Q1 2024 Product Update
•
#CCIP
has officially entered GA
•
@transporter_io
goes live
• Native ETH cross-chain
• Chainlink breaks ground in APAC and MENA
And more.
Dive in ⬇️
Two clicks—and it’s done.
Powered by
#CCIP
, cross-chain NFT transfers are seamless for users of KMON
@KryptomonTeam
—a multi-chain NFT-driven game saga.
Imagine if every
@Tesla
was tokenized as a dNFT with real-time metadata updates showing its service record, mileage, accident history, market value, and more.
All current and future owners would have onchain access to verifiable vehicle histories.
We're thrilled to share that Google is one of the great companies integrating
#Chainlink
into their approach to smart contract adoption. Here's how
@GCPcloud
users can use Chainlink to connect to BigQuery, one of Google's most popular cloud services.
In a new can't-miss
@BanklessHQ
podcast,
@SergeyNazarov
covers:
• Why we need the verifiable web
• The breakthrough of CCIP
• Securitization 2.0
• The multi-quadrillion onchain opportunity
• The ultimate vision for
#Chainlink
Full interview:
#Chainlink
CCIP is unlocking a seamless cross-chain world for users, protocols, and institutions.
How Chainlink BUILD project
@klaster_io
is using CCIP to provide multi-sig accounts with multi-chain capabilities ⬇️
Through a strategic collaboration between Chainlink Labs and
@InputOutputHK
,
#Chainlink
Price Feeds are being natively integrated onto the
@Cardano
blockchain to enable Cardano developers to build a variety of
#DeFi
applications powered by secure oracles.
Eric Schmidt is now an advisor helping build
#Chainlink
.
Former Google CEO
@ericschmidt
supports a world powered by truth: “Chainlink is a secret ingredient to unlocking the potential of smart contract platforms and revolutionizing business and society.”
1/ The Chainlink Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) has officially launched on Avalanche, Ethereum, Optimism, and Polygon mainnets.
#LinkTheWorld
.
@swellnetworkio
has integrated
#Chainlink
Proof of Reserve to help monitor reserves for its liquid restaking token rswETH.
Additionally, Chainlink CCIP will support Swell Chain—the upcoming staking-focused layer 2.
Learn more:
Introducing
#Chainlink
2.0: Next Steps in the Evolution of Decentralized Oracle Networks, a 136-page second whitepaper, which describes how Hybrid Smart Contracts in
#DeFi
and beyond will reach new heights by utilizing Decentralized Oracle Networks.
Crypto ETF issuer
@21shares_us
has integrated
#Chainlink
Proof of Reserve on
@ethereum
to increase the transparency of ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF’s (ARKB) reserves with
@ARKInvest
.
Explore how PoR provides transparency for both onchain and offchain assets:
#Chainlink
’s oracle infrastructure plays a critical role in the emerging blockchain-powered
#metaverse
, helping enable seamless connectivity between real-world & virtual environments.
Explore the possibilities of a decentralized & user-owned metaverse:
🏗️
#ChainlinkBUILD
🏗️
@klaster_io
is joining Chainlink BUILD to gain enhanced access to Chainlink's industry-leading oracle services and technical support, which helps support the security and use of its cross-chain developer services.
In return, Klaster will make 5% of its…
“There’s a consistent pattern where systems don’t fulfill their obligations.”
@SergeyNazarov
describes the verifiable web and how oracle networks and blockchains can enable verifiable, deterministic, and transparent systems.
“Everyone thought that there would be a few networks ... it’s been quite the opposite. There's been hundreds of different types of chains”—Ryan Lovell, director of capital markets at
@chainlinklabs
.
How
#Chainlink
CCIP connects them all ⛓️⬇️
2021 was a year of massive growth for
#Chainlink
. Thank you to all the developers, node operators, data providers, community members, and contributors who helped make this past year a success.
Here are 7 key pillars of Chainlink's 2021 momentum:
Staking marks the start of
#Chainlink
Economics 2.0, a new era for the long-term security and sustainability of oracle networks.
In this update, we define the long-term goals, roadmap, and initial implementation of staking in the Chainlink Network.
#Chainlink
Staking v0.2 is launching this year ⬡
Mark these dates on your calendar ✏️🗓️
• Priority Migration: November 28, 2023 at 12PM ET
• Early Access: December 7, 2023 at 12PM ET
• General Access: December 11, 2023 at 12PM ET
Planning to stake your LINK? Read this 🧵
Chainlink
#CCIP
is now live on
@arbitrum
One mainnet.
