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DTA + Datalink fast follow updates (#3029)
* added marketing callout * added db to provider idnex * dta links + metadata
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src/config/sidebar.ts

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section: "Provider Catalog",
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contents: [
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title: "DataLink Providers",
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url: "datalink/provider-catalog",
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src/content/datalink/provider-catalog/index.mdx

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DataLink offers a catalog of institutional and specialized market data providers. Explore the catalog to find the right data for your onchain applications.
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<Aside type="note" title="More data providers coming soon">
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[Contact us](https://chain.link/datalink-data-consumer) to request new data types, or if you are interested in
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becoming a data provider through DataLink.
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</Aside>
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## Data Providers
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_Coming soon_
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### Deutsche Börse Group
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[**Deutsche Börse** Market Data \+ Services](https://deutsche-boerse.com/dbg-de/) has formed a strategic partnership with Chainlink to bring its multi-asset class market data to blockchains. For the first time, real-time data from the largest derivatives exchange in Europe, Deutsche Börse Group’s Eurex, along with Xetra, 360T, and Tradegate trading venues—spanning equities, derivatives, forex instruments, and more—is being made available onchain
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The real-time, multi-asset class data Deutsche Börse is bringing onchain includes:
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- [**Eurex**](https://www.eurex.com/)—Europe’s largest derivatives exchange, listing interest rate, equity/index, volatility, dividend, FX, and other futures and options. In 2024, Eurex recorded over [2.08 billion traded contracts](https://www.eurex.com/ex-en/find/news-center/news/Full-year-and-December-2024-figures-at-Eurex-4250318) in exchange-traded derivatives with a capital open interest of [€3.6 trillion](https://www.eurex.com/ex-en/find/news-center/news/Full-year-and-December-2024-figures-at-Eurex-4250318).
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- [**Xetra**](https://www.xetra.com/)—Europe’s leading venue for ETFs and ETPs by turnover and listings, with around [€230.8 billion](https://www.deutsche-boerse.com/dbg-en/media/news-stories/press-releases/Xetra-ETF-ETP-statistics-2024-assets-under-management-and-product-diversity-continue-to-grow-4272270) in trading volume last year alone.
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- [**360T**](https://www.360t.com/)—Deutsche Börse Group’s global foreign exchange unit operates one of the biggest FX trading venues in the world, predominantly used by some of the world’s largest corporations to hedge currency exposures. 360T serves more than [2,900 buy-side customers](https://www.deutsche-boerse.com/dbg-en/media/news-stories/press-releases/Deutsche-B-rse-provides-market-leading-360T-data-for-FX-swaps-via-Bloomberg-B-PIPE-4229192) and more than [200 liquidity providers](https://www.deutsche-boerse.com/dbg-en/media/news-stories/press-releases/Deutsche-B-rse-provides-market-leading-360T-data-for-FX-swaps-via-Bloomberg-B-PIPE-4229192) across [75 countries](https://www.deutsche-boerse.com/dbg-en/media/news-stories/press-releases/Deutsche-B-rse-provides-market-leading-360T-data-for-FX-swaps-via-Bloomberg-B-PIPE-4229192).
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- [**Tradegate**](https://www.mds.deutsche-boerse.com/mds-en/real-time-data/European-spot-markets/Tradegate-1341022)—a stock exchange specialising in executing private investors’ orders. Over 30 trading participants from Germany, Austria, and Ireland are currently connected and offer access to their customers from their own country and abroad. Deutsche Börse Group holds a [43 percent](https://www.mds.deutsche-boerse.com/mds-en/real-time-data/European-spot-markets/Tradegate-1341022) stake in Tradegate Exchange. Since January, Tradegate has recorded a turnover of [€247.8 billion](https://www.tradegate.de/docs/250710_PR_Tradegate_Exchange_record_turnover_half_year.pdf?) with over [34 million transactions](https://www.tradegate.de/docs/250710_PR_Tradegate_Exchange_record_turnover_half_year.pdf?).
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<Aside type="tip" title="Talk to an expert">
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[Contact us](https://chain.link/datalink-data-consumer) to discuss integrating Deutsche Börse Market Data + Services
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onchain data into your application via DataLink.
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src/content/dta-technical-standard/actors.mdx

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title: "DTA Technical Standard: Actors"
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description: "Familiarize with the core roles (Transfer Agent, Fund Administrator, Fund Distributor, and Fund Issuer) and their responsibilities within the Chainlink Digital Transfer Agent (DTA) technical standard."
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import { ClickToZoom } from "@components"
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The Digital Transfer Agent technical standard allows for multiple market participants to interact with each other onchain \- mirroring the flows for traditional financial assets.
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<Dta section="dtaNotes" />
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The Digital Transfer Agent technical standard allows for multiple market participants to interact with each other onchain, mirroring the flows for traditional financial assets.
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## Key actors part of the Chainlink DTA
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description: "Learn about the architecture of the Chainlink Digital Transfer Agent (DTA) technical standard, including its core components and interaction patterns."
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The Digital Transfer Agent (DTA) technical standard is designed around a core principle: **separation of concerns**. This ensures a system that is secure, decentralized, and flexible. The architecture clearly distinguishes between the public-facing Request Management contract, where users interact, and the private, secure Request Settlement contract, where fund operations occur.
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This design allows the public, multi-tenant DTA Request Management to coexist with private, single-tenant DTA Request Settlement contracts controlled by each Transfer Agent, delivering open discovery with segregated, secure settlement.

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description: "Learn about the payment modes (offchain, local onchain, and cross-chain settlement) supported by the Chainlink Digital Transfer Agent (DTA) technical standard."
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The Digital Transfer Agent (DTA) technical standard is designed for maximum flexibility, supporting three distinct payment and settlement models. This allows Transfer Agents, Fund Administrators, and Distributors to choose the workflow that best suits their operational needs, whether they are bridging traditional finance with onchain technology or operating a fully cross-chain native fund.
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| **Offchain Settlement** | **Manual admin confirmation required.** DTA Request Settlement escrows tokens until payment is settled via traditional, offchain channels. | Funds with established, traditional payment relationships (e.g., bank wire transfers). |
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| **Local Onchain Settlement** | **Fully automated settlement.** Payment and token minting occur atomically in a single onchain transaction. | Digitally native funds operating entirely within a single blockchain ecosystem. |
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| **Cross-chain Onchain Settlement** | **Fully automated settlement** using [Chainlink CCIP](/ccip) to send payment and instructions to the fund's chain. | Global funds that accept investments on one chain and manage the token on another. |
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This model is designed for funds that handle payments through traditional, offchain channels (e.g., bank wires, direct peer-to-peer transfers). The DTA contracts act as a secure onchain coordination and token escrow layer, while the actual monetary settlement happens offchain.
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