ElectricLink123
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Three key trends I am increasingly excited about...
1: Our industry has started caring much more about the security and reliability of the infrastructure, standards and oracles/dependencies that it is built on top of. This shift in focus towards security is already massively benefiting Chainlink because it is built with security and reliability in mind from the start e.g. 16 nodes vs 1 of 1 or 2 of 2 (which is actually often just a 1 of 1 in disguise). This focus on reliability and security makes a better system for everyone in the DeFi/TradFi industry to transact with less risk and also leads to more overall Chainlink adoption over time. The way Chainlink became the leading data oracle is through security and reliability, I think that will happen across all categories where Chainlink deploys services for the same reasons.
We are now clearly seeing this dynamic take place in cross-chain interoperability, with many large users migrating onto CCIP after conducting deeper security reviews of bridging providers, more and more of which are now being published, some telling quotes below:
x.com/krakenfx/statu…
Kraken chose Chainlink CCIP because it offers enterprise-grade infrastructure with strict security & risk management requirements, including:
• ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type 2 certifications
• Secure by default architecture
• 16 independent nodes
• Native rate limits, and more.
x.com/LidoFinance/st… and blog.lido.fi/cross-chain-se…
The analysis covers how Chainlink CCIP delivers strong decentralization, native safeguards, and issuer control as default protocol-level guarantees, which insulates wstETH from a number of attack vectors behind the Kelp / LayerZero exploit.
x.com/Lombard_Financ…
Chainlink CCIP has emerged as the standard in cross-chain infrastructure, providing an enterprise-grade framework to secure high-value assets
With over $4Billion migrated in just a few weeks and more on the way, I am clearly seeing the industry's clear preference for security and reliability being a key trend leading to accelerated adoption of Chainlink and CCIP.
2: Chainlink has always continued to build and added many of its best features during down markets, when there is less noise to distract top teams from building. Because Chainlink already has clear product market fit, being able to focus on building the future is a powerful accelerant for future progress and is actually what I and many of the people building Chainlink are here for.
I am very excited about both the use case specific features e.g. collateral management and the increasing number of reusable primitives e.g. verifiable confidential compute in CRE, which are now actively being built, refined and launched with top users. In my experience, during the down market lulls is when the best things get built, and I am truly thrilled to see Chainlink being built to better serve its existing users and entirely new users.
3: The RWA, TradFi Tokenization and Digital Assets industry has now decoupled from crypto prices as a determining factor of its success and is a rapidly growing market of its own. Great news for the technologies, standards and infrastructures that can serve this new and growing demand, of which Chainlink is at the very top of the list. By having the relevant certifications; blog.chain.link/chainlink-achi…, being the historically most secure/reliable option with the largest amount of value enabled and being able to compose multiple key primitives (Data + Interoperability + Identity/compliance + verifiable off-chain orchestration) into full end-to-end solutions like no other platform can, puts the Chainlink platform/ecosystem in a unique place to be adopted by this new and growing market.
This is now becoming increasingly clear in practice through Chainlink's adoption in various parts of the capital markets; from collateral management with some of the most recent examples being...
DTCC using CRE and Data for their production plans; dtcc.com/news/2026/may/… + x.com/The_DTCC/statu…
Data providers like SGX using DataLink for key data; x.com/chainlink/stat…
Top asset managers like State Street; x.com/chainlink/stat… and Fidelity International; x.com/chainlink/stat…, being powered by Chainlink on the backend.
The above are just a small number of recent examples, with many more being worked on all across the TradFi ecosystem, from payments, to tokenized equities, to tokenized funds; all of these on-chain finance use cases need multiple Chainlink components working together.
I can't wait for the next stage, where the leading DeFi applications and the top TradFi institutions start interoperating through their use of shared on-chain standards, interoperability connections and data/identity oracles, all of which are being provided by Chainlink, together with existing infrastructures. Solving each of these market's individual problems is already exciting, but helping them merge into the new global financial system is something that I and many others in our ecosystem have been working towards for a while.
If the above sounds like something worth spending many late nights on, and you can see the future I am talking about, this is the best time to join a top team like Chainlink Labs... if you're the best of the best, excited about the future of the blockchain industry, DeFi, TradFi and building the future of the new global financial system, we are excited to work together with you: chainlinklabs.com/open-roles.
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@KevinSvenson_ Love seeing you show Link some love Kevin!
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I asked Grok: “How likely is #CHAINLINK🔗 $LINK going to benefit from DTCC’s tokenized securities launch in July 2026?”
