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Chainlink

Chainlink

LINK Rank #14

Live price · multi-source dashboard · Updated 43 minutes ago

$7.20
▼ -1.41% (24h)
Market cap
$7.20B
24h volume
$152.20M
Circ. supply
1.00B
LINK
Max supply
uncapped
All-time high
$53.01
May 2021
52-Week Low
$7.19
01Snapshot

Chainlink — key facts

Price
$7.20
24h change
-1.41%
Market cap
$7.20B
Market rank
#14
24h volume
$152.20M
Circ. supply
1,000,000,000 LINK
From all-time high
-86.4%
Last updated

Market pulse

Live editorial snapshot — numbers update on every refresh

Today's state: Chainlink is trading at $7.20 with a $7.2 billion market capitalization (rank #23). The price moved -1.41% over the past 24 hours and is -11.19% over 7 days; the 30-day move stands at +1.72% and the 90-day at -19.56%.

Position vs cycle: Sitting more than 70% under its prior cycle high, the asset is deep in post-peak drawdown territory — a zone associated with late-stage bear phases or a permanent downward re-rating.

Volatility and structure: 30-day realized volatility of 57.7% annualized is moderate for an asset this size. Our composite multi-horizon Price Strength reads Bearish (27/100), against a softening backdrop, with pressure stacking up over the 30- and 90-day windows.

Composite scorecards

Derived metrics composed from multi-horizon data

Price strength
27/100
Bearish

Composite of 24h/7d/30d/90d/1y returns weighted toward longer horizons.

Liquidity
74/100
Healthy

24h volume / market cap = 2.562%.

Volatility (30d)
58%
Moderate

Annualized std-dev of daily log returns.

BTC correlation (90d)
+0.82
BTC proxy
-10+1
From ATH
-86.4%
14%

% of all-time high currently held.

From ATL
1.0×
1.0x

Multiple over 52-week low. Log scale.

Across the grid, Chainlink has lost 1.41% in the past 24 hours; the 7-day reading is 11.19% lower and the 30-day stands 1.72% higher. On a one-year view the asset has posted losses of 40.55%, against a weakening multi-horizon backdrop.

The asset currently trades 86.4% below its all-time high, far enough below the peak that the path back has tended to hinge on renewed narrative demand rather than mechanical mean-reversion. 30-day realized volatility sits at 58% annualized — moderate territory for a crypto asset of this size.

Chainlink currently shows healthy turnover and adequate exchange coverage. 24-hour trading volume represents 2.562% of market capitalization — our liquidity-health composite scores this as Healthy (74/100). Turnover of this order is unremarkable for a coin this size and points to a reasonably liquid market.

The 90-day Pearson correlation of LINK's daily returns versus Bitcoin's is +0.82 — a very strong positive relationship. At this level Chainlink behaves largely as a leveraged expression of Bitcoin: BTC sets the direction and LINK tends to follow, frequently overshooting in both directions.

Performance grid

% return across 9 horizons — heatmap by magnitude

1H
+0.53%
24H
-1.41%
7D
-11.19%
30D
+1.72%
3M
-19.56%
6M
-42.87%
1Y
-40.55%
ATH
-86.42%
from ATH
ATL
1.0×
from ATL
02Price

