Chainlink News: Nethermind Moves From LayerZero to Chainlink Today's Chainlink news covers three separate developments landing within about 24 hours of each other: Ethereum infrastructure firm Nethermind confirmed it's leaving LayerZero to join Chainlink as a node operator, Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov spoke at the White House on tokenization, and spot LINK ETFs extended a rare inflow streak.Nethermind Leaves LayerZero, Joins as Node OperatorNethermind — the development firm behind one of Ethereum's most widely used execution clients, reportedly powering 25-30% of all Ethereum nodes — announced it is migrating away from its role as a LayerZero verifier and joining the Chainlink Network as a node operator and strategic technology provider. Per both companies' statements, the move covers:Nethermind's Decentralized Verifier Network (DVN) operations — the verifier role it had run on LayerZero since December 2023Node operation supporting CCIP (Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol) and Data Feeds, Chainlink's price oracle systemAdditional engineering contributions, including tooling, infrastructure operations, and integration support for teams building on ChainlinkNotably, neither company named LayerZero directly in its own announcement, and no financial terms or migration timeline...