👇 Grok’s answer: 80–95% probability 👀
#Chainlink $LINK #LINK
#RWA #Tokenization #DTCC

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@Cryptopia13 @KevinSvenson_ I think you're confusing XRP with LINK
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@KevinSvenson_ When will people here learn that Chainlink (labs) and $Link are two completely different things.
The connection between the two is basically non-existent as of now.
Until this changes the probability of $link benefitting from this news is ~0%.
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@Crypto_Moe84 Also looks like we could be in this zone until 2030
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$LINK
i like this chart - new ATHs loading imo.
*Ignore the timeline, The green arrow line is showing the HTF direction (LTF stuff not included) - There is no only up!

VV@3016HondaCivic
@Crypto_Moe84 $LINK
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@Intuit @iamVictorDey Hey can you let Alex know how much of a gold mine Intuit missed out on by not charging a subscription to keep Mint actually open and usable? Credit Karma sucks.
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Great piece from @iamVictorDey with our CTO Alex Balazs.
Definitely worth a read!
Fast Company@FastCompany
Intuit thinks it’s found your company’s next CFO: AI f-st.co/zncCvZG
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@BarbellFi This isn't allowed and you're supposed to be a financial expert?
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@BarbellFi Dont tell the IRS because 0% interest IS NOT allowed in this scenario
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I swear it feels like we live in a simulation.
Same playbook as 2022.
Bitcoin sells off during the start of a new conflict, finds a low in February, then bounces into March.
Benjamin Cowen@benjamincowen
Often times, risk assets sell off, then bounce as major conflicts start. If a rally for Bitcoin does materialize, it will likely yield a lower high in March, just like it did in 2022. Bear markets tend to take a while to play out.
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@BoringBiz_ I'm in my 30s and a housing crash would screw me. House prices need to stay stagnant. Wages need to rise.
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One of the most significant moments from the Trump Davos speech was when he said the quiet part out loud
You cannot lower housing costs for young people without destroying millions in wealth for boomers
"Every time you make it more affordable for somebody to own a house cheaply, you are actually hurting the value of those houses. I don't want to do anything to hurt the value of their house.
If I wanted to crush the housing market, I could do that so fast that people could buy houses. But you would destroy people who already have houses."
Our politicians are sacrificing people in their 20s and 30s for the prosperity of boomers
Let that sink in
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@nicucrypto would love to see an inverse head and shoulders play out here
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@LostHebrew_Dre Truth is.... He's not WR-1, 2, and 3 anymore. He's part of a crazy skilled group with Odunze, Burden, Loveland, Zacheus, Kmet, and others that would start on any other team. Good HC/OC spread the wealth around.
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DJ Moore was a top 5 WR in 2023
He was #6 in yards in the entire NFL ( 1364 yards)
He has averaged at least 1k in yards for the majority of his career even with poor QB play
So answer me this…
Why did he just have lowest yardage in his career in a Ben Johnson offense?!
The truth is, DJ Moore has been the Chicago Bears best player offensively since he has arrived
The truth is, DJ Moore is not being utilized properly by coaching or by QB
The truth is, Justin Fields and DJ Moore had a special connection on the football field that Caleb Williams can’t replicate
And for that…
Bears fans will scapegoat Moore
Williams is the Bears QB and the future is bright
But, It is not right how this fanbase and media is treating Moore
He deserves better..
They will rid this team of all Justin Fields closest teammates
So be it..
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@0ffsetSynt4x @NFL_DovKleiman What do you mean "no control?" He had the ball in both hands. What else would give you "control?"
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@kylamb8 @NFL_DovKleiman No, the ball was ripped from him after he rolled over. Are y'all blind?
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@NFL_DovKleiman No matter how super slow mo you go, it’s still not a catch. He loses control immediately after his back hits the ground. No control ergo no possession ergo no catch.
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@ChiBearsMuse Give a whole off-season to shore of the defense and we will be a juggernaut next year fo sho
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I can’t lie, this feels different than all the other Playoff losses we’ve had. It’s a peaceful loss, because usually after these losses in the Playoffs, we don’t have anything to really be excited for, but now we have Caleb Williams, Ben Johnson, and a young Offensive core that’s only going to get better. It was an unfortunate result, but I’m not as sad because of the potential there is on this team. We will be back and I cant wait for next Season. It will always be Bear Down!
Good. Better. Best.
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@NFLFrascella Refs had the whistles swallowed all game and follow with three calls titling the game to the Broncos. A catch which isn’t, a hand fighting PI and an uncatchable PI wth limited contact they hadn’t been calling all game.
Vegas anyone?
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@theficouple 100% invest. My situation is more fun though, I have a 6% mortgage.
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