The Chainlink Scale program is designed to accelerate the growth of layer-1 and layer-2 ecosystems by giving developers enhanced access to Chainlink’s industry-leading web3 services. Recently, Katana, a new DeFi chain incubated by Polygon and GSR, announced it joined Scale and integrated Chainlink Data Feeds, Data Streams, and Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) to power highly secure, advanced, interoperable DeFi applications
Built on Polygon’s AggLayer and OP Stack, Katana is engineered to enhance the DeFi user experience by optimizing for yield generation, liquidity aggregation, and efficient trading. Integrated with core DeFi protocols Sushi, Morpho, and Yearn, Katana redistributes fees generated from sequencer operations and application usage back to users and protocols to foster a more sustainable ecosystem.
The goal is to create a new standard for DeFi by turning idle capital into productive TVL (total value locked) that is actively deployed into lending and trading strategies. As the backbone of DeFi, Chainlink offers a broad spectrum of essential web3 services made available to developers on Katana from day one.
These include:
Chainlink Data Feeds, which have reliably enabled over $22 trillion in transaction value even during volatile market conditions and adverse events such as flash loan attacks.
Data Streams, a pull-based oracle solution that further expands DeFi’s reach by powering advanced products that require lower gas fees and faster price updates while reducing the risk of frontrunning and MEV.
And CCIP, which leverages the same battle-tested Chainlink oracles to achieve the highest level of cross-chain security backed by a separate Risk Management Network that independently monitors for suspicious activity.
To learn more about Katana, visit their website, X, and Discord.