SmartCon 2025, a significant conference for blockchain and finance, showcased multiple notable advancements and collaborations by Chainlink, emphasizing the integration of decentralized finance (DeFi) with traditional financial systems. Key innovations included the launch of the Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE), enabling comprehensive orchestration across blockchain systems, and Chainlink Confidential Compute, which facilitates privacy-preserving smart contracts. Highlights included UBS's use of the Chainlink Digital Transfer Agent for pioneering tokenized fund transactions, FTSE Russell's integration of global indices onchain via DataLink, and Tradeweb's collaboration to bring U.S. Treasury data onchain. Additionally, the conference underscored Chainlink's partnerships with major financial institutions and tech companies like Google Cloud and Amazon Web Services to further institutional adoption of blockchain technologies, marking a pivotal step toward transforming global finance through decentralized and interoperable ecosystems.