Why BIG BANKS Are Betting On Chainlink

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Summary

This video examines why major global financial institutions like Swift, DTCC, and Fidelity are building their blockchain infrastructure on Chainlink, despite the LINK token's recent price underperformance. The analysis explores whether Chainlink's growth as the 'connective layer' for traditional finance will eventually translate into value for token holders, or if the disconnect between institutional adoption and market sentiment will persist due to supply inflation and indirect value capture.

Chapters

  1. 0:00Why Big Banks Bet on Chainlink
  2. 2:02The Evolution of Chainlink Infrastructure
  3. 4:59Project Guardian and DTCC Initiatives
  4. 8:55Live Production Integrations
  5. 13:16Expanding Beyond Tokenized Assets
  6. 15:26Token Economics and Value Capture

Topics covered

  • Institutional adoption
  • Chainlink's core infrastructure

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Transcript excerpt

Swift, [music] DTCC, Fidelity, more than 50 of the biggest banks on the planet. What do they all have in common? Every single one of them is building on a single crypto network right now, and it's not Bitcoin. It's not even Ethereum. It's Chainlink. And yet, as I record this, >> [music] >> the LINK token sits a little under $8. That's down roughly 85% from its all-time high, down 41% over the last year, and down 37% [music] since January alone. So, either the smartest money in traditional finance is pouring years of engineering into a network that's worthless, [music] or the market simply hasn't woken up to what's being built. Both can't be true. So, today [music] I'm going to walk you through why Wall Street picked Chainlink, whether any of this adoption actually reaches the token, and whether this is one of the most asymmetric bets in crypto. I'm Lewis, and you're watching The Coin Bur…