My conversation with @SergeyNazarov has been one of the most fascinating conversations I've had on @new_era_finance.
The complexity of the product of Chainlink is beyond insane. If you've had that vision already multiple years ago, I can only hugely respect that.
I've had the ability to ask him some personal questions on his philosophy of life and the way he approaches challenges.
I feel like everyone, including LINK Marines are still in disbelief that DTCC explicitly confirmed Chainlink CRE is part of their AppChain launch.
It is not going to instantly be trillions, but the fact CL is their main launch infrastructure to get this show on the road..
That dwarfs all other crypto industry adoption progress since inception.
Imagine not being positive about the progress right now, not to mention Swift can pop up at anytime too and who knows what else is in the works.
DTCC is even shilling the tokenomics that are possible within the current environment.
Meanwhile other communities are going around desperately trying to claim relevance while reality unfolds before them.
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@ChadSteingraber DTCC is building 24/7 collateral management workflows directly on Chainlink CRE, goes live Q4 2026
Notice how Chainlink’s institutional partners have no issue saying they’re using Chainlink, no “1,700 NDAs” conspiracy slop needed
Also no bridge currency needed either
How is nobody talking about this INSANE Chainlink ETF stat?!
The two spot @Chainlink ETFs in the US, from @Grayscale and @Bitwise, have still not seen a single day of net inflows.
It has now been nearly six months since the products first launched...
The ETFs have an AUM of nearly $115 million and control some 1.66% of $LINK's current supply.
⚡️ INSIGHT: Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov says the RWA and tokenization industry has “decoupled” from crypto prices as TradFi adoption accelerates.
Pretty good run for $LINK
May 2026
May 12–13 — DTCC integrates Chainlink's data and orchestration standards into its Collateral AppChain, enabling near-real-time, 24/7 collateral management workflows across global markets. Production launch is targeted for Q4 2026.
May 6 — Chainlink, Apex Group, Bluprynt, and Hacken announced the successful completion of the Embedded Supervision Solution with the Bermuda Monetary Authority, demonstrating how regulatory requirements can be embedded directly into digital asset infrastructure and enforced in real time.
April 2026
Apr 28 — Chainlink published its Q1 2026 Quarterly Review, covering all major wins from the first quarter (detailed below under Q1).
Apr 24 — Ondo and Chainlink announced a landmark strategic partnership to jointly bring financial institutions onchain.
Apr 23 — SIX Group (Swiss stock exchange) announced a partnership with Chainlink.
Apr 15 — S&P Global Ratings collaboration brings S&P's stablecoin stability assessments on-chain.
Apr — OpenAssets announced a strategic partnership with Chainlink to provide digital asset infrastructure for RWA products.
Apr — Deloitte & Touche LLP completed a SOC 2 Type 2 examination for Chainlink CCIP and Data Feeds, making Chainlink the only oracle platform meeting SOC 2 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 1, and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification.
Apr — The U.S. SEC and CFTC issued a joint interpretation officially classifying the LINK token as a digital commodity.
March 2026
Mar 25 — Deutsche Börse Market Data + Services formed a strategic partnership with Chainlink to publish market data onchain via DataLink.
Mar 25 — Chainlink and 24 leading financial market participants advanced the industry initiative to solve the $58 billion corporate actions problem.
Mar 18 — World Chain adopted Chainlink CCIP, the Cross-Chain Token (CCT) standard for WLD, and Data Streams.
Mar 3 — Chainlink and Mastercard partnered to enable over 3 billion cardholders to purchase crypto directly onchain.
Q1 2026 (January – March)
Jan — The Bitwise Chainlink ETF (CLNK) listed on NYSE Arca in January 2026, providing 401k and IRA access to LINK for the first time.
Jan — Amundi, Europe's largest asset manager with €2.3 trillion AUM, and Spiko launched a tokenized mutual fund powered by Chainlink. It became the fastest-growing tokenized fund in the world, reaching $400M+ AUM in just three weeks.
Q1 — Chainlink was selected to participate in the Bank of England's Synchronisation Lab, supporting synchronized settlement between central bank money and onchain securities.
Q1 — Coinbase integrated the Chainlink data standard to bring its premium exchange data to blockchains for the first time.
Q1 — Polymarket introduced new 5- and 15-minute up/down crypto markets powered by Chainlink Data Streams, becoming Polymarket's fastest-growing markets with $5B+ in trading volume.
Q1 — 24/5 U.S. Equities Streams launched on mainnet, delivering fast and secure market data for U.S. equities and ETFs across all trading sessions.
Q1 — Aave deepened its integration with Chainlink, adopting Data Feeds to power its new V4 markets, expanding SVR adoption, and adopting CRE to support automation of cross-chain governance.
Q1 — Robinhood partnered with Chainlink as the oracle platform for Robinhood Chain.
Q1 — Canton Network adopted Chainlink's data and interoperability standards, including Data Streams, SmartData (NAV & AUM), Proof of Reserve, and CCIP.
Q1 — The U.S. CFTC's Innovation Advisory Committee appointed Chainlink Co-Founder Sergey Nazarov to advise on accelerating the transition of U.S. markets onchain.
That's roughly 20+ significant announcements in under 5 months — a pace of about one major news item per week. The DTCC integration (May 12) and the SEC/CFTC commodity classification (April) are arguably the two biggest from a long-term institutional legitimacy standpoint.
🚨KRAKEN MOVES $3 BILLION TO CHAINLINK
Kraken is replacing LayerZero with Chainlink CCIP as the exclusive bridge for kBTC and future wrapped assets.
The move follows a $292M LayerZero-powered Kelp exploit, with over $3B in TVL set to migrate.
After review, Kraken found that Chainlink CCIP meets strict security and risk management requirements.
With CCIP, Kraken Wrapped Assets gains access to enterprise-grade cross-chain security, backed by secure-by-default infrastructure and institutional certifications (ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type 2).
By bridging Kraken’s securely custodied Bitcoin across DeFi, Kraken is expanding Bitcoin's distribution and utility, unleashing its full potential as a premium collateral asset.
BREAKING: $1T asset manager Fidelity International just launched its first tokenized fund, FILQ, powered by Chainlink.
Regulated yield-bearing liquidity is moving onchain.
The DTCC is among *THE* most important financial market infrastructures in the world.
This is a production integration.
This is easily the largest and most high-profile adoption of a crypto protocol by an institution in crypto's history and it's not close.
NEW: @The_DTCC integrates @chainlink into its blockchain-based Collateral AppChain to automate 24/7 collateral management including pricing, valuation and settlement across global financial markets.