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Chainlink has launched the Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE), a new software platform designed to enable institutions to implement smart contracts on public and private blockchains with integrated tools for compliance, privacy and data integration.
Unveiled during Chainlink’s SmartConCRE is part of the platform’s push to become core infrastructure for financial institutions moving on blockchain-based rails.
Chainlink has positioned CRE as a foundation for tokenization change, pointing out that major institutions including Swift, Euroclear, UBS and Mastercard are adopting it “to capture the $867 trillion tokenization opportunity.”
CRE was first unveiled a year agowhere Chainlink compared the significance of the platform to that of the Java development environment for the internet age.
Unlike previous blockchain tools, CRE offers a unique environment where developers can write smart contracts that work across multiple blockchains, support legacy financial messaging standards like ISO 20022, and meet regulatory requirements.
CRE also includes access to Chainlink’s existing services, such as price feeds and reserve testing systems.
A number of major players are already using the platform. JPMorgan’s Kinexys and Ondo completed an inter-chain agreement using CRE, while UBS Tokenize and DigiFT leveraged it for the first time on-chain. redemption of a tokenized fund.
“Smart contracts have evolved into a more complex form, requiring synchronization between chains, connection to data and identity, as well as synchronization with many other existing systems,” said Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov.
“These advanced institutional smart contracts used to take months or years to get right, and with the launch of CRE we can now reduce it to weeks or even just days,” added Nazarov.
Chainlink plans to add privacy features in early 2026, including confidential computing for institutions that require secure management of proprietary data. CRE is now live on multiple blockchains and open to developers.
