In this new post, the Deepbase team explains data regulation in the EU and the USA and why Chainlink securing partnerships to publish financial data and NYSE 24/5 equities streams is a major win for the blockchain ecosystem Read full article:

Chainlink’s hidden victory is securing partnerships to publish global financial data on-chain This is not a technical challenge, but a regulatory one, as market data is a licensed product Learn why data is regulated, how @chainlink publishes it, and what this means for DeFi 👇

7/7 In short, the impact on DeFi is huge, as @chainlink Equities Stream solved: - Regulatory access to equity data - Continuous trading with pre, post, and overnight prices - Immediate scale across 40+ chains At Deepbase, we're proud to support this infrastructure with our

6/7 Equities Streams will drive new on-chain products, users, and activity As usage grows, demand for LINK grows with it, as data access is paid in LINK Rising demand also strengthens Chainlink’s standing with institutions, unlocking more impactful financial products

5/7 What can be built with Chainlik Equities Stream data? - On-chain equity perps and spot markets - Prediction and options markets - Lending against stock exposure - ETF, index, and portfolio products - Cross-asset and hedging strategies No need to move off-chain now

4/7 Chainlink Equities Streams go beyond regular mid-price feeds They include market status (pre, post, overnight, closed), bid and ask prices, and bid and ask volumes This is the full data stack needed to build equity products that work 24/5 with no sudden liquidations and

3/7 Chainlink solved this by doing what others avoided: compliance It is now the only oracle able to provide licensed, regulated 24/5 U.S. equity data to teams building on-chain financial products And it goes further than just being licensed

2/7 Why weren’t stocks on-chain before? Projects offering “tokenized” or synthetic equities failed because equity prices and benchmarks are licensed and heavily regulated Teams that tried to launch such were shut down by regulators, including the SEC

1/7 The $80T U.S. stock market is now on-chain with @chainlink Equities Streams DeFi on 40+ chains can now build U.S. stock RWAs: equity perps, prediction markets, synthetic equities, lending, and more The impact on LINK is structural

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2/2 How are institutional ledgers different from public blockchains? Why do hundreds of banks, funds, and enterprises use them? How will Chainlink CCIP fit into that ecosystem? Deepbase did extensive research and answered these questions 👉

1/2 While few people are paying attention, Chainlink is probably preparing to expand CCIP to institutional distributed ledgers DLTs are very different from the blockchains we know, so the CCIP team seems to be practicing adapting it to non-EVM technology before rolling it out

JUST IN: @CMEGroup, the world's largest derivatives exchange, has announced LINK and Micro LINK futures contracts. https://t.co/t9Fa3JBKIE

Swift’s recent work with Chainlink and UBS Asset Management successfully demonstrated connecting tokenized assets to existing payment rails with UBS Asset Management. This is another key milestone and continuation of @swiftcommunity and Chainlink’s 8-year strategic partnership,

The future of digital finance is interoperable - and we’re helping make it real. We’ve completed pioneering digital asset interoperability trials with @BNPParibas Securities Services, @intesasanpaolo , and @SocieteGenerale - FORGE demonstrating how Swift can orchestrate

NEW: As part of Swift’s work with Chainlink & UBS Asset Management, Swift completes landmark interoperability milestone with BNP Paribas, Intesa Sanpaolo, & Société Générale 🧵

@chainlink 7/7 In just two years, ISO 20022 became the standard way to send txs in traditional finance For @chainlink, we expect the same fast adoption to become the default layer for moving financial messages on-chain The best tech for the global finance is already here

@chainlink 6/7 The flow: Bank sends instructions in ISO 20022 message Chainlink translates them into blockchain-compatible instructions, triggers contracts, and move tokens Chainlink returns the execution confirmation into the same ISO 20022 That’s how banks will move funds on-chain

@chainlink 5/7 Chainlink is already part of pilot programs for tokenized fund subscription and redemption with SWIFT and UBS using ISO 20022 ISO 20022 is built into the Chainlink Runtime Environment, transforming on-chain data into ISO 20022 outputs ready for delivery across SWIFT

@chainlink 4/7 In 2025, ISO 20022 received a proposal to support native digital assets and blockchain wallets Still the standard was already being used to carry on-chain transactions in pilots with Chainlink, moving tokenized funds and stablecoins