
"Instead of debating whether crypto belongs in the U.S., the focus was on how prediction markets, perpetuals, and other onchain financial products can operate here within clear rules."
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For Chainlink, this regulatory shift opens new operational avenues that are already supported by its presence in government infrastructure. Macroeconomic indicators from the U.S. Department of Commerce are transmitted through the oracle network, while the Bermuda Monetary Authority uses the company's tools for embedded supervision.
The current capital inflow reflects major players' bet that the project will establish itself as a core infrastructure layer for traditional finance.
The Project Pangea banking consortium, with more than $10 trillion in assets under management, clearing corporation DTCC, investment giants UBS and Amundi, as well as JPMorgan and CME, are already using Chainlink solutions to settle real-world assets (RWA).
Sergey Nazarov ze společnosti Chainlink varoval CFTC, že tempo tokenizace rozhodne o tom, zda si USA udrží pozici lídra v globálních financích. Podle něj se americký finanční systém musí přesunout on-chain stejně rychle, ideálně ještě rychleji.
@SergeyNazarov, co-founder of @chainlink, used a Thursday appearance before the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Innovation Advisory Committee to deliver a pointed message to US regulators: the speed at which America moves its financial markets on-chain will determine whether the country holds its position at the top of global finance.
Nazarov argued that US equities' roughly 60% share of global equity value is not guaranteed as capital markets migrate to blockchain infrastructure. "If the global financial system moves on-chain," he told committee members, "you would want the US financial system to move on-chain at the same speed, or ideally faster, if you want to retain that approximate 60% market share. This is what we are discussing, and it determines America's position in the global financial system."
Regulatory Uncertainty Has Already Cost the US Drawing directly on his experience as an infrastructure provider, Nazarov told the committee that many founders have already left the US because of years of regulatory uncertainty. "For every Hayden or Shane who have the strength and the will to stay in the US and build innovative, high-quality applications," he said, "there are thousands for each one of them that left or closed down." He added that he has lived that cost personally alongside founders for over seven years, and that many of them are simply no longer building at all.
Chainlink's oracle network has processed over $25 trillion in transaction value, giving Nazarov direct visibility into where builders are choosing to operate. He did offer a note of optimism, praising the SEC and CFTC for now working in tandem rather than competing for jurisdictional turf, calling it "a massive improvement for the reputation of the US and trust in the markets."
Tokenization and the Race to Go On-Chain Nazarov said the next major phase of blockchain adoption will come from the tokenization of equities, with the value created on-chain naturally attracting corresponding financial products and markets around it. He pointed to two immediate advantages of blockchain-based market infrastructure: collateral management improving from two-day settlement cycles to round-the-clock operation, with greater transparency over collateral at every step; and stronger security through smart contracts and oracles, which he argued will become increasingly valuable as AI is used to attack and manipulate financial markets.
The broader tokenization market is already moving quickly. The tokenized RWA market has grown by more than 420% since the start of 2025, rising from around $5.8 billion to more than $30 billion, according to analytics platform RWA.xyz. Longer-term forecasts remain wide-ranging: McKinsey projects a $2 trillion market while BCG estimates $16 trillion by 2030.
Nazarov was appointed to the CFTC's Innovation Advisory Committee in February 2026, a body launched and sponsored by CFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig. The committee brings together senior leaders from traditional finance, market infrastructure, and the digital asset industry to advise the Commission on how emerging technologies, including blockchain and AI, are transforming derivatives and commodity markets. Thursday's session marked the committee's first substantive public hearing since its formation.
Sources:
Crypto Times: Live CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee Meeting
Chainlink Official Press Release: Nazarov Appointed to CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee
CoinTelegraph via TradingView: Tokenized RWA Market Grows 420% Since 2025
Wyoming Stable Token Commission přesouvá FRNT na Chainlink CCIP jako výhradní cross-chain infrastrukturu. LINK zároveň za den vzrostl o 6,67 % na 10,65 USD a trh sleduje rezistenci na 14 USD.
Chainlink (LINK) is experiencing renewed bullish momentum, supported by improved sentiment and increased institutional adoption. The recent decision by Wyoming’s Stable Token Commission to migrate the Frontier Stable Token (FRNT) to Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) marks a significant step for both the state and the blockchain network.
LINK price rebound and market dynamicsAt the time of reporting, LINK is trading at $10.65. The token has seen a 24-hour trading volume of $653.7 million and a market capitalization of $7.97 billion. In the past day, LINK rose 6.67%, signaling a notable reversal as market conditions improve across the broader cryptocurrency sector.
Crypto analyst Michaël van de Poppe has commented that LINK’s movement toward $11 reflects stronger buying interest and points to a robust phase for the altcoin. The analyst further indicated that while bullish momentum appears sustained, LINK may face resistance near current levels, potentially leading to a consolidation period. This pause could allow traders to evaluate momentum before the next significant move.
Analysts are closely watching LINK’s formation, with the $14 level identified as the key resistance if bullish momentum continues. Sustained gains above this threshold may pave the way for further price appreciation, while failure to maintain upward momentum could lead to sideways trading.
As the market focus intensifies, traders are monitoring whether LINK can establish a foothold above resistance and sustain its recovery trajectory alongside improving performances in major cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.
Wyoming’s stablecoin adopts Chainlink CCIPChainlink stated that the Wyoming Stable Token Commission has decided to migrate the FRNT stablecoin from its previous bridge-based setup to Chainlink’s CCIP, strengthening cross-chain capabilities while emphasizing greater security and operational reliability. Wyoming, known for its proactive approach in digital asset legislation, aims to enhance the security of its stablecoin infrastructure through this move.
By selecting Chainlink as its exclusive cross-chain infrastructure partner, the Wyoming Stable Token Commission seeks to reduce reliance on older bridge technologies and leverage Chainlink’s security-focused design for cross-chain transactions and monitoring. Chainlink CCIP is designed to facilitate interoperability among various blockchain ecosystems, providing institutions with secure, efficient, and reliable protocols for moving digital assets across networks.
Mini dictionary: Chainlink CCIP, or Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol, enables seamless communication and asset transfers between blockchains, improving both security and flexibility for institutions and developers.
The Frontier Stable Token (FRNT) is Wyoming’s own stablecoin initiative, aimed at offering a regulated digital dollar solution within the state. The decision to transition to Chainlink technology underscores growing institutional trust in Chainlink as a secure interoperability provider for digital assets.
Future prospects for LINK and network utilityThe expansion of Chainlink’s network utility and its broadening institutional partnerships, such as the collaboration with Wyoming, could further support LINK’s price recovery. The growing use cases and adoption within the blockchain sector contribute to a more optimistic outlook for the token, provided broader market conditions remain supportive.
Chainlink’s position as the exclusive provider of cross-chain infrastructure for the FRNT project highlights its prominence in blockchain interoperability solutions. Analysts suggest that further adoption and development may offer additional tailwinds to LINK’s valuation in the coming months.
Market participants remain attentive to whether the current bullish trend can be sustained, especially as the broader crypto market shows signs of recovery and renewed enthusiasm among investors.
MetricCurrent ValueLINK Price$10.6524h Trading Volume$653.7 millionMarket Capitalization$7.97 billionResistance Level$14 Wyoming’s migration of FRNT stablecoin infrastructure to Chainlink CCIP demonstrates rising confidence in Chainlink’s technology among institutional users, while LINK continues its upward trend in price and market activity.
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Spoluzakladatel Chainlinku Sergey Nazarov na setkání v Bílém domě 19. srpna 2026 prosazoval tokenizaci reálných aktiv jako klíč k budoucnosti amerických financí. Tvrdí, že už přináší měřitelné výsledky pro přijetí aktiv emitovaných v USA i amerického dolaru.
Nazarov Makes the Case for TokenizationChainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov addressed the White House crypto meeting on August 19, 2026, putting asset tokenization at the centre of the conversation about America's financial future. Nazarov argued that bringing real-world assets onto blockchain networks is already producing measurable results. "There's a very real and tangible outcome that's benefiting the adoption of U.S.-issued assets and the U.S. dollar," he said.
His position reflects a broader thesis that the path to American leadership in blockchain runs through tokenizing U.S. assets onchain, making them the base layer that the global financial system builds upon. Chainlink's infrastructure, including its Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) and Proof of Reserve system, sits at the centre of that vision. Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Hougan told CNBC ahead of the meeting that tokenization could be its biggest theme, pointing to the convergence of crypto exchanges and traditional market infrastructure as financial markets increasingly move toward 24/7 trading and tokenized assets.
A High-Profile Gathering on Crypto PolicyThe White House meeting brought together a broad cross-section of the crypto and traditional finance industries. Confirmed attendees included Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev, Kraken CEO Arjun Sethi, and the Winklevoss twins of Gemini, alongside executives from Ripple, Andreessen Horowitz, Nasdaq, CME Group, and Intercontinental Exchange. SEC Chair Paul Atkins also attended.
The gathering served as a curtain-raiser for the CFTC's Innovation Advisory Committee inaugural meeting the following day, a 35-member body that includes Nazarov alongside other major crypto and traditional finance executives. Nazarov told CoinDesk that President Trump took the group to the Oval Office to gather feedback on the administration's next steps, including the path to passing the CLARITY Act. Trump and his advisers "thought that it was very doable," Nazarov said, noting only a handful of senators still need to be brought on board.
The CLARITY Act, which passed the House 294-134 in July 2025 and cleared the Senate Banking Committee 15-9 in May 2026, would divide regulatory jurisdiction over digital assets between the SEC and the CFTC. The bill remains stalled ahead of a Senate cloture vote scheduled for September 15. The event also followed the SEC's release of a long-awaited regulatory framework for digital assets, a move the White House views as foundational for keeping financial innovation on American soil.
Sources:
CoinDesk: Trump pushes Congress to move on Clarity Act during White House crypto event
Crypto Times: White House crypto talks as industry pushes for CLARITY Act
Benzinga: Trump scheduled for White House crypto summit as CLARITY Act stalls
Chainlink sází na to, že AI zlevní vznik nových blockchainů a zvýší poptávku po CCIP pro jejich propojení. Andrew McCormick má rozšířit spolupráci s bankami a správci aktiv.
Chainlink Labs is betting that the next wave of blockchain growth won’t come from crypto-native builders alone. It’ll come from Wall Street. And the person tasked with making that happen is Andrew McCormick, who joined the oracle network on June 4 as Head of Institutional and Market Development.
McCormick, who previously ran eToro’s US operations, has a straightforward thesis: artificial intelligence will make it trivially cheap to launch new blockchain networks, and the resulting proliferation of chains will create enormous demand for the plumbing that connects them. That plumbing, in Chainlink’s view, is its Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol, better known as CCIP.
The multi-chain argument, reframed McCormick has been making this case publicly through a series of media appearances, including a YouTube interview on June 30 and a spot on the All-In Crypto Podcast in late July. The messaging has been consistent: interoperability isn’t a nice-to-have feature for institutions. It’s a prerequisite.
Why institutions care about CCIP For a bank or asset manager considering tokenized securities, the nightmare scenario is liquidity fragmentation. If a tokenized Treasury bond lives on one chain but the buyer’s settlement infrastructure runs on another, someone needs to bridge that gap without introducing counterparty risk or regulatory ambiguity.
