We’re excited to announce that BOB, the Gateway to Bitcoin DeFi, has joined Chainlink Scale to drive the expansion of its ecosystem and accelerate the growth of BTCFi. As part of the program, highly reliable, secure, and decentralized Chainlink Data Feeds are now live on BOB. Developers can now leverage institutional-grade Chainlink Data Feeds to launch secure markets, unlock new use cases, and power a new wave of growth for BOB’s Bitcoin DeFi ecosystem.

This initiative accelerates ecosystem growth and the long-term adoption of BOB by equipping its developers with low-cost, reliable Chainlink services. As part of this program, Chainlink oracle nodes will supply the network with an extensive array of Data Feeds—spanning diverse asset classes and categories from Price Feeds to Proof of Reserve—alongside other essential oracle services. BOB previously upgraded to Chainlink CCIP as its canonical cross-chain infrastructure for native assets, in addition to USDC and now Open USDT.

BOB is a new type of Bitcoin-secured blockchain: a hybrid ZK rollup on Ethereum where all apps, assets and transactions are also secured by billions of dollars of staked Bitcoin. This unique model merges the strengths of the Bitcoin and Ethereum networks to provide a gateway to Bitcoin DeFi - the easiest and safest way to earn with your Bitcoin.

BOB selected Chainlink Price Feeds because they provide a multitude of critical features such as:

  • Highly reliable and secure infrastructure—Chainlink Data Feeds are powered by networks of independent, highly reputable, and geographically distributed node operators to help ensure high reliability.
  • High-quality data sources that avoid manipulation—Data is sourced from multiple premium, authenticated APIs that are aggregated into a validated answer, removing any single point of failure.  
  • Institutional-grade security—Sybil-resistant node operators run time-tested and security-audited software that’s been in operation for years, helping secure tens of billions of dollars.
  • Unmatched track record—Chainlink nodes and oracle networks have enabled tens of trillions in transaction value and have a proven history of updating prices even during extreme network congestion.
  • Transparency—Robust, publicly available reputation frameworks and onchain monitoring tools allow users to independently verify the historical performance of node operators and oracle networks, as well as check the real-time prices being offered.

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“We’re excited to join Chainlink Scale and to work with Chainlink to advance BTCFi. We see Bitcoin DeFi as the biggest opportunity of the decade, and partnering with top tier players like Chainlink is a key part of unlocking the yield potential of Bitcoin. By adopting the Chainlink data standard and making Chainlink Data Feeds available on BOB, developers can now build highly secure and reliable markets that foster the growth of our ecosystem. This helps us drive the Bitcoin DeFi economy closer to mainstream adoption.”

—Alexei Zamyatin, BOB co-founder.

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"BOB joining Chainlink Scale and its adoption of the Chainlink standard is a major step forward in enabling developers to build high-utility onchain applications that will unlock the massive potential of BTCFi. By leveraging Chainlink infrastructure, BOB is accelerating not just its ecosystem growth, but the broader shift toward a global financial system powered by blockchain technology."

—Johann Eid, Chief Business Officer at Chainlink Labs.

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