- SBI Group and Chainlink partner to drive RWA tokenization and stablecoin adoption.
- On-chain RWA value hits $26.5B but remains a fraction of traditional finance.
- LINK up 40% in a month, with room for further gains as adoption grows.
SBI Group, a heavyweight in Japan’s financial world with more than $200 billion in assets, just announced a new strategic partnership with Chainlink. The goal? To ramp up blockchain adoption worldwide, starting with Japan, and to dig deeper into real-world asset (RWA) tokenization.
The collaboration will center around Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP), targeting use cases like tokenized funds, regulated stablecoins, and broader cross-chain asset integration. In short, they’re aiming to build the plumbing that can connect traditional finance with blockchain rails in a seamless way.
Building RWA Momentum
Chainlink’s SmartData will also be tapped to bring net asset value (NAV) data on-chain for tokenized funds—a step that could boost liquidity and efficiency in how these products trade. On top of that, Chainlink’s Proof of Reserve will provide transparent verification for stablecoin reserves, making it harder for issuers to overpromise or cut corners.
Sergey Nazarov, Chainlink’s co-founder, said the work with SBI has been brewing for some time: “We’ve been building advanced fund tokenization and stablecoin use cases with SBI for a while now, and I’m excited to see them move toward production at scale.”
This isn’t the first time the two have linked up. Chainlink and SBI had previously teamed on automated fund administration trials under Singapore’s Project Guardian, led by MAS. The announcement also comes hot on the heels of Ripple Labs partnering with SBI to promote its RLUSD stablecoin in Japan.
Tokenization Trends Pick Up
The timing couldn’t be better. On-chain RWA tokenization recently hit $26.5 billion in value, according to RWA.xyz—still tiny compared to the multi-trillion-dollar traditional finance world, but enough to suggest momentum is building. Even U.S. Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller recently admitted the Fed is researching tokenization and smart contracts. That kind of mainstream acknowledgment shows how fast this narrative is accelerating.
LINK Price Outlook
Chainlink’s token, LINK, has been riding the RWA wave. It’s up more than 40% over the past month, jumping from under $16 to nearly $26 before consolidating. At the time of writing, LINK was trading just below $26, holding steady after that big run.
Despite this rally, LINK is still more than 50% below its all-time high from over four years ago, which leaves plenty of upside potential—especially as institutional partnerships like this with SBI give the project real-world credibility. If RWAs keep growing and tokenization becomes the next big institutional trend, LINK could be one of the biggest beneficiaries.
