Chainlink has launched the Chainlink Reserve, an on-chain treasury designed to accumulate LINK tokens through protocol usage and enterprise demand. This new mechanism aims to bolster the long-term growth and sustainability of the Chainlink Network by tying service revenue directly to LINK accumulation.
The reserve is funded through a system known as Payment Abstraction, which allows users—both institutional and decentralized—to pay for Chainlink services using assets like ETH and USDC. These payments are then seamlessly converted into LINK using Chainlink’s infrastructure and decentralized exchanges. The resulting LINK is directed into the newly created reserve.
So far, the reserve has collected more than $1 million worth of LINK, with Chainlink stating that no withdrawals are expected for several years. The balance is anticipated to rise steadily as more usage funnels revenue through the system.
“The Chainlink Reserve marks a critical milestone in the network’s evolution,” said Sergey Nazarov, Chainlink’s co-founder. “It establishes a sustainable LINK reserve built from off-chain and on-chain revenue sources, driven in large part by growing enterprise adoption.”
Major corporate users include Mastercard, which uses Chainlink to facilitate on-chain crypto purchases, and JPMorgan, whose Kinexys Digital Payments system integrates Chainlink’s services via Ondo Chain.
To provide transparency, Chainlink has launched a public dashboard at reserve.chain.link, allowing real-time monitoring of the reserve’s holdings. The underlying smart contract is also viewable on Etherscan.
The initiative reflects Chainlink’s broader effort to align token utility with real-world revenue flows, converting institutional adoption into direct support for its native token and network infrastructure.
