SmartCon 2025 was absolutely insane this year
We saw a massive tidal wave of new Chainlink product announcements and ecosystem integrations by some of the largest financial institutions and DeFi protocols
Met many based
$LINK marines, new and old frens alike, the energy was palpable and contagious
Just a few highlights from the event ⬇️
• Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE) is now live, the all-in-one orchestration layer with launch partners Mastercard, UBS, Westpac, Inter, Central Bank of Brazil, Aave, Ondo, Google Cloud, Coinbase, AWS, and many more
•Chainlink Confidential Compute was introduced, bringing private smart contracts on any blockchain, unlocking previously impossible onchain use cases for institutions
• Chainlink Automated Compliance Engine (ACE) partner ecosystem brought together 20+ leading compliance providers, frameworks, & regulators (Aave, ANZ, ERC-3643, Fidelity International, GLIEF, Hamilton Lane, Ethereum Foundation, Widom Tree, Cardano, and more)
• UBS completed the world’s first in-production, end-to-end tokenized fund workflow leveraging the Chainlink Digital Transfer Agent (DTA) technical standard
• FTSE Russell collaborated with Chainlink to publish its world-leading global indices onchain for the first time via DataLink
• Tradeweb collaborated with Chainlink to publish its U.S. Treasury data onchain for the first time via DataLink
• WisdomTree collaborated with Chainlink to bring institutional-grade NAV data onchain for its tokenized fund
• S&P Dow Jones Indices and Dinari selected Chainlink as the official oracle provider for the S&P Digital Markets 50 Index
• SBI Digital Markets (SBIDM) is adopting Chainlink as its exclusive infrastructure solution to power its digital assets platform
• Chainlink is powering cross-border DvP settlement between the Central Bank of Brazil and Hong Kong Monetary Authority alongside Banco Inter, Standard Chartered, GSBN, & 7COMm in the Drex program
• Chainlink & Apex Group created an institutional-grade stablecoin infrastructure solution supporting the Bermuda Monetary Authority’s embedded supervision initiative
• Aave Horizon is adopting Chainlink ACE for compliance and Securitize adopted Chainlink NavLink to bring their tokenized VanEck fund to Aave Horizon
• Lido is upgrading to Chainlink CCIP as the official cross-chain infrastructure for wstETH across all chains
• Chainalysis entered into a strategic partnership with Chainlink to power advanced cross-chain compliance workflows using Chainlink ACE
• x402 by Coinbase is now the first AI payments partner for the Chainlink Runtime Environment
• GSR and Chainlink partnered and launched a stablecoin enablement program powering the next generation of institutional-grade stablecoins
• Lighter adopted Chainlink Data Streams as its official oracle solution powering its RWA perp markets
• Chainlink Rewards Season 1 was introduced 9 Build projects, providing eligible LINK stakers a more interactive, choice-driven experience