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Coinbase has selected Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) as the exclusive bridge for all Coinbase Wrapped Assets (cbAssets), a move that positions the exchange to expand its cross-chain footprint while leaning on Chainlink’s reputation for secure oracle infrastructure.
We’ve selected @chainlink CCIP as the exclusive bridge provider to bring Coinbase Wrapped Assets to new blockchains.
Together we’ll expand to new ecosystems using battle-hardened infrastructure. pic.twitter.com/JgRjyVVmd3
— Coinbase 🛡️ (@coinbase) December 11, 2025
The partnership means wrapped tokens such as cbBTC, cbETH, cbDOGE, cbLTC, cbADA, and cbXRP, collectively representing more than $7 billion in on-chain value, will rely on Chainlink’s CCIP for transfers between networks. The integration aims to provide unified liquidity and enhanced security as Coinbase scales its wrapped-asset program across multiple blockchains.
Cross-chain bridging remains one of crypto’s most critical security pain points. Hacks targeting insecure bridge protocols, including the $625 million Ronin exploit (2022) and the $320 million Wormhole attack (2022), exposed vulnerabilities in centralized validator sets and multi-sig custodianships.
CCIP’s model, which relies on Chainlink’s decentralized oracle network and risk-management layer, is designed to mitigate these risks through independent verification and continuous monitoring, a key factor in Coinbase’s decision to make it the exclusive bridge provider.
The announcement marks one of the largest enterprise adoptions of Chainlink’s CCIP to date. CCIP, launched in 2023, enables cross-chain communication and token movement using Chainlink’s decentralized oracle network, the same infrastructure that underpins price feeds used throughout DeFi protocols like Aave, Synthetix, and Compound.
CCIP, has also been adopted by major financial institutions such as SWIFT, DTCC, and ANZ Bank in recent tokenization pilots aimed at linking traditional assets to public blockchains.
For Coinbase, which has increasingly leaned into on-chain products and developer tools such as Base, its Ethereum layer-2 network, the move consolidates wrapped-asset management under a single, security-audited interoperability layer.
The Coinbase partnership arrives as Chainlink continues to broaden its institutional reach and enterprise integrations in 2025. In recent months, Chainlink and a consortium of 24 global financial market participants, including Swift, DTCC, UBS, Euroclear, and other major banks, advanced an industry initiative to standardize corporate actions processing using CCIP and the Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE), delivering ISO 20022-compliant messages across public and private chains.
Institutional adoption has also taken shape through strategic partnerships with legacy financial firms. For example, SBI Group announced a strategic collaboration with Chainlink to accelerate digital asset adoption in key global markets, with CCIP and other Chainlink layers supporting cross-chain tokenized assets, net asset value (NAV) data on-chain, and compliant settlement rails.
Chainlink’s cross-chain infrastructure has also expanded to major blockchains, including non-EVM networks like Solana and Aptos, unlocking cross-chain connectivity for institutional and DeFi liquidity across broader ecosystems.
Other enterprise integrations this year include S&P Global Ratings bringing its stablecoin stability assessments on-chain, as well as FTSE Russell publishing global indices as Data Streams, signaling growing demand for verified institutional data and interoperability tooling.
Taken together, these developments show CCIP and related Chainlink infrastructure gaining traction not only among crypto native DeFi protocols but also in traditional finance pilots and enterprise use cases, setting the stage for deeper cross-industry interoperability in 2026 and beyond.
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