🇬🇧🎯 BANK OF ENGLAND, CHAINLINK AND THE CHALLENGE OF ATOMIC SETTLEMENT 🎯🇬🇧
The Bank of England has selected Chainlink to test the atomic settlement of tokenized assets in the new Synchronisation Lab, an experimental environment that will start in spring 2026 and last for about six months.
The goal is to coordinate payments in pounds held at the central bank with securities registered on DLT ledgers, simulating delivery-versus-payment settlements in real-time without settlement risk.
Chainlink will need to design decentralized settlement models where cash “like central bank money” and tokenized assets move in sync in a single atomic transaction, reducing time, locked capital, and operational friction.
In parallel, other giants like Swift, London Stock Exchange Group, and Partior will test use cases on FX, tokenized bonds, and collateral management, all linked to the BoE's renewed RTGS infrastructure designed to interface with DLT.
For Chainlink, this is a strategic step: after pilots on tokenized funds with UBS and SBI and tests on DvP and atomic settlement described in its tokenization initiatives, it now directly enters the realm of central bank money payments.
If these tests are successful, the narrative “Chainlink as the interoperability standard for institutional on-chain finance” moves from marketing to the heart of the architecture of regulated markets.
