TREE NEWS update: Oracle provider Switchboard announced it is ceasing operations, with core developer Switchboard Technology Labs winding down remaining business. All Switchboard implementations stop being maintained immediately, and remaining support ends September 25, with protocols told to migrate to alternatives such as Pyth and RedStone. Switchboard cited AI lowering the cost of running in-house oracles, a crypto bear market cutting new chain and project budgets, and data providers like Hyperliquid and S&P working directly with protocols.
Oracle Provider Switchboard Shuts Down, Sets Sept 25 Support Deadline
AI take
Switchboard's exit signals a structural shift in the oracle market: AI-driven cost deflation and direct data-provider relationships are eroding the case for standalone oracle middlemen. The immediate impact falls on protocols still reliant on Switchboard, which now face a hard migration deadline and the integration work it implies. The open question is whether this consolidates pricing power around the named alternatives, or whether cheaper in-house oracles become the default for new deployments.
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