Key Highlights
- Chainlink services are now available on AWS Marketplace.
- Developers can access data feeds, data streams, and proof of reserve via AWS.
- Chainlink Data Feeds are used for DeFi applications, such as lending, stablecoins, and RWAs.
Chainlink, the decentralized oracle network, has announced its integration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) marketplace today. The move allows developers to combine AWS infrastructure, such as compute, storage, databases, and APIs, with blockchain-based smart contracts powered by Chainlink.
According to the official update shared on X, the integration makes the key services of Chainlink, like Data Feeds, Data Streams, and Proof of Reserve, available to millions of AWS cloud developers and hundreds of thousands of businesses.
Chainlink functions as a bridge between off-chain data and on-chain applications, enabling smart contracts to access real-world information.
Expansion of data services
Chainlink Data Feeds offer aggregated prices and market data for many assets. These data feeds are generated via time-based heartbeats or price changes and have found widespread use in DeFi platforms for activities such as lending, perpetual futures, prediction markets, issuing stablecoins, and RWAs. Some applications include calculating on-chain Net Asset Values (NAVs) of tokens representing funds and stocks.
Chainlink Data Streams allow the transfer of data at speeds without any delay, thus allowing instant transactions, risk management, and other high-speed operations.
Chainlink Proof of Reserve is a Chainlink service that can verify the backing of the on-chain assets by off-chain and cross-chain reserves. This allows the autonomous auditing of stablecoins, wrapped assets, and tokenized products.
Growing adoption across platforms
The integration comes a couple of months after Polymarket collaborated with Chainlink to introduce services that include five-minute crypto price prediction markets based on Chainlink Data Streams.
The platform uses Chainlink’s data feeds and cryptographic proofs to enable near real-time settlement while reducing the risk of manipulation. These markets have contributed to significant increases in trading volumes, reaching billions of dollars cumulatively.
These initiatives underscore the demand for Chainlink in facilitating the operation of safe and efficient DeFi apps. With its oracle technology being made available directly from AWS in the marketplace, Chainlink is hastening the coming together of cloud technologies and blockchain. Businesses will be able to explore their potential with tokenized assets and capital markets with AWS products enabled with Chainlink security.
Converging technologies
The integration with AWS Marketplace reflects a broader trend of combining traditional cloud infrastructure with blockchain technology. By making its oracle services directly available through AWS, Chainlink expands access for businesses exploring tokenized assets and blockchain-based applications.
The partnership highlights ongoing efforts to bridge conventional computing systems with decentralized technologies, though the long-term impact on institutional adoption will depend on further development and usage.
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