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Chainlink has introduced the Chainlink Reserve, a new onchain treasury designed to accumulate its native token LINK using revenue from both enterprise clients and blockchain services. The initiative aims to support the long-term sustainability of the Chainlink Network by converting off-chain and on-chain payments into LINK through its recently expanded Payment Abstraction infrastructure. In its early launch phase, the Reserve has already amassed over $1 million worth of LINK. Chainlink said it expects the Reserve to continue growing with no withdrawals planned for several years, positioning it as a long-term asset base to fund future development and network incentives. Growing the reserve Chainlink’s Payment Abstraction allows users to pay for services in a variety of tokens, including gas tokens, stablecoins, or even fiat, with all payments programmatically converted into LINK. This system now extends to large-scale enterprise integrations, enabling corporations to pay off-chain while still contributing to the LINK economy. The mechanism facilitates conversions using Chainlink’s own infrastructure, CCIP, Automation, and Price Feeds, alongside Uniswap V3. As demand for Chainlink’s services rises, particularly among major banks and capital markets institutions building tokenized asset infrastructure, the volume of converted payments is expected to increase. The Chainlink Reserve operates as an Ethereum smart contract and includes a multi-day timelock for added security. A public dashboard is available at reserve.chain.link, offering transparency into its holdings and activity. Strengthening the economic model The Chainlink Reserve complements the protocol’s broader economic framework, which includes usage-based fees, staking-secured revenue sharing, and a Build program that supports early-stage projects in exchange for token commitments. Protocols like Aave and GMX already contribute to LINK demand through MEV-sharing and data stream fees. On the cost side, Chainlink is rolling out the Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE), which consolidates redundant infrastructure across blockchains and reduces operational overhead. These improvements are designed to increase capital efficiency while maintaining high service reliability. With over $80 billion in value secured across over 60 blockchains and more than 2,000+ oracle feeds, Chainlink remains the dominant provider of decentralized data infrastructure. The Chainlink Reserve is intended to ensure this position strengthens as the next wave of blockchain adoption, driven by tokenized real-world assets and stablecoins, unfolds. The post Chainlink launches on-chain strategic LINK reserve to boost long-term network saustainability appeared first on CryptoSlate.