Built with multiple layers of decentralization, CCIP provides Arbitrum developers with unrivaled cross-chain security for unlocking the next wave of dApps and Web3 use cases.
#CCIPSummer
One of the world's leading weather data providers
@accuweather
will launch an official
#Chainlink
node, bringing high-quality weather data to leading blockchains to power hybrid smart contracts like parametric insurance for millions of locations worldwide.
“The greatest thing about Chainlink is its truly blockchain-agnostic design. We will always be integrated into the latest technology.”
@chainlinklabs
Director of Capital Markets Ryan Lovell on why
#Chainlink
is mission-critical for future-proofing your tokenization platform ⬇️
“Always-on, 24-7, programmable money adds huge advantages”—Ryan Rugg, Head of Digital Assets at
@Citi
TTS.
Watch Citi—which does business in nearly 160 countries—on Chainlink’s
#TheFutureIsOn
Spotlight Series ⬇️
SWIFT is using the Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) in an initial proof of concept.
CCIP will enable SWIFT messages to instruct on-chain token transfers, helping the SWIFT network become interoperable across all blockchain environments.
The Associated Press (
@AP
), one of the largest news organizations in the world, is launching an official
#Chainlink
node to bring high-quality economic data, sports outcomes, and business financials onto blockchains to support smart contract innovation.
🏗️
#ChainlinkBUILD
🏗️
@bondexapp
is joining Chainlink BUILD to gain enhanced access to Chainlink's industry-leading oracle services and technical support, which helps support the security and use of its Web3 talent market.
In return, Bondex will make 3% of its total native…
Chainlink is working with
@swiftcommunity
and more than a dozen major financial institutions on experiments to enable connectivity to and interoperability across public and private blockchains:
These experiments are a significant step forward from the…
AMM protocol
@swapleonicorn
is integrating
#Chainlink
VRF to access a verifiably tamper-proof source of randomness for its lucky draw games and
#NFT
loot box drops, ultimately helping drive a gamified platform experience that's transparent and fair.
“ETFs are step one in the technological revolution in the financial markets. Step two is going to be the tokenization of every financial asset”—Larry Fink, CEO of
@BlackRock
on
@CNBC
.
Off-Chain Reporting is now live on mainnet, marking a major scalability upgrade of Chainlink’s oracle network. OCR reduces on-chain gas costs by up to 90% & enables
#Chainlink
to bring 10x more data on-chain, accelerating
#DeFi
& smart contract innovation.
#Chainlink
is collaborating with key players across the global economy:
1. Swift—Standard messaging network for 11K+ banks
2. DTCC—World’s largest securities settlement system, processing $2+ quadrillion annually
3. ANZ—Leading Australian bank with $1T+ in AUM
4. Vodafone…
.
@tusdio
has integrated
#Chainlink
Proof of Reserve directly into the minting function for
#TUSD
, an industry-first for USD-collateralized stablecoins.
This marks a major milestone for
#stablecoin
transparency.
#Chainlink
saw unprecedented adoption in Q3 of this year.
With over 250 new projects now
#PoweredByChainlink
—from top dApps to data providers, node operators, and enterprises—the
#blockchain
ecosystem is realizing the power of oracles for unlocking smart contract innovation.
“My ah-ha moment … came when I realized that I could now embed the contract that governs the asset’s activities into the asset itself. That is what Sergey’s team is starting to enable”—Sandy Kaul,
@FTI_Global
Franklin Templeton,
@DAR_crypto
, &
#Chainlink
talk onchain finance 📺
China’s national Blockchain Services Network (
#BSN
) is integrating Chainlink as the preferred oracle network to provide
@BSNBase
systems access to off-chain data. As part of this collaboration,
@irisnetwork
and
@SNZHolding
will also contribute technical integration support.
The
#RWA
trend will only expand to encompass new asset classes.
Real estate could be represented onchain as dNFTs, with payments, identity, and other offchain information all verified using zero-knowledge proofs.
The tokenized future is coming:
#Chainlink
Price Feeds are now live on Base—a layer 2 incubated by
@Coinbase
.
Developers can now build next-gen DeFi apps that combine fast execution with Chainlink's proven price oracle infrastructure.
Explore what you can
@BuildOnBase
⬇️
.
@hedera
will integrate
#Chainlink
as its preferred oracle to accelerate enterprise blockchain adoption. Chainlink Labs has also joined the
#Hedera
Governing Council to support initiatives connecting traditional financial services to on-chain protocols.
.
