Chainlink Labs Hires Diem Co-Creator Christian Catalini as Technical Adviser
Blockchain project Chainlink Labs has hired the co-creator of Meta’s Diem, Christian Catalini, as well as Stanford cryptographer Dan Boneh as technical advisers, the firm announced Thursday.Chainlink develops “oracle” networks that connect real-world data with smart contracts built on blockchains. European telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom is one of the main data providers to Chainlink.Catalini and Boneh will primarily work on the Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP), a new international standard for decentralized inter-blockchain messaging, data, and token movements. With CCIP, users will be able to move tokens and execute smart contracts across different blockchains via the Chainlink Network.“To ensure that CCIP…