Chainlink Labs

Chainlink was recently featured in Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC)’s annual report alongside Citi, Microsoft, and more. It covers how “2024 marked a turning point in the adoption of onchain finance for traditional markets, with Chainlink enabling financial institutions to develop customized, compliant, and future-proof blockchain applications and tokenized assets.” Dive into the full report to see how Chainlink is enabling a global onchain financial system: https://lnkd.in/gipiEVb3

Chainlink TradFi Use Cases Selling tokenized bonds on a private chain. Buying with a euro-backed stablecoin on a public chain. Made possible by Chainlink.

Computers enabled information to move into the digital format. The Internet allowed it to be seamlessly shared at scale. Blockchains enable value to move into the onchain format. Chainlink allows it to be seamlessly transacted at scale.

In 2024, Chainlink solidified its position as the standard for verifiable data and cross-chain interoperability in DeFi, while also working with the world's largest financial institutions and governments on adopting blockchain technology. In 2025, we'll continue to build novel solutions for DeFi and expand Chainlink's market share, further the expansion into banking and capital markets by enabling high-quality institutional use cases, introduce the Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE) to a broader array of users, and more. Sergey Nazarov provides his insights into the major milestones of 2024 and a look ahead for 2025:

The Chainlink standard for secure cross-chain interoperability is now live on World Chain by World, a project co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Chainlink CCIP enables developers to build novel cross-chain apps and drive the adoption of World Chain. https://lnkd.in/diBAxTBX

We are excited to announce that Chainlink has partnered with BX Digital and BX Swiss, both part of Boerse Stuttgart Group—one of the largest exchange groups in Europe. Chainlink’s data solution for Swiss-based tokenized equities is live on testnet. Once in production on mainnet, BX Digital will use the Chainlink standard to publish and distribute securities closing price data onchain. https://lnkd.in/dUhYfXeK

Asset manager with $4B+ AUM Fasanara Capital—in collaboration with Apex Group Ltd, Tokeny, and Fireblocks—is adopting the Chainlink standard on Polygon Labs. By leveraging Chainlink CCIP, NAV, and PoR, Fasanara will uplevel its tokenized funds. https://lnkd.in/g2KtAij2

The stage is set 🇺🇸 What started as a niche movement is now turning into the next evolution of global markets. Chainlink is proud to support great crypto and DeFi organizations like 21Shares US, Aptos Foundation, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Base, BitGo, Botanix Labs, Circle, Coinbase, Compound Labs, Hedera, Linea, Ondo Finance, Optimism Foundation, Paxos, PayPal, Ripple, Superstate, World Liberty Financial, ZKsync, and many others to make the United States a major hub of crypto innovation.

“I’m quite impressed by how Chainlink has integrated its Proof of Reserves solution in 21Shares' Bitcoin ETF”—Jonathan Gill, HashKey Group. “It’s really changed the idea of continuous disclosure.” 

“One piece of workflow code.” That’s all it takes to abstract away the complexity of onchain finance for institutions. It’s “going to massively accelerate the amount and quality of financial products that go onchain.”