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[Tr⬡lph @flenchmann]

We live in a world where the real and the unreal live side by side, where substance is disguised as illusion, and the only explanations are unexplainable. Can you separate truth from fantasy?

[Scaris @ScarisCRE]

New docs for the Chainlink Platform 👀

Every organisation now gets Billing, Payments and Limits controls. CRE has its own Limits.

Now connect that to what we already know:

• Every CRE workflow run is metered for compute time.
• Usage is counted in credits priced in USD.
• A recent GitHub pull request calls these usage reports "billing receipts".
• The Fulcrum x DTCC demo shows a 0.01 LINK orchestration fee.
• Chainlink Functions, which has been upgraded to CRE, prices in USD and charges in LINK.
• The Chainlink Reserve converts revenue, including off-chain payments, into LINK, which can clearly include Credits bought offchain with dollars.

Connecting the dots . . .

https://t.co/vJtU4SXWMz

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[Scaris @ScarisCRE]

Will the Chainlink Reserve LINK Buybacks increase?

Some thoughts and evidence that suggests they will:

1. Look at every Chainlink press release and job posting.

In the "About Chainlink" section it is stated that: "Chainlink leverages a 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗳𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 where offchain and onchain revenue from enterprise adoption is converted to LINK tokens and stored in a strategic Chainlink Reserve."

It doesn't sound to me like they wanna keep this "novel fee model" at $1.1m per week forever. That's not a great business pitch.

If the long term plan wasn't for the Reserve buys to be proportional to revenue, and their revenue goes up significantly over the next few years as expected, then that wouldn't really be a "model", so classifying it as a novel fee model wouldn't really make sense.

2. Speaking of job postings, they're currently looking to hire an "Institutional Relations Lead" whose job it is to talk about "protocol revenue", "𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀", and "staking mechanics".

Pitching the protocol revenue and revenue models would be a lot easier if Chainlink had a system to meter CRE usage and generate billing receipts (and so revenue) from it, so that adoption/usage was directly correlated to revenue.

It would then become a lot easier to explain the buyback amounts to investors because they could tie the buybacks to a certain percentage of this usage, and therefore to a certain percentage of revenue (through Payment Abstraction), with a certain amount left over for everything else, e.g. continued protocol development.

The Platform Billing / Payments / Limits docs - Org-level billing and CRE limits are also the controls you’d expect if credits and usage are meant to scale.

This all makes the whole business proposition of Chainlink, and specifically the LINK token, much clearer.

3. That metering work is what we're seeing - 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗥𝗘 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗶𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝗽𝘁𝘀.

Maybe the reason that the buybacks have been flat for so far is a combination of:

a) they wanted/needed to get this metering and billing work done first, because this is their plan for how to correlate revenue with the buybacks.

b) They've also been prioritising objectively more important things, like Fulcrum/DTCC, Payments Orchestrator/Swift, Chainlink for Agents, Sibos, etc.

c) They want revenue to reach a certain threshold before increasing the buybacks.

4. Chainlink Functions was deprecated because of the development of CRE, and fees were always converted to LINK for every request. 𝗙𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝗦𝗗 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗞: "𝗻𝗼 𝗨𝗦𝗗 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗞 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗲𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲".

Combine this with the fact that in the Fulcrum x DTCC demo we can see the "orchestration fees" in LINK, it suggests that CRE workflows will work the same way and ultimately convert payment to LINK.

5. Payment Abstraction is intended to be programmatic, not a fixed weekly cheque.

PA was built to convert offchain and onchain revenue into LINK automatically. If more enterprise and usage revenue is fed into that pipe, the conversion should scale with it. 𝗔 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿-𝗳𝗹𝗮𝘁 $𝟭.𝟭𝗺/𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘁𝗼 “𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲.”

