Chainlink Cuts Solana’s Cross-Chain Handcuffs—$19B in Assets Now Free to Move

Solana just got a liquidity supercharger. Chainlink’s new interoperability protocol bypasses blockchain borders, turning SOL’s dormant billions into DeFi’s hottest mobile asset.

No more silos—just seamless swaps between Ethereum, Avalanche, and now Solana. Traders win (while CEX middlemen sweat over their dying order books).

Watch the bridges. When LINK talks, chains listen—and Wall Street’s legacy rails shudder.

Implications for Solana

According to the statement, this deployment allows Solana to benefit from rising demand for cross-chain utility, giving developers access to a broader market while drawing in liquidity from outside ecosystems.

Chainlink Labs Chief Business Officer Johann Eid described the MOVE as a gateway for assets to flow into Solana’s ecosystem. He believes the integration lays the groundwork for institutional activity by increasing asset depth, liquidity, and real-world asset (RWA) tokenization.

He stated:

“Solana’s high throughput, low fees, and large developer community make it an ideal environment for building next-generation, cross-chain applications. With CCIP, leading projects representing billions of dollars in market cap can now move assets into the Solana ecosystem.”

Chainlink stated that several leading crypto projects, including  Solv, Backed Finance, and Shiba Inu, are already lining up to use CCIP’s infrastructure on Solana.

Other protocols, such as Maple Finance, The Graph, Zeus Network, and Pepe, are expected to follow them. Collectively, these projects represent over $19 billion in market capitalization.

Meanwhile, Solana stated:

“[This is a] big unlock for Solana DeFi. Devs now have access to chainlink Data Feeds, Data Streams, and CCIP.”