Chainlink Forges Game-Changing Alliance With SBI Group to Revolutionize Cross-Chain Tokenized Real-World Assets
Chainlink just pulled off the institutional partnership that could finally bridge traditional finance with the blockchain world—and Wall Street isn't sleeping on this one.
Strategic Expansion Into Asian Markets
SBI Group, Japan's financial heavyweight with roots deep in traditional banking and fintech, is locking arms with Chainlink to tokenize real-world assets across multiple blockchains. This isn't just another memo of understanding—it's a full-scale operational collaboration aimed at bringing stocks, bonds, and real estate on-chain.
Cross-Chain Interoperability Takes Center Stage
The partnership leverages Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) to enable seamless transfer of tokenized RWAs between blockchain networks. No more siloed assets—liquidity moves where the demand is, without traditional finance's archaic settlement delays.
Institutional Adoption Accelerates
With SBI's regulatory clout and existing infrastructure, this move signals that big players are done experimenting and are now building production-ready systems. Tokenization isn't coming—it's already here, and it's bypassing legacy systems entirely.
Because nothing disrupts traditional finance faster than making asset transfers actually efficient—though let's be real, watching bankers try to explain cross-chain transactions might be worth the price of admission alone.
RWA Momentum Building
Chainlink’s SmartData will also be Leveraged to bring net asset value data on-chain for tokenized funds, which helps to unlock liquidity and improve operational efficiency, it stated. Chainlink’s Proof of Reserve is also being used to provide transparent on-chain verifications of the reserves backing stablecoins.
“We have been building very advanced fund tokenization and stablecoin use cases with SBI for a while now, and I am excited to see our great work move towards a state of production usage at a large scale,” said Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov.
We’re excited to announce a strategic partnership between Chainlink and SBI Group one of Japan’s largest financial conglomerates with the USD equivalent of over $200 billion in total assets.https://t.co/ZNyq7bVvUb
SBI Group and Chainlink will focus on powering several… pic.twitter.com/tdbLXOkUnW
— Chainlink (@chainlink) August 25, 2025
Chainlink and SBI have previously worked together on an initiative for automated fund administration under the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) Project Guardian.
The move follows an announcement last week from Ripple Labs that it was working with SBI to fuel its RLUSD stablecoin adoption in Japan.
RWA tokenization has hit an all-time high in terms of on-chain value, which is $26.5 billion according to RWA.xyz. However, this is a drop in the ocean compared to the multi-trillion-dollar traditional finance sector, which has yet to be brought on-chain.
Last week, Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller revealed that the US central bank is actively conducting technical research on RWA tokenization and smart contracts.
LINK Price Outlook
Chainlink’s native token, LINK, has outperformed the wider crypto market recently, having surged more than 40% over the past month, primarily driven by RWA tokenization narratives.
LINK was trading flat on the day at just below $26 during the Monday morning Asian session. It has started to consolidate at this level, where it has been for a week or so following a big MOVE up from below $16 earlier this month.
Nevertheless, LINK remains down over 50% from its peak more than four years ago, so there is plenty of room for upside in light of recent institutional partnerships and expansion.
$LINK is on the edge of changing the trend towards upwards against $BTC.
Made a higher low, and started to rally.
What’s the plan for this? Basically buy the dip and trade the trend upwards.
It looks great for the upcoming years. pic.twitter.com/vfQfE5Yzb1
— Michaël van de Poppe (@CryptoMichNL) August 24, 2025
