Chainlink has solidified its position as a foundational infrastructure layer for onchain finance, according to its comprehensive 2025 recap. The oracle network's growth was marked by significant government and institutional adoption, bridging traditional finance (TradFi) and decentralized finance (DeFi).
A pivotal development was the collaboration with the U.S. Department of Commerce to publish official macroeconomic data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis directly onchain via Chainlink Data Feeds. This move enhances transparency and accessibility in economic reporting. Chainlink Co-Founder Sergey Nazarov's influence extended to high-level policy discussions, including attendance at the White House Digital Asset Summit with President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and engagements with congressional figures like Rep. Bryan Steil and Rep. Tom Emmer.
In banking and capital markets, adoption accelerated. Mastercard integrated Chainlink to allow its 3 billion cardholders to buy crypto onchain via the Swapper app. UBS launched the first production tokenized fund workflow using Chainlink's Digital Transfer Agent (DTA) standard for its USD Money Market Investment Fund Token (uMINT) on Ethereum. A major consortium including Swift, DTCC, and Euroclear developed unified infrastructure for corporate actions processing, leveraging Chainlink for data integrity.
Further integrations spanned global financial heavyweights: J.P. Morgan (for cross-chain DvP transactions), the Central Bank of Brazil, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, S&P Global Ratings, WisdomTree, Visa, Deutsche Börse, SBI Group, and many others. In DeFi, Coinbase selected Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) for $7 billion in wrapped assets, while Base and Solana integrated CCIP for bridging, unlocking billions in liquidity.
Technologically, 2025 saw the launch of the Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE), the Automated Compliance Engine (ACE) with over 20 partners, Confidential Compute, and CCIP v1.6 with non-EVM support starting with Solana. The Chainlink Reserve introduced an onchain LINK token pool. The ecosystem anticipates 2026 as the era of scaled tokenization, positioning Chainlink at the core of global finance's blockchain evolution.