6. Chainlink’s own Reserve launch post says growth is the plan.

They called the start an “early stage launch phase,” said it was “expected to gradually grow… as more revenue is converted into LINK,” and that "𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸’𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿."

ethereum:0x514910771af9ca656af840dff83e8264ecf986ca

[KeeperOfLink @KeeperOfLink]

It begins base:0xf1572d1da5c3cce14ee5a1c9327d17e9ff0e3f43

[Bubbafox @bob4punk]

He is right... Most of you have absolutely NO FUCKING CLUE how historic this moment is.
TradFi? DeFi? Those labels are irrelevant.
There is only FI...FINANCE.
SWIFT Ledger, DTCC Collateral Management AppChain, Chainlink Fulcrum, Vault Adapters, CRE, DeFi.
The walls between traditional finance and decentralized finance are coming down.
The Internet of Contracts has been built right in front of your fucking eyes.
And guess who's positioned at the center of it all?

CHAINLINK

While the rest of crypto fights over which useless coin will pump next, the infrastructure for the next generation of global finance has taking shape.
You wanted utility? You wanted adoption?
This is what the FUCK it looks like.
$LINK 🔗
The biggest financial infrastructure shift in generations, and half of crypto is too fucking stupid to recognize it.

Goodluck.

[run ⬡ the ⬡ juels @nullpackets]

People dont understand the gravity of this moment.

There is no TradFI. There is no DeFI. There is just FI.

Swift, DTCC and Chainlink just leveled the playing field.

Swift Ledger. DTCC Collateral Management AppChain. Chainlink Fulcrum. Chainlink Vault Adapters. Chainlink Runtime Environment. DeFI.

The Internet of Contracts. Chainlink is in the middle.

Powered by $LINK

[Bubbafox @bob4punk]

99% of crypto retail has no clue what GLEIF is.

In hindsight, $LINK becoming one of the most valuable digital commodities on earth is going to look embarrassingly obvious.

https://t.co/BjxksAfCBo

[Chainlink @chainlink]

CCIP 2.0 is officially live.

The infrastructure for the next $600 trillion in onchain finance is now in your hands.

🧵⬇️

[⬡ The_Crypto_Oracle ⬡ @Crypto___Oracle]

Not a bad day to learn about $LINK

[AncientMedicine @AncientMedicin3]

🇺🇸 Everyone watched CLARITY fail in the Senate and called it a loss for crypto. They're missing the bigger story!

🏦 While Congress stalled, the standard that will run institutional finance was already being built — quietly, for over a year...

📝 This is post on ERC-3643 and why @chainlink sits underneath all of it.

ERC-3643 (aka T-REX — Token for Regulated EXchanges) is a token standard built with a focus on on-chain compliance-first.

Unlike a normal ERC-20, transfers only execute if the wallet passes identity/eligibility checks, which are baked into the smart contract itself. This was the point from day one: assets that enforce their own regulatory rules on-chain.

The problem: compliance built this way stays bound to its native chain. Move the asset across chains and the compliance state doesn't travel with it. No unified interoperability layer, no compliance-rich middleware, no "unified golden ledger" tying it all together. That's the gap that matters the most…

🔔 {{Chainlink has joined the chat}} 🔔

ACE (Automated Compliance Engine) + CCID (Cross-Chain Identity) were built in direct collaboration with the @ERC3643Org Association, @ApexGlobalGroup and @GLEIF: embedding Chainlink's compliance and identity layer directly into the T-REX framework.

💎 Apex Group (services $3.5T annually) committed to T-REX as its default multi-chain infrastructure. Apex also acquired Tokeny, the company that built T-REX in the first place. Further, Apex's Commercial Head of Digital Assets, Angie Walker, was previously Chainlink Labs' own Global Head of Banking and Capital Markets.

💎 DTCC's Dec 2025 SEC no-action letter explicitly names ERC-3643 as "compliance-aware."

💎 SEC Chair @SECPaulSAtkins has directly cited ERC-3643 by name as the model for smart-contract-embedded compliance.

💎 The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, Etherealize, and Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust have all petitioned alongside the ERC-3643 Association to push this standard into US market structure.

Then yesterday, CLARITY failed 49-50 in the Senate. 👎

Both Chairs Atkins and Selig immediately said the same thing: their agencies will move forward with rulemaking regardless. Rulemaking, not legislation, is now the operative path.

Here's why that might actually be better for Chainlink, not worse..
.
Sitting inside that rulemaking pipeline right now is Taylor Lindman, former Chainlink Labs deputy general counsel, who is now the Chief Counsel of the SEC's Crypto Task Force. Sergey Nazarov, Chainlink co-founder, sits on the CFTC's Innovation Advisory Committee.

