what's chainlink?
Chainlink is a decentralized oracle network that connects smart contracts with real-world data, enabling secure and reliable interactions between blockchains and external systems. Its primary purpose is to provide tamper-proof data feeds, cross-chain interoperability, and off-chain computation to power decentralized finance (DeFi), tokenization, and enterprise blockchain applications. Key features include the Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) for seamless asset transfers across blockchains, Data Streams for low-latency market data, and the Scale Program to support emerging ecosystems like Plasma and Hyperliquid. Chainlink also facilitates onchain finance through integrations for compliance, privacy, and legacy system connectivity, as highlighted in recent expansions to networks like Solana, Aptos, and HyperEVM. The network's native token, LINK, is used to incentivize node operators and secure the oracle services.
Chainlink powers Kamino private credit, enables $20B RWAs, reviews Ethereum audits, and integrates AI.
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Powers onchain private credit markets on Kamino.
HastraFi adopted Chainlink's data and interoperability standards to bring $20 billion in PRIME and AUTO tokenized RWAs (HELOC, auto loans) to Solana DeFi as collateral, collaborating with Figure.
Participates as a joint reviewer in the Ethereum Foundation's "Ethereum Audit Subsidy" program alongside Areta and Nethermind to evaluate security audit subsidy applications for developers.
Integrated with Coinbase's x402 to enable AI agents to autonomously pay for Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE) workflows.
Integrated VRF (Verifiable Random Function) to verify onchain spin odds for BETRMINT's prize mechanism.
Integrated with S&P Global for Stablecoin Stability Assessments (SSAs) onchain and a data feed to Polymarket.
Integration tutorial released demonstrating how to use Chainlink oracles with Cartesi applications.
Powers GMX's 24/7 gold (XAU/USD) and silver (XAG/USD) perpetual markets with up to 100x leverage through Chainlink Data Streams integration.
Powers the Spiko Amundi Overnight Swap Fund (SAFO), a tokenized mutual fund launched by Europe's largest asset manager Amundi (€2.3T AUM) and Spiko, providing automated NAV reporting and secure cross-chain interoperability on Ethereum and Stellar networks.
Reached $18B in monthly CCIP volume, representing a 62% quarter-over-quarter increase.
Chainlink Reserve accumulated 131,656.26 LINK valued at over $1.1M, bringing total holdings to 3,064,151.83 LINK and entering top-35 LINK holders as of April 9, 2026.
Integrated with Nillion and Web3 Pairpoint to connect telecom tower compute usage to usage-based finance in a private and verifiable manner.
Integrated with Zeus Network's zBTC product to provide Proof of Reserves verification for BTC backing on-chain.
Chainlink CRE is being used by LlamaRisk to build protocol-owned risk infrastructure, including LlamaGuard NAV, which has been securing Aave Horizon for multiple months.
Generated $12.8M in revenue during January-February 2026, ranking second among RWA projects for that period.
Participated in Pharos Network's $44M Series A funding round alongside Sumitomo and Flow Traders. Pharos Network, a high-speed EVM L1 focused on RealFi and RWA, holds a $1B valuation; mainnet expected Q2 2026.
Integrated oracles with OpenDelta to provide real-time NAV and pricing feeds for NX8, a tokenized L1 market index.
Integrated with Midas, a tokenization platform with $1.7B in assets minted, to power their Attestation Engine for verifying NAV, proof of reserves, and key data onchain for mHYPER and mTokens suite.
Chaos Labs stepped down as one of two risk managers for Aave DAO and will be offboarded.
Aave DAO chose to continue using Chainlink for price oracles on all new deployments instead of switching to Chaos Labs price oracles.
partnered with ANZ Bank for institutional blockchain solutions
partnered with BNY Mellon for institutional custody and settlement
partnered with Fidelity International for asset management solutions
Ranks first in DeFi development activity among top 10 DeFi projects by Santiment.
Received 554 submissions in the Chainlink Convergence Hackathon, described as a record-breaking number for the event.
Added 18 new CCIP integrations, including Coinbase routing order book and perpetuals data via DataLink, across 9 services on 22 chains.
Integrated oracle products, CCIP/cross-chain tooling, tokenized stablecoin and staking, and Proof of Reserves for World Liberty Financial's Nasdaq blockchain treasury.
Unlocked 19 million LINK tokens ($165 million) from three non-circulating supply addresses on April 3, 2026, as part of a quarterly unlock, transferring 14.375 million ($125 million) to Binance and 4.625 million ($40.1 million) to multisig address 0xD50...8Af for exchange distribution and staking rewards.
Integrated Data Streams with edeldotfinance to secure RWA-backed lending operations.
