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Chainlink By The Numbers
Total Value Secured: $80.5B (-15.9%)
Transaction Value Enabled: $27.09T (+2.54%)
Total Verified Messages: 18.87B (+0.64%)
Total Chainlink Reserve Value: $12M (+23.71%)
The metrics are accurate at the time of publication. The percentage change is over a 30-day period.
What Caught Our Eye This Month
The Chainlink Reserve increased its holdings to $12M, or 973,753 LINK, over four purchases in November
Chainlink Oracles dominate 62% of the sector, with nearly $47B in value secured across 483 protocols
Stake.link is integrating Chainlink’s Runtime Environment (CRE) to its stLINK token to automate and streamline the distribution of rewards to users
Chainlink ETF Goes Live
It’s been almost two years since the first bitcoin spot ETF was launched in the U.S, and the domestic institutional crypto market has only continued to grow. The latest to follow that path is Grayscale’s Chainlink Trust ETF, which started trading on December 2.
With about $15.6 million in assets under management, the ETF is a conversion of the existing Grayscale Chainlink Trust, and provides regulated exposure to LINK through traditional brokerage accounts and retirement plans, in addition to staking rewards.
Separately, Bitwise filed to list the first spot Chainlink (LINK) ETF, the Bitwise Chainlink ETF, in the U.S. in early November.
That ETF was listed on the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation under “active” and “pre-launch” status. While DTCC listing does not guarantee SEC approval or an immediate launch, it is widely regarded as one of the final administrative steps before an ETF is traded.
These developments follow a now-familiar pattern observed with other alternative cryptocurrency ETFs launched in 2025:
The first spot Solana ETFs began trading in October 2025 in the U.S.. Within the first month, combined asset value across multiple issuers exceeded $700 million.
Multiple spot XRP ETFs launched in November 2025. The first product, Canary Capital’s XRP ETF, saw volumes of $59 million on its first day of trading.
In both cases, the introduction of regulated ETFs contributed to increased liquidity, higher AUMs for traditional investors, and reduced perceived regulatory risk for the underlying asset
For Chainlink, the launch of this ETF positions LINK as an investable infrastructure asset on the public markets. This, in turn, gives financial advisors, institutions, and retail investors the chance to gain exposure through existing equity accounts, eliminating the need to maintain custody of cryptocurrency directly.
Expanding The Ecosystem
Monad launched the token for its layer-1 blockchain using Chainlink’s CCIP, Data Feeds and Price Feeds, enabling cross-chain transfer and data aggregation
Mind Network detailed how it is leveraging Chainlink to tackle confidential computing using Fully Homomorphic Encryption
PlanetIX used Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) to make the token for its web3 strategy game transferable across Polygon and Base
Ducat integrated CRE to power its bitcoin-native oracle for aggregated price data
THENA implemented CRE to enable verifiable data, interoperability, privacy and compliance for its AI-powered trading layer
Ampli integrated CRE to reduce points of failure and number of attract vectors for its AI agentic validators
Holdstation’s token now uses Chainlink CCIP to bake in cross-chain transfers across BNB Chain and ZKsync
Transporter used Chainlink CCIP to enable transfers for Circle’s USDC to and from Solana
Bedrock upgraded its uniBTC using Chainlink’s Proof of Reserve, Secure Mint, CCIP, and Price Feeds to directly embed decentralized safeguards in the minting process
Get Active In The Ecosystem
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Does not change anything for the price of LINK