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According to Arkham monitoring, Bitwise has just purchased 127,241 LINK through its Chainlink ETF, worth approximately 1.54 million dollars. As of now, Bitwise holds a total of 5.018 million LINK tokens, with a total value of about 60.21 million dollars, and an average purchase price of approximately 10.6 dollars.In comparison, Grayscale's LINK holdings are valued at nearly 126 million dollars.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Chainlink Reserve purchased and received 89,200 LINK on October 15, valued at 1.11 million dollars.In the past 30 days, a total of 431,900 LINK were purchased, valued at 5.41 million dollars; a total of 6.07 million dollars were spent to purchase 6.29 million LINK; currently holding 6.29 million LINK, valued at 7.83 million dollars.

Lido announced the integration of direct ETH staking functionality for Arbitrum, Base, Linea, and Optimism Layer 2 networks into its official staking interface, which was announced on October 15. This process is supported by Chainlink's cross-chain interoperability protocol CCIP, allowing users to directly obtain wstETH on the originating network without manually transferring ETH across chains to Ethereum and back.Lido stated that users' ETH will be exchanged for wstETH through dedicated liquidity pools on the same L2, with the Chainlink price feed reflecting the exchange rate of the Lido protocol rather than the exchange market price. The underlying staking still occurs on the Ethereum mainnet: the ETH deposited by users on L2 will automatically be transferred to Ethereum and staked through Lido, after which wstETH will be sent back to replenish the local liquidity pool. Users receive the wrapped version of stETH, wstETH, which maintains a fixed balance while its value reflects staking rewards.This functionality integrates existing cross-chain infrastructure into Lido's own interface. Lido previously introduced relevant channels for Arbitrum, Base, and Optimism in October 2024, with third-party frontends including XSwap, OpenOcean, and Interport, while Linea followed up in October 2025. In terms of fees, users will still need to pay L2 transaction gas, and cross-chain costs come from the separately funded contract balance rather than staker deposits;

Chainlink's Data Feeds and Data Streams have officially launched on the Stellar network.Stellar stated that developers can use this to access reliable market data, develop lending markets, prediction markets, perpetual contracts, and other DeFi applications, further enhancing the utility of Stellar's over $4 billion RWA ecosystem.

According to Etherscan data, two non-circulating supply multi-signature wallets of Chainlink (Noncirculating Supply 17, 24) transferred a total of approximately 7.4 million LINK to Binance's deposit address at 03:53 and 04:01 Beijing time today, valued at approximately 94.32 million USD.Whale Alert also monitored the aforementioned transfers.

According to official news, Chainlink announced the launch of CCIP Vault Adapters, allowing decentralized finance (DeFi) vaults on a single network to directly receive one-click deposits from over 80 supported blockchains, without the need to redeploy vaults across different chains.

According to an official post from Chainlink, it has launched the institutional financing and collateral management solution Fulcrum, which separates financing agreement management from cash and collateral settlement networks, supports cross-chain repurchase (Repo) and 24/7 collateral movement, and will demonstrate with DTCC at Sibos 2026.Chainlink also stated that 40 new integrations were added in September, covering 24 users including Aave, Coinbase, Paxos, Monad, Tempo, and others.

Bitwise CEO posted on the X platform that the Bitwise Chainlink ETF has received inflows for three consecutive days, with assets under management exceeding 68 million dollars.

Chainlink has launched a cross-chain institutional repurchase product called Fulcrum to support cross-chain financing in the institutional repurchase market.Chainlink has demonstrated this financing workflow in collaboration with DTCC at the Sibos conference, showcasing how Fulcrum operates in institutional repurchase scenarios, with DTCC serving as the U.S. securities depository and clearing agency. Currently, integration work with various financing venues for Fulcrum is still ongoing.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Grayscale Chainlink ETF purchased and received 159,500 LINK from Coinbase Prime 5 hours ago, worth 2.36 million dollars.This ETF has accumulated at least 629,100 LINK this month, worth 8.37 million dollars.

According to a report by crypto.news, Chainlink announced the launch of a connectivity framework that allows banks to access the SWIFT blockchain ledger through the Chainlink platform while retaining transaction signing keys.The framework coordinates the interaction between institutional systems and ledgers through the Chainlink runtime environment, allowing banks using a self-signing model to avoid handing over authorization keys to Chainlink. The SWIFT ledger supports 24/7 tokenized deposit payments, with final settlements still completed through existing real-time gross settlement mechanisms. Seventeen banks from six continents, including ANZ, HSBC, Citibank, Standard Chartered, and UBS, are preparing to pilot tokenized deposits on the SWIFT ledger.

