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According to official news, Ondo Finance announced a partnership with Chainlink to accelerate the application of tokenized U.S. stocks in the DeFi space by adopting Chainlink as the official data oracle.It was introduced that Chainlink provides institutional-grade pricing tailored specifically for Ondo's on-chain tokenized stocks, allowing DeFi protocols to price Ondo Global Markets assets with top-tier accuracy, manage positions securely, and offer users stronger protection during market volatility.Currently, the initial lending of Ondo tokenized assets, including SPYon, QQQon, and TSLAon, supported by Chainlink, has gone live on Euler, enabling users to borrow stablecoins using tokenized stocks and ETFs as collateral. In the future, tokenized stocks and ETFs will expand to more markets, vaults, and structured products, facilitating more efficient capital deployment and portfolio construction.

The Bank of England has announced the launch of the "Synchronisation Lab" program, which will collaborate with 18 companies to test how to achieve the settlement of tokenized assets in pounds through distributed ledger technology.This six-month pilot will begin in the spring of 2026, with participants including market infrastructure providers, banks, and Web3 companies (such as Chainlink and UAC Labs). The pilot aims to validate the design choices of the central bank regarding synchronous settlement, assess the interoperability between central bank money and tokenized assets, and provide references for the modernization of the UK's Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system.

Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov stated that despite the cryptocurrency market's total market capitalization dropping 44% from the historical high of $4.4 trillion in October, this bear market has two essential differences from previous cycles.First, unlike the collapse of crypto lending institutions like FTX in 2022, this downturn has not seen significant institutional failures or systemic risks; there have been no major risk management failures leading to institutional bankruptcies or widespread systemic risks, indicating that the industry is now better equipped to handle volatility. Second, the on-chain RWA tokenization value has grown by 300% over the past 12 months, proving that this innovation has value independent of speculation and is not closely tied to cryptocurrency prices.Bernstein analyst Gautam Chhugani also mentioned that the current Bitcoin price movement is merely a crisis of confidence, with nothing collapsing. BTSE exchange COO Jeff Mei pointed out that this sell-off is primarily driven by non-crypto catalysts, including concerns over the bursting of the AI tech bubble and the nomination of Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve Chair, which may tighten liquidity.

According to official news, the CME Group has now launched futures for Cardano (ADA), Chainlink (LINK), and Stellar Lumens (XLM).

Morph announced the integration of the Chainlink Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) into its mainnet. This integration establishes CCIP as the exclusive cross-chain issuance and transfer mechanism for Bitget Token (BGB), ensuring that BGB meets the standards of security, verifiability, and scalability, thereby building a global payment infrastructure.Morph CEO Colin Goltra stated, "Chainlink CCIP plays a key role in enabling secure and scalable cross-chain transfers, providing the necessary foundation for BGB to support real-world payment use cases."

According to official news, Chainlink has acquired the order flow auction protocol Atlas developed by FastLane Labs.Atlas has exclusively supported the use of the Chainlink SVR solution, aiming to bring SVR into more ecosystems to capture OEV for DeFi applications to enhance yields.

According to Arkham data, at 13:14, 1.8 million AXS (worth approximately 4.25 million USD) were transferred from Chainlink to Binance.

According to the official announcement, Chainlink has launched a 24/5 U.S. Equities Streams data feed, providing DeFi with access to U.S. stock market data covering pre-market, after-hours, and overnight periods for the first time, enabling the approximately $80 trillion U.S. stock market to operate continuously on-chain.This data feed supports high-frequency, cryptographically signed market data available 24 hours a day, 5 days a week, including not only mid-prices but also bid and ask prices, trading volumes, latest transaction prices, market status indicators, and data freshness metrics, providing a complete market context for on-chain trading, clearing, and risk management. Chainlink stated that this solution has been launched on over 40 blockchains and can support various RWA application scenarios such as U.S. stock perpetual contracts, prediction markets, synthetic stocks, lending, and structured products.Several trading platforms, including Lighter, BitMEX, ApeX, and Orderly Network, have adopted this data feed, promoting the development of a continuous U.S. stock market on-chain. Chainlink pointed out that the 24/5 data feed addresses the structural mismatch between traditional U.S. stock trading hours and the 7×24 operation of blockchain, marking a key step in facilitating the large-scale on-chain adoption of institutional-grade U.S. assets.

