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Chainlink (LINK) rose 3.2% to $9.70 as Singapore’s SGX FX announced it would use the oracle network to distribute institutional-grade data across more than 75 blockchains.
"This collaboration supports the development of new workflows," Hugh Whelan from SGX FX said, highlighting the move to merge traditional financial data with on-chain applications.
The integration delivers SGX FX's OTC foreign exchange data, including spot and forward rates, directly to smart contracts. The news, combined with the DTCC's recent selection of Chainlink for a new collateral platform, pushed daily active LINK addresses to an eight-month high of 282,170 and boosted 24-hour trading volume to $366 million, according to CoinGecko data.
The development coincides with new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission guidance that permits transfer agents to use distributed ledger technology for recordkeeping, removing a key barrier for issuing tokenized stocks and creating immediate demand for the kind of compliance-critical oracle data Chainlink now provides.
SGX FX, which serves over 200 financial institutions, will process its proprietary OTC FX trading data through Chainlink’s DataLink service. This leverages the decentralized oracle network for cryptographic verification and on-chain delivery, ensuring the data is tamper-evident and machine-readable for smart contracts without requiring direct agreements with SGX FX. The output is accessible across more than 75 blockchains, allowing diverse protocols to access the same benchmarks with guaranteed provenance. The move follows a 213% quarter-over-quarter jump in fee revenue from Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP), signaling growing demand for its services.
Concurrently, the SEC’s updated guidance on DLT for registered transfer agents marks a significant shift in regulatory attitudes. The new framework allows transfer agents to use DLT as the Master Securityholder File, provided they meet existing recordkeeping and compliance requirements. This change transforms tokenized stocks from a speculative concept into an approved market structure. Chainlink noted the update addresses two key barriers to institutional adoption: data privacy and compliance auditability, areas it has explored in its work on Project Guardian. The convergence of institutional-grade oracle infrastructure and regulatory approval for on-chain equities appears to be a structural catalyst for the network.
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