ROAD TO Link:NYC 🗽 NEW: Chainlink brings Vault Risk Assessments onchain with @SPGlobalRatings, the global credit rating agency. Now live on @base, the integration brings independent vault risk analysis to the $10B lending vault market, deploying them according to defined strategies, working much like managed fixed income funds. This integration of DataLink and CRE expands Chainlink’s existing collaboration with S&P Global Ratings, which previously brought its Stablecoin Stability Assessments onchain.

Introducing Chainlink CustodySync, a new solution that lets qualified custodians give their institutional clients access to DeFi lending markets, all while assets remain securely in custody. With @Anchorage as the official launch partner, together we’re establishing a new standard for institutional DeFi. CustodySync keeps custody and lending systems in sync across the full lifecycle of a loan: → For custodians: faster time to market and lower operational overhead, with custodian-managed controls → For lending markets: independent, verifiable data and a consistent risk framework → For institutions: passive capital becomes productive capital More than $80 billion sits in DeFi lending markets. Meanwhile, the roughly $700 billion in digital assets under custody is less than 0.5% of all $250 trillion in traditional assets under custody. The opportunity to connect traditional institutional capital to onchain finance remains vast. Large institutions have lacked a secure way of accessing these markets. Regulations require many of them to keep their digital assets with a qualified custodian, a firm that meets specific requirements for holding assets on behalf of clients, and custody systems were never built for DeFi. Even when custody and lending systems are connected, inconsistent loan valuations can trigger premature liquidation or delayed liquidations, exposing borrowers and lenders to significant financial risk. @Anchorage, home to the first federally chartered digital asset bank in the U.S., is the first qualified custodian to adopt CustodySync, connecting its institutional clients to DeFi lending markets while their assets remain in regulated custody. Institutional capital no longer has to choose between the security of custody and the liquidity of DeFi. With Chainlink, it gets both.

Road to Link:NYC 🇺🇸 Senator @JimJustice_WV and Babydog have a message of support ahead of Link:NYC. Thank you, Senator, for your support of our industry and what we are collectively building.

NEW: LG CNS, the technology arm of LG Group, enters a strategic partnership with Chainlink to advance Korea’s $68B digital asset market. LG Group is one of Korea’s largest business groups, with approximately ₩186 trillion in assets across 63 affiliates. LG CNS is the lead contractor for the Bank of Korea’s flagship digital currency initiative, Project Hangang. Through the partnership, LG CNS and Chainlink will: • Enhance LG CNS’s digital asset platform solution with Chainlink’s cross-chain, data, and orchestration infrastructure • Collaborate on digital asset solutions for Korean institutions using the full Chainlink platform • Advance the next generation of technical standards underpinning Korea’s digital asset economy The partnership is built for one of the world’s most active and technologically advanced digital asset markets. Korea is Asia's second-largest digital asset market, with the Korean won consistently ranking second in crypto trading volume, behind only the U.S. dollar. By combining LG CNS’s institutional expertise with Chainlink technology standards, the partnership establishes the foundation for compliant digital asset infrastructure in Korea and for global expansion.

⬡ CHAINLINK Q3 MOMENTUM ⬡ • Launched CCIP 2.0 • $15B+ migrates to CCIP • $140B secured across onchain finance • TradFi adoption: DTCC, Swift, & more • Enterprise adoption: Infosys, Robinhood, & more • Work with policymakers across the U.S., UK, & Hong Kong

Following an extensive security review, @kamino found Chainlink CCIP provides the secure-by-default architecture required to underwrite cross-chain collateral risk. Assets secured by CCIP qualify for higher borrowing limits & LTV ratios.

NEW: @OpenZeppelin, which S&P Global agreed to acquire, embeds Chainlink into its tooling standard used by the vast majority of the industry, including BlackRock, WisdomTree, Franklin Templeton, and more. Chainlink CCIP, CRE, & ACE are now built into the tools behind $38+ trillion in transferred value.

NEW: Chainlink oracle infrastructure is now live on @StellarOrg, bringing Data Feeds and Data Streams to Stellar network’s $4B+ RWA ecosystem. Devs gain verifiable market data powering lending, stablecoins, tokenized equities, & more. Through the Chainlink Scale program, Stellar is making a substantial capital commitment to give its builders cost-efficient access to high-quality, institutional-grade oracle infra.

DTCC’S NADINE CHAKAR & SERGEY NAZAROV AT SIBOS 2026 Nadine Chakar, Managing Director & Global Head of @The_DTCC Digital Assets, joined @SergeyNazarov to discuss what it takes to bring tokenization to market scale. As Nadine put it: “We shouldn’t care which rail it’s on, what type of asset it is; we should care that it’s interoperable, it’s compliance-aware, & that it’s operating 24/7 anywhere that a client needs to manage risk.” On tokenized equity, Sergey added: “This AppChain and the tokenization of equity in this reliable institutional-grade form will accelerate the use of tokenized stock.” Watch the full conversation ↓