What to Know:
- Chainlink (LINK) jumped ~7% as whales accumulated 187,500 LINK, reducing sell pressure.
- Technical charts show LINK holding strong above $15, with a potential breakout target of $26–$47.
- Expanding real-world adoption with UBS, Visa, and SBI and 52 new integrations.
Chainlink (LINK) went up about 7% in the last 24 hours, which is better than the overall crypto market, which went up about 4.15%. This rise is a new wave of hope for Chainlink. There seem to be three main reasons for this rally: whales buying a lot of coins, good technical signals, and planned growth of real-world integrations.
Chainlink Whale Activity
Data shows two new wallets withdrew 187,500 LINK, which is around $2.9 million from the exchange Binance at around US$15.50 per LINK, absorbing a portion of recent token unlock pressure. Meanwhile, research indicates that whales have accumulated more than 4 million LINK tokens in two weeks. Other tracking shows LINK exchange reserves have reached multi-year lows, a signal that fewer tokens are being held on exchanges and more are being taken off to long-term wallets.
When whales move tokens off of exchanges, it can lower the amount of supply that is available for quick selling. This can help stabilize or raise the price. This accumulation of LINK suggests that big holders are becoming more confident in the token’s medium-term potential.
Technical Breakout
According to CoinMarketCap data, at the same time, a near-term hurdle sits around the $17.22 mark, the 30-day SMA. A sustained close above about $17.50 could trigger further speculative buying. But if the price fails to clear that resistance, the rally may stall.
Recently, LINK price defended the support line around $15 on the charts, which was also its 0.618 Fibonacci retracement level. At the same time, its MACD histogram turned positive and the RSI rose out of oversold territory. If momentum stays strong, analysts say a cup-and-handle pattern could form with targets between $26 and $47. When this was written, LINK was worth about $16.33.
Growing Integrations
Chainlink is also doing well in the real world, not just in terms of price. As part of larger efforts to connect traditional finance and tokenized assets, partnerships with companies like UBS, SBI Digital Markets, PayPal, and Visa have been talked about. At its recent conference SmartCon 2025, Chainlink announced major launches such as the Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE) and Chainlink Confidential Compute, aimed at unlocking institutional-grade smart contracts and privacy-enabled financial workflows. Their ecosystem site also reports 52 new integrations across 11 services and 15 different chains.
In his keynote, Swift’s Chief Innovation Officer Tom Zschach emphasised “the critical role of verifiability in on-chain finance and why every asset must be backed by transparent, provable data.” According to Chainlink’s blog, this marks “a major upgrade to the Chainlink platform” and underlines its growing role in tokenising real-world assets. “If we want to bring banking and capital markets on-chain, we need to solve privacy … This is where our newest building block comes into the picture, Chainlink Confidential Compute,” added Lorenz Breidenbach, Head of Research at Chainlink Labs, while introducing Chainlink Confidential Compute.
Bottom Line
For now, LINK’s rebound looks well supported: bigger holders are stepping up their positions, technical signals are improving, and the ecosystem is expanding into traditional finance. That said, hurdles remain; the $17 level needs to be overturned for more momentum, and market-wide factors may still throw a curveball. If the three pillars stay aligned, however, Chainlink could be setting up for a meaningful move.
