Chainlink joins BoE lab, clears audits; LINK up 9.5%

Chainlink’s LINK token rose 9.5% after the company published its Q1 2026 review and reported a series of institutional and regulatory developments. The report highlighted new partnerships, security examinations and product integrations across traditional finance and decentralized markets.

In Europe, asset manager Amundi and fintech Spiko used Chainlink’s data and interoperability tools to issue the Spiko Amundi Overnight Swap Fund (SAFO). Chainlink reported that SAFO surpassed $400 million in assets under management within three weeks of launch.

On decentralized platforms, prediction market Polymarket launched five- and 15-minute up/down markets for BTC, ETH, SOL and XRP using Chainlink Data Streams. Those short-duration markets generated more than $5 billion in trading volume and attracted over 3,000 algorithmic traders and market makers. Lending protocol Aave adopted Chainlink Data Feeds for its V4 markets, expanded use of the Smart Value Recapture mechanism and began using the Chainlink Runtime Environment to automate cross-chain governance and treasury tasks. Coinbase integrated Chainlink standards to publish exchange data on-chain for DeFi access.

Chainlink reported several institutional and regulatory milestones. The network joined the Bank of England’s Synchronisation Lab to support synchronized settlement between central bank money and on-chain securities. A cross-border settlement solution developed with Visa, ANZ, ChinaAMC and Fidelity International completed testing under the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s e-HKD program using Chainlink technology. The Canton Network adopted Chainlink’s data and interoperability standards for institutional tokenization, and Robinhood named Chainlink as the oracle provider for the planned Robinhood Chain.

Audit work included Deloitte & Touche LLP completing a SOC 2 Type 2 examination covering Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) and Data Feeds. Chainlink reported it holds SOC 2 Type 1 and Type 2 reports as well as ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification.

U.S. regulatory developments in the review included a joint interpretation from the SEC and CFTC classifying the LINK token as a digital commodity. Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov was appointed to the CFTC’s Innovation Advisory Committee. On X, Nazarov wrote: “Excited to join this great group of leaders from our industry on the CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee,” and said he looks forward to advising on the role of oracles as infrastructure for market operation.

Market data in the report showed LINK trading around $9.23 on CoinGecko at the time of the update, up about 9.5% over the prior 30 days and down roughly 36.6% over the past year. Spot ETF inflows for LINK rose to $11.08 million for the month compared with $10.82 million in March. Chainlink’s Reserve added 131,656 LINK, roughly $1.2 million, bringing the reserve to about 3.06 million LINK and placing it among the top 35 holders of the token.