The Bank of England just confirmed $LINK as part of its Synchronisation Lab — a six-month pilot starting spring 2026 that tests whether tokenized assets can settle directly against central bank money, using a simulated version of the UK's RT2 settlement system.
No real funds. No regulatory approval yet. But the architecture matters.
Chainlink's specific mandate is to build decentralized workflows that synchronize sterling balances held at the BoE with onchain-issued securities — atomic settlement, both sides moving simultaneously. Meanwhile, Swift, LSEG, and Partior are in the same lab testing FX, tokenized bonds, and collateral.
What's quietly significant: the BoE isn't building a bespoke system. They're testing interoperability across existing stacks. That design choice has implications for how this scales beyond a pilot.
$LINK barely moved on the news. Price is around $8.51.