That’s the problem CCIP is designed to solve. The protocol enables cross-chain token transfers and messaging with a verification layer powered by Chainlink’s existing oracle network. In practical terms, it lets a tokenized asset on Ethereum settle against a payment rail on a private chain without either party needing to trust a centralized intermediary.
Chainlink has already been working with some of the biggest names in traditional finance to prove this out. Collaborations with DTCC, the central clearinghouse that processes the vast majority of US securities transactions, and J.P. Morgan’s blockchain unit Kinexys suggest that the institutional interest isn’t theoretical.
McCormick’s role is to scale those relationships. His mandate includes engaging US banks and asset managers on blockchain integration, developing strategies for tokenized asset adoption, and running educational programs that explain blockchain’s utility, security, and interoperability to financial decision-makers.
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Po exploitu Kelp DAO za 292 milionů dolarů oznámené migrace z LayerZero do Chainlink CCIP dosáhly zhruba 15 miliard dolarů. Největší odchod je BitGo s 7,4 miliardy dolarů v WBTC.
The Kelp DAO bridge exploit did not just steal $292 million. It triggered the largest infrastructure migration in DeFi history, and the math shows LayerZero may never recover the lost ground.
Summary
Publicly announced migrations from LayerZero to Chainlink CCIP have reached approximately $15 billion in total value, led by BitGo moving $7.4 billion in WBTC, Mantle shifting its $2.5 billion Super Portal, and Lombard transferring over $1 billion in bitcoin-backed assets. The April 18, 2026 Kelp DAO bridge exploit drained 116,500 rsETH worth $292 million through a forged cross-chain message that exploited a single-verifier configuration, with the attack later attributed to North Korea’s Lazarus Group. LayerZero’s Decentralized Verifier Network model allows applications to select as few as one verifier to validate cross-chain messages, while Chainlink CCIP requires a minimum of 16 independent node operators per lane plus a separate Risk Management Network. Wyoming’s Stable Token Commission became the first U.S. public entity to abandon LayerZero, selecting Chainlink CCIP as the exclusive multi-year infrastructure for the Frontier Stable Token on August 18, 2026. LayerZero’s ZRO token has fallen to a market capitalization of roughly $302 million, down from an all-time high near $7.47, as Nethermind became the latest infrastructure provider to exit its verifier role and join Chainlink as a node operator. On April 18, 2026, an attacker forged a cross-chain message on a LayerZero-powered bridge and walked away with 116,500 rsETH. The tokens were worth $292 million. Within hours, the stolen assets had been deposited on Aave as collateral to borrow $190 million in WETH, spreading stress across lending markets and freezing rsETH pools on both Aave V3 and V4. It was the largest DeFi exploit of the year. But the money was only the beginning of what LayerZero lost.
Four months later, the damage ledger reads differently. BitGo, the custodian behind the largest bitcoin-backed token in decentralized finance, has moved $7.4 billion in WBTC to Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol. Kraken, Mantle, Lombard, Solv Protocol, Virtuals, Re, and the state of Wyoming have followed. The cumulative value of announced migrations now approaches $15 billion. Nethermind, one of LayerZero’s own verifier network operators, has ended its role and joined Chainlink as a node operator. The question is no longer whether cross-chain infrastructure is becoming a winner-take-all market. The question is whether LayerZero can stop the bleeding.
The exploit that broke trust The Kelp DAO attack was not a smart contract hack. It was a sophisticated assault on off-chain infrastructure that began six weeks before the theft, when an attacker socially engineered a LayerZero Labs developer on March 6, 2026, harvesting session keys and pivoting into LayerZero’s RPC cloud environment. From that position, the attacker poisoned internal RPC nodes and launched a DDoS attack against external nodes, feeding false data to a single verifier that was the only checkpoint standing between the attacker and $292 million.
The critical vulnerability was a configuration choice. Kelp DAO’s rsETH bridge ran with a 1-of-1 DVN setup, meaning a single Decentralized Verifier Network node operated by LayerZero Labs was the sole validator of cross-chain messages. No second verifier existed to disagree. When the attacker compromised the data feeding that lone verifier, the Ethereum contract released funds based on a token burn that never happened on the source chain.
BREAKING: Curve Finance halts LayerZero infrastructure out of precaution after rsETH LayerZero hack, affecting CRV bridging on multiple chains and crvUSD fast bridge pic.twitter.com/UwNvfxBew9
— crypto.news (@cryptodotnews) April 19, 2026 Mandiant, CrowdStrike, and independent security researchers all attributed the attack to North Korea’s Lazarus Group, specifically the TraderTraitor cluster. The attackers routed approximately $175 million in ETH through privacy rails, while Arbitrum managed to lock $71 million in ETH linked to the exploit.
The damage did not stop at Kelp DAO. The attacker deposited 89,567 rsETH on Aave V3 as collateral and borrowed $190 million in WETH against assets that were now backed by nothing. Aave was forced to freeze rsETH markets on both V3 and V4 to prevent further contagion. The liquidation of the attacker’s positions took weeks, with Aave completing the final rsETH liquidations only after the token’s price had been severely disrupted. DeFi United launched a recovery plan for affected holders, but the full scope of secondary losses across lending markets, liquidity pools, and derivative positions linked to rsETH has never been comprehensively tallied.
What followed was a blame war. LayerZero initially pointed to Kelp DAO for choosing the risky 1-of-1 configuration. Kelp DAO fired back that the single-verifier setup was LayerZero’s own default. For three weeks, LayerZero prioritized a technical post-mortem over clear communication, an approach its own leadership later admitted fell short. On May 9, LayerZero publicly acknowledged it “made a mistake” by allowing its own verifier network to secure high-value assets in a risky configuration.
By then, the exodus had already begun.
The migration ledger The departures did not arrive as a wave. They arrived as a cascade, each one making the next more likely.
Kelp DAO itself moved first, shifting rsETH to Chainlink CCIP while the dispute with LayerZero was still active. Solv Protocol followed in early May, moving more than $700 million in tokenized bitcoin infrastructure. Kraken announced on May 14 that Chainlink CCIP would become the exclusive bridge infrastructure for kBTC and all future wrapped assets. The next day, Lombard migrated over $1 billion in bitcoin-backed assets, including LBTC and BTC.b.
By mid-May, the total had crossed $4 billion. Then it accelerated.
Virtuals Protocol migrated $700 million in VIRTUAL tokens to enable cross-chain payments for AI agents. Re selected Chainlink CCIP as the exclusive bridge for reUSD, backed by $475 million in protocol TVL. Yuzu Money transferred $54.5 million. On July 9, Mantle announced the migration of its Super Portal, co-developed with Bybit, covering $2.5 billion in MNT tokens. The portal was temporarily suspended during the migration window of July 9 to 15.
Then came the largest single departure. On August 4, BitGo announced it would move WBTC, the biggest bitcoin-backed token in DeFi, from LayerZero to Chainlink CCIP. The migration covers $7.4 billion in assets and makes Chainlink CCIP the default infrastructure for all future assets BitGo issues. That single announcement nearly doubled the cumulative migration total.
On August 18, Wyoming’s Stable Token Commission finalized its migration, making the Frontier Stable Token the first state-issued stablecoin in the United States to run exclusively on Chainlink CCIP under a multi-year contract. Wyoming cited concerns about LayerZero’s “disclosure practices and operational security.”
The running tally now approaches $15 billion across at least ten named protocols and one sovereign state entity.
The architecture gap that made it possible The exodus is not simply about one exploit. It reflects a structural difference in how LayerZero and Chainlink CCIP approach cross-chain security, and the Kelp DAO hack made that difference impossible to ignore.
LayerZero V2 uses a modular architecture centered on Ultra Light Nodes and configurable Decentralized Verifier Networks. Each application chooses its own set of DVNs and specifies a threshold for how many must agree before a cross-chain message is validated. The design is flexible. It is also, as the Kelp exploit proved, flexible enough to be fatal. A 1-of-1 setup is cheap but means a single compromised verifier can authorize fraudulent transactions. Costs scale with the number of required verifiers, creating a direct tradeoff between security and expense.
Chainlink CCIP takes a different approach. Every cross-chain lane is secured by a minimum of 16 independent, Chainlink-operated node operators. A separate Risk Management Network monitors for anomalous activity and enforces value-based rate limits on each lane, acting as a circuit breaker that caps potential losses even if the primary validation layer is compromised. The system is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and ISO 27001 certified.
The practical difference is who bears the security burden. Under LayerZero’s model, each application team must understand verifier economics, select trustworthy DVNs, and set thresholds that balance cost against risk. Under CCIP, the baseline security is embedded in the protocol itself. As BitGo’s announcement made clear, the new setup lets the issuer retain direct control over token contracts, transfer limits, and cross-chain settings without needing to manage a verifier stack.
LayerZero has responded by removing support for 1-of-1 DVN configurations and announcing plans to move most routes toward stricter 5-of-5 verifier setups. Whether that is enough to reverse the migration trend is an open question. The 5-of-5 model increases costs for applications and still leaves the selection of verifiers in the hands of each deployer, a responsibility many teams have now decided they would prefer not to carry.
The math on LayerZero’s revenue loss This is the arithmetic nobody has published, and it tells a story more damaging than any headline.
LayerZero currently takes a 0% protocol fee on cross-chain messaging. All messaging fees flow to the DVNs and Executors that secure and deliver messages. Revenue for the broader LayerZero ecosystem comes from three potential lines: messaging fees if the fee switch is activated, Stargate swap fees, and fees from the Zero L1. ZRO buybacks are funded by a Stargate ecosystem allocation routed to the LayerZero Foundation.
The fee switch has not been activated. The LayerZero Foundation runs an immutable voting contract that enforces a public on-chain referendum every six months, and token holders have not yet voted to turn it on.
Here is what the math looks like. LayerZero accounts for an estimated 57% of all cross-chain volume, with over $100 billion in cumulative value transferred across its rails. The Chainlink CCIP migration wave represents roughly $15 billion in bridge TVL that has either migrated or is in the process of migrating. That is not transaction volume. That is the base layer of assets that generate recurring cross-chain messaging fees every time they move between chains.
Consider the arithmetic protocol by protocol. BitGo’s $7.4 billion in WBTC is the single largest wrapped asset in DeFi. Every time WBTC moves between Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism, or any other supported chain, it generates a cross-chain message. Under LayerZero, that message produced fees for DVN operators and Executors. Under Chainlink CCIP, those same fees flow to Chainlink node operators. Mantle’s $2.5 billion in MNT tokens bridges regularly between Mantle L2 and Ethereum mainnet. Lombard’s $1 billion in LBTC and BTC.b moves between Corn, Berachain, Rootstock, and other networks. Solv’s $700 million in SolvBTC bridges across four chains. Virtuals’ $700 million in VIRTUAL tokens crosses between Base and other networks to power AI agent payments.
Add Kelp DAO’s rsETH, Re’s $475 million reUSD, Kraken’s $330 million in kBTC and future wrapped assets, and Yuzu Money’s $54.5 million. The aggregate is not a static number. It is a flow generator. Each dollar of bridge TVL produces messaging revenue proportional to how frequently it moves between chains. Wrapped bitcoin products, which rebalance and settle constantly, are among the highest-frequency bridge users in DeFi.
