Flash Talk by Niklas Kunkel - Founder, Chronicle
Fri, Jan 2, 2026, 12:00 AM
Niklas Kunkel, founder of Chronicle and previously of MakerDAO, unveils Proof of Asset, a new oracle infrastructure securing over $5.5B in tokenized assets. Chronicle connects directly to custodians, not issuers, enabling DeFi protocols to access verifiable, tamper-proof data on real-world asset reserves, yield, and liquidity. • Speaker: Niklas Kunkel - Founder, Chronicle
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Founder of Chronicle Labs, the developers of Chronicle Protocol, Nik began his crypto journey at IBM Research, where he worked on the Hyperledger blockchain and early supply chain finance applications. In 2017 he joined MakerDAO to create Dai, the first decentralized stablecoin on Ethereum. Nik is responsible for creating DSProxy. An industry-standard account abstraction primitive, OasisDEX, the first decentralized exchange on Ethereum with an order matching engine, as well as Chronicle Oracle Protocol, which secures over $10B of assets locked in MakerDAO.