Chainlink expands CCIP cross-chain interoperability with integrations for Forever Money and GM Trade via Data Streams.
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Chainlink has expanded its Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) with new integrations for Forever Money and GM Trade, the latter now incorporating Data Streams functionality. CCIP serves as Chainlink's messaging and token-bridging framework, enabling secure value and data movement across multiple blockchains through a layered oracle design.
The expansion reflects growing adoption of CCIP as institutions and protocols seek alternatives to earlier bridge architectures. Following the $292M KelpDAO exploit, major platforms including Kraken's kBTC and others have migrated over $2.5B in total value locked away from competing solutions toward Chainlink's framework, citing superior security architecture. Chainlink CEO Sergey Nazarov has attributed CCIP's competitive position to its multi-network decentralization model, independent risk management layer, and separate codebases that prevent single points of failure.
The addition of Forever Money and GM Trade follows earlier commitments from Circle's Arc, Aave, and Lido contributors adopting CCIP as their default cross-chain layer. It remains unclear whether these latest integrations signal broader momentum toward standardization or represent early-stage partnerships still testing the protocol's capabilities at scale.