The lost fee revenue accrues not to LayerZero today, since the fee switch is off, but to the future value of ever activating it. Every migration shrinks the denominator of what a fee switch would be worth. Every departure makes it harder to argue that ZRO holders should vote to activate fees, because the remaining transaction base may not justify the cost to users.
ZRO’s market capitalization has fallen to roughly $302 million, down from an all-time high near $7.47 per token. The top 100 wallets control 87.39% of supply. A June 2026 unlock released 25.71 million ZRO worth approximately $23 million, adding sell pressure to an already declining token. The price has dropped 38.87% in the past month alone.
The uncomfortable conclusion: LayerZero’s revenue potential is being hollowed out before the revenue engine is even switched on. The migrations are not just a loss of current activity. They are a structural reduction in the protocol’s future earning capacity.
When verifiers walk The Nethermind departure on August 19 adds a dimension that goes beyond TVL. Nethermind is not a token project moving its assets to a different bridge. It is an Ethereum core engineering firm that was operating a DVN node for LayerZero, validating cross-chain messages as part of the security infrastructure itself.
Nethermind ended its LayerZero verifier role after what it described as an “extensive infrastructure review” and joined Chainlink as a node operator and strategic technology provider. The company did not publish the review or identify a specific LayerZero flaw. It did not disclose the migration’s cost or timeline. What it did do was move from being part of LayerZero’s security layer to being part of Chainlink’s.
JUST IN: S&P Global’s stablecoin stability assessments (SSAs) are now available onchain through Chainlink DataLink, bringing $1.2T+ in indexed assets to DeFi pic.twitter.com/tl1hxOcqXn
— crypto.news (@cryptodotnews) April 11, 2026 The significance is structural. LayerZero’s security model depends on a diverse, high-quality set of DVN operators. When one of those operators not only leaves but joins the competing protocol, it signals something about the relative attractiveness of operating infrastructure for each network. If the Nethermind departure prompts other DVN operators to reassess their positions, LayerZero faces a potential reinforcing loop: fewer high-quality verifiers make the network less attractive to applications, which reduces fee revenue for remaining verifiers, which makes the network less attractive to verifiers.
LayerZero’s move toward 5-of-5 verifier requirements could intensify this dynamic. More required verifiers means more operators must be recruited and retained per lane, at a time when at least one prominent operator has concluded the opportunity lies elsewhere.
A state government takes a side Wyoming’s decision deserves its own examination because it represents something new in the cross-chain debate: a sovereign entity making an infrastructure choice based on operational security rather than token economics.
The Frontier Stable Token launched in January 2026 as the first fiat-backed, fully reserved stable token issued by a U.S. public entity, backed by U.S. dollars and short-term Treasuries. The Commission supports FRNT across eight networks: Arbitrum, Avalanche, Base, Ethereum, Hedera, Optimism, Polygon, and Solana.
The original cross-chain infrastructure was LayerZero. The migration to Chainlink CCIP, finalized on August 18, was driven by what the Commission called concerns about LayerZero’s “disclosure practices and operational security.” The contract is exclusive and multi-year. LayerZero has been fully deprecated. The Commission said it conducted a full assessment of its cross-chain provider and concluded that the operational security standards did not meet the requirements of a public financial instrument.
FRNT is not a large-cap token. Its significance lies in what it represents: a government-issued financial instrument choosing one cross-chain protocol over another on the basis of security review, not developer preference or token incentives. The Commission’s eight-network deployment across Arbitrum, Avalanche, Base, Ethereum, Hedera, Optimism, Polygon, and Solana means Chainlink CCIP now secures a sovereign stablecoin across a wider network footprint than most private-sector tokens manage.
This matters because government adoption of cross-chain infrastructure creates a different kind of lock-in than protocol adoption. When BitGo migrates, it can theoretically migrate again. When a state government signs a multi-year exclusive contract, it creates a precedent that other public entities may follow. If federal stablecoin legislation advances and other states issue their own stable tokens, the Wyoming precedent positions Chainlink CCIP as the default choice for government-grade cross-chain infrastructure.
The LINK token rose approximately 3% to trade near $9.67 on the announcement. The market read it as confirmation of a trend rather than a one-off event.
Winner-take-all dynamics in cross-chain infrastructure Cross-chain messaging has network effects that tilt toward consolidation. The more assets and protocols that use a given infrastructure, the more liquidity flows through its lanes, the more node operators are incentivized to secure it, and the more attractive it becomes to the next migrating protocol. The reverse also holds: as assets leave a network, remaining participants bear a proportionally larger share of security costs while enjoying fewer network benefits.
LayerZero’s position entering 2026 was dominant. It accounted for an estimated 57% of all cross-chain volume, peaking at 76% in Q2 2025. Over $100 billion in cumulative value had crossed its rails. The Kelp DAO exploit did not break LayerZero’s code. It broke the market’s confidence in LayerZero’s security model, specifically the principle that applications should be responsible for configuring their own verification thresholds.
Chainlink’s response has been to offer a model where security is not optional and not configurable downward. Sixteen node operators per lane, a separate monitoring network, rate limits, SOC 2 compliance. It is more expensive per message. It is also the model that $15 billion in assets have now chosen.
The question for the second half of 2026 is whether this becomes self-reinforcing. If LayerZero’s 5-of-5 verifier mandate increases costs to levels comparable with CCIP, applications face a choice between two similarly priced systems, one of which has been accumulating institutional migration momentum for four months. If the fee switch referendum fails because the remaining transaction base no longer justifies activation, ZRO’s value proposition weakens further, potentially driving additional departures.
There is also the matter of developer mindshare. LayerZero’s OFT standard embeds protocol-specific code into token contracts, creating what critics call vendor lock-in. Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Token standard, by contrast, is designed to let issuers retain full ownership of their token contracts and swap providers without redeploying. For teams that have already experienced one forced migration, the standard that makes the next migration easier holds obvious appeal.
Cross-chain infrastructure may not be a natural monopoly. But the $15 billion exodus suggests it has strong winner-take-most characteristics, and the current trajectory favors the protocol that made security non-negotiable.
What to watch LayerZero’s next fee switch referendum. If token holders vote against activation because the remaining transaction base cannot justify the cost to users, it will confirm the revenue hollowing thesis and likely accelerate departures.
DVN operator retention. Whether additional verifier network operators follow Nethermind to Chainlink will signal whether LayerZero’s 5-of-5 mandate can attract enough high-quality validators to function as designed.
Federal stablecoin legislation and state token adoption. If other U.S. states issue stable tokens and follow Wyoming’s precedent of selecting Chainlink CCIP, cross-chain infrastructure becomes a regulated-market standard rather than a protocol-level choice.
Kelp DAO recovery fund outcomes. Aave has completed liquidation of the attacker’s final rsETH positions, but DeFi United’s recovery plan for affected holders will test whether the ecosystem can absorb a $292 million loss without lasting contagion.
LayerZero monthly active transaction volume. The raw number of cross-chain messages processed per month, compared with pre-exodus baselines, will be the clearest measure of whether the migration wave has stabilized or is still accelerating.
Is LayerZero still safe to use after the Kelp DAO exploit? LayerZero has removed support for 1-of-1 DVN configurations and is moving toward stricter 5-of-5 verifier setups. The protocol’s code was not broken in the exploit. The vulnerability was a configuration choice that allowed a single verifier to validate high-value transactions. Applications using multiple independent verifiers face a meaningfully different risk profile than Kelp DAO’s original setup.
How much total value has migrated from LayerZero to Chainlink CCIP? Publicly announced migrations total approximately $15 billion as of mid-August 2026. The largest single migration is BitGo’s $7.4 billion WBTC, followed by Mantle’s $2.5 billion Super Portal and Lombard’s $1 billion in bitcoin-backed assets. Smaller migrations from Solv, Virtuals, Re, Kraken, and Yuzu Money account for the remainder.
What is the difference between LayerZero’s DVN model and Chainlink CCIP’s security? LayerZero allows each application to choose its own set of Decentralized Verifier Network operators and set a threshold for how many must agree. Chainlink CCIP requires a minimum of 16 independent node operators per lane and adds a separate Risk Management Network that monitors for anomalies and enforces rate limits. The core difference is whether security configuration is the responsibility of the application or the protocol.
Who was behind the Kelp DAO exploit? Mandiant, CrowdStrike, and independent security researchers attributed the attack to North Korea’s Lazarus Group, specifically the TraderTraitor cluster. The breach began on March 6, 2026, when an attacker socially engineered a LayerZero Labs developer to harvest session keys and gain access to the RPC cloud environment.
Why did Wyoming choose Chainlink CCIP for the Frontier Stable Token? The Wyoming Stable Token Commission cited concerns about LayerZero’s disclosure practices and operational security. The Commission selected Chainlink CCIP as the exclusive, multi-year cross-chain infrastructure for FRNT, fully retiring LayerZero. FRNT is the first fiat-backed stable token issued by a U.S. public entity.
What happens to LayerZero’s revenue if migrations continue? LayerZero currently takes 0% on messaging fees, with all fees flowing to DVNs and Executors. Revenue potential depends on activating a fee switch through a token holder referendum. Each migration reduces the transaction base that would generate fees if the switch is activated, structurally reducing the future value of ZRO.
Has LayerZero lost its dominant market share in cross-chain messaging? LayerZero accounted for an estimated 57% of all cross-chain volume entering 2026, peaking at 76% in Q2 2025. The $15 billion in migrations represents a significant reduction in the asset base generating cross-chain messages through LayerZero, though exact market share figures for mid-2026 have not been published.
Could the migration trend reverse? LayerZero’s move to 5-of-5 verifier requirements and the deprecation of insecure configurations address the specific vulnerability exploited in the Kelp DAO attack. However, reversing the trend would require migrated protocols to switch back, which involves smart contract upgrades, governance votes, and reputational risk for teams that publicly cited security as their reason for leaving. Multi-year exclusive contracts, like Wyoming’s, make reversal structurally impossible for some participants. This is educational analysis, not investment advice.
Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial, investment, or legal advice. Crypto assets are volatile and carry significant risk. Always conduct your own research before making any investment decisions. Published Aug. 20, 2026.
Nethermind ukončil roli ověřovatele v rámci LayerZero a přesunul své cross-chain operace na Chainlink jako provozovatel node a technologický partner. Firma uvedla, že šlo o výsledek rozsáhlého přezkumu.
Nethermind has ended its LayerZero verifier role and moved its cross-chain operations to Chainlink after reviewing the two infrastructure providers.
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Nethermind has stopped operating a decentralized verifier network within LayerZero. The Ethereum engineering firm has joined Chainlink as a node operator and technology provider. Nethermind did not identify a LayerZero flaw or disclose the migration’s cost and completion date. BitGo, Kelp DAO, and Wyoming have also selected Chainlink for cross-chain operations. Nethermind said Wednesday that it had migrated away from its decentralized verifier network operations and joined Chainlink as a node operator and strategic technology provider.
Nethermind has joined the @chainlink Network as a node operator and strategic technology provider, helping secure CCIP and Data Feeds as part of a joint mission to bring institutions onchain securely. https://t.co/SAqDnCGHQP
— Nethermind (@Nethermind) August 19, 2026 The company will help operate Chainlink’s network while supplying engineering tools, infrastructure services, and integration support to blockchain developers. Nethermind said the decision followed an “extensive review,” but it did not publish the review or explain which technical and operational factors determined the result.
