According to the official announcement, Saudi Arabia's Awwal Bank has partnered with Chainlink.
Awwal Bank, a major Saudi Arabian bank with over $100 billion in assets under management, announced that it will use Chainlink services to deploy on-chain applications within the country.
This partnership will allow Awwal Bank developers to utilize Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interaction Protocol (CCIP) and runtime environment for their development work.
The partnership aims to integrate Chainlink's oracle technology into Awwal Bank's systems to enable real-time data verification and secure smart contract execution. This move is expected to increase transparency, reduce fraud, and streamline the bank's back-office operations.
With this partnership, Awwal Bank stated that Chainlink could set an example for other financial institutions in the region and further increase the demand for the $LINK token.
$LINK, which has gained nearly 120% since the beginning of the year, continues to trade at $23.3 at the time of writing.
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