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Sunday Nov 23 2025 11:50
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Grayscale has asserted that Chainlink will be at the center of the next major phase of blockchain adoption, characterizing the project as the “critical connective tissue” linking cryptocurrencies to traditional finance. In a recent research report, the asset manager contended that Chainlink (LINK)’s expanding suite of software tools is emerging as essential infrastructure for tokenization, cross-chain settlement, and the broader migration toward real-world assets (RWAs) on blockchain rails.
“A more accurate depiction of Chainlink today would be modular middleware that enables on-chain applications to securely utilize off-chain data, interact across blockchains, and satisfy enterprise-grade compliance requirements,” Grayscale stated. The firm added that this growing presence has contributed to LINK becoming the largest non-layer 1 crypto asset by market capitalization (excluding stablecoins), providing investors with exposure to multiple ecosystems rather than a single chain.
According to Grayscale, tokenization presents the clearest avenue for Chainlink's value proposition to materialize. Currently, the vast majority of financial assets, spanning securities to real estate, are recorded on off-chain ledgers. To unlock the efficiency and programmability inherent in blockchains, these assets must undergo tokenization, verification, and integration with external data sources.
“We anticipate Chainlink playing a central role in orchestrating the tokenization process, and it has announced a number of partnerships, including with S&P Global and FTSE/Russel, that should help it do so,” the asset manager wrote. The tokenized asset market has expanded from $5 billion to over $35.6 billion since early 2023, according to RWA.xyz.
In June, Chainlink, JPMorgan’s Kinexys network, and Ondo Finance successfully executed a cross-chain delivery-versus-payment (DvP) settlement between a permissioned bank payment system and a public blockchain testnet. The pilot program linked Kinexys Digital Payments, JPMorgan’s permissioned payment network, with Ondo Chain’s testnet, which specializes in tokenized real-world assets. Leveraging Chainlink’s Runtime Environment (CRE) as the coordination layer, the settlement involved the exchange of Ondo’s tokenized US Treasurys fund, OUSG, for fiat payment without the assets ever leaving their native chains.
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