Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP)
The interoperability standard for secure digital asset distribution
Chainlink CCIP enables institutions, asset issuers, and DeFi to securely connect digital assets across blockchains, markets, and applications.
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Establish the risk controls you require
Build on CCIP’s secure-by-default infrastructure and add independent verification through Cross-Chain Verifiers (CCVs) operated by your organization or trusted third parties.
Settle at the speed each transaction needs
Require full finality for high-value settlement, or set shorter confirmation thresholds and execution timing for eligible transfers that need to move faster.
Automate compliance across chains
Enforce KYC, AML, sanctions screening, transaction limits, and other issuer-defined policies for cross-chain transactions through Chainlink’s Automated Compliance Engine (ACE).
Build with institution-ready interoperability
Expand asset distribution & liquidity
Wider investor reach
Expand distribution by seamlessly offering tokenized assets across multiple blockchains through a single, secure integration.
Increased utility & liquidity
Enable assets to move and transact across ecosystems, unlocking deeper liquidity and new use cases like lending, staking, and settlement.
Preserve in-house controls at scale
Apply issuer-defined verification, compliance policies, transaction limits, and settlement requirements as assets move across supported networks.
Enhance digital asset operations
Simplify multi-chain asset support
Connect custody, settlement, and blockchain workflows through a consistent interoperability layer, reducing the operational burden of supporting multiple networks.
Extend custody services across markets
Help clients hold, transfer, and use digital assets across more venues and ecosystems while maintaining existing custody approvals and controls.
Improve visibility and reconciliation
Standardize cross-chain activity to support clearer reporting, transaction tracking, reconciliation, and asset servicing.
Enhance multi-chain custody & transfers
Connect fragmented financial markets
Link public and private blockchains with the systems, assets, and counterparties that support modern financial markets.
Reduced operational risk
Mitigate cross-chain transaction risk with Chainlink’s secure messaging layer to ensure integrity, finality, and traceability.
Simplified asset servicing
Gain a unified view of cross-chain asset positions and activity to streamline NAV reporting, reconciliations, and corporate actions.
Secure interoperability & cross-border collaboration
Connect digital assets to existing financial infrastructure
Bring blockchain-based assets and workflows into the payment, custody, and settlement systems that banks already operate.
Secure cross-border payments
Enable new payment and settlement workflows across public and private networks, including use cases involving tokenized deposits, stablecoins, and digital currencies.
Control & security without restructuring
Ensure secure communication and asset movement across blockchains without building bespoke connectivity for every network.
“By leveraging Chainlink CCIP for secure and compliant blockchain interoperability, this use case [Project Guardian] showcases the utility of tokenized financial assets within a regulated environment.”
“We look forward to exploring the privacy-preserving capabilities of Chainlink CCIP to support our customers with end-to-end private transactions.”
“This new way of launching fund structures and administering them via smart contracts empowers both fund managers and their service providers to deliver new onchain financial products and lower operational costs to investors”
“Our work with UBS Asset Management and Chainlink... leverages the global Swift network to bridge digital assets with established systems.”
Make digital assets more useful across DeFi
Make your asset universally accessible
Connect your asset to an ever-growing ecosystem of public and private blockchains through a single integration, making it instantly composable across chains so it can reach more applications, liquidity venues, and users.
Integrate in minutes, upgrade seamlessly
Create or upgrade a Cross-Chain Token (CCT) in minutes and expand it across supported networks, without building bespoke bridge infrastructure.
Retain issuer control without lock-in
Maintain full ownership over token contracts and configurations, with no embedded bridging logic, while adding issuer-defined verification, compliance, and settlement requirements where needed.
Access liquidity across networks
Enable users to bring assets into your application from supported networks through a single integration, without building and maintaining bespoke cross-chain infrastructure for each chain.
Build with proven security
Trigger actions across chains with CCIP’s Programmable Token Transfers and verifiable messages, all secured by Chainlink’s decentralized infrastructure. CCIP gives your protocol the power to scale reliably without compromising on execution integrity.
Ship features faster
Leverage CCIP’s extensible architecture and pre-built tooling to rapidly deploy cross-chain functionality without building custom bridges, integrations, or relayers. Focus on protocol innovation instead of interoperability infrastructure.
Connect your ecosystem to more markets
Make it easier for assets and applications from other networks to connect with your blockchain and establish a growing institutional and DeFi ecosystem.
Enable secure cross-chain messaging and asset transfers
Provide native support for token transfers and cross-chain communication using CCIP’s battle-tested infrastructure. Eliminate the need for custom bridges while offering developers trusted interoperability out of the box.
Attract more builders, assets, and applications
Lower the barrier for developers by offering CCIP as a built-in service for secure cross-chain interactions. Whether for token flows, governance, or application logic, CCIP makes your chain a seamless part of the multi-chain future.
“...with Chainlink CCIP’s unmatched cross-chain security, GHO enables new decentralized stablecoin applications, unlocking their potential for broader use and setting the stage for a new era of innovation.”
“With Chainlink CCIP’s Programmable Token Transfers, Lido’s Direct Staking simplifies staking across Layer 2 networks, improving liquidity for wstETH and enhancing cross-chain interoperability.”
“With Chainlink CCIP, Proof of Reserve, and Price Feeds, we will securely scale BTCFi and rebuild decentralized finance atop Bitcoin, unlocking a host of new financial products.”
“A secure BTCFi ecosystem needs robust and battle-tested infrastructure, which is why integrating Chainlink was an obvious choice.”
Increase market access with CCIP
Defense-in-depth security
CCTs are secured by Chainlink CCIP, which is powered by the same battle-tested decentralized infrastructure that has enabled trillions in onchain transaction value. Each CCIP transfer is validated by multiple oracle networks and equipped with additional extensible risk management and policy compliance capabilities.
Self-serve in minutes
Launch new CCTs or upgrade existing tokens in minutes using the redesigned SDK and CLI. For developers, the CCIP API provides real-time tracking of messages, lanes, and token movement across all chains without requiring separate integrations per network.
Issuer control and flexibility
Asset issuers retain full ownership of their token contracts, token pools, and custom implementation logic. This autonomy eliminates vendor lock-in, hard-coded logic, and external dependencies, allowing customized functionality without compromising security.
Programmable token transfers
CCIP supports cross-chain transfers with embedded instructions for actions on destination chains. Through Programmable Token Transfers, complex workflows involving multiple chains can be executed as a single atomic cross-chain instruction.
Independent Cross-Chain Verifiers
Add issuer-operated or trusted third-party Cross-Chain Verifiers on top of CCIP’s secure-by-default foundation to meet asset-specific security and risk requirements. Developers can actively participate in the verification process by attesting to token burn or lock events on source chains before CCIP can move assets.
Explore CCIP in action
See how leading financial institutions and onchain organizations are using Chainlink CCIP, and explore technical documentation and expert insights to learn how it works.
