Chainlink news

FORMS HK, Chainlink, Apex Group, CSpro, and Blockchain Valley@Cyberport launched the Tokenized Securities Framework in Hong Kong on August 5, aiming to standardize the issuance, distribution, and settlement of tokenized securities under the city's existing regulatory regime. Chainlink contributes its Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol and Automated Compliance Engine, while the framework adopts the ERC-3643 token standard, embedding compliance directly into the assets. CSpro manages asset origination, Apex Group handles servicing with its institutional-grade operations, and the TS Connect layer provides investor access. The initiative builds on SFC circulars from 2023 and a 2026 framework for secondary trading, but launched without any live issuances or transaction volumes. Apex's global client network offers a distribution advantage for the new infrastructure.

Chainlink has launched Time-Weighted Average Price (TWAP) feeds on mainnet, offering two variants with 30-second and 60-second windows. The feeds, accessible via Chainlink Data Streams, are designed to resist price manipulation by averaging prices over time rather than relying on single snapshots. Polymarket is the first major adopter, planning to shift its crypto up/down markets to TWAP-based settlement on August 7. The 30-second feeds will serve 5-minute markets, while 60-second feeds handle 15-minute and 4-hour markets. Polymarket is also introducing a Real-Time Data Streaming WebSocket on August 4 and offering $1 million in liquidity incentives throughout August. The launch follows testnet availability, and developers can access documentation, feed IDs, and SDK examples through Chainlink's and Polymarket's resources. Pricing starts at $150 per month for select feeds.

Chainlink, in partnership with Swift, UBS, and Euroclear among 24 major financial institutions, announced Phase 2 results of its corporate actions initiative on September 29, 2025, achieving near-100% data consensus on corporate actions data using AI and blockchain. The initiative aims to address the global financial industry's $58 billion annual cost burden from manual and error-prone corporate actions processing, with less than 40% automation currently. The solution combines AI models from OpenAI and Google with Chainlink's oracle infrastructure to create a multi-step verification pipeline, mitigating AI hallucinations through cross-verification and institutional attestation. Data is delivered in ISO 20022-compliant records via the Swift network and Chainlink's CCIP, facilitating accurate data for both traditional and blockchain-based systems. This foundational infrastructure is crucial for scaling tokenized equity markets and positions Chainlink as key middleware between AI, blockchain, and traditional finance, potentially reducing costs for adopting institutions.

Chainlink saw over $7 billion in token value migrate to its Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) in Q2 as security concerns drove projects away from older bridges following a wave of hacks that caused $650 million in losses this year. Major migrations included Mantle ($2.5B), KelpDAO ($1.5B), and Lombard Finance ($1B). CCIP handled $4.9 billion in quarterly volume, up 353% year-over-year. Institutional adoption also grew, with DTCC, Fidelity International, and State Street using Chainlink for tokenized asset and collateral management. Chainlink Reserve added 1.44 million LINK, and exchange supply of LINK fell 12%, suggesting accumulation.

Chainlink (LINK) emerged as the best-performing asset among the top 20 cryptocurrencies this week, rising 10.18% to $8.71. The rally was supported by a broad market uptick following a softer US inflation report, which lifted Bitcoin above $65,000 and the total crypto market cap over $2.2 trillion. Exchange supply of LINK has been declining, with over 15.7 million tokens leaving exchanges in the past month, including a net outflow of 1.04 million LINK on Sunday alone. This reduction in available supply typically signals holder accumulation, though past outflows have not always preceded price increases. Institutional adoption also played a role: on July 15, the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) conducted its first production trades of tokenized assets, with Chainlink participating alongside firms like BlackRock, Vanguard, and JPMorgan. The full DTCC Tokenization Service is set to launch in October 2026.

Chainlink has reached a record 900,000 non-empty wallets on Ethereum, according to Santiment, with over 20,000 added in the past month despite LINK's price declining 49% over the past year to around $7.9. Adoption of Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) is expanding, with Aave among recent integrators. CCIP now spans 35 chains, and tokenized-asset value on the protocol rose 36.5% to $330.21 million.

Over $7.2 billion in cross-chain and wrapped assets have migrated from LayerZero to Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) since May, with Mantle becoming the latest project to make the switch. Mantle is moving its $2.5 billion Super Portal from LayerZero’s OFT standard to Chainlink’s CCT standard to enhance security and control over token transfers. The migration is scheduled from July 9 to 15. The shift follows the $292 million Kelp bridge exploit earlier this year, which increased scrutiny of LayerZero-powered bridges. Other major migrations include Kelp, Lombard, Solv Protocol, Virtuals, Re, and Kraken’s tokenized assets. Mantle said the new setup gives it direct control over token pools and transfer settings as it expands MNT to additional networks.

Chainlink launched Project Pangea on June 23, a framework for T+0 foreign-exchange settlement using regulated EUR and KRW stablecoins. The project aims to reduce settlement risk in bank FX trades by enabling payment-versus-payment atomic settlement, where both currency legs are exchanged simultaneously. It leverages existing SWIFT and ISO 20022 messaging infrastructure to integrate with bank workflows. The effort involves a working group spanning Europe and South Korea, collectively managing over $10 trillion in assets, including Qivalis' 37-bank euro stablecoin consortium and UniKA's Korean banking coalition. The project tests whether compliant stablecoins can serve as settlement instruments for institutional FX, addressing the window of counterparty risk inherent in traditional settlement delays. Key open questions include the specific stablecoins to be used, liquidity and redemption mechanisms, and regulatory approvals. The first signal of progress will be controlled bank trials moving beyond the announcement. The initiative follows earlier Chainlink-related pilots with Swift, UBS, and Visa, underscoring the broader institutional search for tokenized money compatible with existing banking systems.

Chainlink has joined a working group with European and South Korean banking organizations to explore stablecoin-based foreign exchange settlement. The initiative, called Project Pangea, involves South Korean digital asset firm FairSquareLab, the Unified Korea Alliance (UniKA) consortium of over a dozen Korean banks, and Qivalis, a euro stablecoin consortium backed by 37 European banks. The project aims to evaluate atomic swaps of euro- and won-denominated stablecoins using Chainlink's data infrastructure and FairSquareLab's onchain FX settlement technology. This is a working group with no production timeline announced, reflecting a broader trend of banks testing tokenized deposits and regulated stablecoins for wholesale financial infrastructure.

Blockchain infrastructure firm Chainlink has joined Project Pangea, a coalition of 37 European banks and 10 South Korean banks, to enable near-instant cross-border payments using stablecoins within a year. The initiative aims to settle foreign-exchange trades in euro- and won-pegged stablecoins via atomic payment-versus-payment mechanisms, reducing settlement time from two days to real time. Project Pangea focuses on the $150 billion Europe-South Korea trade corridor and acts as middleware, allowing banks to use existing Swift and ISO 20022 systems while settling on the Pangea L1 blockchain. Chainlink said the project targets live transactions within 12 months under a legal and regulatory framework.