According to Arkham data, at 17:29, 2 million AXS (worth approximately 4.08 million USD) were transferred from Chainlink to Binance.

According to Arkham data, at 15:39, 1.5 million AXS (worth approximately 2.295 million USD) was transferred from Chainlink to Binance.

According to a Chainlink announcement, Swift has partnered with Chainlink and UBS Asset Management to complete key interoperability tests with BNP Paribas, Intesa Sanpaolo, and Société Générale, achieving seamless settlement of tokenized assets between traditional payment systems and blockchain platforms.This pilot covers DvP settlement, interest payments, and redemption processes, marking a significant advancement for Swift in unifying on-chain and off-chain financial systems. The initiative focuses on key processes such as DvP settlement, interest payments, and the redemption of tokenized bonds, encompassing roles such as payment agents, custodians, and registrars. The project builds on an earlier pilot completed by Swift and Chainlink under the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) "Guardian Program," demonstrating how financial institutions can leverage existing Swift infrastructure to facilitate off-chain cash settlements for tokenized funds.

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group (CME Group) announced that it will launch futures for Cardano, Chainlink, and Stellar on February 9, expanding its cryptocurrency derivatives product lineup.

According to Arkham data, at 01:18, 2.5 million AXS (worth approximately 3.175 million USD) was transferred from Chainlink to Binance.

According to Solid Intel, Bitwise's Chainlink spot ETF (CLNK) will begin trading on the NYSE Arca platform on January 15 after receiving approval.

According to Arkham data, at 14:27, 2 million AXS (worth approximately 2.62 million USD) were transferred from Chainlink to Binance.

According to official news from Chainlink, at the SmartCon 2025 conference, Lighter founder Vladimir Novakovski announced the selection of Chainlink as its official oracle provider.

According to Arkham data, at 04:23, 5,224,999 LINK (worth approximately $65,834,987.4) was transferred from Chainlink to Binance.

According to official news, Coinbase has officially chosen Chainlink CCIP as the exclusive interoperability provider for all Coinbase Wrapped Assets.Coinbase Wrapped Assets (including cbBTC, cbETH, cbDOGE, cbLTC, cbADA, and cbXRP) currently have a total market capitalization of approximately $7 billion.

According to The Defiant, the fiat-to-DeFi payment platform Swapper Finance, in collaboration with Mastercard and Chainlink, has launched a direct deposit feature that allows users to deposit funds directly into decentralized finance applications using traditional bank cards. This is the first time on-chain assets can be purchased with traditional bank cards.Swapper is powered by XSwap, a leading DEX platform in the Chainlink ecosystem, integrating zerohash and Shift4 Payments, leveraging Mastercard's global payment network and fraud protection to connect 3.5 billion Mastercard holders with the DeFi ecosystem. Users can purchase on-chain assets directly on decentralized exchanges like Uniswap through instant and secure fiat-to-crypto services.Initial partners include Pi Squared, Stakelink, KyberSwap, AITECH, and Radiant Capital. Swapper Finance's Chief Technology Officer, Arthur, stated that this feature will accelerate the shift of Web3 from speculation to practical applications, bringing billions of cardholders into the on-chain economy.

Grayscale announced that the Grayscale Chainlink Trust ETF (ticker symbol GLNK) has begun trading as a spot ETP on the NYSE Arca.GLNK is an exchange-traded product that is not registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, and therefore is not subject to the same regulations and protections as ETFs and mutual funds registered under the 40 Act.