World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a decentralized finance (DeFi) initiative endorsed by President-elect Donald Trump, has made headlines with a significant $12 million purchase. Using USD Coin (USDC), WLFI acquired various tokens, including Ethereum (ETH), Chainlink (LINK), and Aave (AAVE). WLFI’s Crypto Buying Spree Blockchain analytics platform Lookonchain reported that the transactions were recorded on December...Read More
On Oct. 22, Chainling announced the results of its industry-wide corporate actions initiative involving major financial players such as Euroclear, Swift, UBS, Franklin Templeton, and Sygnum Bank. Blockchain ecosystem partners included Avalanche, ZKsync, and Hyperledger Besu networks. The oracle provider successfully demonstrated how artificial intelligence, oracles, and blockchains “can solve a decades-long unstructured data challenge...Read More
On Sept. 30, Chainlink Labs announced that it was officially partnering with ANZ, a leading Australian bank with over $750 billion (more than a trillion AUD) in assets under management. The partnership is part of the Singaporean central bank’s (Monetary Authority of Singapore) Project Guardian. Chainlink will help enable the secure cross-chain exchange of tokenized...Read More
21Shares – which is part of 21Shares AG – has announced the integration of Chainlink Proof of Reserve on the Ethereum mainnet. It improves the transparency of the Ethereum reserves backing the 21Shares Core Ethereum ETF (CETH), which is physically backed by Ether and tracks its performance. The Zurich-based financial institution said that the latest...Read More
Investment in digital asset products continued to rise, with inflows reaching $1.35 billion last week, totaling $3.2 billion over the past three weeks. Trading volumes for Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) also saw a significant increase, up 45% week-over-week to $12.9 billion. However, this accounted for a lower-than-usual 22% of the overall crypto market volumes. Bitcoin...Read More
Chainlink (LINK), the native token of the decentralized blockchain oracle network built on Ethereum, has emerged once more as the top real-world asset with the most development activity in the last 30 days. According to a tweet by Santiment, LINK is followed by Synthetix (SNX), Centrifuge (CFG), and Oraichain (ORAI). Top RWAs With the Most...Read More
For the third consecutive week, digital asset investment products attracted impressive inflows, as this time, they totaled $1.05 billion. The latest figures contributed to a record-breaking year-to-date cumulative flow of $14.9 billion. According to the latest edition of CoinShares’ Digital Asset Fund Flows Weekly Report, the recent surge in prices has driven total digital asset...Read More
On May 7, the crypto oracle solutions provider announced that RD Technologies was integrating Chainlink CCIP and Proof of Reserve to power its Hong Kong dollar stablecoin. Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol will be integrated to enable secure and reliable cross-chain transfers of HKDR and easier access to the new stablecoin. Additionally, the firm is also...Read More
On April 11, Chainlink announced Transporter, which it described as “the next evolution in cross-chain bridging.” The app is powered by Chainlink’s Cross Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP), which allows smart contracts to securely access data from external systems and enable trustless data connectivity between blockchains. “Having a secure way to move both value and data...Read More
Solana-based investment products had seen steady inflows throughout the year after intensive performance and reliability improvements. However, investor confidence took a hit due to a network outage lasting five hours earlier this month, caused by a bug that caused transactions to enter an infinite loop, thereby impacting the network’s functionality. Solana’s Troubles Continue Among altcoins,...Read More
The infamous crypto-hacking group Pink Drainer has been implicated in a highly sophisticated phishing scam that led to a loss of $4.4 million worth of Chainlink (LINK) tokens. This recent cyber heist targeted a single victim who fell prey to a deceptive tactic that led to the signing of a transaction linked to the ‘Increase...Read More
In its December 19 Q4 product update, Chainlink announced a series of strategic initiatives to bridge the gap between traditional finance (TradFi) and blockchain technology. The crypto oracle provider has revealed its plan to support the virtual tokenization of Real World Assets (RWAs) on the blockchain, marking a significant step in integrating digital and traditional...Read More
Digital assets investment products ended their 11-week streak of positive cash flows with withdrawals amounting to $16 million. However, trading activity remained significantly higher than the yearly average, reaching $3.6 billion for the week, in contrast to the year-to-date average of $1.6 billion. Bitcoin was the worst hit, witnessing outflows of $33 million last week,...Read More
On Nov. 21, Weiss Crypto reported that it had upgraded Chainlink to an “A-” rating. This has propelled the Oracle network token to second place after Bitcoin. Furthermore, it is the only other A-rated crypto asset aside from BTC. Weiss noted that its rating algorithm takes into account a series of factors such as “historical...Read More
According to on-chain data from analytics provider Santiment posted on October 17, LINK has made 30% over the past five weeks or so. It reported that whale wallets with 100,000 to 1 million LINK tokens “have accumulated aggressively,” with $38.5 million worth added in the past week alone. “Their moves are more relevant than small...Read More