As part of the change, Nethermind will concentrate its cross-chain work on Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol. CEO Daniel Celeda described the move as a long-term infrastructure decision tied to the responsibilities carried by node operators.
“Being a node operator carries real responsibility for a network’s reliability, and that’s consistent with how we approach every engineering commitment we make.”
Neither company disclosed the financial terms of the arrangement. Nethermind also did not provide a deadline for completing the migration, saying only that it would issue updates as the process continued.
Nethermind’s Chainlink role replaces LayerZero verification Within LayerZero, decentralized verifier networks independently check whether messages sent between blockchains are genuine and unchanged. Applications can choose which DVNs verify their messages and set the number of approvals needed before a transaction proceeds.
LayerZero’s documentation describes each DVN as a combination of smart contracts and off-chain systems. Once a message leaves its source blockchain, the selected verifiers confirm its digital fingerprint before the message can be committed and executed on another network.
Nethermind had served as one of the infrastructure operators available under that model. Its own website previously listed LayerZero DVNs among the cross-chain services run through its globally distributed infrastructure.
Under the Chainlink arrangement, Nethermind will instead operate a node within Chainlink’s network. Chainlink says its CCIP system uses independent node operators, transaction limits and a separate risk-management network to monitor cross-chain activity.
Reportedly, the move represented a decision by a major LayerZero infrastructure operator to use Chainlink’s “secure-by-default architecture.” Because the description came from Chainlink, it does not independently establish that one system eliminates the technical, governance, or operational risks found in cross-chain infrastructure.
Celeda said Nethermind has historically made “deliberate, long-term bets” on infrastructure that it believes will support on-chain financial services. Consolidating the firm’s cross-chain work around CCIP followed the same approach, he added.
LayerZero migrations followed the $292 million rsETH attack Nethermind’s decision arrives four months after hackers drained 116,500 rsETH, worth about $290 million at the time, from Kelp DAO’s LayerZero-powered bridge.
The April 18 attack involved a forged cross-chain message and a single-verifier configuration. The attacker created unbacked rsETH and later placed much of it into Aave lending positions to borrow wrapped Ether, spreading losses beyond the bridge itself.
In May, Kelp DAO announced an rsETH migration to Chainlink while disputing LayerZero’s account of the security setup. Kelp said LayerZero had known about its 1-of-1 verifier arrangement and had previously treated the configuration as secure.
LayerZero CEO Bryan Pellegrino rejected Kelp’s claims. He said the protocol initially used a multi-verifier setup involving LayerZero Labs and Google before changing it to a single verifier, a configuration he said LayerZero had not recommended for production.
After the attack, LayerZero said it would stop approving messages for applications secured by only one verifier and would move affected projects toward configurations with multiple DVNs. LayerZero also attributed the incident to a compromised verifier rather than a flaw in its core messaging protocol.
Nethermind has not said whether the Kelp exploit triggered its review. Its announcement did not identify a security failure at LayerZero.
Other large projects have made comparable decisions since the attack. BitGo selected Chainlink in August as the exclusive cross-chain provider for Wrapped Bitcoin, replacing LayerZero across a WBTC ecosystem then valued at about $7.3 billion. As previously reported by crypto.news, the announcement brought the value covered by publicly disclosed LayerZero-to-Chainlink migrations to nearly $15 billion.
Aave adopted CCIP in July as the default system for cross-chain functions across its app and Stable Vaults. The protocol already used the service for GHO stablecoin transfers and governance messages before expanding the CCIP integration to deposits, withdrawals, vault rebalancing, and asset movements.
Wyoming adds a U.S. public-sector angle For U.S. users, the closest public-sector comparison comes from Wyoming’s Frontier Stable Token, or FRNT. The Wyoming Stable Token Commission said on Aug. 18 that it had completed its migration from LayerZero to Chainlink following a state security review.
FRNT is issued by a U.S. public entity and is available on eight blockchains, including Ethereum, Solana, Base, Arbitrum, and Avalanche. Wyoming holds its reserves in cash and short-term U.S. Treasury securities, while reserve income supports the state’s School Foundation Program.
The commission named disclosure practices and operational security among its concerns about LayerZero. Executive Director Anthony Apollo said CCIP was the only system assessed by the state that met its security and reliability requirements “across the board.”
Under a multiyear agreement, Chainlink has become the exclusive cross-chain provider for FRNT, and the state has deprecated its LayerZero bridge. The Wyoming security review was not released publicly, leaving its full criteria and technical findings unavailable.
LayerZero said it respected Wyoming’s decision and was assisting with the transition. A company spokesperson said LayerZero had strengthened its security approach in recent months but did not address the state commission’s specific disclosure concerns.
Nethermind supports core Ethereum infrastructure Founded in 2017, Nethermind develops one of Ethereum’s main execution clients, software used by network nodes to process transactions and maintain Ethereum’s state. The firm employs more than 200 people across client development, cryptography, blockchain security, formal verification, and institutional infrastructure.
According to Nethermind, its software supports more than 16,000 Ethereum validators and over $5 billion in delegated assets. Its infrastructure clients and partners include EtherFi, Gnosis, Lido, StarkWare, World, and Arbitrum.
Nethermind also contributes to Ethereum and Starknet development while providing smart-contract audits, research, and engineering services to financial institutions and crypto protocols. The company said its new Chainlink role will include technical support for developers integrating cross-chain services, alongside its responsibility for operating network infrastructure.
Trump řekl, že USA zvažují akumulaci „významného množství“ bitcoinu a že jeho administrativa už „zcela ukončila válku proti kryptoměnám“. Zároveň vyzval Kongres k rychlému přijetí Clarity Act.
U.S. President Donald Trump met with executives from crypto and fintech firms including Coinbase, Ripple, Robinhood, Gemini, and Chainlink at the White House’s Roosevelt Room on Wednesday local time, delivering a speech in support of cryptocurrencies. Trump said his administration has “completely ended the war on cryptocurrencies,” noting the industry is thriving, and the U.S. must retain its “undisputed leadership” in areas such as Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, prediction markets, and artificial intelligence, while committing to becoming the “world’s crypto capital.” He added that the U.S. government has discussed accumulating “significant quantities” of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, claiming crypto assets “have greatly eased pressure on the U.S. dollar.” Meanwhile, he urged Congress to pass a “fair version” of the Clarity Act (Digital Asset Market Clarity Act) promptly, arguing this would keep the U.S. ahead of China and other countries. Trump also noted that the SEC Chair is working to bring Hyperliquid to the U.S. market in a compliant manner, and highlighted policy achievements including the signed Genius Act (stablecoin legislation), strategic Bitcoin reserves, and the ban on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).
Derivátový trh Chainlinku se znovu zahřívá: open interest v jednotkách LINK vzrostl na téměř 29 milionů, poprvé nad úroveň z 9. října od likvidační vlny. Funding rates zůstávají kladné, což ukazuje na převahu long pozic.
Leverage Rebuilds Even as LINK Price LagsChainlink's ($LINK) derivatives market is quietly rebuilding leverage, even though the token remains well below its pre-crash highs. According to on-chain analytics firm Santiment, reporting on August 17, coin-denominated open interest (OI) has climbed to nearly 29 million LINK, putting it above its October 9 level for the first time since a liquidation cascade hit the market.
Dollar-denominated OI tells a more cautious story. At roughly $279 million at the time of the Santiment report, it sits at around half its pre-crash peak, reflecting that the token price itself has not recovered in step with positioning. Funding rates have remained positive throughout the OI buildup, a signal that long positions are driving the rebound rather than short sellers covering.
Broader Momentum Building Around LINKThe derivatives recovery is not happening in isolation. Chainlink price climbed 8% to $9.56 on August 15, supported by stronger activity across spot and derivatives markets, with the token up 15% over the prior week as it continued recovering from broader cryptocurrency market volatility. That move was accompanied by a 123% increase in trading volume, climbing to $1 billion, and a 16% rise in derivatives open interest to $694 million.
Santiment data also indicates that significant investors have been active, with 246 transactions surpassing $100,000 occurring in a single day, a level not seen since March. Bitwise reported $1.5 million in net inflows to its Chainlink ETF last week, pointing to growing institutional interest in the oracle network's role linking blockchain applications with real-world data.
On-chain technicals have also attracted attention. Analyst Ali Charts pointed to an MVRV golden cross that has historically preceded major LINK rallies, with the same signal appearing before a 155% rally in November 2024 and an 85% gain in July 2025.
The core tension remains: derivatives positioning is recovering faster than price. As long as dollar-denominated OI stays well below its prior peak and funding stays positive, the market is leaning long on a token that still has meaningful ground to recover. Whether that leverage is well-placed depends heavily on whether broader sentiment and spot demand can keep pace.
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Blockonomi: Chainlink Open Interest Rises as Weekly Gain Reaches 10%
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CoinGlass: Chainlink Futures and Open Interest Data
Chainlink (LINK) is currently trading near $9.49, recording a modest 1.31% price increase over the last 24 hours. The token logged $254 million in daily trading volume with a circulating market capitalization of $7.1 billion.
Technicals point to bullish continuationLINK managed to break out of its recent consolidation zone about a week ago, establishing a short-term support line above $8.10. The cryptocurrency climbed to a local high at $9.70 and has since pulled back slightly to trade just below $9.50.
Technical analysts have identified a bullish pennant formation on the LINK chart. This chart pattern typically forms after a sharp price move when the asset consolidates within converging trendlines. Such patterns are usually considered continuation signals, indicating the potential for renewed upward momentum if a breakout occurs.
Quinten, a market analyst, highlighted that a strong move above the pennant’s upper boundary, accompanied by rising volume, could activate another rally and push LINK toward the $10 psychological resistance.
Quinten suggested that increased trading volume during a breakout would strengthen the likelihood of LINK challenging the $10 barrier, noting this area as an important psychological level for the market.
Rising institutional demand and ETF inflowsSpot Chainlink exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have reported consecutive daily inflows, attracting over $3.5 million in new capital across two trading sessions. SoSoValue data shows $2.07 million entered LINK ETFs on August 17, following a $1.47 million addition the previous week.
Bitwise, one of the largest crypto asset managers, accounted for the majority of these purchases. Over six consecutive trading days, Bitwise acquired 171,870 LINK tokens, valued at $1.708 million, through transactions routed via Coinbase and liquidity provider Wintermute. This move increased Bitwise’s total LINK holdings to 3.092 million tokens, currently worth about $30 million.
Net exchange flows showed a negative balance of -$1.4 million, meaning more LINK was withdrawn from centralized platforms than deposited. Historically, such outflows have aligned with upward price movements as tokens move to long-term storage away from exchanges.
Michaël van de Poppe, a trading expert, pointed out that LINK has broken through major moving averages on higher timeframes and is showing multiple bullish divergences. He argued these factors could imply that LINK is nearing the end of its four-year downward cycle.
Michaël van de Poppe remarked that breaking above key moving averages, together with the emergence of strong bullish divergences, may signal the possible conclusion of LINK’s prolonged bear trend.
Derivative markets show renewed confidenceOpen interest in LINK-denominated derivatives climbed to about 29 million tokens, the highest level since before the widespread market liquidation experienced in October of the previous year. In dollar terms, open interest stands at $279 million, although this remains below the $555 million peak set prior to the correction.
