- Chainlink Reserve reached 150,770 LINK after a US$1 million purchase on 21 August 2025.
- Chainlink announced ISO 27001 certification and a SOC 2 Type 1 attestation on the same date.
Chainlink said its onchain Reserve acquired 41,105.84 LINK on 21 August, lifting total holdings to 150,770.02 LINK. The average purchase price was about US$21.34 and the Reserve’s value was estimated near US$3.8 million at the time of disclosure.
Roughly 90 percent of the transaction used USDC swapped for LINK on Uniswap and about 10 percent derived from user fees, according to project statements.
Chainlink Reserve Adds 41,105.84 LINK on 21 August via USDC swaps and fees
The Reserve was launched on 7 August as a strategic pool of LINK accumulated from both offchain enterprise revenue and onchain service usage. Chainlink’s Payment Abstraction converts these inflows into LINK programmatically, using a combination of Chainlink services and decentralized exchange infrastructure.
The initial decentralized exchange used is Uniswap v3 on Ethereum, and an analytics dashboard tracks Reserve movements for public visibility.
Chainlink frames the Reserve as a long-term mechanism to support network sustainability by directing revenues into onchain holdings rather than relying on ad hoc market actions. The Reserve contract is an onchain Ethereum smart contract and features a multi-day timelock before any withdrawals can be processed.
The design links fee growth from services such as Data Feeds, CCIP, Automation and VRF, alongside selected revenue-sharing arrangements, to periodic LINK acquisitions executed on market.
The latest purchase follows earlier deposits disclosed since the Reserve’s launch, with funding sourced from a mix of stablecoin conversions and protocol fees. The approach concentrates demand for LINK without changing user payment habits, since fees can be paid in preferred currencies before automated conversion.
The purchase on 21 August aligns with the stated policy to build the Reserve over multiple years rather than distribute tokens in the near term.
ISO 27001 certification and SOC 2 Type 1 attestation announced on 21 August
Separately on 21 August, Chainlink said it achieved ISO 27001 certification and completed a SOC 2 Type 1 attestation performed by Deloitte & Touche LLP. The scope covers Chainlink Data Feeds, including Proof of Reserve and NAVLink, and the Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol.
Chainlink described itself as the first data and interoperability oracle platform to reach these benchmarks within the blockchain industry.
The certifications formalize controls for security, availability and confidentiality across critical services and infrastructure. Chainlink said the assurances are intended to address due-diligence requirements for financial institutions and other security-sensitive users considering production integrations with onchain components.
The firm also cited adoption metrics and total value secured in its disclosure to contextualize how audited controls apply to services already used at scale.
Taken together, the Reserve accumulation policy and the compliance milestones suggest that revenue flows from enterprise and protocol activity can be converted into onchain treasury assets while meeting external audit expectations for operational governance.
The coexistence of a rules-based accumulation framework and third-party security assessments shapes how institutions may evaluate oracle dependencies and payment rails in tokenized markets.
At the time of writing, Chainlink (LINK) is trading at $24.94, reflecting a $0.69 decline, which corresponds to a 2.69% drop from its previous close, according to real-time market data.
