The Chainlink Community Grant Program supports developers and researchers by funding initiatives that enhance the Chainlink network's functionality, usability, and societal impact. The program recently awarded a grant to the Austrian blockchain startup block42 to integrate Chainlink Oracles into the high-throughput smart contract platform Fantom. This integration aims to benefit various sectors, including DeFi, tokenized assets, gaming, and IoT, by providing access to Chainlink's data feeds and developing DeFi products like lending, derivatives, and stablecoins. Block42's expertise in blockchain infrastructure, demonstrated through previous work with prominent projects, makes them well-suited for this grant. The Fantom platform, known for its high-performance and low-cost transactions, will leverage Chainlink Oracles without relying on other blockchains, enhancing its capability to support high-throughput DeFi and gaming dApps. Block42 CEO Lukas Goetz expressed excitement about the grant's potential to expand the Chainlink network and provide robust infrastructure to Fantom developers for creating secure, open-source smart contract applications. The Chainlink Community Grant Program continues to empower teams and projects within the Chainlink ecosystem, accelerating the development of universally connected smart contracts and ensuring the security and influence of the oracle network.