Integrated CCIP with takadao_io to enable cross-chain savings vaults functionality.
Sponsors ETHGlobal Cannes 2026 with $7,000 in prizes across three bounty categories: Best CRE Workflow ($4,000), Connect the World ($1,000), and Best Privacy Standard Usage ($2,000).
Integrated with KelpDAO to make KUSD verifiable onchain.
Integrated with LI.FI, Lido, and Jumper for one-click cross-chain wstETH swaps and Ethereum staking via CCIP.
Integrated CCIP with apyx_fi, enabling cross-chain transfers of apyUSD and apxUSD tokens and supporting its Base network expansion for digital credit yield strategies.
Increased whale wallets holding 1M+ LINK from 100 on April 2, 2025 to 125 on April 2, 2026, a 25% increase.
Achieved over 3,000 traders signed up for Data Streams service.
Secures approximately 70% of DeFi protocols.
Integrated by over 2,600 applications.
Facilitated over $28 trillion in transaction value through oracle services.
Completed CCIP RWA tokenization and DvP settlement trials with Swift, UBS, Mastercard, and BNP Paribas. Partnered with 24 financial institutions, including Euroclear and DTCC, using AI-powered oracle verification to digitize financial documents as onchain "Golden Records" for corporate actions data, enabling $58B in annual cost savings.
Partnered with DTCC for institutional tokenization and securities settlement infrastructure.
Partnered with Euroclear for institutional tokenization infrastructure and post-trade services.
Integrated by UBS for institutional tokenization infrastructure.
Integrated by SBI for institutional tokenization infrastructure.
Mastercard integrated its 3.5 billion cards directly to DeFi, enabling cardholders to swap into crypto on Uniswap through Swapper Finance.
Integrated by JP Morgan for institutional tokenization infrastructure.
Ranked among the top 20 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization as of 2026.
Accumulated 137,004.37 LINK ($1.17M+) in the Chainlink Reserve on 2026-04-02, bringing total reserve holdings to 2,932,495.56 LINK.
A 2x leveraged ETF for Chainlink launched through Volatility Shares.
Integrated with Multiplifi to provide real-time NAV data and enable rwaUSD distribution across DeFi, a stablecoin backed by tokenized U.S. equities from xStocksFi with over $340M.
Generated $4.2M USD in fees, accounting for 34.4% of Aave's revenue in February 2026 through SVR.
Ranked first among Real World Asset projects by development activity in Santiment's April 2026 monthly ranking, rising from a lower position compared to the previous month.
Integrated with FactorDAO to secure vaults with Chainlink Price Feeds on Arbitrum and Base networks.
Expanded CRE Bootcamp to support Spanish, Portuguese, and Mandarin languages in addition to existing language options, offering free online training on building workflows with Chainlink Runtime Environment.
Withdrew over 8,000 LINK from Binance across 10 largest transactions on 2026-04-01.
Options on Hashdex's diversified crypto ETF (NCIQ) are now live on Nasdaq, with LINK included as one of seven underlying assets alongside BTC, ETH, XRP, SOL, ADA, and XLM.
Grayscale listed the first U.S. Chainlink ETF ($GLNK) on NYSE Arca, one of two SEC-regulated LINK ETFs attracting $100M in inflows, representing 1.5% of circulating supply with zero days of outflows.
CFTC-regulated futures contracts launched on CME.
Former Chainlink Labs Deputy General Counsel (5+ years) officially appointed as Chief Counsel of the SEC's Crypto Task Force.
SEC issued interpretive guidance on broker-dealer and transfer agency compliance using public blockchain infrastructure based directly on conversations and meetings between Chainlink and the SEC.
Joined Digital Chamber and Blockchain Association trade organizations that advocate for blockchain and digital assets in Washington D.C.
Sergey Nazarov gave public remarks at the White House's first-ever Digital Asset Summit and participated in the signing ceremony of the GENIUS Act into law.
Prominently highlighted in the White House report issued by the President's Working Group on Digital Asset Markets.
Partnered with Polymarket for prediction markets, powering 5-minute and 15-minute crypto markets and providing oracle services for settlement. Processed over $3.5B in volume within six months.
Joined Blockchain Leadership Fund crypto super PAC as a founding member with Anchorage Digital to advance US digital asset and blockchain policy ahead of midterms.
Secures 100% market share of oracle services on Plasma with over $3B in value secured.
Secures over 80% oracle market share on Ethereum, 96%+ on Base with $2.7B value secured, and near-total dominance on Arbitrum and Optimism.
Secures 69%+ market share of oracle services on BNB Chain with over $2.4B in value secured.
