This integration allows developers and users worldwide to access trusted macroeconomic indicators. For example, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Price Index. Also, the Real Final Sales to Private Domestic Purchasers. Sourced directly from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).
Trusted Data for Smarter Applications
Chainlink’s Price Feeds are known for delivering secure, reliable, and tamper‑resistant data to blockchains. By extending this infrastructure to include official government statistics, Chainlink and BNB Chain are opening the door for developers to create applications grounded in real‑world economic data. This could fundamentally enhance transparency and credibility across decentralized finance (DeFi), prediction markets, and institutional‑grade blockchain solutions.
For example, developers can now build digital assets whose values are tied to official macroeconomic indicators. Imagine a stablecoin that adjusts its yield based on changes in the U.S. inflation rate or GDP growth. Prediction markets can also use these verified data feeds to enable users to bet on future economic outcomes with confidence in the accuracy of their inputs. Similarly, perpetual futures markets could be benchmarked directly to official data, creating a new layer of reliability for decentralized trading platforms.
BNB Chain (@BNBCHAIN), one of the world’s largest blockchain ecosystems, backed by an active, global community of developers and users, has adopted the @chainlink data standard to make official U.S. Department of Commerce data available onchain.
Sourced from the Bureau of… pic.twitter.com/LmbJCpwpi5
— Chainlink (October 6, 2025)
This move reflects a broader trend of merging traditional financial data with blockchain technology. In 2024, the rise of real‑world asset (RWA) protocols and data‑driven DeFi projects drew billions in investment, underscoring the appetite for applications that mirror real‑world conditions while maintaining the transparency of blockchain.
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Chainlink announced that its global collaboration network is expanding, signaling a major step forward for blockchain integration in traditional finance. The company revealed a two‑phase roadmap connecting some of the world’s largest financial institutions. In Phase 1, launched in 2024, Chainlink worked with Euroclear, Swift, UBS, Franklin Templeton, and others to test secure cross‑system interoperability.
Expanding scope, expanding impact. More to come.
Phase 1 (2024): Chainlink, Euroclear, Swift, UBS, Franklin Templeton, Wellington Management, CACEIS, Vontobel, and Sygnum Bank.
Phase 2 (2025): Chainlink, Swift, DTCC, Euroclear, SIX, TMX, CEVALDOM, Grupo BMV, ADDX, Orbix… pic.twitter.com/lo6NRzzW9y
— Chainlink (October 5, 2025)
Phase 2, set for 2025, will bring in even more heavyweights, including DTCC, SIX, TMX, DBS Bank, BNP Paribas, and Schroders. This expansion underscores Chainlink’s growing influence as a bridge between blockchain and global finance, with more collaborations and use cases on the horizon.