Sumsub is partnering with Chainlink (CRYPTO: $LINK) to bring privacy-preserving identity verification into onchain compliance workflows, giving digital-asset clients a way to use verified credentials across multiple blockchains without exposing raw personal data. The integration uses Chainlink’s Automated Compliance Engine, or ACE, and its Cross-Chain Identity framework to support compliant access across Ethereum (CRYPTO: $ETH), Arbitrum, Avalanche (CRYPTO: $AVAX), Polygon and Base.
The partnership speaks to one of the more practical gaps in regulated digital assets. Tokenized securities, permissioned markets and compliance-heavy onchain products need identity checks, but repeated KYC at every entry point makes the user experience slower and harder to scale. Sumsub and Chainlink are trying to solve that by letting a verified user carry reusable credentials across wallets and chains while keeping sensitive identity data off-chain.
Under the initial setup, a user completes Sumsub’s KYC flow and proves wallet ownership by signing a message. Chainlink ACE then issues a reusable CCID credential containing verified claims, such as whether a user is over 18, without putting personal data onchain. The first phase is aimed at retail users participating in ACE launch campaigns, while a second phase planned for summer 2026 will shift toward asset issuers as end users.
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Sumsub Chief Growth Officer Ilya Brovin said digital-asset markets need identity verification that can move into compliant onchain workflows without forcing users through repeated onboarding. Ishan Vishnoi, VP of BCM Product & Business Ops at Chainlink Labs, said the collaboration advances privacy-preserving identity and compliance infrastructure needed for tokenized assets at an institutional scale.
For the market, the partnership points to a simple but important shift: compliance tools are starting to become part of the onchain stack itself, not just a separate layer bolted on after the fact.
Chainlink (CRYPTO: LINK) is currently trading at $9.73 U.S. per digital token.