Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov said he is increasingly encouraged by three trends reshaping crypto infrastructure: a stronger industry focus on security, continued product development during quieter markets, and the growth of real-world assets and tokenized finance beyond crypto price cycles.
Historical volume: The trade credit platform Vayana has facilitated over $62 billion in financing to date. Technological integration: The agreement entails the initial implementation of the Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE) and its compliance standard. Market migration: Institutional protocols have transferred more than $4 billion in assets from LayerZero to the Chainlink CCIP infrastructure.
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Tenbin migrates tGLD, tMXN, and tBRL to Chainlink CCIP after internal cross-chain security audit.
Chainlink can't catch a break. The token is trading near $10 in May 2026, and the $10 level has basically become a wall it keeps running into — one that's starting to feel less like a temporary ceiling and more like a verdict.
Kraken's migration to Chainlink CCIP reflected rising institutional demand for secure cross-chain settlement infrastructure.
Lombard Finance, one of the largest Bitcoin-native liquid staking platforms in the DeFi ecosystem, reported that it will move more than $1 billion in Bitcoin-backed assets from LayerZero's infrastructure to Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP). Those responsible for the protocol confirmed that they will completely eliminate LayerZero from their interoperability architecture.
Lombard has joined a wave of protocols switching to Chainlink CCIP as LayerZero migrations top $4 billion.
The Bitcoin DeFi protocol is moving its assets away from LayerZero following the Kelp DAO exploit that led to the loss of $292 million.
Decentralized finance platforms are increasingly turning to Chainlinks Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) after security concerns surrounding competing bridge technology intensified following a major crypto exploit. Around $4 billion in digital assets have either migrated or are currently being moved to Chainlinks CCIP infrastructure, highlighting a growing industry focus on safer cross-chain solutions.
Kraken is migrating billions of dollars in wrapped asset infrastructure to Chainlink, replacing LayerZero with Chainlink's CCIP as the exclusive bridge provider for kBTC and future tokenized assets.
Chainlink establishes itself as one of the big winners in the RWA market. The project leads Stellar and Avalanche in several rankings, while tokenized real assets become a major battleground for blockchain infrastructures.