Taiko Takes🥡 This week, @chainlink launched its Automated Compliance Engine (ACE) with over 20 partners across identity, risk scoring and tokenization infrastructure. Taiko is one of three blockchain partners in the launch ecosystem, alongside @Ethereum and @LineaBuild. Most coverage has focused on the partner list or the compliance use cases. The bigger story is simpler: institutions need infrastructure that actually works across chains and jurisdictions. ACE solves this. It handles identity verification so credentials work across multiple blockchains instead of needing separate KYC for each one. It lets issuers program compliance rules directly into smart contracts (jurisdiction restrictions, volume limits, who can hold what). It provides monitoring and reporting for regulatory requirements. The system is modular: use what you need, skip what you don't. The partner ecosystem spans the full compliance stack. Identity providers like @GLEIF and @world_chain_. Risk scoring platforms like @chainalysis and @trmlabs. Monitoring services like @blupryntco and @hackenclub. Tokenization platforms like @TokenySolutions. Industry frameworks like @ERC3643Org and @ChintaiNexus. This isn't just integration announcements. It's establishing ACE as the standard for institutional digital assets. Taiko's inclusion matters because tokenization requires both regulatory compliance and credible neutrality. Most rollups add compliance on top of centralized sequencers. That creates a trust problem. A centralized operator can reorder transactions, extract MEV, or be compelled to censor. Based rollups solve this. Transaction ordering happens on Ethereum L1. No single entity controls sequencing. ACE on Taiko means issuers can launch compliant assets with Ethereum-equivalent security and no centralized chokepoint. This fits Taiko's broader institutional stack: Chainlink Data Streams for pricing, ACE for compliance, based sequencing for neutrality. Infrastructure for tokenization that doesn't require trusting a single operator. Real institutional adoption doesn't come from price rallies or hype cycles. It comes from compliance infrastructure, cross-chain identity standards, and programmable policy enforcement. ACE launching with Taiko as a blockchain partner shows where serious infrastructure is being built. Decentralization isn't optional for institutional assets. It's what makes the infrastructure work. Read more on our blog: taiko.mirror.xyz/rXvS6t3jzxb…

Our CCO @odesium spoke at @HongKongFinTech on the Enterprise-Ready DeFi: Scaling Blockchain for Real-World Finance panel, sharing how we’re bringing the world on-chain and taking crypto adoption to the next level. Institutions and users are moving on-chain and we’re ready. 🥁

At EBC I had the chance to interview @Pigi_Pal from @taikoxyz to ask him all about what he is building with Taiko. Taiko is the first based rollup on Ethereum, meaning that they don’t run any single centralized sequencer. What they do instead you can see in the video, so make sure to watch it and check out Taiko as well!

Compliance infrastructure that doesn't make you want to cry? We'll take it. Taiko's working with @chainlink ACE to support tokenization use cases on our based rollup. Because real-world adoption needs practical solutions, not just ideological purity

Big step forward ! 🏗️ Our first protocol upgrade proposal is up for community vote, covering ZK optimizations, verifier improvements, and security enhancements.🗳️ Real decentralized governance = the community decides how the protocol evolves💪 Vote here:dao.taiko.xyz/plugins/commun…

Taiko Alethia whitepaper: live. Based sequencing through Ethereum validators. Sub-second preconfirmations. Multiproving. No centralized sequencer. Scaling Ethereum without compromising what makes it Ethereum. taiko.mirror.xyz/ZhkXJR2FEll…

New logo. New design. New era. Dune is evolving into The Onchain Data Foundation. Meet the new Dune.

At EBC I had the chance to interview @Pigi_Pal from @taikoxyz to ask him all about what he is building with Taiko. Taiko is the first based rollup on Ethereum, meaning that they don’t run any single centralized sequencer. What they do instead you can see in the video, so make sure to watch it and check out Taiko as well!

Today we’re launching the Chainlink Automated Compliance Engine (ACE) partner ecosystem, featuring 20+ leading compliance providers, frameworks, & regulators powering the next generation of onchain compliance ↓ The Chainlink ACE partner ecosystem is a network of trusted vendors whose solutions are now natively compatible with ACE. These partners recognize ACE as the standard for onchain compliance and are integrating their data & services directly into ACE to unlock complete compliance, monitoring, & reporting solutions. At launch, the Chainlink ACE partner ecosystem includes: IDENTITY PROVIDERS • GLEIF—Brings trusted global identity standards to ACE users. • World—Connects its decentralized World ID to ACE users, allowing World’s proof-of-human protocol to be composed anonymously with data from other ACE partners. • SumSub—Enables reusable digital identity for users to leverage within ACE through SumSub’s KYC/KYB. • Persona—Allows ACE users to leverage reusable digital identity via Persona’s KYC/KYB verification. • Proof—Provides cryptographically secure, verified digital identities for ACE users—both individuals & organizations—to sign and protect their transactions. • Veridian by the Cardano Foundation—Enables ACE users to issue GLEIF’s vLEI-based credentials offchain, which are then delivered onchain in the form of CCIDs. RISK SCORING PLATFORMS • Chainalysis—Streams wallet and transaction risk scores directly into ACE policies for institutional-grade AML controls. • TRM Labs—Provides real-time risk intelligence to ACE, enabling issuers and protocols to block sanctioned or high-risk activity. • Hypernative—Provides real-time risk intelligence to ACE, enabling issuers and protocols to block high-risk activity. • CipherOwl—Delivers risk scores into ACE to power agile, customizable compliance rules. • Llamarisk—Audits ACE-enabled tokens to provide independent risk scores and assessments. MONITORING & REPORTING • Bluprynt—Designs, runs, and manages compliance policies directly on ACE for institutions, while also fulfilling regulatory reporting obligations via automated disclosures and regular or on-demand compliance reports. • Hacken—Builds real-time security monitoring and alerting on top of ACE to detect threats and abnormal behavior. • Kaiko—Delivers market data and analytics leveraging ACE transaction data logs. • Hummingbird—Offers a case management and automated SAR reporting solution on top of ACE. TOKENIZATION PLATFORMS • Apex Group—Enforces end-to-end compliance across its tokenization infrastructure. • Chintai—Uses ACE to define investor and transaction eligibility requirements for Chintai assets in public blockchain environments. BLOCKCHAINS & LAYER-2 NETWORKS • Ethereum for Institutions—Co-designs and drives institutional adoption of ACE. • Linea—Establishes ACE as the standard for compliance in the Linea ecosystem. • Taiko—Leverages ACE for tokenization use cases within the Taiko ecosystem. INDUSTRY FRAMEWORKS • ERC-3643—Unlocks compatibility with the ERC-3643 token standard with ACE’s offchain policy. • ERC-7943—Co-authored by Build member Brickken, the ERC-7943 token standard uses ACE to power compliance and interoperability. • Digital Securities Initiative (DSI)—Recognizes ACE as a trusted compliance standard, and is collaborating with Chainlink Labs to make ACE compatible with DSI's regulatory frameworks. The Chainlink ACE partner ecosystem establishes ACE as the industry standard for onchain compliance, uniting identity, risk, and regulatory infrastructure into the most complete, modular, and enterprise-grade compliance network for digital assets. Integrate your data & services directly into ACE: chain.link/automated-complia…