Privacy and compliance don't have to conflict.​ ZKsync's Prividiums use modern cryptography to enable both simultaneously through private onchain infrastructure.​

Key features:

• Compliance enforced cryptographically, not through trust
• Private enterprise-controlled chains with Ethereum settlement
• Role-based access controls combined with zero-knowledge proofs
• Controlled disclosures allow compliance demonstration without exposing confidential data

Over 30 institutions including Citi and Deutsche Bank are exploring this infrastructure for tokenized deposits, enabling near-instant cross-border settlement with zero public data exposure.​

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Major Infrastructure Partnership

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has partnered with Chainlink to build cross-chain connectivity for onchain finance.​

Key Points:

• DTCC, the world's largest securities settlement system, is working with Chainlink to connect financial infrastructure across multiple blockchains
• Chainlink's technology will serve as the interoperability layer enabling communication between different blockchain networks
• This collaboration represents a significant step toward institutional adoption of blockchain technology in traditional finance

Why It Matters:

The partnership signals growing institutional confidence in blockchain infrastructure.​ By connecting various chains, DTCC and Chainlink are addressing one of the key challenges in onchain finance: fragmentation across different networks.​

This development builds on Chainlink's ongoing work to create a unified infrastructure for the future of finance.​

The ERC-8004 standard enables AI agents to establish onchain identity, reputation, and validation without centralized intermediaries.​ Since January, over 20,000 agents have deployed across Ethereum and other chains.​

Key Features of ERC-8004:

• Three core registries: Identity (ERC-721), Reputation (feedback signals), and Validation (staking, zkML, TEE)
• Allows agents to discover each other and transact across organizational boundaries
• Decentralized trust establishment

Use Cases on Gnosis Chain:

• DeFi automation agents
• Cross-chain payment coordinators
• Stablecoin settlement agents
• Onchain data aggregators
• MEV-protected trading bots
• Compliance and audit agents

Gnosis Chain positions itself as infrastructure for this agent economy, offering low transaction costs, 7 years of uptime, and existing payment adoption.​