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Today we announced progress toward our goal of advancing 24/7 collateral mobility. DTCC’s Collateral AppChain, a shared infrastructure platform for collateral, will leverage the Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE) and @chainlink data standard to enable near real-time collateral management across financial markets and blockchains. The integration will enable the seamless pairing of asset prices, valuations, and movement, with the aim of overhauling how market risk is managed globally and unlock greater capital efficiency. This milestone reflects our broader vision to enable 24/7, near real-time collateral management across the global financial system. Read the full announcement: dtcc.com/news/2026/may/…

NEW: @The_DTCC is integrating Chainlink data and orchestration standards into the DTCC’s Collateral AppChain. DTCC and Chainlink are advancing 24/7, near-real-time collateral workflows across global markets and blockchains.

Sergey: “You could take a risk on getting wrecked… or just use Chainlink” “The consequences of an oracle failure as shown by history is getting completely wrecked” “You lose people's money, they exit your system, horrible press. By the way, the press doesn't understand exactly what happened, so they're going to blame your system, probably not the oracle system” “And then there's a lot of legal consequences from the point of view of losing people's money” “So having an oracle that doesn't work or that can be manipulated is probably one of the riskiest things you can do on building a DeFi protocol or any other system relying on oracles” “Historically what happens to people that build their own oracle, use low-quality oracles built by others, have oracles that don't really provide any reliability or security guarantees of any kind, don't have decentralization, is basically they get hacked, their system gets wrecked, they have a lot of very negative consequences from that, their community's very upset” "We in the Chainlink community have dealt with the vast majority of these incidents and at that point, they switch over to Chainlink because Chainlink is the reliable option that—for whatever reason—they weren't sure about using. You know, someone built it internally, some friend of theirs, or some investor told them to use some oracle that they invested in without understanding what an oracle is” “Some protocols that switch to Chainlink are able to save themselves and able to restore confidence and able to continue to operate. It partly depends on the size of the failure from the previous one. Some are not able to restore that confidence” “In both cases, at that point, they really, really, really wish that they had just used Chainlink” “So you could take a risk on getting wrecked, having a Coindesk article explaining how you lost everyone's money, have to spend months if not years dealing with your community on this topic… or just use Chainlink, like all the best DeFi protocols that for over five years have been operating successfully, reliably, securely, growing their user bases as a result” “That second option is the one we recommend”

KELP DROPS LAYERZERO FOR CHAINLINK @KelpDAO announced on Tuesday it is migrating rsETH bridging from LayerZero's OFT standard to chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) following the April 18 exploit that drained roughly $292 million from its bridge. Independent reports from SEAL 911 and Chainalysis attributed the attack to compromised LayerZero infrastructure rather than Kelp's contracts. Lazarus Group-linked actors poisoned RPC nodes feeding LayerZero's verifier, then used a DDoS to force the verifier onto the compromised path. @chainlink now handles the validation across the 20+ networks on which rsETH is deployed. Kelp said the move is intended to "ensure ethereum:0xa1290d69c65a6fe4df752f95823fae25cb99e5a7 is fully secure" with infrastructure that "doesn't leave these questions open."

For newbies to $LINK, straight from Grok: green light 🚦 User Question: Analyze Chainlink staking. I presume that yield on staking would be allowed provided Chainlink is a commodity. Thoughts? Yes—your read is correct. The new CLARITY Act stablecoin yield text (dropped May 1) bans passive bank-like rewards only on payment stablecoins. It doesn’t touch LINK. Chainlink staking (v0.2, live on staking.chain.link) is protected: • LINK = digital commodity (CFTC lane). • Protocol staking = “bona fide activity” with explicit safe harbors in the bill. • Rewards (~4.32% variable APR) are programmatic network distributions for securing oracles—not deposit interest. CLARITY codifies staking for commodities like LINK. Bullish for the ecosystem once the bill passes. No changes needed. Great setup for more adoption.

1) Chain 2) Link Chainlink has been running the crypto ecosystem right under your nose this whole time If you haven't understood it, you can now Read this.