Price chart

USD · daily candles · CoinGecko + Binance

Data refreshed 43 minutes ago · auto-updates daily

Price history table

Last 30 trading days · daily OHLC

Date Open High Low Close Change
2026-06-30 $7.38 $7.40 $7.12 $7.19 -2.56%
2026-06-29 $7.27 $7.50 $7.18 $7.38 +1.53%
2026-06-28 $7.30 $7.36 $7.16 $7.27 -0.38%
2026-06-27 $7.36 $7.48 $7.25 $7.30 -0.79%
2026-06-26 $7.25 $7.40 $7.02 $7.35 +1.46%
2026-06-25 $7.43 $7.55 $7.01 $7.25 -2.41%
2026-06-24 $7.64 $7.70 $7.12 $7.43 -2.75%
2026-06-23 $7.87 $7.92 $7.48 $7.64 -3.02%
2026-06-22 $7.78 $8.16 $7.78 $7.87 +1.16%
2026-06-21 $7.99 $8.01 $7.77 $7.78 -2.58%
2026-06-20 $7.95 $8.02 $7.82 $7.99 +0.48%
2026-06-19 $8.02 $8.04 $7.76 $7.95 -0.81%
2026-06-18 $8.09 $8.14 $7.77 $8.02 -0.95%
2026-06-17 $8.28 $8.42 $7.94 $8.09 -2.24%
2026-06-16 $8.30 $8.48 $8.09 $8.28 -0.27%
2026-06-15 $8.18 $8.60 $8.11 $8.30 +1.45%
2026-06-14 $7.99 $8.18 $7.78 $8.18 +2.43%
2026-06-13 $7.87 $8.05 $7.86 $7.99 +1.53%
2026-06-12 $7.89 $8.01 $7.75 $7.87 -0.27%
2026-06-11 $7.56 $7.99 $7.56 $7.89 +4.33%
2026-06-10 $7.84 $7.90 $7.48 $7.56 -3.53%
2026-06-09 $8.00 $8.03 $7.65 $7.84 -1.99%
2026-06-08 $7.92 $8.13 $7.72 $8.00 +1.01%
2026-06-07 $7.40 $8.04 $7.37 $7.92 +7.07%
2026-06-06 $7.37 $7.47 $7.00 $7.39 +0.37%
2026-06-05 $8.02 $8.04 $7.12 $7.37 -8.12%
2026-06-04 $8.33 $8.40 $7.80 $8.02 -3.79%
2026-06-03 $8.37 $8.62 $8.11 $8.33 -0.48%
2026-06-02 $9.06 $9.07 $8.25 $8.37 -7.55%
2026-06-01 $9.15 $9.21 $8.85 $9.06 -1.02%

Technical analysis

RSI · MACD · moving averages · Bollinger

RSI (14)
32.8
neutral
03070100
MACD signal
Bearish
Histogram: -0.01
Moving averages
MA 50
$8.53
-15.70%
MA 100
$8.88
-19.06%
MA 200
$9.84
-26.95%
Resistance levels
  • R$8.13
  • R$8.16
  • R$8.60
  • R$9.05
Support levels
  • S$7.00
  • S$7.01
  • S$7.15

Derivatives & leverage

Perpetual-futures positioning from Hyperliquid · LINK-PERP

Hyperliquid
Open interest
$30.39M
24h perp volume
$2.76M
Funding (APR)
+11.0%
+0.0013%/hr
Mark vs spot
-0.01%
10× max lev
Shorts pay Funding bias Longs pay

Funding is positive at +11.0%/yr, so long positions are paying shorts — leverage on Hyperliquid is currently skewed bullish. Persistent positive funding can precede long-squeeze pullbacks.

Funding trend +11.0%
Open interest trend $30.39M

Perpetual-futures data from Hyperliquid, the leading on-chain perp DEX. Funding is paid hourly; a positive rate means long holders pay shorts. Derivatives positioning is informational, not a trade signal.

