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  Chainlink’s 2024 Milestones in DeFi and Capital Markets 2024 was a pivotal year for the crypto industry, and specifically for the Chainlink community. We continued to solidify our lead in powering the majority of DeFi. We also saw a huge amount of adoption in the capital markets . This adoption is starting to form the future of our industry, given the amount of value that exists within the traditional capital markets. That value can’t be found anywhere else, and it’s the source of capital that’s going to allow our industry to grow to the next stage. This reality is already becoming evident through the issuance of tokenized funds, but it’s going to go far beyond that. 2024 was a pivotal year in which multiple central banks and governments started working with Chainlink in various dimensions to build a global financial system that runs on the Chainlink standard. The value of the Chainlink standard for the global financial system is that it creates highly reliable agr...

  With the release of CCIP v1.5 , token developers are equipped with powerful tools to seamlessly deploy and manage cross-chain tokens. This upgrade introduces several key features designed to accelerate cross-chain integrations across decentralized finance ( DeFi) and traditional finance (TradFi): Self-Serve Token Onboarding : Developers can now create cross-chain tokens in minutes using a self-serve, permissionless, and secure process. This empowers projects of all sizes to leverage the Cross-Chain Token (CCT) standard , making tokens cross-chain native with ease. CCIP Token Manager : The new CCIP Token Manager simplifies cross-chain token deployment and management with an intuitive interface. Token developers can register, configure, launch, and oversee tokens across multiple blockchain networks, giving them full control and autonomy. CCIP SDK : To make integrations even easier, the CCIP SDK provides developers with pre-built functionality that enables them to ...

  Cross-Chain Tokens (CCTs) are natively interoperable across multiple blockchains and are secured by the Chainlink Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) .  With the prominence of many blockchain ecosystems, enabling token interoperability across chains is becoming more important than ever. The CCT standard simplifies this process by enabling token developers to deploy and manage token pools across chains in a decentralized, self-serve manner using Chainlink CCIP .  Traditionally, developers faced a manual process to make tokens cross-chain compatible, requiring significant time and effort. The CCT standard eliminates this complexity. With the CCT standard, developers can deploy, configure, and manage token pools in a self-serve manner via a single interface. This self-service model not only accelerates deployment time but also empowers token developers with greater autonomy and control over their cross-chain token operations.  This post explain...