🚨 It’s happening. Officially. 🚨
The White House just dropped a 166 page digital finance framework…
And guess who’s front and center?
$LINK
Not only is Chainlink named, but the entire oracle architecture, including CCIP is literally diagrammed in the report.
This isn’t a theory anymore.
This is validation at the highest level that Chainlink is the middleware of the new financial system.
Every protocol.
Every bank.
Every government.
Every asset.
Connected through one oracle network.
You didn’t just invest early.
You front ran TradFi.
You front ran institutions.
You front ran the White House.
Welcome to the era of Chainlink. 🌐🔗
“I think we’ll eventually wind up in a world where agents have a certain level of identity and controls around what they’re allowed or not allowed to do.”
@SergeyNazarov at @BlackRock’s Aladdin Client Forum discussing the future of AI agents.
LIVE: @CharlesSchwab clients can now access the LINK token on Schwab Crypto.
Schwab is the largest brokerage platform in the U.S. with over 40 million accounts and $12+ trillion in client assets.
As of today, Schwab Crypto™ clients can buy and sell solana (SOL), avalanche (AVAX), and chainlink (LINK), in addition to bitcoin and ethereum. These new tokens are part of Schwab’s plans to thoughtfully expand its digital asset offering.
Learn more: https://t.co/BIk22rpzUU
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Dive into October’s highlights, from the convergence of DeFi and TradFi at Link:NYC to the latest developer updates, exciting announcements, and spotlights on projects from community builders! 🏗️
ApeChain is working with @chainlink to strengthen our infrastructure for the future.
We will be migrating from LayerZero to Chainlink CCIP as our canonical cross-chain stack across the @yugalabs ecosystem, including @BoredApeYC.
With CCIP as our canonical bridge, $APE, $USDC, and other key assets on ApeChain are being upgraded to a Chainlink Cross-Chain Token (CCT).
This upgrade will make it easier for dApps, communities, and their assets to connect.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
PROPOSED CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT
XRP PURCHASERS AND INVESTORS, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED,
Plaintiffs,
v.
RIPPLE LABS, INC., BRADLEY GARLINGHOUSE, AND OTHER RESPONSIBLE EXECUTIVES,
Defendants.
COMPLAINT FOR ALLEGED INVESTOR DECEPTION, MATERIAL MISREPRESENTATION, FRAUDULENT OMISSIONS, AND RELATED VIOLATIONS OF LAW
Proposed pleading for investigation and review by qualified securities litigation counsel.
⸻
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
This action arises from an alleged disconnect between Ripple Labs, Inc.‘s public representations concerning the importance of XRP to its corporate strategy and the company’s subsequent commercial decisions, particularly the development, promotion, and integration of its RLUSD stablecoin.
For years, Ripple’s leadership has publicly communicated that XRP is fundamental to the company’s purpose, strategy, and commercial future.
Ripple CEO Bradley Garlinghouse has characterized XRP as the company’s North Star and has stated that all roads lead back to XRP.
Among the statements attributed to Ripple’s leadership are:
“All roads lead to XRP.”
“XRP is at the center of everything we do.”
“XRP is our North Star.”
These representations were made by individuals with direct knowledge of Ripple’s corporate strategy and carried significant weight among members of the XRP investment community.
Plaintiffs allege that such representations helped establish an expectation that Ripple’s commercial expansion, institutional relationships, payment infrastructure, and growing financial services business would translate into meaningful adoption and utilization of XRP.
However, Ripple subsequently developed and expanded RLUSD, a dollar-backed stablecoin that can facilitate payment and settlement transactions without necessarily requiring XRP to function as the bridge asset.
Plaintiffs contend that Ripple’s leadership should be required to explain whether the company’s actual commercial strategy was consistent with the expectations created by its repeated public representations.
The central issue is not whether Ripple has the right to develop RLUSD. It does. The issue is whether investors were provided a materially accurate picture of XRP’s actual role in Ripple’s commercial strategy while those investments were being solicited and traded.
My honest opinion about the event yesterday.
The overall vibe was clear. The chainlink network is critical for tradfi to step into this space.
There's no other solution coming even close to what Chainlink has built and there are some interesting developments coming soon. There's still a lot of work to be done, but Chainlink itself is ready.
Most of the work we're waiting on now comes from institutions themselves.
One of the most interesting conversations shows that if institutions don't move on chain in the next 18 months they'll be far behind. That gives us a bit of a time frame.
The end goal is in sight. Chainlink has built the technology, it all revolves around the LINK token, and the moment scale picks up, liquidity picks up, the token will reap the benefits of the network effect.
What was different from last time?
The energy, the people in the room, and the overall upgrade.
Speakers were amazed about the level of professionalism, far exceeding the other conferences happening at the same time. Their's a real ambition and need for them to grow and adapt their businesses to the demand created by defi and the masses and they know.
I've personally had the pleasure of talking to the team and being bullish is the least you can say I am.
Just know, Rome wasn't built in a day, and there already is a piece of Rome everywhere.
Now that piece might be 60 to 70%.
The goal is total domination across the board.
Don't get manipulated out of a position because the VC market is trying to scare you. Know what you hold. The information is out there, it's clear, you just have to listen and read.
Ps: the food was great, but the vibes were even better.
Thanks for the amazing days @chainlink and fellow marines.
You were epic and I'm ready for what's around the corner.
LIVE at Link:NYC: Chainlink’s Sergey Nazarov joins leaders from Swift and Bank of America to discuss the great convergence of global finance.
Interoperability is bringing traditional financial systems and blockchain networks together, laying the foundation for a unified global financial system.
The day has come.
Today, leaders from DTCC, Swift, ICE, Fidelity, BlackRock, Bank of America, and many more take center stage at Link:NYC to discuss how global finance moves onchain.
Watch live: https://t.co/ipPu2hHI6p
“One of the largest asset managers on the planet sends me a DM saying, ‘Hey, we want to use Chainlink. How can we do it?’”
@AndrewMcMarkets of @chainlink says interest is coming from startups and TradFi giants.