Funding rates for LINK futures continue to hold in positive territory, reflecting a majority of traders maintaining long positions. This metric last reached comparable levels in August 2025, when open interest peaked at 34 million LINK.
Technical indicators present further grounds for optimism. The Positive Directional Index is at 33, the Average Directional Index is at 30, and the Aroon Up indicator reads 78. Technical specialists emphasize the importance of LINK sustaining a price above $9 to retain the present positive trend structure.
MetricLatest ValueReference/Previous PeakLINK price$9.49$9.70 recent highOpen interest29 million LINK ($279 million)34 million LINK ($555 million)ETF inflows (2 days)$3.54 millionN/ABitwise purchases (6 days)171,870 LINK ($1.7 million)Increased total LINK holdings to 3.092 millionBitwise is a digital asset manager recognized for developing and managing cryptocurrency investment products, including ETFs that track major cryptocurrencies like Chainlink.
Mini dictionary: Bitwise, a US-based digital asset management firm, is prominent in offering managed funds and spot ETFs for cryptocurrencies, enabling institutions and individual investors to gain exposure to digital assets without directly holding tokens.
Disclaimer: The information contained in this article does not constitute investment advice. Investors should be aware that cryptocurrencies carry high volatility and therefore risk, and should conduct their own research.
Wyoming Stable Token Commission vybrala Chainlink CCIP jako jedinou cross-chain infrastrukturu pro Frontier Stable Token po bezpečnostním auditu a nahradila LayerZero. FRNT zůstává nasazený na osmi sítích.
The Wyoming Stable Token Commission has selected Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) as the exclusive cross-chain infrastructure for its Frontier Stable Token (FRNT), replacing LayerZero after a security review.
FRNT is Wyoming’s fiat-backed, fully reserved stable token and is designed to provide digital-dollar infrastructure for individuals, businesses, institutions and public-sector applications, including payments and settlements. The Commission currently supports FRNT across eight networks, including Arbitrum, Avalanche, Base, Ethereum, Hedera, Optimism, Polygon and Solana.
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The Commission said the migration was driven by concerns identified during its assessment of LayerZero’s disclosure practices and operational security.
“Following the review, the Commission decided to adopt Chainlink CCIP as it is the only cross-chain infrastructure that met our stringent security and reliability requirements across the board,” Anthony Apollo, Executive Director of the Wyoming Stable Token Commission, said in a statement.
CCIP provides several layers of security, including SOC 2 Type 2 certification, audited code, monitoring, built-in risk controls and decentralized transaction validation. Chainlink said every transaction is redundantly validated by at least 16 independent node operators, while its underlying oracle infrastructure has facilitated more than $33 trillion in transaction value.
“Wyoming has consistently been a leader in digital asset policy and public-sector blockchain adoption, and their selection of CCIP shows that governments and other serious institutions need secure, reliable, and standard-setting infrastructure to move digital assets across chains at scale,” Sergey Nazarov, Co-Founder of Chainlink, stated. “This is another important step toward a globally connected onchain financial system, and we look forward to working with the Commission to help define the next generation of financial markets.”
The migration is also consistent with Wyoming’s ongoing effort to maintain a multi-chain approach to FRNT. The state previously encouraged the Commission to remain technology-neutral when selecting blockchain networks, and the stable token has expanded to eight chains through a recurring selection process.
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LINK vzrostl o 8 % na 9,56 USD a za posledních sedm dní přidal 15 %. Bitwise Chainlink ETF zároveň zaznamenal čisté přílivy ve výši 1,5 milionu USD za týden.
Key Highlights LINK surged 8% to reach $9.56 on August 15, posting a 15% gain across the previous seven days Open interest in derivatives markets jumped 16% to $694 million as trading volume spiked 123% Bitwise’s Chainlink ETF recorded $1.5 million in net inflows over the past week Large-scale transactions reached their highest level in five months, with major holders now owning 46.57% of circulating supply Technical analysts have set a $20 price objective, with intermediate resistance levels at $10, $10.50, and $11 Chainlink (LINK) successfully pushed through the $9.04 resistance barrier on August 15, breaking free from a multi-month consolidation pattern that began in June. The digital asset touched an intraday peak of $9.73 before stabilizing in the $9.45–$9.56 range, signaling a notable transformation in its near-term price trajectory.
Chainlink (LINK) Price This upward movement coincided with a dramatic 123% surge in daily trading activity, pushing volumes to the $1 billion threshold. Meanwhile, derivatives open interest expanded by 16% to reach $694.39 million, indicating fresh capital deployment rather than mere position rotation among existing traders.
The price appreciation pushed LINK’s total market capitalization to approximately $7.15 billion.
Large Holder Activity Reaches Five-Month Peak Blockchain analytics platform Santiment detected 246 substantial transactions exceeding $100,000 in value — representing the highest frequency of such transfers since March. Addresses containing between 100,000 and 10 million LINK tokens collectively hold 46.57% of the entire supply, equivalent to approximately 466 million tokens.
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🐳 Chainlink whale activity has seen a significant spike. The network saw 246 separate $100K+ LINK transactions in 24 hours, its highest daily level in 5 months.
📈 This coincides with the fact that wallets holding 100K to 10M LINK now… pic.twitter.com/1EACyuTF1O
— Santiment Intelligence (@SantimentData) August 12, 2026
Notably, this whale accumulation intensified as LINK neared and ultimately breached the $9.04 threshold, rather than occurring during the earlier recovery phase. This correlation between timing and price action reinforces the legitimacy of the breakout.
The Relative Strength Index advanced to 71.40, while the Chaikin Money Flow indicator registered 0.18, both metrics reflecting sustained buying momentum. However, with RSI exceeding the 70 threshold, the token may be entering overbought territory, potentially triggering a temporary consolidation.
Institutional Product Attracts $1.5M Weekly Capital Bitwise’s Chainlink exchange-traded fund captured approximately $1.5 million in net inflows throughout the week. Hunter Horsley, CEO of Bitwise, validated these figures while highlighting increasing investor recognition of Chainlink’s critical function within decentralized finance infrastructure.
The Chainlink network serves as a bridge between blockchain protocols and external data sources, facilitating access to real-world information including asset prices and traditional financial systems. Horsley emphasized that institutional awareness is expanding regarding blockchain infrastructure’s integration with conventional finance.
These ETF capital flows demonstrate heightened appetite for compliant investment vehicles that provide LINK exposure without requiring direct token custody.
$LINK Has been outperforming and has broken above the $8.9 horizontal.
Looks quite good and yet another coin that shows strength after the Standard Chartered report. Whether that's the cause or not, these may become a self fulfilling prophecy at this point, as more people catch… https://t.co/PnBBk5pTVb pic.twitter.com/vLGm3HKsH4
— Daan Crypto Trades (@DaanCrypto) August 16, 2026
A technical analyst has established a $20 price objective for LINK. The immediate focus centers on whether the token can establish support above the $10 psychological level, with subsequent resistance points identified at $10.50 and $11.
Should LINK lose the $9.04 level, the support zone spanning $8.49 to $8.58 would become the critical area for price stability.
At present, LINK trades near $9.56, reflecting a 15% appreciation over the trailing seven-day period.
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A major Chainlink (LINK) investor ended a 30-day accumulation period and transferred a batch of 984,550 tokens to the U.S. exchange Coinbase. The whale's move interrupted a quiet phase in the market and sparked concerns among crypto market participants about a possible sell-off.
According to on-chain tracker OnchainLens, the address "0xF5B007...1d8A1" deposited approximately $9.23 million worth of tokens into Coinbase. This move followed a month-long lull, during which the investor methodically withdrew tokens from Binance hot wallets, accumulating around 2.41 million LINK.
Chainlink whale '0xF5B007' shifting nearly 1 million tokens to Coinbase, Source: OnchainLens / ArkhamThe latest transfer represents only part of the investor's holdings. The whale's wallet currently retains 1.43 million LINK worth around $13.43 million, while the net unrealized profit on the remaining position is estimated at $1.42 million.
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Why the whale awakened at Chainlink's "red wall"The major investor's move coincided with a critical technical turning point on the LINK/USD chart. The token has been trying to break out of a prolonged downtrend that began after the 2024–2025 peaks and recently found a local bottom at $6.35.
LINK/USD daily chart (1D) with 23, 50, and 200 MAs and RSI indicator, Source: TradingViewAt the time of the transaction, the token stood just one step away from a trend reversal:
Resistance wall: The LINK price ran directly into a heavy 200-day moving average, shown by the red line on the chart, at $9.4117.Safety cushion: The 23- and 50-day moving averages are pushing the price from below, around $8.23–$8.48, and now serve as dynamic support.Potential move: The RSI is in a moderately bullish zone at 56.84–60.09 points. This indicates that buyers have enough strength for a move higher, but the appearance of substantial selling pressure directly at the key resistance level could completely extinguish this momentum. You Might Also Like
If the transferred $9.2 million enters the Coinbase order book, LINK risks sliding back toward the $8.20–$8.50 support zone. If the transaction turns out to be an internal asset transfer or an over-the-counter (OTC) deal, the market will retain its chances of breaking through the "red wall" and returning to the psychological $10 level.
NIL vzrostl za 24 hodin asi o 22 % po integraci Chainlink CCIP. Díky ní lze token bezpečně převádět mezi Ethereum a HyperEVM a obchodovat na Hyperliquid.
Nillion’s NIL token jumped roughly 22% in 24 hours after the project announced it had integrated Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol, known as CCIP. The integration, revealed on August 14, enables secure NIL token transfers between Ethereum and HyperEVM, effectively unlocking trading access on Hyperliquid, one of the most active perpetuals platforms in DeFi.
Chainlink confirmed the integration the same day, giving the announcement an extra layer of credibility that traders clearly appreciated.
What the CCIP integration actually does For Nillion, this means NIL holders can now move tokens between Ethereum and HyperEVM without relying on less battle-tested bridging solutions. The practical upshot is access to Hyperliquid, which has carved out a reputation as a go-to venue for perpetual futures trading with deep liquidity.
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Before this integration, NIL’s trading venues were more limited. Now, traders on Hyperliquid can take positions on the token, which typically drives both volume and price discovery.
Nillion’s bigger strategic picture Back in March, the project migrated its NIL token from a Cosmos-based chain called nilChain to Ethereum as an ERC-20 token on a 1:1 basis. That migration was a deliberate pivot toward Ethereum’s Layer 2 ecosystem.
Nillion itself operates as what it calls a “blind computer” network. The core idea is privacy-preserving computation, where data can be processed and stored without exposing its contents. The NIL token powers this ecosystem through transaction fees, governance voting, and staking.
Why the market reacted so strongly Second, the Hyperliquid angle matters more than it might seem at first glance. Perpetuals platforms are where much of crypto’s most active trading volume lives. Getting listed on Hyperliquid doesn’t just add another exchange to the roster. It opens NIL to a class of traders who specialize in leveraged positions and short-term momentum plays.
Third, there’s the timing relative to the Cosmos-to-Ethereum migration. Five months after switching blockchain homes, Nillion is already shipping meaningful integrations that validate the decision.
The elevated trading volume accompanying the price move also suggests this wasn’t just a thin-liquidity spike.
