$LINK | CHAINLINK: THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT CONNECTS THE ON-CHAIN WORLD
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Chainlink is expanding its role in the crypto market: from oracles to an infrastructure that connects data, blockchains, tokenized assets, and financial institutions.
And recent developments show this expansion.
On 24/09, Paxos Labs launched PAXGy, a gold-backed asset that uses Chainlink CCIP as its exclusive cross-chain communication layer, allowing positions to be moved between networks without needing to unwind the position first.
Another important point is Infosys, which is integrating Chainlink technologies—including the Runtime Environment—into its infrastructure for financial digital assets. The idea is to bring blockchain applications closer to the traditional financial system.
And there is also DTCC + Chainlink: the DTCC has already completed real transactions with tokenized assets and is preparing its tokenization service for October 2026. Chainlink is also integrated into the DTCC’s collateral infrastructure project, aimed at near real-time operations.
Where does
#LİNK come in?
RWA: data and infrastructure for real-world assets.
DeFi: prices, collateral, loans, and liquidations.
CCIP: communication and transfer between blockchains.
AI: connecting external data with smart contracts.
TradFi: infrastructure for banks, funds, and capital markets.
Chainlink itself reports more than US$34 trillion in transaction value enabled—an updated metric for September 2026.
And the ecosystem keeps growing: Coinbase, Ondo, DTCC, Swift, J.P. Morgan, Mastercard, and other institutions/protocols are already showing up among the integrations and use cases of Chainlink’s infrastructure.
But there’s an important detail: adoption of the infrastructure doesn’t automatically mean an increase in the value of
$LINK . The point that deserves monitoring is how much of this growth actually turns into usage, revenue, demand, and value capture by the token...conT