The only thing that saved Layerzero from complete ruin is that the hackers deposited into $AAVE and Stani and co. had to respond. Going forward, there should be a hard requirement that all wrapped assets on $AAVE use @chainlink CCIP. Perhaps all assets.

Ethereum can’t do this at global scale without Chainlink CCIP. Traditional systems can’t connect without Chainlink CRE. $LINK is the voltage that will allow the current of the new financial system to flow.

@MilkRoad @RaoulGMI Ethereum can’t do this at global scale without Chainlink CCIP. Traditional systems can’t connect without Chainlink CRE. $LINK is the voltage that will allow the current of the new financial system.

.@RaoulGMI: "People underestimate scalability because they have no understanding of the scale of the financial system. "They have no idea of what is required and how much." The DTCC settled $4 quadrillion in trades last year. OTC derivatives? Another couple quadrillion. FX markets? $5T a day. @VivekVentures: "It's just naive for people to think that all of global finance can live in one layer" - but it can live in one multilayer ecosystem. That's Ethereum. The numbers are stupid. And so is underestimating this.

The largest unlock for @chainlink's $LINK cross-chain interoperability protocol (CCIP) has been facilitating cash payments across chains. CCIP is trusted by: networks → @avax, @base, @BNBCHAIN, @ethereum, @hedera, @monad financial and market infrastructure → @swiftcommunity, @The_DTCC, @sixgroup banks and asset managers → @UBS, @BNPParibas, @Schroders

@chainlink CCIP has never lost money. That's it. That's the tweet.

Institutional capital doesn’t integrate narratives, it integrates audited infrastructure. Deloitte completing a SOC 2 Type 2 examination for Chainlink CCIP and Data Feeds signals sustained operational integrity across security, availability, and confidentiality. With SOC 2 Type 1, SOC 2 Type 2, and ISO/IEC 27001:2022, Chainlink meets the control standards global financial institutions expect from core market infrastructure. Chainlink is the standard.

Chainlink just posted this on their Linkedin. Amazon web services (AWS) just spotlighted the missing $LINK between traditional finance and blockchains: @chainlink Runtime environment (CRE) This is the second time @chainlink mentions they are working closely with Amazon in a short period of time. $LINK everything!

💯 Just use Chainlink ethereum:0x514910771af9ca656af840dff83e8264ecf986ca

TLDR: 1. Don’t use fake DeFi security. 2. Don’t invest in anything that uses fake DeFi security. 3. Just use Chainlink. You’re welcome.

The root cause of the $290M rsETH bridge exploit, based on all available info, was a compromise of the official LayerZero Labs DVN node LayerZero has long marketed itself as decentralized and free from centralized intermediaries, but in practice this is decentralization theater When LayerZero refers to its centralized nodes as “Decentralized Verifier Networks”, that’s just marketing psyops A significant portion of LayerZero activity depends on just a small handful of DVN nodes, in many cases just one or two, run by centralized companies including the LayerZero Labs team In the rsETH incident, the chains themselves were functioning correctly, the failure was that the LayerZero Labs DVN node was compromised into emitting a forged message that downstream contracts treated as legitimate The responsibility for securing bridge infrastructure sits with the provider, not with downstream protocols or users who trusted the marketing But the deeper issue is architectural LayerZero did not spend the time or resources required to build a genuinely decentralized network, they cut corners and shipped a centralized system wrapped in decentralized marketing Real decentralization costs money and requires many independent node operators, multiple independent RPC infra providers, and genuine redundancy across the validation layer When LayerZero cuts corners to save on costs, the burden gets shifted onto users and the broader industry in the form of catastrophic failures like this one The AWS outage last year taking down LayerZero bridges should have been a clue just how centralized the LayerZero ecosystem was Unfortunately, bridge risk does not stay contained, losses spread into major DeFi protocols and connected ecosystems Chainlink CCIP was built specifically to eliminate this entire category of risk, with every bridge lane secured by numerous independent, security-reviewed node operators connected to multiple reputable RPC providers That’s why CCIP has never been exploited and has never lost user funds across nearly three years of in-production operation on 70+ blockchains Wishing a speedy recovery to every team and user impacted by this incident, hoping funds can be recovered and the ecosystem comes out stronger on the other side

$LINK isn’t being mispriced. It’s being priced against the wrong framework. Uncharted territory.