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Americké Bitcoin ETF za poslední dva dny zaznamenaly čistý odliv 917 BTC v hodnotě 57,63 milionu USD. Naopak ETF na Chainlink přilákaly 163 280 LINK za 1,47 milionu USD.
Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the United States are recording notable outflows, with total holdings shrinking by 917 BTC in recent trading sessions. The value of these outflows stands at approximately $57.63 million, representing a significant shift among institutional investors.
Institutional outflows hit Bitcoin ETFsMajor U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs, including those operated by investment giants such as BlackRock and Fidelity, led the net decrease in Bitcoin assets over the past two days. The cumulative outflow now exceeds the total Bitcoin mined within the same period, signaling a period of increased selling pressure from large institutional holders.
This trend is viewed by market analysts as a potential indicator of caution among big players, as funds reduce their exposure in the current market environment. The selling activity in these ETFs draws attention to the evolving sentiment in institutional circles.
Bitcoin ETFs experienced 917 BTC in net outflows, equivalent to $57.63 million, with BlackRock and Fidelity among the major managers reducing positions.
Bitcoin’s supply on exchanges continues to decline at the same time, possibly reflecting efforts by investors to hold assets in private wallets. The combined effect of ETF redemptions and wider on-chain outflows has led some to anticipate tighter liquidity conditions ahead.
Chainlink sees notable ETF inflowsWhile Bitcoin ETFs have experienced net selling, the trend has shifted in the case of Chainlink, a decentralized oracle network designed to facilitate secure communication between blockchains and external data sources. In recent trading, ETFs acquired 163,280 LINK, equating to $1.47 million in value. This represents growing institutional interest in the altcoin, with some investors considering Chainlink as a diversification play as Bitcoin faces more volatility.
Analysts have pointed out that inflows into Chainlink ETFs may support the network’s position in the broader crypto market, especially as flows in major coins appear subdued.
Mini dictionary: Chainlink is a decentralized oracle platform that connects smart contracts with external real-world data, enabling blockchain applications to securely access information from outside networks.
AssetETF FlowValueBitcoin-917 BTC$57.63 million (outflow)Chainlink+163,280 LINK$1.47 million (inflow)Market outlook and sentimentAs Bitcoin price remains near $62,980, ongoing ETF outflows and shrinking on-exchange supplies create a unique dynamic that may influence price swings in the short term. Observers have noted that institutional moves are occurring as market sentiment holds in the Fear zone, which may contribute to uncertainty among individual traders.
Many investors are closely watching how continued redemptions from Bitcoin ETFs might affect overall liquidity, while the positive trend in Chainlink flows could indicate shifting preferences among funds seeking exposure to alternative digital assets.
Ongoing ETF outflows and tighter supply could directly impact liquidity and price dynamics, leading to heightened volatility.
Looking ahead, market participants are expected to track changes in ETF activity for both Bitcoin and emerging altcoins, assessing their potential impact on broader price action as institutional sentiment evolves.
Disclaimer: The information contained in this article does not constitute investment advice. Investors should be aware that cryptocurrencies carry high volatility and therefore risk, and should conduct their own research.
Coinbase a Ripple mají být mezi účastníky setkání v Bílém domě 19. srpna, kde se bude řešit i zákon CLARITY Act. Ten čeká 15. září procedurální hlasování v Senátu.
Coinbase and Ripple executives have been named among the expected attendees at an Aug. 19 White House meeting involving at least six crypto and prediction market companies.
Summary
Six crypto and prediction market firms are expected to have representatives at the White House meeting. Coinbase, Ripple, a16z, Chainlink, Paradigm, and Kalshi are among the reported participants. The CLARITY Act faces a Sept. 15 procedural vote requiring at least 60 Senate votes. CFTC advisers will meet one day later to discuss crypto, AI, and prediction markets. Semafor reporter Eleanor Mueller said executives from Coinbase, Ripple, a16z, Chainlink, Paradigm and Kalshi were expected to attend the White House meeting, citing people familiar with the plans.
News: Executives from Coinbase, a16z, Ripple & Chainlink plus Kalshi & Paradigm (a Kalshi backer) as well as Digital Chamber are among those expected to attend Wednesday's meeting at the WH, people familiar with it tell me.
Trump plus Selig & Atkins are also expected to partake,… https://t.co/9eUjjV0xpI
— Eleanor Mueller (@Eleanor_Mueller) August 14, 2026 The report did not identify the individual executives who will represent each firm. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse have both supported the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, which remains stalled in the Senate after lawmakers left Washington for their August recess.
President Donald Trump may attend with members of his administration, according to the original report supplied for this story. However, an earlier crypto.news report said the White House had not released a formal participant list and that Trump’s attendance remained unclear.
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig and SEC Chairman Paul Atkins are also expected to participate, according to people familiar with the planning. Neither the White House nor the two regulators had published a formal agenda for the meeting at the time of writing.
Coinbase and Ripple bring CLARITY Act interests For Coinbase and Ripple, the meeting comes before a scheduled Senate test for legislation that could decide how the two main U.S. market regulators divide responsibility for digital assets.
The CLARITY Act would place spot markets for qualifying digital commodities under CFTC oversight while keeping crypto assets classified as securities within the SEC’s authority. It would also establish federal requirements for exchanges, brokers, dealers, advisers, and digital asset custodians.
American investors could be directly affected by that division because a token’s regulatory status can determine where it may trade, which disclosures apply, and whether a platform must register with the SEC or comply with CFTC market rules.
Coinbase has supported the legislation while continuing to raise concerns about provisions governing stablecoin rewards and decentralized finance. In an Aug. 7 statement, Armstrong called the Senate delay disappointing but said adoption would continue regardless of Congress’ timetable.
“The momentum behind this technology keeps growing with or without a congressional calendar,” Armstrong said.
An Aug. 8 report on Armstrong said the Coinbase chief pointed to stablecoin use, tokenized assets and perpetual futures as areas where activity could continue while lawmakers negotiate. He also argued that a consistent federal framework could support investment and offer stronger protections for U.S. consumers.
Garlinghouse has also backed the bill during negotiations. Ripple and Coinbase were part of a coalition of more than 120 companies that urged lawmakers to advance the proposal in April, according to a May report on Garlinghouse.
Andreessen Horowitz, better known as a16z, has also supported the legislation, while Chainlink works with financial companies on blockchain infrastructure. Paradigm invests in crypto businesses and is a backer of Kalshi, a CFTC-regulated prediction market operator.
CLARITY Act faces a Sept. 15 Senate test Senate Majority Leader John Thune filed cloture on the motion to proceed with the CLARITY Act before the chamber began its August recess. The Senate Daily Press schedule says the motion will ripen at 2:15 p.m. on Sept. 15, one day after senators return for regular business.
The procedural vote would not pass the bill or send it to Trump. Clearing cloture would allow the Senate to begin formal consideration, after which lawmakers could debate the proposal, introduce amendments, and hold a separate vote on final passage.
At least 60 senators must support cloture. Republicans cannot reach the threshold alone, making Democratic votes necessary even if most Republican senators back the measure.
The House approved its version in July 2025 by a 294–134 vote, with 78 Democrats joining Republicans. In May 2026, the Senate Banking Committee advanced its part of the legislation by a 15–9 vote after Democratic Sens. Ruben Gallego and Angela Alsobrooks voted with Republicans.
Any text approved by the Senate that differs from the House measure would require another House vote or negotiations between the two chambers before reaching the president.
Unresolved disagreements include political ethics provisions, rules for rewards paid on stablecoin balances, protections for software developers, illicit finance controls, and consumer safeguards. The White House has not said whether any of those subjects will appear on the Aug. 19 meeting agenda.
Prediction markets remain doubtful about passage Prediction markets have continued to price in a low chance that the CLARITY Act will become law in 2026, even as the Senate prepares for its September procedural vote.
Polymarket traders placed the probability at 19%. Since such contracts trade continuously, the figure has moved as participants respond to the White House meeting reports and the Senate timetable.
Source: Polymarket On Aug. 14, the contract briefly showed a 21% probability, rising from 17% one day earlier. Another recent reading placed the chance at 16%, down from an 82% peak in February.
Galaxy Research reportedly assigned a 10% chance of passage during 2026, citing unresolved policy disputes and the limited number of Senate working days before the midterm election recess.
"Regardless of the CLARITY Act's.. outcome, we expect the Commission to publish the texts of Reg Crypto, the Innovation Exemption, or both in the next several weeks, another reminder that the crypto industry is poised for… a positive reg environment even without CLARITY" https://t.co/rzWahIIGyi
— Alex Thorn (@intangiblecoins) August 14, 2026 A separate Kalshi contract provided a more favorable reading for an earlier procedural event. As of Aug. 11, traders assigned an 88% probability that the Senate would vote on the legislation before Oct. 1, with about $1.23 million traded on the contract. The date aligns with Thune’s Sept. 15 cloture schedule but does not indicate whether senators will ultimately approve the bill.
CFTC meeting will follow on Aug. 20 People involved in the planning have described the White House event as a kickoff for the CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee’s first meeting, which is scheduled for Aug. 20 in Washington.
According to the CFTC’s published agenda, the three-hour session will run from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern time. Committee members will attend in person, while the public will be able to watch the proceedings online.
The first 50-minute panel will examine the history of crypto regulation, state licensing requirements, overlapping jurisdictions, and the lack of a complete federal market structure framework. Members will also discuss how the CFTC could modernize existing rules within its current legal authority and support future legislation from Congress.
A second session will cover artificial intelligence in trading, compliance, surveillance and risk management, including autonomous systems capable of carrying out transactions or managing portfolios.
During the final panel, members will examine prediction markets, event contracts, market surveillance, manipulation risks, and customer protections. The agenda also lists questions involving federal and state authority, an issue directly relevant to Kalshi and other regulated event-contract platforms.
The advisory committee will not vote on a proposed crypto rule, and its recommendations do not automatically become CFTC policy. Members of the public may submit written statements about the meeting through Aug. 27, with qualifying submissions entering the public record.
Separately, the SEC canceled an Aug. 14 open meeting that had been scheduled to consider a proposed offering framework for certain crypto-related investment contracts. The agency’s cancellation notice did not provide a reason or announce another date.
Re Protocol migruje z LayerZero na Chainlink CCIP jako výhradní řešení pro bridge pro $reUSD mezi Ethereum a Solana. Chainlink zároveň rozšiřuje SmartData a Proof of Reserve pro tokenizovaná aktiva.
CCIP Becomes the Cross-Chain Standard for Institutional Assets@Chainlink is cementing its position as the go-to infrastructure layer for institutional on-chain assets, with a fresh cluster of integrations spanning cross-chain token transfers, real-time fund reporting, and on-chain reserve verification.
@Re protocol is the latest protocol to move its cross-chain infrastructure to Chainlink CCIP. Re, the on-chain reinsurance protocol with more than $475 million in total value locked, conducted an internal cross-chain infrastructure evaluation and is now migrating from LayerZero to CCIP as its exclusive bridging solution for $reUSD, its depository token with a market cap exceeding $160 million. The protocol will use CCIP to secure $reUSD transfers between @Ethereum and @Solana. Each CCIP bridge lane is secured by 16 independent node operators, and CCIP carries a SOC 2 Type 2 attestation, giving transfers an institutional-grade compliance footing.
