Chainlink updates today: major upgrades to three major ecosystems

Chainlink's latest news: CRE replaces Functions and Automation, Link reserves are repurchased

Today's Chainlink news covers three independent developments that have been released in a few days:

• Circle's institutional-level blockchain Arc has joined the Chainlink Scale initiative
• Chainlink Functions and Automation are officially merged into CRE Workflow
• Chainlink Reserve repurchases another batch of tokens

Arc joins Chainlink Scale

The project has confirmed that Circle's Arc network has joined the Scale program, allowing Arc to acquire institutional-grade oracle infrastructure "from day one." The oracle network said it met the standards of Arc's own network participants-and specifically named BlackRock, DTCC and Mastercard.

The following is background information about the importance of the lineup:

Details :

-Confirmation: Arc opens the main online launch time-September 16, 2026

-Founding verification node: BlackRock, DTCC, Galaxy, Global Payments, ICE, Mastercard, MoneyGram, SBI Group, Standard Chartered, Sumitomo Corp, Visa

- BlackRock's role: Expected deployment of its BUIDL fund through native USDC integration

- DTCC's role: tokenize DTC custody assets on Arc starting in the second half of 2027

- Chainlink's role: Both Oracle Infrastructure Partner (Scale) and listed as a first-day custody/wallet/connectivity partner

The oracle network not only provides oracle infrastructure here, but is also listed as Arc's first-day ecosystem partner, along with Fireblocks, Kraken, Ledger and MetaMask, responsible for hosting and connectivity.

Source: X (formerly Twitter)

Functions and Automation become CRE

Functions and Automation have officially migrated from a stand-alone service to the Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE) workflow. According to the Chainlink Developer Update, the goals are:

• Unified developer experience
• Reduce integration friction
• Reduce operating costs at the network economy level

Agreements that have been upgraded to CRE include:

• Aave
• Polymarket
• Sky (formerly MakerDAO)
• Opinion Labs

This is not just DeFi's story. DTCC's Collateral AppChain-a shared infrastructure platform used to modernize collateral liquidity-has separately confirmed that it runs on CRE to drive automated qualification review, valuation and settlement workflows. This is an organization-level verification point tied to the DeFi adoption list.

Reserves are bought back again LINK

According to Onchain Lens's on-chain monitoring, reserves have bought back another round of tokens this week.

Indicator :

- LINK repurchase quantity: 139,956.08 pieces

-Value at purchase: approximately US$1.13 million

-Acquisition method: Purchased aggregated from multiple exchanges via CoWSwap

-Total Reserve Holdings: Approximately 5.35 million units (approximately US$43.9 million) now

-Average Acquisition Cost: US$11.19

Quick Trend Check: Reserve confirmed to break through 5.2 million units in late July LINK. This represents an increase of about 150,000 LINKs in about a week-in line with the program's continued pace of converting off-chain and on-chain revenue into LINKs.

LINK Market Snapshot (Today)

Today's Price: About US$8.20, Up 1.55% in 24 Hours

Market Cap: About US$6.14 Billion

24 Hours Volume: About US$190.43 million, up 6.18%

Supply in circulation: Approximately 748.09 million LINK (The maximum supply is fixed at 1 billion pieces)

Summary

Today's Chainlink dynamics show that the network is simultaneously expanding its institutional footprint in three directions-taking a place in Arc, the high-profile new blockchain launch, Integrate developer tools into a more efficient organization-level framework and continue to use its reserves to convert real revenue into LINK. As good news at the institutional and developer levels continued, the token maintained its gains this week.

Disclaimer : This article provides information only and does not constitute financial or investment advice. All details are based on official announcements from the network and Circle, on-chain monitoring data from Onchain Lens, and public market data as of August 7, 2026, and are subject to change. Cryptocurrency prices are volatile. Be sure to conduct independent research before making any investment decisions.