SBI Digital Markets (SBIDM) has announced the adoption of Chainlink as its exclusive infrastructure provider for powering its digital assets platform.
SBI Group, one of Asia’s largest financial conglomerates, manages more than ¥10 trillion in assets and continues to push for institutional blockchain integration across global markets.
Chainlink Facilitates Tokenization
Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) drives SBIDM’s new platform, enabling compliant tokenization and seamless asset transfers between public and permissioned blockchains.
CCIP offers a standardized way to move funds, securities, and real-world assets across fragmented infrastructure, resolving many operational inefficiencies that have stalled broader adoption.
Beyond the core CCIP, SBIDM will prioritize Chainlink’s privacy features, including Private Transactions, which conceal sensitive trade data and counterparty identities from public view, a critical component for banks, asset managers, and institutional investors.
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Chainlink’s Automated Compliance Engine (ACE) is under assessment for its robust programmable compliance workflows, which facilitate real-time checks against global regulatory requirements while maintaining auditable privacy.
The integration follows successful CCIP pilot programs in Singapore’s Project Guardian, where Chainlink demonstrated automated fund administration and settlement for tokenized assets alongside global partners like UBS Asset Management. These pilots showed meaningful reductions in manual reconciliation and settlement steps.
Expanding Global Reach
Through the partnership, SBIDM aims to establish itself as a hub for tokenized asset issuance, custody, and settlement, connecting regulated banks, asset managers, traditional custodians, and blockchain-native venues both in Asia and globally. Chainlink’s infrastructure aims to meet critical needs for scalability, privacy, and regulatory compliance, addressing both domestic Japanese standards and international policy shifts.
Chainlink’s role extends to future upgrades, with Confidential Compute and a new Runtime Environment positioned to enable faster smart contract operations and additional layers of transaction confidentiality. For SBIDM, the exclusive adoption of Chainlink supplies a foundation not only for institutional adoption but also for interoperability with a variety of blockchain networks as real-world asset tokenization gains momentum.
The strategic move aligns SBI Digital Markets with the latest advances in programmable finance and multi-chain tokenization, strengthening its position in Asia’s rapidly expanding blockchain financial services landscape.
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