Secures 84%+ market share of oracle services on Arbitrum with over $2.4B in value secured.
Secures 94%+ market share of oracle services on Mantle with over $1.3B in value secured.
Secures 75%+ market share of oracle services on Avalanche with over $676M in value secured.
Secures 100% market share of oracle services on MegaETH with over $20M value, powering GMX perpetual markets using Data Streams, enabling 10ms execution for 50x leverage futures.
Secures 100% market share of oracle services on Soneium with over $4M in value secured.
Ranked 2nd among Ethereum-based ecosystem projects by development activity in March 2026, maintaining position from the previous month.
Generated $17M revenue from SVR over the past year, with $6M to Chainlink and $11M to Aave.
Aave integrated V4 oracle with SVR March 30, 2026, on Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, X Layer L2, to capture MEV revenue and secure Aave V3. Automates Aave DAO governance across 18 chains using Chainlink Automation and CRE, supporting $47B+ in net deposits.
TVL reached $0.275B for oracle infrastructure contribution to RWA.
Sergey Nazarov appointed to CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee.
Added to Hashdex Nasdaq CME Crypto Index ETF (ticker NCIQ), expanding the fund to seven total assets.
Reached 25,420 wallets holding 1,000+ LINK tokens, highest count since December 4th, 2025.
Generated $5.6M in revenue over a 30-day period ending around March 25, 2026.
Serves Coinbase as exclusive bridging infrastructure for all Coinbase Wrapped Assets via CCIP, covering over $5 billion in wrapped BTC, and brings Coinbase premium exchange data onchain.
Coinbase integrated DataLink, bringing order book, spot, perpetual futures, E-mini futures, crypto, metals, energy, equity futures from Coinbase International Exchange and Coinbase Derivatives Exchange on-chain.
A whale withdrew 1.62 million LINK ($14.8M) from Binance and Bybit and distributed the tokens across 10 newly created wallets, then deposited the same amount into Flowdesk-related addresses.
Conducts a $65,000 audit competition for Payment Abstraction V2, ending on 2026-03-27.
Adopted by Vyro Finance as the official oracle solution to secure vyUSD, a Liquity Protocol-based stablecoin native to Unichain, through Chainlink SVR.
FlowDesk deposited 1.62M LINK (~$14.82M) into Binance on 2026-03-24.
Partnered with Euroclear to address corporate actions processing, targeting a $58 billion+ annual problem in the financial services industry.
Integrated with RubyRushBase, a mining game on Base where Chainlink VRF is used for fair ETH reward distribution in 60-second mining competitions on a 5x5 grid.
Integrated with Veneposa, a permissionless oracle aggregator and indexing layer that composes data from Chainlink, Pyth, RedStone and off-chain sources to create custom verifiable narrative market indices for crypto, equities, and RWAs.
Trader 0x0833 opened a 10x leveraged long position on 125,000 LINK worth $1.14M on 2026-03-21.
Ranked #1 among crypto AI projects by development activity according to Santiment's methodology for filtering notable GitHub activity data from project repositories.
Generated $2.1M in revenue during Q1 2026.
Concluded Convergence hackathon with over 500 submissions, 34 winners, and $120,000 in prizes. Added three judges from UBS, ANZ, and ADDX.
Removed as default collateral in Aave on 2026-03-10 via governance proposal, limiting usage to E-Mode borrowing of USDC and USDT only.
Co-hosting a Security Soirée reception with OpenZeppelin for 100 institutional leaders on 2026-03-23 in New York City.
Integrated with Overtime Markets to secure their cross-chain deposit system via Chainlink CRE (Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol).
Powers Amundi's (€2.3T AUM) tokenized money market SAFO with oracles and CCIP for cross-chain distribution (Ethereum, Stellar), and Amundi and Spiko's $100M tokenized mutual fund. FinChain integrates CCIP for cross-chain transfers of RWAs, stablecoins, focusing on cross-border payments and settlements in Asia, also using Proof of Reserve and compliance engine.
Integrated full Chainlink stack (Data Feeds, Data Streams, CCIP), expanding CRE across 26 entities, 7 services, and 17 chains including Arbitrum, BNB Chain, Ethereum, Solana; enabled cross-chain borrowing in Folks Finance for tETH via CCIP; expanded real-time AI oracle feeds with model verification layer live; and expanded RWA pricing/verification oracles for institutional tokenized asset platforms.
Partners with EPOCH and Synthesys to launch TreasuryPlus (TPLUS), an institutionally-managed tokenized private credit fund operating across 6 global markets, providing data, interoperability, and orchestration standards for the fund.