@MilkRoad Chainlink

The problem with tokenization: When you move stocks, bonds, and mortgages onchain, you fragment liquidity. "Nobody likes to trade on illiquid platforms. I've seen this a million times." Today Bullish bridges Fidelity's stablecoin and USDC. Tomorrow? NVIDIA's certificated share vs their tokenized share. FT @ThomasFarley @RaoulGMI @RealVision

$LINK to $150+, not if but when. Institutions need to simply connect real assets into blockchains. If we do not embrace blockchain technology, we become archaic. Like the businesses that resisted the internet. The time is now, we need to advance and remain ahead of our competitors. It’s inevitable. Like and RT Link marines 🌐⛓️🐸

This week in Chainlink ethereum:0x514910771af9ca656af840dff83e8264ecf986ca : Fellow LINK Marines! 🚀 The week of April 6–12, 2026, delivered another round of rock-solid Chainlink momentum—integration velocity staying high, TVE hitting fresh records, the Reserve compounding aggressively, and regulatory clarity continuing to de-risk the entire space for ethereum:0x514910771af9ca656af840dff83e8264ecf986ca-powered tokenization. Here’s the fresh synopsis of this week’s key wins: •Integration surge continues: Chainlink added 18 new integrations across 9 services and 22 different blockchains, including major names like Aave, Coinbase (DataLink for premium exchange data onchain), GMX, APYX, FinChain, Multipli, Open Delta, Takadao, Vyro, and tokenized asset platforms. Real production deployments stacking fast! •Total Value Enabled (TVE) climbed to $29.25 trillion —Chainlink oracles now powering nearly $30T in cumulative smart contract value executed across DeFi, RWAs, and cross-chain flows. This is the actual economic activity secured by Chainlink every day. •Chainlink Reserve update (updated with latest on-chain data): The Reserve added ~132K LINK (~$1.1M) in the most recent inflow, pushing total holdings above 3.06 million LINK. Steady weekly buys from protocol revenue are creating persistent buy pressure and long-term value accrual for the network. •Regulatory tailwinds strong: SEC’s March interpretive guidance (joined by CFTC) explicitly classified Chainlink (LINK) as a digital commodity (non-security), alongside BTC, ETH, SOL, and others—providing clear taxonomy that de-risks oracle infrastructure, staking, and tokenized assets. Clarity Act negotiations advanced with Senate Banking Committee discussions resuming post-Easter; stablecoin yield issues largely resolved and a committee markup expected in April, unlocking institutional flows for RWAs where Chainlink dominates. •ETF & institutional conviction: Chainlink spot ETFs (Grayscale GLNK + Bitwise CLNK) have now attracted ~$88M+ cumulative inflows with consistent positive flows and no major outflows—smart money rotating into real infrastructure even amid broader market noise. LINK trading resilient around the $8.70–$9.20 range. •Broader dominance: Chainlink secures $61B+ Total Value Secured (TVS), maintains ~70% oracle market share, and continues blue-chip partnerships (Swift, UBS, JPMorgan pilots, Coinbase DataLink, etc.). CME 24/7 LINK futures adding institutional liquidity. These are tangible, production-grade advancements: high-volume integrations with blue-chips, near-$30T TVE, aggressive Reserve growth (now a top-35 holder), ETF resilience, and regulatory clarity that removes overhangs for the tokenization boom. Chainlink isn’t riding hype—it’s the neutral, secure data & interoperability layer the entire onchain economy runs on. Long-term growth remains inevitable. Diamond hands only—HODL & LINK everything! 🔗💎 #Chainlink #LINK ethereum:0x514910771af9ca656af840dff83e8264ecf986ca