Chainlink – the leading Oracle service provider – has announced that its Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) is now live on Base in a bid to enable developers on the Coinbase-incubated Ethereum layer-2 network to have access to the secure and easy-to-use interoperability protocol for building cross-chain applications and services. The move comes a month after...Read More
Chainlink, a decentralized oracle network, has addressed concerns raised by the crypto community about a recent alteration in its multisig (multi-signature) wallet. The criticism arose after users, including well-known crypto researcher Chris Blec, noticed a quiet shift in the number of signatures required on the multisig wallet from 4-of-9 to 4-of-8. Crypto Community Questions Chainlink’s...Read More
Global financial messaging network – Swift – announced successfully facilitating a variety of blockchain interoperability tests with multiple financial institutions like Citi, SIX Digital Exchange (SDX), BNP Paribas, and BNY Mellon. For this purpose, Swift tapped the Web3 services platform Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) The company said the experiments are part of its wider...Read More
Chainlink has expanded its integrations to a total of 12 by tapping the Coinbase-incubated layer-2 network Base. According to a recent update, Base joins the likes of Ethereum, Arbitrum, Avalanche, BNB Chain, and Polygon, among other projects. The decentralized oracle network had first announced implementing its price feeds into Base a day before the latter’s...Read More
Chainlink, a leading project focusing on the use of oracles to bring real-world data onto the blockchain and use it for business purposes, has been working on a way to bring its hard-earned, reputable data to partnered projects for quite some time now. After a long wait, the devs at Chainlink announced the launch of...Read More
Chainlink Labs, a Web3 services provider and developer of data oracle solution Chainlink, has partnered with blockchain public relations (PR) and content marketing firm MarketAcross to support startups in the Chainlink BUILD program. According to a press release shared with CryptoPotato, the channel partnership between the two parties will give members of the program access...Read More
The crypto contagion has continued this year, with FTX compounding matters this week. This has put the spotlight on transparency, especially for centralized crypto exchanges. Data oracle provider Chainlink has been promoting its proof-of-reserve tools, which could solve the transparency issues currently plaguing the industry. In a tweet on Nov. 11, the Chainlink team asked...Read More
Despite the volatile markets, Chainlink (LINK) broke above $9.20 for the first time since August this year, recording a three-month high. The latest price appreciation was triggered by massive activity stirred by LINK wallets over the past five weeks. As per the crypto-analytic platform Santiment’s latest data, traders are “longing” LINK “aggressively.” 🔗 #Chainlink spiked...Read More
On Oct. 26, crypto giant Binance announced Binance Oracle, a new service that will source, verify, and feed off-chain data to smart contracts running on the BNB Chain. The company claims that the Oracles will provide a “more reliable, secure, and accurate data sourcing solution for smart contracts.” The new service, which launches this month,...Read More
Chainlink has been witnessing strong whale accumulation and address activity this year. Sharks and whale addresses, holding 10,000-1 million LINK, have continued to pile up tokens as the bear market set in. According to the latest data from the crypto-analytic platform, Santiment, this cohort of investors has collectively added over $312 million worth of LINK...Read More
Chainlink said it will not provide support for forked versions of the Ethereum blockchain after the much-anticipated shift from Proof of Work (PoW) to Proof of Stake (PoS), also known as the Merge. However, the Chainlink protocol and services will remain available during and after the Merge. “Users should be aware that forked versions of...Read More
Chainlink – a blockchain oracle platform – recently announced that its price feed technology has been launched on the Solana network. This information will help Solana defi developers use live price information for various financial services. The oracle platform has announced that seven price feeds will be made available for Solana developers. These include BTC/USD,...Read More
Chainlink – a blockchain oracle service provider – now has over $60 billion deposited into smart contracts. A recent analysis from Bank of America claims that the network will drive blockchain adoption across the gaming, gambling, and insurance industries, among others. Chainlink Driving Defi Growth According to a research report released on Wednesday, the firm...Read More
The Swiss fintech company – 21Shares – announced the listing of three exchange-traded products on Euronext Paris and Amsterdam. The ETPs will track the performance of Chainlink, Terra, and Uniswap. More ETPS From 21Shares The Switzerland-based investment product issuer has been active on the digital asset scene lately. Last week, it listed Aave, Chainlink, and...Read More
21Shares AG – a Switzerland-based investment product issuer – announced the listing of three new cryptocurrency exchange-traded products on the BX Swiss. Aave, Chainlink, and Uniswap are respectively the underlying assets of the ETPs. Additionally, the global investment manager – VanEck – introduced its first multi-token cryptocurrency fund. Diving Deeper into ETPs According to a...Read More