@PancakeSwap
has integrated
#Chainlink
’s BNB/USD Price Feed on
#BSC
mainnet to secure their newly launched Prediction product, ensuring Prediction has access to Chainlink’s reliable and tamper-proof price reference data for the closing of each round.
.
@vertex_protocol
has integrated
#Chainlink
Data Streams on
@arbitrum
to help liquidate undercollateralized positions and calculate funding rates.
How Data Streams powers a safer, faster, and user-first trading experience ⬇️
Imagine if collectible sneakers could be authenticated, tokenized, and transacted onchain.
These sneaker dNFTs would automatically track verification of authenticity, past owners, and condition—leading to greater transparency for all.
We are excited to introduce
@transporter_io
, the next evolution in cross-chain bridging, powered by
#Chainlink
CCIP.
Transporter is your gateway to the multi-chain universe.
Cross chains with confidence:
Trillions.
That's the potential market size for tokenized real-world assets (RWAs).
To fuel RWA growth, there needs to be a way to verify offchain collateral.
Enter
#Chainlink
Proof of Reserve:
Institutional Adoption Recap: 5 Ways Chainlink Drove the Adoption of Onchain Finance in 2023
1. Swift
Swift, the standard messaging network for 11K banks, collaborated with Chainlink and some of the world’s largest banks and infrastructures—including Euroclear, Clearstream,…
This 2022 kickoff presentation highlights how
#Chainlink
has come to secure over $75 billion, plans for cross-chain interoperability using CCIP, the upcoming release of staking, and the use of Chainlink as an abstraction layer by Web 2.0 and enterprises.
1/ Chainlink CCIP is now available to all developers on 5 testnets 🏗️
∙ Arbitrum Goerli
∙ Avalanche Fuji
∙ Ethereum Sepolia
∙ Optimism Goerli
∙ Polygon Mumbai
#LinkTheWorld
In a new results report, Swift,
#Chainlink
, and more than a dozen of the largest financial institutions and market infrastructure providers successfully demonstrated a secure and scalable way to transfer tokenized assets cross-chain using CCIP.
Key results:
• Connected existing…
#BinanceSmartChain
has integrated
#Chainlink
VRF live on mainnet as the recommended oracle solution for all
#BSC
developers needing a verifiable & tamper-proof source of on-chain randomness to build provably fair gaming dApps and dynamic
#NFTs
.
What if luxury watches were authenticated, tokenized, and transacted onchain?
dNFT owners could verify authenticity, past ownership, condition, and service record in near real-time onchain—leading to greater transparency for all.
1/ Dynamic
#NFTs
(dNFTs) are NFTs that can evolve and acquire new attributes based on specific conditions, such as external data.
This ability unlocks a vast number of new
#NFT
use cases.
A thread on how dNFTs work and what they can be used for
Tokenized real-world asset adoption continues to accelerate.
@HSBC
has launched a blockchain-based platform for institutional clients that tokenizes 400 troy-ounce gold bars held in the bank’s London vault. A prime example of fractionalization, each token is equivalent to just…
>You're at a bar.
>The bouncer needs to see your ID.
>You don't want to show the bouncer your personal info.
>You use a zero-knowledge proof to prove your age without showing your ID.
>You realize you're living in the future.
We’re excited to announce
#Chainlink
’s collaboration with
@googlecloud
, enabling smart contracts to now query
@NOAA
weather datasets on Google
#BigQuery
for powering on-chain parametric insurance based on reliable weather measurements from 9000+ stations.
Today marks the two-year anniversary of Chainlink’s mainnet launch. Thank you to our amazing ecosystem of users, developers, node operators, data providers & community members who have all been essential to the incredible pace of
#Chainlink
adoption. OK;LG
The future of assets is tokenized.
• Intellectual property
• Government bonds
• Corporate bonds
• Precious metals
• Private equities
• Carbon credits
• Collectibles
• Real estate
• Derivatives
• Equities
• Artwork
• Cash
And many more.
#Crypto
is at a crossroads.
Will crypto continue to repeat the mistakes of the traditional black-box financial industry? Or will a better system emerge?
A better system is possible, & Proof of Reserve is one way
#Chainlink
is providing the transparency that users demand.
🧵👇
#Chainlink
CCIP is now live on
@BuildOnBase
mainnet!
Discover how CCIP is empowering apps built on Base to scale faster and connect to Web3's rapidly expanding multi-chain ecosystem 🧵👇
#Chainlink
Staking v0.2 is officially live on mainnet ⬡
Starting today, existing v0.1 stakers have a nine-day window to migrate their staked LINK and accrued rewards to the 45M LINK v0.2 pool, with guaranteed access before Early Access begins.
🧵