July 31, 2024

The RWA Opportunity: Why Chainlink’s Prepared to Support Trillions in Tokenized Value

1 hour 7 minutes

Sergey Nazarov is the CoFounder of Chainlink.

In this episode, we dive into what we're calling "The RWA Opportunity" and why Chainlink is prepared to support trillions in tokenized value. Sergey shares his candid views and insights building the world's largest decentralized oracle network with $12.5 trillion in total transaction value enabled, including where he sees DeFi and crypto growing in the next few years with a decade of experience building in this space. Plus, get caught up on the ever-expanding product suite, innovations, and mission driving Chainlink's universal platform for data, compute, and cross-chain services.

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Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

4:40 - History of Chainlink

10:21 - The evolution of Chainlink's platform

20:10 - The significance of CCIP

31:42 - Mantle mid-roll

32:35 - Tokenization and The RWA Opportunity

40:06 - Barriers to more RWAs

45:01 - How Chainlink supports DeFi x TradFi intersection

52:35 - The Chainlink moat

57:38 - Chainlink's role in the future of AI

1:04:26 - Closing

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🔗 Guest Links 🔗

► Chainlink Website: https://chain.link/

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► Sergey on Twitter: https://x.com/sergeynazarov

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