Chainlink

Chainlink (LINK) was launched in 2017 by Sergey Nazarov and Steve Ellis as a decentralized oracle network that connects smart contracts with real-world data, enabling blockchain applications to access off-chain information like price feeds, weather data, and sports scores. As the infrastructure layer bridging blockchains with external systems, Chainlink has become essential to the DeFi ecosystem by providing reliable, tamper-proof data that powers lending protocols, derivatives platforms, and automated trading systems.

The Chainlink ecosystem consists of thousands of independent node operators who earn LINK tokens for delivering data, alongside a growing network of data providers, blockchain integrations, and enterprise partnerships. Major DeFi protocols like Aave, Compound, and Synthetix rely on Chainlink's price feeds, while traditional companies including Google Cloud, Oracle, and SWIFT have explored integrations with Chainlink's oracle services.

At CoinDesk, we provide in-depth Chainlink news coverage tracking oracle network expansions, enterprise partnerships, and the critical role of reliable data infrastructure in blockchain adoption. Our reporting covers everything from new Chainlink integrations and LINK tokenomics to the broader implications of oracle technology for Web3 development and traditional finance integration.

DISCLOSURE: This text was written with the assistance of AI, then reviewed by a person.

Tecnologie

Coinbase Cloud Joins Chainlink as Node Operator to Bolster Security

Telecoms giants Swisscom, Deutsche Telekom and news provider Associated Press are also Chainlink node operators.

Di Camomile Shumba18 mag 2023

Chainlink Labs team at SmartCon (Chainlink)

Tecnologie

Celo Joins Chainlink Program Giving Developers Access to Data Feeds

More than 90 Celo community members voted in favor of joining the Chainlink Scale program while three voted to not join.

Di Camomile Shumba25 apr 2023

Finanza

Decentralized Exchange GMX Connects to Chainlink's Low-Latency Oracles Following Community Vote

GMX is the largest protocol on Arbitrum, with $567 million in total value locked.

Di Oliver Knight25 apr 2023

Hands on a laptop keyboard with a screen showing charts and prices (Unsplash, Kanchanara)

Tecnologie

Chainlink Price Feeds Go Live on Base, Coinbase’s Layer 2 Testnet

Base also joins the Web3 services platform's Scale program, allowing developers to construct smart contracts that can react to external information at a subsidized cost.

Di Camomile Shumba3 mar 2023

Chainlink CEO Sergey Nazarov (Chainlink Labs)

Tecnologie

Chainlink Launches Platform to Help Web2 Connect With Smart Contracts

The beta version of Chainlink Functions is now live on the Ethereum Sepolia and Polygon Mumbai test networks.

Di Camomile Shumba, Aoyon Ashraf1 mar 2023

Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov (Chainlink)

Mercati

Crypto Broker Voyager Digital Sends $121M in Crypto to Exchanges, Sells Ether, Shiba Inu Holdings

Blockchain transaction data by Arkham Intelligence shows Voyager Digital transferred some $121 million of crypto assets to exchanges in February and received some $150 million in USDC stablecoins in the last four days, likely proceeds from sales.

Di Krisztian Sandor28 feb 2023

Tecnologie

Chainlink, TrueUSD Start Real-Time ‘Mint Lock’ Verification of Stablecoin Reserves

The key is to get information from the bank account where the stablecoin’s reserves are kept to the blockchain-based smart contract that controls issuance of new TUSD.

Di Bradley Keoun22 feb 2023

Tecnologie

DeFi Giant MakerDAO Integrates Blockchain Data Provider Chainlink for DAI Stablecoin

Chainlink Automation will run specific tasks, including price updates and liquidity balancing, to help maintain the stability of Maker’s $5 billion DAI stablecoin.

Di Krisztian Sandor9 feb 2023

Finanza

StarkWare Partnering With Chainlink for StarkNet Growth

The provider of blockchain scaling products will integrate the data provider’s price feeds.

Di Brandy Betz6 feb 2023

StarkWare co-founders CEO Uri Kolodny (left) and President Eli Ben-Sasson (Natalie Schor/StarkWare)

Tecnologie

Aave DAO Votes to Integrate Chainlink Proof of Reserves to Tighten Network Security

Although the decentralized lending protocol’s data is inherently on-chain, introducing Chainlink’s PoR would help mitigate the risk of attacks on the Aave protocol.

Di Cam Thompson22 dic 2022