On Monday, the oracle network Chainlink released the cross-chain interoperability protocol CCIP 2, making significant upgrades to its communication and cross-chain bridge infrastructure. The new version allows enterprises to add their own security verification checks on top of Chainlink's default network of 16 independent node operators. Enterprises can run their own validators or hire external service providers such as Infosys and Nethermind. Chainlink stated that users should not be forced to become "cross-chain security infrastructure experts."This upgrade comes about five months after the Kelp DAO was hacked in April of this year. The attackers are reportedly linked to the North Korean Lazarus group, stealing approximately $292 million in rsETH by deceiving the single validator relied upon by the Kelp cross-chain bridge, which operates on LayerZero. LayerZero blamed Kelp for using only a single validator, while Kelp stated that LayerZero employees had reviewed its setup and raised no objections. Kelp subsequently announced that it would migrate rsETH to Chainlink.The upgrade also adjusts the security mechanism that Chainlink had previously heavily promoted; its risk management network will no longer operate as an independent review node, with such independent checks now provided by optional validators. This means that users who have not added any validators currently rely on a single validation network, whereas previously they relied on two. Existing Chainlink users have been automatically migrated to the new version, but the company has not disclosed which institutions are using the new validators, only stating that Aave and Maple have begun adopting other features of the upgrade.

Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley stated that the Bitwise Chainlink ETF (CLNK) has surpassed an asset management scale of 50 million dollars.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Chainlink (0x9a7...9ec6) purchased 97,500 LINK, worth approximately 1.1 million USD, for strategic reserves.In the past 30 days, Chainlink's strategic reserves have accumulated a total purchase of 480,700 LINK, worth approximately 5.5 million USD; currently holding 5.96 million LINK, worth approximately 68.71 million USD.

On September 14, Aave Labs released an ARFC on the Aave governance forum, seeking approval to deploy a new Aave V4 Isolated Hub and Spoke to integrate institutional custody collateral as collateral for stablecoin loans. Institutional borrowers will deposit collateral with Anchorage and maintain custody during the loan period, with the custody balance represented on-chain by non-transferable custody collateral tokens CoCT, minted and burned by CustodySync designed by Chainlink.Borrowers will stake CoCT on the Spoke and withdraw stablecoins from the Isolated Hub. The entire loan lifecycle, including liquidation, is synchronized between the custodian and Aave through Chainlink infrastructure. The proposal is limited to a single Isolated Hub and a single Spoke governed by the Aave DAO, without altering existing Hubs, Spokes, or reserves. The underlying assets will always remain in custody, with Anchorage holding the assets as the custodian and acting as the counterparty for account control protocols; Chainlink does not hold the assets.CoCT is a restricted transfer ERC-20, only allowing Hub, Spoke, and CustodySync, with minting and burning exclusive to CustodySync, and each borrower's position corresponding to a contract. The initial plan is to launch a CoCT for BTC held in custody by Anchorage. The next steps involve ARFC discussions, and if supported, it will proceed to Snapshot, followed by submitting the final parameters for AIP.

According to the official announcement from Chainlink, Bittensor's TAO token has landed on Robinhood Chain through the bridge Forever Money built on the Chainlink Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP), achieving a 1:1 native existence of TAO in the second major chain environment.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Chainlink (0x9a70...9ec6) has increased its strategic reserve by 91,100 LINK, worth approximately 1.06 million USD.In the past 30 days, Chainlink's strategic reserve has increased by a total of 511,000 LINK, worth approximately 5.52 million USD; the total amount of the strategic reserve has reached 5.86 million LINK, worth approximately 67.24 million USD.

According to CoinDesk, world.xyz has launched a fully on-chain prediction market platform on Solana, with over 1 million users joining the waiting list. Chainlink provides support for market settlement, and contracts are settled in Phantom's CASH stablecoin.

According to CoinDesk, the Algorand Foundation has officially appointed William Herkelrath as CEO, succeeding Staci Warden, who held the position for nearly five years. Herkelrath previously held leadership roles at blockchain data provider Chainlink and crypto custody company Curv, and co-founded the AI automation platform K3 Labs, officially taking office on August 31.Algorand stated that the new CEO will focus on driving institutional business expansion and post-quantum security initiatives. Currently, Algorand has introduced post-quantum accounts based on the Falcon-1024 cryptographic signature system in the v42 consensus upgrade and plans to achieve full quantum resistance by 2028. Additionally, the foundation's board has been adjusted, with Alex Fowler joining, while Rebecca Rettig and Michael Mosier have stepped down.

SWIFT service provider Bottomline announced a collaboration with the blockchain infrastructure project Chainlink to enable over 600 bank clients in its network to access blockchain-based cross-border settlements. Bottomline processes over $16 trillion in payments annually and serves 1,200 financial institutions and 10,000 enterprises.Through this integration, banks can continue to use the ISO 20022 standard to send payment instructions, with Chainlink's infrastructure connecting the instructions to blockchain settlements. Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) supports the transfer of tokenized value across different blockchain networks, while Chainlink's Runtime Environment (CRE) is responsible for payment processes, transaction routing, and operational change coordination.CCIP has been recording mainnet activity since July 2023 and is currently connected to over 60 blockchain networks. Chainlink's Project Pangea has covered more than 50 banking institutions in Europe and South Korea, with participants managing assets totaling over $10 trillion, and the project's goals include achieving T+0 settlement for foreign exchange transactions.