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Microsoft simultaneously built an open platform (Windows) and the best available first-party products (word, excel, ppt etc...) to drive adoption of the platform. I learned that from the @AcquiredFM podcast on Microsoft. When David and Ben eventually do their Chainlink episode... they'll note Chainlink is running a similar playbook, building an open platform for onchain finance while simultaneously building the best in class first-party products (Data Feeds, CCIP etc...) to drive adoption of that platform.
Chainlink is today’s equivalent of Microsoft in 1990. At that time, personal computers were still primarily the domain of hobbyists and tinkerers rather than the backbone of enterprise operations. The release of Windows 3.0 changed that trajectory. It established the standard against which hardware (PCs) was built and provided the platform on which essential business applications, such as email, word processing, and spreadsheets, could run reliably. In doing so, Microsoft created an operating system that catalyzed the enterprise shift from physical to digital processes. Chainlink is driving a similar transformation. By establishing the core standards upon which critical onchain applications are being built, it enables enterprises to evolve from digital finance to on-chain finance. Blockchain is no longer the exclusive realm of cypherpunks; it is becoming integrated into the infrastructure of major financial institutions, including those on Wall Street. If you believe that global finance will ultimately migrate onchain, then Chainlink is positioned to become the operating system of that new financial world. “History Doesn’t Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes” – Mark Twain
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Great work from the giga-brain @0xMether. A clear articulation of what is Chainlink and how it is the catalyzing force for onchain finance.
1/ Tokenization has matured from an experimental technology to a major strategic priority for financial institutions. By enabling real-time settlement, programmable compliance, automated reconciliation, and enhanced transparency, onchain systems can provide greater operational efficiency and broader market access. 🧵 Unlocked by @chainlink
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Chainlink everything
NOW LIVE: chain.link/everything The next era of Chainlink is here.

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Tomorrow (18 Nov), the next @Chainlink community university event goes live in collaboration with @BentleyWeb3! Students will explore how @Chainlink is redefining onchain finance, powering tokenization, cross-chain settlement, and real-world asset integration. luma.com/cl_bba01
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proud to announce our next university partner in the @chainlinklabs University Program we will be at the NYU Leslie eLab to speak with @BlockchainNYU during New York Blockchain Week We will have a phenomenal panel to discuss how they built their careers in this industry. RSVP Below: NYU Students Only luma.com/cl_nyu01
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I'll be there. Let's meet up.
On November 3, SmartCon Day 0 kicks off with a full day of community events across NYC. Join fellow builders, community members, and the Chainlink Labs team for a day of networking and collaboration before the main event begins. Find out more 🧵⬇️
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Bitcoin up or down? 15 minute up/down crypto polymarkets now live. Powered & secured by @Chainlink 🤝
JUST IN: Bitcoin will either go up or down today.
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Our final Day 0 Community Day activation will be a Chainlink Run Club with the one and only @ChrisBarrett and hosted by our local partners at Blockchain NYC Join us to kick off smartcon on a healthy note. Regardless of whether you are a runner, you can join us for light bites and some coffee. Sign up below: luma.com/9x40bgg8
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"There has been a monsoon of activity" that's how @CatfishFishy described Chainlink's presence at Sibos during our X spaces yesterday with him and @ChainLinkGod. Here's the TLDR of what else they shared: - Chainlink keeps compounding wins because it is systematically creating standards to bring critical TradFi infra (data, identity, etc...) to the onchain context. - Owning the standards is insanely powerful. Lindy effect/network effects all apply... it's a reinforcing cycle of adoption. - CRE is an unassailable competitive moat. Some protocols have data, others have interop, and others have privacy.... but no one outside of Chainlink has a single platform for everything tokenized finance needs. What's more is that no one is even close to a concept of "orchestration" for a platform like CRE is. - But CRE is more than that. It actually inverts the developer experience. Devs used to begin with "what chain should I build on." With CRE they start with "what workflows should I build" which means every other choice is downstream of choosing Chainlink. CRE is the gateway for tokenized finance. It was honestly one of the most based 45 minutes I've been apart of. Hats off to them.
