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Bitcoin ETFs now hold over 1 million #BTC, which is more than 5% of BTC’s current circulating supply. https://lnkd.in/g_rMnHgx This is an unequivocal signal to asset managers and issuers that institutional demand for crypto is only continuing to grow. But the real opportunity goes far beyond custodying digital assets within existing systems. The major unlock is using blockchain technology to tokenize the world’s assets and replatform global markets: https://lnkd.in/gk6NwrTC

The Aptos blockchain (Aptos Foundation) is officially integrating Chainlink Data Feeds and CCIP, and the Aptos Foundation has joined the Chainlink SCALE program. How Aptos’ next wave of developer innovation will be powered by Chainlink: https://lnkd.in/gEUQg25p

Chainlink and Circle have partnered to expand the utility of tokenized assets. See how the Chainlink platform’s highly secure industry-standard services and Circle’s tooling can support enterprises and DeFi developers leveraging USDC, EURC, and more.

5 years ago today, #Chainlink launched on mainnet. From powering DeFi to working with the largest financial institutions across the globe, Chainlink has become the standard for connecting data and value onchain. But this is only the beginning. Our mission is to bring global markets onchain and fundamentally redefine the way transactions, assets, and value work. We sincerely appreciate the many teams and individuals who are working with us to make this vision a reality. #LinkTheWorld

CNBC International invited Sergey Nazarov to discuss Chainlink’s collaboration with DTCC on bringing NAV data onchain and the broader fund tokenization opportunity. Why tokenized assets are superior: https://lnkd.in/gGuAjs6X

Chainlink SCALE partner Celo (Celo Foundation) has integrated Chainlink CCIP as its canonical cross-chain infrastructure blockchain interoperability solution. See how Chainlink is accelerating innovation across Celo’s blockchain ecosystem: https://lnkd.in/gRVAcXYr

“Blockchains and digital assets are the future of finance”—Nigel Dobson, banking services portfolio lead at ANZ Institutional. Watch a leader of ANZ Bank—which has over $1T AUM—discuss tokenization, RWAs, and CCIP on Chainlink's #TheFutureIsOn Spotlight Series:

Chainlink is essential infrastructure for the tokenized asset economy, providing data, interoperability, and security to RWAs at scale. 12 examples of how Chainlink is powering the tokenization megatrend: 1. Verifying ARKB BTC ETF reserves with 21Shares US: https://lnkd.in/gru-_Ni3 2. Helping to calculate collateral value on Angle when users borrow agEUR using RWAs: https://lnkd.in/g9r-xJ4U 3. Increasing the transparency of Backed Finance AG’s tokenized treasuries, ETFs, and other RWAs: https://lnkd.in/gMKN-hzu 4. Supporting the adoption of Brickken’s tokenization solution via Chainlink BUILD: https://lnkd.in/gU8hWcU9 5. Supporting the digitization of gold reserves with I-ON Digital Corp: https://lnkd.in/gqAcHkky 6. Helping to secure the minting and cross-chain movement of tokenized short-term U.S. Treasury Bills by Matrixport: https://lnkd.in/gm4jsgYN 7. Supporting Paxos’ PAX Gold (PAXG) tokens with high-quality price data: https://lnkd.in/gBsVaJpx 8. Enabling PYUSD to be adopted across DeFi through tamper-proof market data: https://lnkd.in/dzS_RTED 9. Helping to secure the minting function of poundtoken.io: https://lnkd.in/drJRwxx4 10. Helping to power staking rewards distribution for PropyKeys: https://lnkd.in/d-kqP8Em 11. Increasing reserves transparency for StablR: https://lnkd.in/dZXHyKAc 12. Helping to secure the minting of TrueUSD: https://lnkd.in/g5PCjDSf In addition to the growing adoption of Chainlink’s essential infrastructure for tokenized assets, Chainlink has been highlighted as the most active RWA-related protocol based on the number of GitHub commits in the last 30 days: https://lnkd.in/d8a4gesr Tokenization is the first step toward reformatting the financial system. If you’d like to take a deep dive into the RWA megatrend, read this report with contributions from BCG, 21Shares, Paxos, Backed, and Chainlink: https://lnkd.in/gk6NwrTC 

Bringing the world’s largest institutions onchain is a critical next step toward replatforming the world’s systems and assets to a blockchain-based format. A quick recap of how the Chainlink platform is helping to realize this vision: • DTCC—World’s largest securities settlement system, processing $2+ quadrillion annually In a new Smart NAV industry pilot DTCC, Chainlink, and 10 of the world’s largest financial institutions delivered key mutual fund data onchain, demonstrating how Chainlink CCIP can serve as an abstraction layer between "DTCC and the potentially infinite number of blockchains." https://lnkd.in/gcSZZhy8 • Swift—Standard messaging network for 11K+ banks Alongside 12+ leading institutions, including DTCC, Euroclear, Clearstream, ANZ, Citi, BNY Mellon, BNP Paribas, Lloyds Banking Group, and SDX, Swift and Chainlink demonstrated a secure and scalable way to transfer tokenized assets cross-chain using CCIP. https://lnkd.in/gkN-eiwQ • ANZ Bank—Leading Australian bank with $1T+ in AUM Showcasing how Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ Bank) can provide clients with the ability to trade and settle tokenized assets across public and private blockchains, ANZ Bank demonstrated a cross-chain, cross-border, and cross-currency tokenized asset purchase using CCIP. https://lnkd.in/g2jE9yVw • Arta TechFin—Leading financial institution in Hong Kong Arta TechFin and Chainlink Labs have formed a strategic partnership to expand fund tokenization efforts to include real estate tokenization, stablecoin issuance, and more. https://lnkd.in/eYfs9dVa • Vodafone DAB—Economy of Things for global trade Vodafone is exploring how CCIP can connect IoT devices across its global trade platform, and also joined the Chainlink Network as a node operator. https://lnkd.in/eHmTWRZK • 21Shares, ARK Invest—Launched the ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF Crypto ETF issuer 21shares is using Chainlink Proof of Reserve on Ethereum to increase the transparency of the ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF’s reserves with ARK Invest. https://lnkd.in/gru-_Ni3 • Paxos, PayPal—Paxos’ Web3 platform is used by global enterprises like PayPal Paxos adopted Chainlink’s PayPal USD Price Feed on Ethereum to bring secure price data around its programmable PYUSD stablecoin, helping drive RWA adoption. https://lnkd.in/efEmmwPe