During Sibos 2026, Chainlink introduced Chainlink Fulcrum, an end-to-end solution for institutional financing and collateral management across public and private blockchains. Fulcrum provides a single gateway for global financial institutions to maximize the utility of tokenized assets through the multi-chain ecosystem without locking them into any one venue.
Fulcrum leverages multiple Chainlink services, including the Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE) for orchestrating transaction lifecycles, Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) for cross-chain data and asset transfers, and Data Streams for collateral valuation data.
According to Citi, idle institutional collateral amounts to roughly $346 million in forgone revenue for the average Tier 1 firm each year. Tokenized assets have the potential to unlock institutional capital at scale, but only if they can be put to use across markets without platform lock-in or bespoke integrations.
Fulcrum is the first cross-chain repurchase agreement flow that separates the venue where a financing agreement is managed from the networks where cash and collateral settle, enabling cross-chain delivery-versus-delivery (DvD) that gives institutions access to deeper liquidity, better financing terms, and more yield opportunities.
Lenders customize financing contracts covering eligible assets, risk parameters, and settlement chains. Borrowers compare terms and select the best fit. Once agreed, Fulcrum records the loan onchain, manages collateral, and coordinates cross-chain settlement, updating records and automating the loan lifecycle. Banks, prime brokers, hedge funds, asset managers, and pension funds can use Fulcrum to deploy tokenized cash for yield, finance tokenized assets, and mobilize collateral 24/7.
The result is faster settlement, real-time risk management, and greater capital efficiency. By separating financing venues from settlement networks, Fulcrum makes it easier for counterparties to connect and establish unified golden records onchain.
To learn more about Chainlink Fulcrum, read the official blog post.