Mixicles, as outlined in the academic paper “Mixicles: Simple Private Decentralized Finance,” use oracles to create privacy-preserving DeFi instruments on public blockchains. Despite DeFi's rapid growth, the lack of transaction privacy on public blockchains like Ethereum limits their enterprise adoption, as companies require privacy for trading strategies and compliance with legal mandates against practices like frontrunning. Mixicles bring privacy at scale to DeFi by integrating oracles and mixers, which separate contract state changes from payment outcomes, enabling enterprises to use public blockchains without revealing sensitive data. Oracles connect smart contracts to off-chain data, allowing them to execute based on external inputs while maintaining confidentiality. Mixicles use this mechanism to obscure transaction details, making public blockchains more appealing to enterprises by addressing privacy concerns and regulatory compliance. This innovation opens up DeFi to enterprise adoption by leveraging Chainlink's decentralized oracle network, which enhances connectivity and privacy solutions critical for deploying enterprise-grade smart contracts.