Chainlink’s New Update Rolls Out New Privacy Suite for Institutions

Key Takeaways

• Chainlink has introduced new privacy tools for institutional clients.
• The tools allow financial institutions to hide critical details about on-chain transactions.
• Chainlink co-founder believes the feature could open the gates for financial institutions to join the crypto sphere.

Chainlink, an Ethereum-based decentralized oracle platform, has rolled out new privacy tools aimed at reassuring financial institutions about the security and privacy of their on-chain transactions.

Chainlink Announces CCIP Private Transaction

Chainlink’s privacy suite comprises two key products: CCIP Private Transaction, a decentralized encryption protocol, and Blockchain Privacy Manager, an off-chain infrastructure that enables financial institutions to connect with private chain networks without exposing sensitive data.

The Blockchain Privacy Manager is system-agnostic, allowing institutions to integrate with any off-chain system.

CCIP Private Transactions, which works in tandem with the manager, provides on-chain symmetric encryption and decryption.

CCIP Private Transactions workflow. Source: Chainlink

With these new features, institutional clients can set up privacy conditions that grant authorized parties access to on-chain data while keeping it hidden from third parties.

Chainlink’s new tools also address a major hurdle to institutional adoption: balancing on-chain privacy with regulatory compliance.

Institutions using the tool can conduct on-chain transactions while revealing only the minimum data required for each transaction, ensuring greater privacy.

ANZ to Pilot Chainlink’s New Privacy Feature

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ Bank) will be the first to pilot Chainlink’s new tools.

The pilot will see a cross-chain settlement of tokenized RWAs under the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) Project Guardian initiative.

Previously, ANZ and Chainlink explored RWA tokenization and transfer in September 2023 as part of a case study.

Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov believes the lack of institutional-grade privacy services has hindered the growth of decentralized technology.

With Chainlink’s new privacy suite, Nazarov anticipates a significant influx of institutional clients, citing the critical requirement for privacy in most institutional transactions.

“We are excited to continue our collaboration with ANZ and explore how to make large transactions across multiple chains in a way that helps meet their compliance and legal requirements.” Nazarov added.