PANews reported on January 21 that, according to CoinDesk, Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan stated that Chainlink may be one of the most undervalued crypto assets. He described it as a critical infrastructure connecting blockchain with real-world data, assets, and compliance systems, rather than just a data oracle providing prices.

Hougan points out that Chainlink provides indispensable external data services for applications such as stablecoins, asset tokenization, decentralized finance, and on-chain derivatives, and has become a core middleware for the integration of traditional financial institutions and the crypto ecosystem. Institutions including SWIFT, JPMorgan Chase, Visa, and Fidelity have already adopted its services. He believes that as stablecoins, asset tokenization, and real-world crypto adoption advance, Chainlink, as the underlying connection layer, will be at the center of all trends, and its importance will continue to stand out.