Rulemaking is less "sticky" than legislation, meaning it can be reversed. BUT, once compliance-first infrastructure like ERC-3643 is running on Chainlink's ACE/CCID and gets embedded as the plumbing of capital markets at scale, no future administration can unwind that.

You don't rip out settlement infrastructure over a policy disagreement! 🛑

CCIP now touches 60+ chains, DeFi-native and institutional alike. Circle's Arc just launched mainnet with Chainlink live from block one, alongside xStocks, Aave, and a validator set that includes BlackRock, DTCC, and Visa.

Chainlink isn't betting on one chain winning. It's becoming the connective layer underneath all of them, the mycelium of the whole system.

Legislation failed but real infrastructure didn't wait for it. $LINK

[fenix @fenix0x6]

https://t.co/7aubc7LKcU

[Fishy Catfish @CatfishFishy]

In 2018, Garlinghouse said:
What we're doing and executing on a day-by-day basis is, in fact, taking over SWIFT

In 2025, Garlinghouse said:
$XRP Could Capture 14% of SWIFT’s Global Volume

None of that ever came close to coming true nor will it.

Today, Bottomline, which is responsible for 15% of SWIFT's volume itself, integrated Chainlink CCIP and CRE to do cross-border, cross-chain payments for its 600 bank partners on its new Global Pay Connect, a new onchain payment connectivity platform.

Chainlink extends Bottomline’s platform to blockchain networks through secure interoperability & orchestration infrastructure:

→ CCIP connects Bottomline's payments infrastructure to blockchain networks through a single, network-agnostic integration model.

→ CRE coordinates end-to-end payment workflows across onchain & offchain systems.

The ticker is ethereum:0x514910771af9ca656af840dff83e8264ecf986ca

[Tr⬡lph @flenchmann]

@_rzua The cake is a lie

[Tr⬡lph @flenchmann]

@kunoo The prize is death

[Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation @The_DTCC]

DTCC successfully processed production trades using DTC-custodied tokenized assets in a live tokenized environment, marking a major milestone for digital markets ahead of the DTCC Tokenization Service launch later this year.

Read more: https://t.co/ermexcHXuv

[Chainlink @chainlink]

Congratulations to @The_DTCC on processing its first-ever production trades of tokenized U.S. securities, powered by Chainlink alongside 30+ major institutions:

• BlackRock
• J.P. Morgan
• Goldman Sachs
• Vanguard
• NYSE
• Nasdaq
• CME Group
• Microsoft
• State Street Investment Management
• BNP Paribas Securities Corporation
• Societe Generale
• S&P Dow Jones Indices
• Citadel Securities
• FTSE Russell
• Invesco
• Broadridge
• Tradeweb
+ many more

With quadrillions processed annually as critical infra underpinning U.S. securities markets, DTCC is now bringing tokenization to the American financial system.

This pivotal industry milestone sets the stage for the official launch of the DTCC Collateral AppChain later this year, where Chainlink is unlocking 24/7 collateral management for DTC-tokenized assets.

[LinkRiver @linkriver_io]

1/ 🚨 DTCC, the backbone of U.S. securities settlement, is building its tokenized Collateral AppChain on Chainlink's Runtime Environment (CRE), targeting a Q4 2026 launch.

The plumbing of institutional finance is being built on Chainlink.

[marine @40k_Marine]

Unironically $1000 $LINK is happening in next 24 months

[Tr⬡lph @flenchmann]

@nuance_enjoyer In which way does physical appearence, perception and proprioception influence mental health and vice versa? Imo it’s not a one way street. Try curling up in a dark corner and finding a positive thought. The way we carry ourselves creates physical appearance and attraction.

[Tr⬡lph @flenchmann]

@sidereal111 Moms wrong, assumes a linear development but that’s not how it works. Every child has its own individual moments of explosive growth and development

Dads wrong, oversimplified understanding of how genetics work, epigenetic circumstances and gene activation is way more important

[Tr⬡lph @flenchmann]

@Daywrotethis Written like a little bitch