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TLDR summary of my spaces today with @77MichaelR (a.k.a. Chainlink's product launch guy) - Product launch momentum at Chainlink is at an all-time-high and accelerating. - We're in a pattern where the world's largest financial institutions are pushing the frontier for what is possible onchain and trusting Chainlink to deliver the solutions they need to do it. -The DataLink launch is massive. Tokenized assets need an immense amount of data types (beyond price) to be useful and DataLink is the trusted path for financial giants like Deutsche Börse to bring their data onchain. I'm running it back with another spaces about Sibos with @CatfishFishy and @ChainLinkGod tomorrow. Same time, same place. xitter.cf/i/spaces/1YqGolBqVoAJv

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ELI5, thank you @SmartContract
GLEIF has partnered with Chainlink to bring the G20’s global legal entity ID system, the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI), onchain. Used by every major bank for compliance, this trusted identity standard can now be embedded directly into smart contracts and tokenized assets through Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Identity (CCID) Framework and Automated Compliance Engine (ACE). Banks can now issue tokenized assets with clear proof of ownership, and exchanges can instantly verify counterparties across borders, all while minimizing data exposure to protect privacy. Read the full announcement: gleif.org/en/newsroom/press-…
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The @SmartContract handle is providing ELI5 context alongside Chainlink announcements during Sibos.
Chainlink, DTCC, Swift, Euroclear, and 21+ other leading financial organizations demonstrated how AI-powered oracles create a ‘unified golden record’ for important financial information. Think of it like this: • Every financial organization currently maintains its own separate record of market events (e.g., a dividend paid to stockholders). • This cutting-edge industry initiative creates a single, trusted record, aka a unified golden record, that all participants can equally access and rely on. • The solution extracts information using multiple large language models (LLMs), validates the results through consensus, and delivers the output in a format that’s easy for both traditional enterprise systems and blockchains to consume. • This process ensures all financial organizations have the same information and can access it at the same time, reducing errors, delays, and costs. This showcases how the Chainlink data standard helps solve one of finance’s most fragmented data challenges and builds a more synchronized foundation for financial infrastructure worldwide. Read the full report ⬇️ pages.chain.link/hubfs/e/est…
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Chainlink, DTCC, Swift, Euroclear, and 21+ other leading financial organizations demonstrated how AI-powered oracles create a ‘unified golden record’ for important financial information. Think of it like this: • Every financial organization currently maintains its own separate record of market events (e.g., a dividend paid to stockholders). • This cutting-edge industry initiative creates a single, trusted record, aka a unified golden record, that all participants can equally access and rely on. • The solution extracts information using multiple large language models (LLMs), validates the results through consensus, and delivers the output in a format that’s easy for both traditional enterprise systems and blockchains to consume. • This process ensures all financial organizations have the same information and can access it at the same time, reducing errors, delays, and costs. This showcases how the Chainlink data standard helps solve one of finance’s most fragmented data challenges and builds a more synchronized foundation for financial infrastructure worldwide. Read the full report ⬇️ pages.chain.link/hubfs/e/est…
We are excited to announce a major industry milestone in a global corporate actions initiative led by Chainlink in collaboration with 24 of the world’s largest financial organizations, including Swift (@swiftcommunity), DTCC (@The_DTCC), and Euroclear (@EuroclearGroup). prnewswire.com/news-releases… Corporate actions are a critical building block for public equity to operate successfully onchain. Building on the foundation established in the first phase of our industry initiative, we now have successfully demonstrated how the Chainlink platform, blockchains, and AI help solve one of finance’s most complex data challenges in a production-grade solution with unparalleled data accuracy, ISO 20022 messaging functionality via Swift, connectivity across DTCC AppChain as well as additional public and private blockchains, and much more. 🧵⬇️
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