Chainlink Soars Over 8% as Cross-Chain Protocol Drives Adoption in Traditional Finance

Chainlink's CCIP (Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol) is gaining popularity and driving LINK price up over 8% overnight.

CCIP aims to simplify cross-chain transactions and enable traditional finance's access to crypto.

Chainlink partnering with major financial institutions like DTCC, Swift, and BNP Paribas to test CCIP for asset transfers.

Wider crypto market also seeing gains, with DOGE, SOL, ETH, and BNB up over 2-4% overnight.

Bitcoin rose 2% overnight to around $30,500 as crypto market cap hits $1.2 trillion.