SWIFT and Chainlink Unlock Global Access to Tokenized Assets Across 200+ Countries

• Chainlink and SWIFT will power tokenized fund recovery with a new solution.
• With defined roles from both firms, this solution can remove inefficiencies in the mutual fund market.

Building on their existing partnership, Chainlink (LINK) and SWIFT continue to push forward for the global adoption of Real-World Asset (RWA) tokenization. Chainlink, SWIFT, and UBS Asset Management recently highlighted their ongoing tokenization efforts via the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) Project Guardian initiative.

How Institutions Can Access Tokenized Asset 

Specifically, Chainlink, SWIFT, and UBS have unveiled an innovative pilot for settling tokenized fund subscriptions and redemptions. The solution will enable over 11,500 financial institutions across 200 countries to settle digital asset transactions, particularly tokenized funds. 

How can 11,500+ institutions across 200+ countries access tokenized assets?@swiftcommunity, @UBS Asset Management, and #Chainlink showcase their major @MAS_sg Project Guardian work around tokenized fund settlement—a solution that is “extremely practical for commercializing” ↓ pic.twitter.com/U0zSp7RwDi

— Chainlink (@chainlink) November 7, 2024

This latest advancement uses existing SWIFT infrastructure and Chainlink’s platform to settle fund subscriptions and redemptions. It calculates the preconditions for automatically minting or burning fund tokens for the UBS tokenized investment fund. This technique can improve operations and remove costly inefficiencies across the $63 trillion global mutual fund market.

During a panel session, Andrew Wong, Executive Director at UBS Asset Management, noted that SWIFT and Chainlink have facilitated the automatic minting and burning of UBS tokenized fund tokens. He said the integration with SWIFT and Chainlink aims to enhance the payment efficiency of the UBS tokenized investment fund. 

In a workflow chart, SWIFT Director Giles Goh explained how SWIFT acts as a transfer bridge for USB’s tokenized fund. He noted that the SWIFT transaction manager will implement a program-scheduled task to retrieve pending subscriptions and redemption from smart contracts. 

Chainlink then receives the subscription details, such as the amount and funds distributor ID. This is key to ensuring the entire flow from the USB-tokenized fund, Digital Transfer Agent (DTA), and Chainlink to the SWIFT network is coherent. Once the transactions come back down, SWIFT triggers a payment initiation or request. 

The fund distributor receives this information and initiates a payment converted to a trackable inter-bank payment over SWIFT UETR. Payment fund delivery is confirmed through the SWIFT network and GPI tracker status update. Next, SWIFT triggers subscription and redemption state closure based on proof of funds delivery. 

Chainlink calls the subscription redemption functions in the DTA through its Cross Chain Interoperability Platform (CCIP). Finally, CCIP sends and mints the tokens, fulfilling the entire redemption process. Chainlink’s co-founder Sergey Nazarov commented that the pilot opens up a universe of users, which will likely make the fund more successful.

LINK’s Price and Prediction

Meanwhile, Chainlink’s native asset, LINK, continues to move upward, following in Bitcoin’s footsteps. 

At press time, LINK price was trading at $14.65, up 3.09% in the last 24 hours and 28.3% in the past 30 days. However, the daily trading volume decreased by 34.6% to $556.6 million, suggesting likely reduced investor interest in the short term.

Despite the retreat, LINK is still on track, with a crucial support level giving stability. As mentioned in a CNF report, analysts believe LINK could soon climb over the $16.75 mark. They even predicted that LINK could reach $21.69 by the end of this month.