Chainlink news

Coinbase is using Chainlink's DataLink service to push its exchange market data directly onchain for the first time. This includes order book, futures, perps, equities, and commodities data from Coinbase International Exchange and Coinbase Derivatives Exchange. The move aims to monetize proprietary market information and provide institution-grade benchmarks for onchain applications. It could unlock new use cases in DeFi and tokenized assets while improving existing ones. This integration builds on previous collaborations between Coinbase and Chainlink, which also provides services for wrapped assets and bridges. DataLink is also used by S&P Global and FTSE Russell.

Europe's largest asset manager Amundi has partnered with tokenization platform Spiko to launch a $100 million tokenized fund, using Chainlink's oracle infrastructure to record Net Asset Value directly on blockchain networks like Ethereum and Stellar. Despite this institutional adoption and positive on-chain signals like reduced exchange reserves and increased ETF inflows, Chainlink's LINK token continues to struggle to break above the $10 price level, remaining in a downtrend with about 70% decline since 2025.

Nasdaq has partnered with Payward, the parent company of Kraken, to build an "equities transformation gateway" that will link tokenized equities with decentralized finance networks. The gateway will rely on Kraken’s xStocks framework, enabling tokenized shares to move between regulated capital markets and permissioned blockchain layers in eligible jurisdictions, with a rollout targeted for the first half of 2027. The collaboration follows growing industry and regulatory interest in tokenized securities, with Nasdaq highlighting preservation of issuer rights and price integrity while expanding on‑chain liquidity.

CME Group launched Cardano, Chainlink and Stellar futures, now covering over 75 % of the global crypto market cap. In 2025 the average daily open interest in CME’s crypto suite hit nearly $25 billion, with an average daily volume of 278,300 contracts – roughly $12 billion notional. The exchange added major altcoins to broaden risk‑return profiles, noting moderate to high correlations with Bitcoin and highlighting diversification benefits.

Taylor Lindman, former Chainlink Labs deputy general counsel, has joined the SEC as chief counsel for its crypto task force, succeeding Michael Selig. Lindman brings over five years of legal experience in oracle networks and smart contract infrastructure to the agency. The SEC's crypto task force, led by Commissioner Hester Peirce, was formed last year to shape policy on tokenization and decentralized finance. Lindman's appointment signals the agency's ongoing effort to regulate the industry after a period of enforcement under former Chair Gary Gensler.

Chainlink token has fallen more than 70% from last year’s peak, yet Grayscale Investments’ holdings have risen to a new high of 5.258 million LINK, worth over $43 million, after purchasing 4 million tokens while the price slid from $15 to $7.2. ETF inflows show no outflows, signalling investor confidence, and Polymarket’s five‑minute prediction markets, which use LINK, have hit a $7 billion monthly notional volume, underscoring LINK’s role in DeFi infrastructure. Despite these fundamentals, market sentiment remains in extreme fear, with analysts warning of a prolonged sideways accumulation phase and the need for real‑world applications to regain capital.

Ondo Finance has activated Chainlink price feeds for its tokenized US equities on Ethereum, enabling real‑time pricing for SPYon, QQQon, and TSLAon. The feeds are integrated into Euler, letting users collateralize tokenized stocks to borrow stablecoins. On‑chain data, including dividends, allows DeFi protocols to set collateral parameters and liquidations tied to underlying shares. The move, following an October 2025 partnership with Chainlink, overcomes the prior lack of acceptable collateral for tokenized equities and is part of a broader push by exchanges and crypto platforms to bring tokenized securities to the market.

Blockchain firm Wemade has added Chainlink Labs to its Global Alliance for KRW Stablecoins (GAKS), expanding the consortium’s data and oracle infrastructure as it builds compliance‑focused rails for won‑pegged stablecoins. Chainlink will supply data integrity, infrastructure standards and oracle services for tokenized asset use cases, while GAKS already includes Chainalysis, CertiK and SentBe for analytics, security and remittance. The alliance focuses on infrastructure rather than issuance amid unresolved South Korean stablecoin policy, aiming to prepare for regulatory clarity without taking on issuer risk.

Chainlink has acquired Atlas IP, a transaction‑ordering solution from Fastlane, to bolster its SVR platform aimed at mitigating toxic MEV in DeFi liquidations. Atlas will now support Chainlink exclusively, deprecating its use on rival oracle RedStone, and will add an auction‑based order flow system that lets protocols recapture value lost to liquidating bots. The integration has already processed over $460 million in liquidations and $10 million in non‑toxic MEV for protocols such as Aave and Compound, and it is expected to accelerate Chainlink’s multi‑chain rollout of its OEV tool.

Bitwise claims Chainlink (LINK) is one of crypto’s most undervalued infrastructure bets. The 11th‑largest crypto asset, with a $10 billion market cap, is rarely discussed because of its complexity rather than weak fundamentals. Chainlink functions as a data oracle, enabling smart contracts to access off‑chain information such as prices, compliance signals, and event outcomes. It powers stablecoins, tokenized securities, DeFi and prediction markets, and is adopted by institutions like SWIFT, JPMorgan, Visa, Mastercard, Fidelity, and Deutsche Börse. Bitwise recently launched a Chainlink exchange‑traded product; LINK traded at $12.15.