@Nillion is implementing the same framework to enable $NIL transfers between Ethereum and HyperEVM. CCIP already supports interoperability with ecosystems including Ethereum, HyperEVM, Arbitrum, Optimism, BNB Chain, and Base, making it a natural fit for protocols that need to move assets across multiple environments without compromising security.
SmartData and Proof of Reserve Round Out the PushOn the data side, @Obligatecom is integrating Chainlink SmartData to bring real-time Net Asset Value reporting on-chain for its $200 million-plus $oTFY credit fund tokenization. Chainlink SmartData is a suite of on-chain data offerings designed to unlock the utility, accessibility, and reliability of tokenized real-world assets, providing secure minting assurances alongside essential real-world data such as reserves, NAV, and AUM data. Chainlink is already bringing NAV data for oTFY on-chain, with oTFY integrated into Kamino, Solana's leading lending protocol, where holders can use institutional-grade trade-finance exposure as collateral.
Completing the set, @RadiantPrimeXYZ is implementing Chainlink Proof of Reserve to increase transparency across its tokenized investment strategy. Chainlink Proof of Reserve verifies cross-chain and off-chain reserves backing tokenized and wrapped assets, providing unparalleled transparency. The tool enables protocols to automatically halt minting, redemptions, or trading when reserves fall short, and supports the launch of RWAs and ETFs with continuous reserve verification that meets the standards of institutional users and regulators.
Taken together, the integrations underline how Chainlink's suite of products, CCIP, SmartData, and Proof of Reserve, is increasingly being adopted as the default compliance and connectivity stack for tokenized assets in the 2026 digital economy. CCIP passed $18 billion in cross-chain transfer volume in Q1 2026 and now connects more than 70 blockchains.
Sources
Re Protocol: $475M TVL Re Transitions From LayerZero to Chainlink CCIP
Chainlink Documentation: SmartData
Chainlink Blog: Quarterly Review Q1 2026
Chainlink představil Chainlink for Agents, infrastrukturu pro autonomní AI agenty na blockchainu. Nabízí ověřená data, cross-chain funkce a chráněné výpočty prostřednictvím CCIP a CRE.
Chainlink unveils “Chainlink for Agents,” a foundational infrastructure designed for autonomous AI agents in blockchain environments
The platform delivers tamper-proof data access, cross-blockchain functionality, and protected computation capabilities for AI-driven operations
Through the Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP), agents can transfer assets and perform operations across multiple blockchain networks
The Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE) bridges offchain artificial intelligence processing with onchain smart contract functionality
Compatible frameworks at launch encompass Claude Code, Cursor, OpenClaw, Hermes, and Codex
Chainlink has introduced a groundbreaking infrastructure solution named Chainlink for Agents, purpose-built to equip autonomous artificial intelligence agents with essential capabilities for secure and dependable blockchain operations.
👀👀 Yet to be announced, it already appears in #chainlink's webpage.
CHAINLINK ENGINE
FOR AGENTIC ECONOMY
Agent micropayments & agents requiring data for their workflows is gonna be a big boom in coming years starting from now on. $LINK pic.twitter.com/iBLqQNrNAc
— David Miller ⬡ (@CryptoDavid_) August 13, 2026
This infrastructure grants agents entry to authenticated market intelligence, cross-blockchain asset movement, and protected transaction execution. The primary objective is eliminating the technical barriers that have historically hindered AI agent advancement within cryptocurrency ecosystems.
According to Chainlink’s description, the platform serves as the authenticated data, execution, and interoperability foundation for the emerging agent-driven economy.
Technical Architecture Explained
The foundation of this ecosystem rests on the Chainlink Runtime Environment, abbreviated as CRE. This component functions as a coordination mechanism linking offchain artificial intelligence decision-making with onchain smart contract operations.
CRE additionally manages transaction fee processing and exception management, addressing two significant challenges developers encounter when building blockchain-enabled agents.
Regarding information access, agents utilize Chainlink Data Feeds alongside Data Streams. These resources deliver verifiable market intelligence and minimal-latency pricing data, enabling agents to execute decisions grounded in reliable information.
Cross-blockchain capabilities operate through Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol. This technology enables an agent operating on a single blockchain to retrieve funds or execute operations on completely separate networks.
The infrastructure also incorporates Chainlink Confidential Compute. This feature preserves the privacy of sensitive business or financial information while permitting automated directive execution.
Applications and Development Resources
Among the prominent applications is yield maximization. An agent possesses the ability to evaluate authenticated interest rates spanning numerous blockchains, transfer assets to the most profitable chain through CCIP, and allocate funds into platforms such as Aave, operating entirely without manual intervention.
Additional agent applications encompass automated trading mechanisms, inter-chain token exchanges, and direct cryptocurrency wallet-based payments for computational services.
For the development community, Chainlink has introduced a comprehensive skills library. This resource integrates with AI development environments and enables creators to construct agent processes utilizing standardized Skill.md documentation.
The solution accommodates any agent framework utilizing these file specifications. Initially supported frameworks comprise OpenClaw, Hermes, Cursor, Claude Code, and OpenAI’s Codex.
Development teams can initiate implementation by executing a simple command-line instruction to deploy the Chainlink for Agents skill package.
Built-in agent transaction processing operates via x402 pay-per-call mechanisms, providing agents immediate access to Chainlink-enabled operations without supplementary configuration requirements.
Chainlink characterizes this offering as core infrastructure supporting what it terms the “agentic economy,” an environment where software agents independently conduct transactions and engage with decentralized platforms.
Tokenized US Stocks Go Live on HyperliquidChainlink has confirmed that tokenized exposure to US stocks and ETFs is now available on Hyperliquid, marking a notable step in the push to bring traditional equity markets onchain. The integration is powered by xStocks and Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP), which handles the movement of supported assets across chains and into Hyperliquid's trading environment.
that now sit on Hyperliquid's spot trading infrastructure.
How the Integration Works
The setup means spot holders and perpetual traders can operate within the same ecosystem, rather than across separate platforms.
Chainlink frames the opportunity in broad terms. The $150+ trillion global equity market is moving onchain, the protocol said, pointing to growing institutional and retail demand for always-on access to equity exposure. Chainlink's infrastructure plays a critical role, providing price feeds to track the asset, Proof of Reserve to confirm backing, and CCIP to enable secure cross-chain transfers.
Chainlink tento týden vzrostl o 10 % a obchoduje se poblíž 8,86 USD. Otevřený zájem na LINK stoupl o 4,58 % na 568,75 milionu USD, i když objem obchodů klesl o 12,86 %.
Chainlink price rose 10% this week, trading near $8.85 after a 2.14% daily gain.
Analyst Ali Charts pointed to an MVRV golden cross that has historically preceded major LINK rallies.
The same signal appeared before a 155% rally in November 2024 and an 85% rally in July 2025.
LINK open interest climbed 4.58% to $568.75 million even as trading volume fell 12.86%.
Chainlink launched “Chainlink for Agents,” an infrastructure platform for autonomous AI agents on blockchains.
Chainlink price rose to $8.86, up 2.14% over the past 24 hours. The gain extends a broader move higher for the token this week.
LINK has climbed 10% over the last seven days. That places it among the stronger performers in the market this period.
Bitcoin traded above $63,400 as the wider crypto market steadied after a volatile stretch. The calmer backdrop coincided with LINK’s climb.
Analyst Ali Charts flagged an on-chain signal that may support further gains for Chainlink. The analyst shared the data point in a tweet posted on August 13, 2026.
CHAINLINK READY FOR A 30% PRICE SURGE
1/7 🧵👇
— Ali Charts (@alicharts) August 13, 2026
In the post, Ali Charts wrote that Chainlink was “ready for a 30% price surge” and laid out the reasoning across a seven-part thread. The analyst pointed to LINK’s Market Value to Realized Value ratio, which had formed a golden cross against its 200-day simple moving average for the first time in over a year.
Ali Charts noted that the same crossover appeared in November 2024, right before LINK rallied 155%. Another crossover showed up in July 2025, followed by an 85% gain, according to the thread.
On-Chain Signals Point Higher
The MVRV ratio compares a token’s market value to the average price paid by current holders. A golden cross like this suggests the token’s value is rising faster than what people originally paid for it.
LINK derivatives volume fell 12.86% to $367.59 million during the same period. Open interest, however, rose 4.58% to $568.75 million, based on data from Coinglass.
Chainlink Price on CoinGecko
The rise in open interest despite lower volume suggests traders opened new positions even as overall activity slowed. On the four-hour chart, LINK’s Relative Strength Index sat at 65.28, close to overbought territory near 70.
The MACD line remained just below the signal line, at 0.119 versus 0.118. The next resistance sits at $9.00, with $9.50 and $10.00 as further targets if that level breaks.
A drop below $8.50 support could send the price toward $8.00. Continued selling pressure could push LINK down to $7.50.
Chainlink Expands Into AI Agent Infrastructure
Separately, Chainlink introduced Chainlink for Agents, a platform built for autonomous AI agents operating on blockchains. It gives agents access to tamper-resistant data feeds, cross-chain transfers, and protected computing.
The platform runs on the Chainlink Runtime Environment, which connects offchain AI decisions to onchain smart contract actions. Agents can move assets between blockchains using Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol.
Chainlink Confidential Compute lets agents handle sensitive financial data while still executing transactions on their own. One example involves an agent scanning interest rates across chains and shifting funds into platforms like Aave without human input.
The platform works with development tools including Claude Code, Cursor, OpenClaw, Hermes, and Codex. Developers can start using it by running a single command-line instruction to install the skill package.
Prediction Markets Cross a Historic Volume ThresholdPrediction markets have reached a significant milestone, with monthly transaction volume climbing above $40 billion and surpassing the total combined volume of all U.S. sportsbooks. For context, Pew Research Center data shows that legal U.S. sportsbooks handled roughly $14 billion per month in 2025 on average, making the prediction market figure a clear inflection point for the sector.
The growth has been steep. Industry data compiled by Gambling Insider shows monthly notional trading volume was below $100 million in early 2024 before climbing above $13 billion in late 2025. Bernstein analyst Gautam Chhugani now projects total prediction market volumes could reach $240 billion in 2026 alone, with a path toward $1 trillion annually by 2030, according to a CNBC report citing the investment bank's research.
How @Chainlink Is Powering the Infrastructure LayerBehind that volume growth sits a critical piece of infrastructure. @Chainlink oracles supply the verified, real-time data streams that prediction market platforms need to resolve outcomes accurately and settle payments without delay. According to Chainlink and Polymarket's official partnership announcement, the integration combines Chainlink Data Streams, which provide low-latency, timestamped, and verifiable oracle reports, with Chainlink Automation for timely, automated on-chain settlement.
@Polymarket, one of the sector's largest venues, integrated the $LINK network directly into its resolution process. Chainlink states that Polymarket's volume grew 7.5x over the six months following its integration, and the oracle network now also backs resolution for @trylimitless, @JupiterExchange, and other competing venues. Most recently, @Polymarket overhauled settlement for its short-duration crypto markets, replacing single-price snapshots with a time-weighted average price mechanism powered by Chainlink Data Streams, effective August 7, 2026.
