Saturn Adopts Chainlink CCIP Following Extensive Security Review To Unlock the Onchain Distribution of Strategy’s STRC Bitcoin-Backed Digital Credit
Following an extensive security review following recent industry exploits, Saturn has adopted Chainlink CCIP as its official cross-chain infrastructure to secure the multi-chain distribution
May 29th, 2026, Cayman Islands -- Saturn, an onchain structured digital credit protocol for the Bitcoin-backed economy, today announced that it has adopted Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) as its official bridging infrastructure to unlock the multi-chain distribution of the USDat stablecoin and sUSDat RWA that offers exposure to Strategy’s STRC. Saturn is partnered with Securitize, Galaxy, and Anchorage Digital, and is the leading onchain platform for Bitcoin-backed digital credit.
With USDat and sUSDat deposits surpassing $220 million within six weeks of launch, Saturn required cross-chain infrastructure that matched the scale and institutional demand for onchain digital credit. After performing an extensive security review of all available interoperability solutions, Saturn found that Chainlink CCIP provides the highest level of cross-chain security, meeting our strict institutional risk management and security requirements.
Notably, we found that Chainlink CCIP will securely scale Saturn’s rapidly growing ecosystem through unique features, including:
Secure-by-Default Infrastructure: Every CCIP bridge lane is secured by a minimum of 16 independent, security-reviewed node operators.
Built-In Risk Controls: CCIP features native support for rate limiting, which act as circuit breakers to limit the flow of assets between chains, mitigating ecosystem contagion risks.
Institutional Security Standards: CCIP is the only cross-chain protocol with institutional certifications, including SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 certifications.
Rather than rely on legacy cross-chain infrastructure that provides no security floor and outsources all configuration to issuers, Saturn is leveraging CCIP’s secure-by-default architecture to provide standardized security guarantees for all cross-chain operations on the platform. By adopting Chainlink CCIP, Saturn ensures that Strategy’s STRC asset can securely scale across the onchain economy.
“The onchain distribution of Bitcoin-backed digital credit requires robust infrastructure that operates with the highest level of security and reliability,” said Johann Eid, Chief Business Officer at Chainlink Labs. “We’re excited to be working with Saturn on enabling tokenized credit markets to scale cross-chain, backed by the same secure-by-default infrastructure powering the majority of DeFi today.”
“Following a rigorous security review of all cross-chain solutions, it became clear that only Chainlink CCIP provides the secure-by-default infrastructure required to unlock the onchain distribution of Strategy’s STRC,” said Ellis Osborn, Co-founder at Saturn. “Chainlink CCIP is the gold standard in cross-chain bridging infrastructure, enabling us to scale the Bitcoin-backed digital credit ecosystem with absolute confidence and provide institutions the security assurances they demand.”
Strategy’s STRC (”Stretch”) is a variable-rate perpetual preferred stock backed by Strategy’s Bitcoin treasury and designed to trade near its $100 par value, with Strategy adjusting the monthly dividend to maintain price stability. Within nine months of launch, STRC has grown past $8.5 billion outstanding, making it the most actively traded instrument in the emerging digital credit category. Saturn brings STRC onchain through a dual-token system: USDat, a stablecoin backed by tokenized Treasuries, and sUSDat, a staked version targeting 11%+ yield, backed entirely by STRC at launch.
About Saturn
Saturn is a structured finance protocol on top of STRC. Saturn issues two assets: USDat, a stablecoin backed 1:1 by tokenized T-bills, and sUSDat, an RWA providing onchain exposure to STRC - Strategy’s Nasdaq-listed perpetual preferred equity, currently paying ~11.5% annualized cash dividends. Until now, STRC was only accessible through U.S. brokerage accounts. Saturn opens that yield to an estimated 500M+ stablecoin users outside the U.S. - most of whom have never had exposure to digital credit. Within 6 weeks of launch, Saturn surpassed $220M in TVL across its fixed rate, variable rate, and capital-efficient strategies on STRC.
Saturn is available to eligible participants outside the United States and EEA. Yield is variable and not guaranteed. Not an offer or solicitation where prohibited and not offered from the EU.
Terms and disclosures: https://saturn.credit/legal/terms-conditions
About Chainlink
Chainlink is the industry-standard oracle platform bringing the capital markets onchain and the market leader powering the majority of decentralized finance (DeFi). The Chainlink stack provides the essential data, interoperability, compliance, and privacy standards needed to power advanced blockchain use cases for institutional tokenized assets, lending, payments, stablecoins, and more. Since inventing decentralized oracle networks, Chainlink has enabled tens of trillions in transaction value and now secures the vast majority of DeFi.
Many of the world’s largest financial services institutions have also adopted Chainlink’s standards and infrastructure, including Swift, Euroclear, Mastercard, Fidelity International, UBS, S&P Dow Jones Indices, FTSE Russell, WisdomTree, ANZ, and top protocols such as Aave, Lido, GMX, and many others. Chainlink leverages a novel fee model where offchain and onchain revenue from enterprise adoption is converted to LINK tokens and stored in a strategic Chainlink Reserve. Learn more at chain.link.