DeFi
Build with the industry standard securing DeFi
Build your DeFi application with the industry-standard oracle platform bringing the capital markets onchain and powering the majority of decentralized finance.
Delivering what DeFi protocols need to scale
Ensure protocol resilience
Launch with a proven platform
Build on infrastructure that has already enabled tens of trillions in DeFi transaction value.
Prioritize user safety
Use decentralized infrastructure secured by independent, Sybil-resistant node operators designed to eliminate single points of failure.
Maximize uptime
Avoid downtime with tamper-resistant architecture designed for high-frequency, high-value onchain execution.
Expand across chains and ecosystems
Tap into a massive ecosystem
Join thousands of projects across 60+ chains building with Chainlink.
Build once, run everywhere
Launch your protocol across chains using a unified architecture for data, compute, and interoperability—all enabled through a single integration point.
Power interoperable applications and markets
Move assets, messages, and application state securely across blockchains using Chainlink CCIP.
Automate onchain operations
Faster response times
Increase protocol efficiency and reduce downtime risk with real-time automation infrastructure.
Reduced overhead
Free up engineering resources by automating recurring onchain functions.
Optimize costs
Reduce resource consumption through gas-efficient automation and offchain execution.
How Chainlink powers DeFi
Chainlink Runtime Environment
Cross-Chain Interoperability
Data Streams
Pricing & Data Feeds
Automation
“When I was starting Aave … that’s where we actually started to talk for the first time with Chainlink because we were building an oracle ourselves and we realized how much work it actually was.”
DeFi use cases enabled by Chainlink
Establish trust in onchain lending markets
Chainlink provides secure market data, onchain automation, and cross-chain interoperability that enable protocols to confidently price collateral, execute liquidations, and expand across leading chains and ecosystems. With transparent data and consistent execution, lending markets can scale safely, support diverse collateral, and operate reliably under market stress.
Fuel the next generation of DeFi derivatives
Chainlink enables derivatives protocols to price assets with sub-second accuracy, automate funding-rate updates, and track volatility in real time. Depth-aware data and low-latency infrastructure improve execution quality, while helping eliminate frontrunning and oracle manipulation in perpetuals, options, and synthetic asset markets.
Unlock the full potential of stablecoins
Chainlink powers stablecoin infrastructure with real-time collateral monitoring, mint/burn automation, and secure cross-chain transfers. Proof of Reserve ensures reserves are verifiable, Price Feeds protect peg stability, and CCIP enables stablecoins to move reliably across chains while preserving security, consistency, and transparency.
Power Bitcoin-native DeFi
Chainlink enables Bitcoin to become programmable capital across DeFi. Price feeds allow BTC to be used as collateral, Proof of Reserve ensures BTC-backed assets are fully verifiable, and CCIP connects Bitcoin liquidity to EVM and non-EVM chains. Combined with automation and cross-chain interoperability, Chainlink helps bring BTC into lending, staking, and yield strategies at scale.
Connect real-world assets to DeFi
Chainlink provides DeFi protocols the infrastructure to tokenize assets like treasuries, credit, and equities with transparency, reliability, and composability. Offchain financial data can be delivered directly into smart contracts, while tokenized assets can move across public and private chains with real-time updates to pricing, reserve status, and other metadata. This unlocks programmable RWA markets that are secure, globally accessible, and integrated into the broader DeFi economy.
Secure and scale liquid staking assets
Chainlink enables liquid staking and restaking assets to function as composable capital across DeFi. Secure pricing and unified infrastructure make these assets usable in lending, trading, and vault strategies, while cross-chain compatibility expands their reach across leading chain ecosystems. This allows protocols to unlock new yield opportunities and build more efficient, interconnected markets around staked capital.
“Chainlink effectively serves as a great enabler for DeFi protocols looking to quickly and securely add support for a wide range of assets, removing manual processes and mitigating security risks around using unproven oracle solutions.”
“Partnering with Chainlink was really about saying … as a protocol we want to have immense resiliency in the platform. We want to make sure that oracles, which are an important part of our protocol’s functioning, are handled by the best in the industry.”
“Chainlink’s industry-standard solutions are instrumental in advancing our vision of a seamless and transparent onchain financial ecosystem.”
“With Chainlink CCIP, Proof of Reserve, and Price Feeds, we will securely scale BTCFi and rebuild decentralized finance atop Bitcoin, unlocking a host of new financial products.”
“A secure BTCFi ecosystem needs robust and battle-tested infrastructure, which is why integrating Chainlink was an obvious choice.”
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