● Founded
Chainlink founded in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (registered); San Francisco, CA (operations)
2017–2026 in 15 milestones, 2 of them in payments, lending, licences or reported financials.
Chainlink founded in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (registered); San Francisco, CA (operations)
Chainlink whitepaper published by Steve Ellis, Ari Juels, and Sergey Nazarov, introducing the concept of a decentralized oracle network.
Chainlink mainnet launched, enabling smart contracts to access real-world data through decentralized oracle nodes.
Chainlink VRF and Keepers (Automation) launched, expanding beyond price feeds into verifiable randomness and on-chain automation.
Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) launched, enabling token and data transfers across multiple blockchain networks.
Swift, DTCC, Euroclear, and 30+ major institutions complete pilots with Chainlink for tokenized asset servicing and settlement.
Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE), Chainlink Privacy Standard, Automated Compliance Engine (ACE), and Digital Transfer Agent (DTA) launched for institutional on-chain finance.
Swift, Chainlink, DTCC, and Euroclear present at Sibos 2025, establishing a unified standard for asset servicing.
Source ↗CCIP 2.0 launched to unlock institutional capital across blockchains.
Source ↗Coinbase pushes order book, perps, and futures data on-chain with Chainlink's DataLink.
Source ↗Coinbase selects Chainlink as official oracle infrastructure powering new tokenized stocks.
Source ↗AWS Marketplace adds Chainlink data standards, enabling developers to link traditional computing services and blockchains.
Source ↗SIX and Chainlink bring data of Swiss and Spanish equities with a combined market value of €2 trillion on-chain.
Source ↗SGX FX adopts Chainlink oracle infrastructure.
Source ↗Chainlink and multinational banking consortia launch Project Pangea for T+0 FX settlement.
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