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Data Feeds, Streams, CCIP. Those familiar service names only tell part of the story.

The scope of DexTrac’s work in Web3 has grown significantly. How we describe our work with Chainlink needs to catch up.

Source: https://www.snexplores.org/article/fractals-patterns-all-around Source: https://www.snexplores.org/article/fractals-patterns-all-around

A Growing Understatement

At DexTrac, we typically describe our support for the Chainlink ecosystem using a handful of familiar service names.

We support Data Feeds. We support Data Streams. We support CCIP.

But as Chainlink’s range of services and capabilities has grown, those familiar names increasingly undersell the extent of what they offer and what we actually support.

Back in 2019, things were much simpler. We supported a single data feed: ETH/USD on Ethereum. And just in case you were wondering, we still support that symbolic and hugely important feed today.

Source: https://data.chain.link/feeds/ethereum/mainnet/eth-usd Source: https://data.chain.link/feeds/ethereum/mainnet/eth-usd

Since then, the Chainlink ecosystem has expanded considerably, and so has the range of their services we support. Yet the way we describe the scope of our work for Chainlink has barely changed.

Data Feeds on Arc. Streams on Arbitrum etc..

Those familiar descriptions only tell part of our story and Chainlink’s. So let’s expand that list and take a brief look at the new services we support and what they make possible.

Data Feeds

Note: Before moving on, it is worth noting that DexTrac has supported every generation of Chainlink Data Feeds, from direct request and flux Monitor through to OCR1 and OCR2. These were technical upgrades, rather than additional services.

“Data Feeds” is a familiar name to the Chainlink faithful, but it is a little vague. As more financial institutions explore the potential of blockchain technology, the language we use needs to make sense to them too. “Market Data” gives a clearer sense of what these feeds provide.

“In the beginning”, data feeds meant one thing: crypto pricing. Today, they encompass a much broader range of market data asset classes, including commodities, equities, ETFs, stablecoins and US Treasuries, to name but a few.

Source: https://data.chain.link/feeds Source: https://data.chain.link/feeds

Alongside this growth in asset classes, we now support new “data feed” services under the SmartData banner. These include Proof of Reserve, Net Asset Value (NAV) feeds and Assets Under Management (AUM) feeds.

Why does this matter? Simple. As more financial assets move on-chain, the need for these services is likely to grow considerably. Consider the institutions embracing tokenized assets and the workflows and applications that require reserve, valuation and fund data. The potential here is huge.

Swift, Euroclear, Mastercard, Fidelity International, DTCC, UBS, ANZ….

DexTrac supports many PoR, AUM and NAV feeds, including.

xSolvBTC NAV — hBTC Reserves — Tenbin Aggregated Off-Chain Reserves — AAVE.e PoR — rwaUSD NAV — ACRED NAV — cUSD AUM

Smart Value Recapture, or SVR.

There is one more new data feed service that deserves a mention: Smart Value Recapture, or SVR.

SVR feeds are specialized feeds that enable DeFi lending protocols such as Aave to recapture some of the value generated during liquidations triggered by oracle price updates.

While the number of SVR feeds is still relatively small, it is encouraging to see more protocols adopting them across a growing range of networks. DexTrac already supports SVR feeds across several networks.

Source: https://dashboard.llamarisk.com/protocols/aave/svr Source: https://dashboard.llamarisk.com/protocols/aave/svr

Data Streams:

“Data Streams” is another of the Chainlink services that deserves a clearer name. Internally, we describe Streams as low latency market data, because that is exactly what the service delivers: market data with minimal delay.

We have supported Streams since its launch on Arbitrum mainnet. Today, we support all streams across every network where the service is available. At the time of writing, that means more than 40 networks.

As with Data Feeds above, the range of data and asset types we support via Streams is expanding rapidly. In fact, we have seen a huge increase in streams providing stock pricing for tokenized markets. But that is a story for another day.

There is also a new service within the Streams family that we now support: DataLink.

Source: https://chain.link/datalink Source: https://chain.link/datalink

DataLink is an institutional grade data publishing service that enables institutions and specialist data providers to make their data available to blockchains. Providers using the service include S&P Global, Tradeweb, FTSE Russell and Deutsche Börse.

With names like these involved, you can understand why supporting this new service is particularly exciting for the team.

CCIP: Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol

CCIP is yet another Chainlink service we have supported since launch. At the time of writing, our work helps facilitate asset transfers and messaging across more than 70 networks.

CCIP 2.0 was recently launched at Sibos 2026. Technically, 2.0 is an upgrade to the existing CCIP service, but at DexTrac we see it as a new era in our cross-chain support.

Make no mistake, CCIP 2.0 is a hugely significant upgrade. We won’t go into the details here, but essentially it strengthens the infrastructure needed to bring capital from existing financial systems on-chain. We are talking about markets encompassing hundreds of trillions of dollars.

That is why, from our perspective, it deserves a place alongside the new services we support.

However you view CCIP 2.0, we are proud to be one of the node operators supporting its rollout.

CRE: Chainlink Runtime Environment

CRE is described as a service that orchestrates workflows. This is technically accurate, but we think that description does its potential a considerable disservice.

Studying CRE feels a little like zooming into a fractal. Each time you look closer, you discover more detail, more connections and ever more possibilities. What initially appears to be one application opens up an entirely new range of problems you could solve and things you could build.

Think of Chainlink’s services as LEGO blocks. Data, cross-chain connectivity, confidentiality, compliance and automation are building blocks that developers can bring together through CRE. Like Lego, these Chainlink services can be combined in different ways to create entirely different solutions. As new capabilities or services become available, the possibilities expand ever further.

For DexTrac, our support for CRE is incredibly exciting. The potential across so many business verticals is breathtaking, and, to be honest, we are only just beginning to appreciate where this product could be heading.

TL:DR, CRE is a single Chainlink service that provides a pathway to the creation of many services. So, one service or many? We’ll leave you with one word to ponder: Matryoshka.

Final thoughts

DataLink, PoR, NAV, SVR, AUM, SmartData, CRE, CCIP 2.0. There is considerably more under the Chainlink hood these days.

More services, broader capabilities and more ways to put them to work.

Will we stop using the old faithful terminology? Probably not. Just expect us to be a little more expansive when describing our support, giving more context to the services involved and what they make possible.

For DexTrac, supporting these new services is already part of our everyday work. Getting our heads around everything they could make possible? Well, we are still working on that.

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DexTrac partners with teams to help build, scale, and secure decentralized technologies, systems, and economies. Our services span cross-chain and off-chain data infrastructure, project resiliency design, and oracle operations — as well as validation, white-label solutions, and strategic consulting.

DexTrac’s team combines years of blue-chip experience with deep Web3 knowledge — from shaping major blockchain initiatives to advising global technology firms on digital asset strategy. This expertise in the blockchain space is complemented by enterprise backgrounds with IBM, Microsoft, Trend Micro, Toyota, Chainlink and Kraken, a mix that uniquely equips us to bridge blockchain innovation with institutional needs.

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