The Graph and the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) recently showcased their groundbreaking collaboration at Chainlink’s SmartCon 2025, marking a significant milestone in the integration of blockchain technology with traditional financial infrastructure. This partnership, highlighted during a fireside chat between Dan Doney of DTCC and Derek Meyer of The Graph, demonstrates how established financial institutions are actively adopting blockchain solutions to enhance their data capabilities.
The collaboration focuses on enabling reliable, production-grade blockchain data access for DTCC, one of the world’s largest financial services corporations that processes trillions of dollars in securities transactions daily. As institutions increasingly seek scalable blockchain data solutions, this partnership represents a critical step toward bridging the gap between traditional finance and decentralized technologies.
Trusted settlement. Systemic scale. That’s DTCC: The financial markets infrastructure that reduces risk, increases efficiency and provides stability for the global financial system.
— The Graph (@graphprotocol) November 5, 2025
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Transforming Financial Data Infrastructure
DTCC, which serves as the backbone of the U.S. financial system, has recognized the transformative potential of blockchain technology for financial markets. Through this partnership with The Graph, DTCC aims to enhance its data capabilities by tapping into blockchain’s transparent, immutable, and efficient data structures. The Graph’s indexing protocol organizes and makes blockchain data easily accessible, providing DTCC with reliable access to on-chain information across multiple networks.
By enabling access to reliable, production-grade blockchain data, we’re helping institutions like DTCC build the next generation of financial infrastructure
Derek Meyer
Derek Meyer, recently welcomed as the newest member of The Graph Council, brings valuable experience from his work as Founder of Data Nexus, where he spent years building solutions at the intersection of blockchain data and infrastructure. Meyer’s appointment strengthens The Graph’s commitment to serving enterprise and institutional needs. During the SmartCon fireside chat, Meyer and Doney discussed how The Graph’s technology would integrate with DTCC’s existing systems to provide seamless access to blockchain data.
3/ DTCC plays a vital role in supporting the financial markets. Bankers, broker-dealers, custodians, and asset managers rely on DTCC every day to help keep operations running smoothly.
— The Graph (@graphprotocol) November 5, 2025
Meeting Institutional Requirements for Blockchain Data
Financial institutions have unique requirements when integrating blockchain data into their operations. These include regulatory compliance, data reliability, performance at scale, and security. The Graph’s infrastructure addresses these needs by providing standardized data access across multiple blockchain networks through its decentralized indexing protocol.
DTCC has been progressively embracing digital assets and blockchain technology as part of its broader strategy. According to Nadine Chakar, Managing Director and Global Head of DTCC Digital Assets, “DTCC is integrating tokenization and blockchain capabilities directly into our existing infrastructure to leverage decades of reliability while unlocking the new possibilities that digital assets present.”
The collaboration with The Graph aligns with DTCC’s vision of creating a seamless integration between traditional finance and blockchain technology. As financial markets evolve, access to reliable and standardized blockchain data becomes increasingly crucial for institutions looking to leverage the benefits of both worlds.
The Future of Institutional Blockchain Adoption
At SmartCon 2025, The Graph’s ecosystem members and core development teams participated in presentations highlighting how organizations can integrate blockchain data into existing systems. The event underscored the growing trend of traditional financial institutions embracing blockchain technology not as a replacement for existing systems, but as a complementary tool that enhances transparency, efficiency, and data accessibility.
In addition to the fireside chat with DTCC, The Graph also announced the introduction of Amp, an enterprise-grade onchain data solution presented by Rodrigo Coelho. This solution aims to provide real-time, verifiable, compliant, and secure blockchain data access tailored specifically for institutional needs.
The collaboration between The Graph and DTCC represents a significant step toward mainstream institutional adoption of blockchain technology. By providing the data infrastructure that bridges traditional and decentralized finance, The Graph is positioning itself as a critical component in the evolving financial ecosystem where both systems coexist and complement each other.
Building the Bridge to Decentralized Finance
The partnership between The Graph and DTCC demonstrates how blockchain technology is gradually being integrated into the fabric of traditional finance. Rather than disrupting existing systems entirely, this collaboration shows how blockchain can enhance traditional infrastructure by providing access to new forms of data and functionality.
Financial institutions increasingly recognize the potential of blockchain technology to streamline operations, reduce costs, and enable new services. However, the challenge of accessing and interpreting blockchain data in a reliable and standardized way has been a significant barrier to adoption. The Graph’s indexing protocol solves this problem by organizing blockchain data and making it easily accessible through a GraphQL API, enabling institutions like DTCC to integrate blockchain data into their existing systems without rebuilding their entire infrastructure.
As institutional interest in blockchain technology continues to grow, collaborations like the one between The Graph and DTCC will play a crucial role in bridging the gap between traditional and decentralized finance, ultimately leading to a more integrated and efficient financial system.
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