You Won’t Believe How Kamino and Chainlink Just Made DeFi Slightly Less Terrifying

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So Kamino Finance just decided to cozy up with Chainlink Data Streams, like two awkward middle schoolers finally agreeing to share a locker. Apparently, it’s a “major upgrade” that promises to make their oracle system less of a wild-west guessing game and more of a… well, slightly tamer wild-west guessing game.

For weeks, Kamino was basically stalking Chainlink on the mainnet, taking notes, judging stability and consistency like a price-feed obsessed reality show. After sipping the Chainlink Kool-Aid and seeing no immediate catastrophe, they signed on completely—because who doesn’t want sturdier price feeds? As sturdy as price feeds can get when dealing with crypto, anyway.

1/ Extremely excited to announce that Kamino has integrated the @chainlink standard for verifiable data

This marks an enormous milestone in our mission to maximize protocol robustness, and ensure user safety

— Kamino (@KaminoFinance) April 28, 2025

But wait, don’t pack your bags just yet. Kamino also rolled out a fancy Multi-Price Oracle System, which sounds like a superhero squad for price data. It grabs numbers from several oracle providers (including our new best friend Chainlink), compares them with the intensity of a game show judge, and makes sure none of the prices are taking a nap or outright lying.

Feel like your oracle system could use some self-care? No worries—this one self-heals like a cat with nine lives, patching itself up when a provider ghosts or sends bogus info. And yes, it got the double-audit nod from Certora and Offside Labs, because nothing says “trust us” like two different companies poking at your code before anyone else does.

With Chainlink in the mix and their fancy new system, Kamino is basically waving a “less risky, more reliable” banner on the Solana blockchain. It’s the kind of upgrade that makes users puff up their chests and click “confirm” without immediate regret.

Johann Eid, Chainlink’s Chief Business Officer, chimed in with the sort of enthusiasm usually reserved for announcing limited-edition sneakers: “As the largest lending protocol on Solana, Kamino requires the most dependable oracle solution to provide users with accurate price data.” Translation: they’re kind of a big deal.

So, in summary, Chainlink and Kamino teaming up means your DeFi experience might be just a bit less terrifying, your price feeds slightly less flaky, and your trust in blockchain just nudged up from “skeptical” to “cautiously optimistic.” 🎉🎢

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2025-04-29 09:43