Bottomline Launches Global Pay Connect With Chainlink
Chainlink (LINK)
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Eugene Serbin
crypto-economy.com reports that Bottomline has launched Global Pay Connect, a new platform connecting financial institutions to onchain payment networks using Chainlink infrastructure. The service extends blockchain connectivity to more than 600 bank customers while allowing institutions to maintain familiar payment systems and messaging standards. The platform combines Bottomline’s established connectivity with Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol and Chainlink Runtime Environment.
CCIP enables value and data to move between blockchain networks, while CRE coordinates workflows across onchain and traditional financial infrastructure. This approach allows banks to connect blockchain settlement to existing payment operations instead of building separate integrations for every network. Institutions can continue relying on established messaging standards such as ISO 20022 while blockchain activity operates alongside their existing systems.
Bottomline is described as one of the top Swift service providers, with platforms processing more than $16 trillion in payments annually. The partnership builds on Chainlink’s wider push into institutional financial infrastructure, positioning interoperability as a key layer for connecting blockchains with banks. For Chainlink, the Bottomline integration gives CCIP and CRE exposure to a large existing financial network. The launch gives Chainlink another connection to traditional payment infrastructure and strengthens its role as an interoperability layer for institutional blockchain activity.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for LINK, measured when this story was written up on 17 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
LINK is trading at $11.06, with a 1-hour buy ratio of 52.9% and a 4-hour buy ratio of 51.1%, both slightly above the 24-hour buy ratio of 51.0%. This indicates that buying pressure is building in the short term relative to the longer daily average. The volume delta shows positive net buying, with +$22,676 in the last hour, +$67,162 over four hours, and +$455,314 over 24 hours. Volume delta measures the difference between buy and sell volume, so positive figures mean buyers are aggressively absorbing sell orders. The cumulative volume delta (CVD) for the 24-hour close is +$489,794, confirming sustained net inflows. Spot volume for the period is $22,244,387 across 275,457 trades.
The latest daily buy ratio of 49.4% sits at the 56th percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 48.8% - ordinary for this coin.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for LINK, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the 7-day average buy ratio was 49.4%, making today’s 24-hour ratio of 51.0% an unusual day with +1.6 points of excess buying. Volume was 0.88x the average, indicating lighter trading activity than usual despite the higher buy ratio. The coin saw a price change of -6.3% over eight days, with a total volume delta of -$2,190,633 for the period. Only 3 of the 7 days showed net buying, contrasting with today’s sustained positive flow. This suggests a short-term shift toward buying interest against a backdrop of recent weekly outflows.