Chainlink announces 2023 annual data: there are more than 2,000 ecosystem projects, and the amount of Staking v0.2 pledged reaches 40.875 million LINK
DeFi oracle service Chainlink has released its 2023 data, which shows that the total transaction value (TVE) of blockchain projects using Chainlink services, such as Arbitrum, Polygon, and Optimism, has exceeded $9.3 trillion, the supported real-world asset (RWA) scale has exceeded $5.1 billion, the number of projects within the ecosystem has reached over 2,000, and the LINK staking amount in the Staking v0.2 community pool has reached 40.875 million. In addition, Chainlink also disclosed that it has over 85 members and more than 11.5 billion data points delivered on-chain.
Eight Essential Cross-Chain Security Considerations
When selecting a blockchain interoperability solution, security should be the number one priority for everyone from top-tier protocols to world-leading financial institutions. As asset managers and banks increasingly tokenize real-world assets, the importance that end-users place on cross-chain security will only grow. In this post, we explore several industry best practices for selecting and integrating a cross-chain solution.
Chainlink: Tokenization of real-world assets may bring hundreds of billions of dollars to the chain
Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov shared the biggest crypto trend to watch for in 2024 during an interview. He stated that tokenizing real-world assets (RWA) could bring trillions of dollars onto the blockchain and revolutionize the cryptocurrency and finance industries.
A giant whale transferred 364,000 LINK from Coinbase 2 minutes ago
According to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, a LINK whale transferred 364,000 LINK tokens worth $5.18 million from Coinbase two minutes ago. Since November 23rd, this whale has transferred a total of 1.62 million LINK tokens to a wallet from the exchange, worth $23.66 million, at an average price of $14.55. Currently, this portion of funds has an unrealized loss of $990,000.
534,883 LINK transferred from OKX to Binance
According to Whale Alert, 534,883 LINK tokens worth $7.6 million were transferred from OKEx to Binance.
2 Chainlink non-circulating supply addresses were unlocked and transferred out 11.25 million LINK 4 hours ago
2 Chainlink non-circulating supply addresses unlocked and transferred 11.25 million LINK (162 million USD) 4 hours ago, of which 8.2 million LINK (118 million USD) were transferred to Binance. Non-circulating supply address 15 unlocked and transferred 10.5 million, of which 7.45 million were transferred to Binance; Non-circulating supply address 4 unlocked and transferred 750,000, all of which were transferred to Binance.
A whale sold 165,083 LINK in the last 4 hours for $14.15
Lookonchain has detected that a whale is selling LINK at a loss to repay its debt to Aave. The whale bought 237,054 LINK (worth $3.55 million) at a price of $14.96 between November 10th and December 2nd, and sold 165,083 LINK (worth $2.33 million) at a price of $14.15 in the past 4 hours. Currently, there are still 71,979 LINK (worth $1.02 million) remaining, with a total loss of about $190,000.
A whale address is selling LINK at a loss to pay off its debt on Aave
On December 13, Lookonchain monitoring shows that a whale address is selling LINK at a loss to repay debt on Aave.<br>It is reported that the whale address bought 237,054 LINK (approximately $3.55 million) at a price of $14.96 between November 10 and December 2, and then sold 165,083 LINK (approximately $2.33 million) at a price of $14.15 in the past 4 hours. There are currently 71,979 LINK remaining (approximately $1.02 million), with a total loss of approximately $190,000.
Chainlink Staking v0.2 is now available to the public
According to an official announcement, Chainlink Staking v0.2 has been opened to the public. Due to the community pool being filled during the early access period, anyone can stake LINK as long as existing stakers complete their withdrawals and pool space is available.
Chainlink “Community Ambassador”: Community stakes over $500 million worth of LINK
Data released by ChainLink "Community Ambassador" ChainLinkGod.eth shows that the community has pledged more than $500 million worth of LINK, most of which was pledged in less than 7 hours since EA's release today.