Beyond @Polymarket, @Predictstreet selected Chainlink as its exclusive oracle infrastructure provider for FIFA World Cup 2026 prediction markets, with Chainlink's Runtime Environment handling automated market creation, outcome verification, and payouts using official FIFA data. @world_xyz is also among the leading platforms leveraging the $LINK network to eliminate settlement delays and scale decentralized forecasting for a global user base.
The broader shift points to oracles becoming core settlement infrastructure rather than a peripheral data tool. As @Chainlink founder Sergey Nazarov has noted, when market outcomes are resolved using high-quality data and tamper-proof computation, prediction markets evolve into reliable, real-time signals that global users can trust.
Sources
Pew Research Center: Trading volume on prediction markets has soared in recent months
PR Newswire: Polymarket Partners with Chainlink to Enhance Accuracy of Prediction Market Resolutions
CNBC: Prediction markets will grow to $1 trillion by 2030, Bernstein estimates
Circle spustila cirBTC, wrapped bitcoin pro institucionální zajištění, krytý 1:1 BTC a s on-chain ověřováním rezerv v reálném čase přes Chainlink Proof of Reserve.
@circle has launched cirBTC, a wrapped bitcoin token built for institutional collateral desks, bringing its reserve and custody infrastructure to bear on a market long dominated by BitGo's WBTC and Coinbase's cbBTC.
Bank-grade custody and real-time reserve verification Each cirBTC token is backed 1:1 by native $BTC. Custody sits with Circle National Trust, a federally chartered trust bank that operates under direct supervision of the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Circle National Trust operates as a qualified custodian under OCC supervision and provides regulated fiduciary custody services to Circle affiliates and their institutional clients.
Rather than relying on periodic monthly attestations, reserves are verified onchain in real time through @chainlink Proof of Reserve, giving counterparties continuous visibility into the collateral backing each token. Circle describes the product's standard as covering 1:1 backing, segregated custody, ongoing onchain reserve visibility, and strategic neutrality.
Circle Internet Group received approval from the OCC to establish a national trust bank. The new entity, formally named First National Digital Currency Bank, will operate as Circle National Trust and is supervised directly by the OCC, the federal regulator responsible for national banks and national trust banks.
Target market and competitive positioning cirBTC is now live on Ethereum, bringing wrapped bitcoin collateral into one of the deepest onchain financial markets. For institutions that operate across lending protocols, OTC workflows, market making, treasury operations, and settlement, this marks a practical expansion of bitcoin utility. Arc support is set to follow.
@circle is pitching the token at lending protocols, OTC desks and market makers that want $BTC collateral alongside $USDC as the borrow asset from the same issuer. A treasury that already settles in USDC through Circle Mint can now hold BTC exposure through the same operational pipeline, the same legal entity, and the same compliance team. That unified workflow removes a vendor-management problem that has long complicated institutional crypto operations.
The product also sidesteps a structural conflict that affects some competing products. Circle does not operate a competing centralized exchange, decentralized exchange, or lending protocol, which gives institutions a clear rationale for using cirBTC across their own venues, clients, liquidity relationships, and risk policies.
cirBTC enters a market currently led by BitGo's WBTC and Coinbase's cbBTC. Coinbase's cbBTC, launched in September 2024, carries a market capitalization of around $5.9 billion, while BitGo's WBTC remains the dominant product at roughly $8 billion. Circle is betting that regulatory credibility and issuer neutrality can carve out a meaningful share of that market.
Sources:
Circle: cirBTC Is Live on Ethereum
CoinTelegraph: Circle to Launch cirBTC Wrapped Bitcoin for Institutions
Bitcoin.com News: Circle Wins OCC Approval for National Trust Bank
LlamaRisk spustil LlamaGuard PT, údajně první automatizovaný risk oracle postavený na platformě Chainlink CRE. Má v reálném čase spravovat riziko Principal Tokens na Aave místo ručních zásahů.
A New Standard for DeFi Risk Management@LlamaRisk has launched LlamaGuard PT, billed as the world's first automated risk oracle built on the @Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE). The product is designed to handle real-time risk management for @PendleFinance Principal Tokens (PTs) used as collateral on @Aave, replacing a process that until now relied heavily on manual intervention.
LlamaRisk had been running the PT oracle manually and pushing parameter changes through the Risk Stewards path since Chaos Labs stepped down from Aave risk management in April. That arrangement was described as "a transitional path that was never meant to be permanent."
The shift to an automated pipeline addresses a structural gap in how DeFi protocols manage fast-moving risk. Traditional governance processes can take days to implement parameter changes, while market conditions can deteriorate in minutes. LlamaGuard PT is designed to close that gap by operating continuously, without waiting for a governance vote.
How LlamaGuard PT Works on Chainlink CREThree Chainlink CRE workflows replace the manual process. The workflows compute smoothed implied rates, discount rates, and per-E-Mode liquidation parameters for each Pendle PT market, each publishing a signed report that a new onchain router validates. The router writes atomically to the oracle and triggers execution in a single transaction, with every parameter change recorded on-chain and independently verifiable.
Under the new structure, Aave Governance owns every contract, the risk manager only proposes, and every parameter and tuning decision is recorded onchain. This represents a meaningful shift in accountability compared to the prior setup, where risk managers held write authority over key oracle parameters with limited on-chain auditability.
LlamaGuard adjusts lending parameters autonomously to prevent cascading failures, continuously optimising system settings based on real-time risk assessments and market conditions. CRE also enables LlamaGuard to initiate automated management actions to contain risk, such as triggering circuit breakers or adjusting parameters on target DeFi protocols.
Certora audits will cover both the new contracts and the CRE workflow code. Two of the three new contracts, the LlamaguardRiskOracle and ParameterRegistry, were already audited by two security teams as part of an earlier LlamaGuard NAV deployment.
Sources:
The Defiant: Aave Proposes Protocol-Wide Risk Framework After KelpDAO Exploit
Aave Governance: ARFC Upgrade PT Risk Oracle to Protocol-Owned Infrastructure on CRE
LlamaRisk: LlamaGuard Overview
DTCC 15. července 2026 dokončila první live produkční obchody s tokenizovanými americkými cennými papíry a využila při nich Chainlink CCIP a CRE. Chainlink zároveň spustil Project Pangea s více než 50 bankami ve 16 zemích pro okamžité vypořádání devizových obchodů.
From Wall Street to Cross-Border BankingChainlink is cementing its position as the backbone of institutional blockchain infrastructure, with a string of high-profile partnerships pointing to growing adoption across traditional finance and crypto-native platforms alike.
The most prominent recent milestone involves the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC). On July 15, 2026, DTCC announced the successful completion of its first live production trades involving tokenized U.S. securities. The driving force behind the trades was Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) and Runtime Environment (CRE). J.P. Morgan used tokenized shares of the Invesco QQQ Trust ETF as collateral for its margin requirements with CME Group. The initiative involved over 30 major financial institutions, including BlackRock, J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs, and Vanguard. DTCC plans a separate tokenization service launch in October.
Project Pangea and Broader Platform AdoptionOn the FX side, Chainlink has moved into cross-border settlement at scale. Chainlink and a multinational consortium of more than 50 banks across 16 countries launched Project Pangea, targeting real-time atomic settlement for the $9.6 trillion-a-day global foreign exchange market via Chainlink rails, Swift messaging, and regulated EUR and KRW stablecoins. The project aims to replace the industry's standard two-business-day settlement cycle with instant, atomic transactions powered by regulated stablecoins and blockchain infrastructure, without requiring banks to abandon their existing systems. The project brings together more than 50 financial institutions, including a coalition of Korean banks led by Shinhan Bank, JB Bank, and Kbank through UniKA, as well as Qivalis, a consortium representing 37 European banks.
Beyond these headline initiatives, Chainlink reports a wave of platform-level integrations. BitGo, Robinhood, Aave, and OKX have all adopted Chainlink infrastructure. Mantle is migrating its $2.5 billion $MNT token to Chainlink CCIP. Lombard Finance is using Chainlink for cross-chain distribution of its Bitcoin credit strategy. And Circle's Arc product has joined Chainlink Scale, giving it access to institutional oracle infrastructure.
Taken together, the deals mark a shift in Chainlink's story: from oracle provider to a broad institutional settlement and interoperability layer that spans both traditional finance and decentralized platforms.
Sources:
DTCC Executes First Production Trades of Tokenized U.S. Securities with Chainlink (Castle Crypto)
DTCC Taps Chainlink for Its Tokenized Collateral Platform Ahead of Q4 Launch (CoinDesk)
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Chainlink zaznamenal pětiměsíční maximum velkých transakcí, když 246 převodů nad 100 000 USD doprovázelo hromadění velryb. Peněženky s 100 000 až 10 miliony LINK nyní drží 46,57 % nabídky.
Chainlink has seen its highest large-holder activity in five months, as whale transactions and the concentration of LINK among major holders both surge significantly. Data from Santiment shows a renewed wave of accumulation by large wallets, reflecting a broader trend rather than a single episode of heightened on-chain movement.
Whale transactions surge alongside rising accumulationOn a recent day, Chainlink registered 246 transactions, each valued at $100,000 or more. This marks a consistent upward trend in high-value LINK transactions since March, reversing low whale activity that had prevailed in the earlier weeks of the year.
Santiment’s analysis highlights that large transfers consist of a variety of internal and external movements, including exchange deposits, withdrawals, wallet shifts, and redistribution between addresses. However, analysts pointed to the increase in supply held by large wallets as a more compelling indicator of investor sentiment than isolated transaction spikes.
Currently, wallets with holdings between 100,000 and 10 million LINK control approximately 466.31 million tokens, equivalent to 46.57% of the total LINK supply. Over recent weeks, this cohort has consistently raised its positions, with a notable jump coinciding with the latest rise in transaction volume.
Wallets holding between 100,000 and 10 million LINK now control 46.57% of the token’s entire supply, marking steady growth in their balances that aligns with the latest surge in whale transaction activity.
Whale behavior as an on-chain sentiment indicatorThe combined increase in whale transactions and the concentration of LINK among top holders is considered by analysts as a key on-chain sentiment measure. Historically, movements in this cohort’s holdings have closely mirrored overall LINK market trends.
A growing concentration of supply among large holders points to strategic accumulation rather than broad-based reduction. Analysts consider this accumulation to reflect a fundamentally robust backdrop for Chainlink, especially as it expands its ecosystem.
Chainlink expands institutional and cross-chain infrastructureChainlink’s adoption continues to grow beyond its established oracle services. The protocol’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) aims to build bridges between different blockchains, enabling seamless asset and data flows.
In addition to CCIP, Chainlink has become increasingly active in tokenized real-world assets, stablecoin infrastructure, institutional-grade data delivery, and advanced cross-chain services. These efforts position LINK in sectors that are drawing growing institutional interest.
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Despite the surge in whale transfers, crypto analysts caution that a rapid LINK rally is not guaranteed simply by high transaction volumes. The raw metric only tracks abnormally high activity, without revealing the direction—whether buying or selling—of each transfer.
Still, the combination of a five-month high in whale movement and sustained accumulation by leading holders stands out as a notable shift in market structure for Chainlink. If the percentage of LINK controlled by these major wallets continues to rise, the latest bout of on-chain activity could prove more meaningful than a short-term spike.
Disclaimer: The information contained in this article does not constitute investment advice. Investors should be aware that cryptocurrencies carry high volatility and therefore risk, and should conduct their own research.
