Chainlink and Japan’s SBI Digital Markets have entered a new partnership aimed at connecting traditional financial systems with blockchain-based asset markets. SBI Digital Markets announced the collaboration in a Nov. 6 press release, confirming that Chainlink’s cross-chain interoperability protocol (CCIP) will serve as the exclusive infrastructure for interoperability across its digital asset platform.
Building a Cross-Chain Digital Asset Hub
SBI Digital Markets, the digital asset arm of Japan’s SBI Group, is expanding its platform beyond the issuance and distribution of tokenized assets. The partnership will allow customers to issue, settle, and trade tokenized securities across multiple networks, including both public and permissioned blockchains.
This initiative builds on prior work conducted under Singapore’s Project Guardian, a regulatory pilot backed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. In that project, Chainlink, UBS Asset Management, and SBI Digital Markets automated portions of fund administration using blockchain-based workflows.
With Chainlink CCIP as the interoperability layer, SBI Digital Markets will enable private transfers of tokenized funds, tangible assets, and stablecoins across jurisdictions. CCIP’s Private Transactions feature protects sensitive trade, settlement, and order data from public mempools.
Expanding Tokenization with Institutional Standards
SBI Digital Markets is also evaluating Chainlink’s Automated Compliance Engine, a policy-driven system that applies regulatory rules to on-chain transactions. This capability aims to facilitate the transfer of tokenized assets between markets while ensuring full compliance with legal requirements.
The long-term vision is to create a global hub for regulated digital assets, connecting custodians, asset managers, banks, and blockchain-native liquidity venues. Chainlink will provide the technical standards necessary for scalable interoperability, while SBI Digital Markets focuses on building the commercial and regulatory infrastructure.
Executives from both companies emphasized that the partnership represents a key step in aligning traditional capital market infrastructure with emerging tokenized asset markets, particularly in Asia and Europe, where demand for regulated digital securities continues to grow.
