Chainlink Transforms Institutional Interoperability With Data & AI

Sergey Nazarov, Chainlink outlines the layers of interoperability with SWIFT at Sibos 2025.

Firstly, Chainlink lets SWIFT messages and keys trigger on-chain actions, creating accounts, moving stablecoins, and executing delivery-versus-payment for tokenised funds. Secondly, once a SWIFT instruction starts a transaction, Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) moves value between chains so cash, collateral, and assets settle where required. Thirdly, as SWIFT builds its own chain, Nazarov says Chainlink will supply the institutional plumbing: connectivity from other chains, high-quality data, identity and compliance rails, and related infrastructure.

Nazarov highlights a new corporate actions product which is built with SWIFT, PTCC, Euroclear, UBS, and DBS launched at Sibos 2025. Corporate actions (dividends, splits, fund events) must be accurate and on-chain for tokenised markets to function and positions Chainlink as the institutional default for connectivity based on its record with production-grade data, identity, and compliance integrations.

On market data, Nazarov points to Deutsche Börse publishing data on-chain via Chainlink’s Datalink and sees this as proof of critical mass in demand from smart contracts and digital-asset systems. Datalink is designed so data sources can run and control their own institutional-grade oracle pipelines, and it is already generating revenue for the Chainlink ecosystem, momentum which he expects to continue.

Nazarov explains how Chainlink oracle networks can harden AI outputs by running multiple models in parallel and reaching consensus before results hit the chain. Applied to corporate actions, this lowers error rates and strengthens guarantees about key events. He expects the AI-plus-oracle pattern to raise data reliability across categories beyond corporate actions.

He also discusses a digital transfer agent (DTA) technical standard, starting with tokenised funds where transfer agents manage core lifecycle steps. As assets move on-chain, those functions will migrate too, mirroring today’s TradFi roles but executed natively on blockchain.

Stepping back, Nazarov sees accelerating institutional commitment: SWIFT launching its own chain while continuing interoperability work with Chainlink; rising interest in stablecoins and fund tokenisation; and early markets linking on-chain cash with on-chain assets. The payoff is 24/7 markets and collateral management with automated compliance.

Sibos 2025 marked a step-change for Chainlink; with Chainlink using AI inside oracle networks to verify the data digital-asset markets run on.