Multi-model price forecast

3-model ensemble · TA + statistical + peer-relative

Short term · 24h–7d
Very Low conf
24–48 hours
Low $7.64 +6.2%
Mid $8.73 +21.2%
High $9.95 +38.1%
Models contributing
Technical · Statistical
Mid term · 7–30d
Low conf
7–30 days
Low $6.42 -10.8%
Mid $7.59 +5.4%
High $10.28 +42.8%
Models contributing
Technical · Statistical
Long term · 3–6mo
Medium conf
3–12 months
Low $0.00 -119.7%
Mid $0.1528 -97.9%
High $4.79 -33.5%
Models contributing
Technical · Statistical
Per-model breakdown +
Model Horizon Low Mid High Method
Technical Short $10.10 $11.06 $12.02 TA composite (ATR + Bollinger + slope)
Technical Mid $9.24 $9.29 $11.67 TA composite (ATR + Bollinger + slope)
Technical Long $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 TA composite (ATR + Bollinger + slope)
Monte Carlo Short $5.80 $6.98 $8.39 Monte Carlo on 90d log returns
Monte Carlo Mid $4.31 $6.31 $9.25 Monte Carlo on 90d log returns
Monte Carlo Long $1.44 $3.29 $8.38 Monte Carlo on 90d log returns

Three independent models feed the forecast above, following the STNews methodology:

  • Technical model reads moving-average, ATR, Bollinger-band and trend-slope signals to set its ranges — it carries most weight in an orderly trend or range.
  • Statistical (Monte Carlo) model takes the 90-day daily-return distribution and simulates the 5th/50th/95th-percentile prices per horizon — a neutral baseline that assumes no continuation of the current trend.
  • Peer-relative model compares against same-category coins of similar market cap, projecting where this asset would trade if it matched the median, lower-quartile and upper-quartile peer return profiles — useful as a sanity check that anchors to broader sector behavior.

The headline ensemble forecast weights the three models 40/30/30 (statistical/technical/peer-relative). Its confidence badge measures how closely they concur — close agreement reads as higher confidence, while divergence reads lower and signals an unreliable, hard-to-model regime.

Disclaimer: These forecasts are algorithmic estimates derived from public price data using moving averages, Bollinger bands, Monte Carlo simulation of historical log returns, and peer-group comparison. They are not investment advice and should not be used to make trading decisions. Cryptocurrency is highly volatile and can lose all value. Past performance does not guarantee future returns. See our forecast methodology for full details.

Prediction markets

Live crowd-implied odds from Polymarket

Polymarket

These are real-money probabilities — traders stake capital on each outcome, so the price is the market’s live estimate of how likely it is. Odds move with sentiment and resolve to a verifiable result.

Will Chainlink dip to $6 by December 31, 2026?
Jan 1
53%
Yes · crowd-implied chance
Yes 53% · No 48% $1K traded
Implied price distribution
by Jan 1, 2027

Crowd-implied probability the price touches each level · ● reach ● dip to

Now $733%$453%$640%$1619%$1819%$2015%$227%$248%$26

Live odds from Polymarket · 1 markets · $40K traded. View on Polymarket → Prediction-market odds are informational, not investment advice.

03On-chain

Top Chainlink holders

Top 10 wallets hold 32.9% of supply · Ethereum · on-chain via Etherscan

# Holder % Supply Value
1 Binance: Hot Wallet 20 5.62% $404.45M
2 Chainlink: Community Stak… 4.09% $293.94M
3 Contract 3.00% $215.73M
4 Contract 3.00% $215.73M
5 Contract 3.00% $215.73M
6 Contract 3.00% $215.73M
7 Contract 3.00% $215.73M
8 Contract 3.00% $215.73M
9 Contract 3.00% $215.73M
10 Contract 2.20% $158.20M

Quantity is exact on-chain; value is estimated from each wallet's share of supply (FDV). Labelled wallets are known exchanges, contracts or burn addresses; high concentration in a few wallets can mean elevated risk. View full holder list on Etherscan →

Cross-asset correlations (90d)

Pearson correlation of daily log returns vs top L1 references

Bitcoin
+0.82
Strong
-10+1
Ethereum
+0.87
Strong
-10+1
Solana
+0.89
Strong
-10+1

Looking past Bitcoin alone, how closely LINK tracks the next two biggest layer-1s over 90 days indicates whether it is mostly market beta or something more independent. The daily-log-return correlations:

  • Bitcoin reference: +0.82 — a very strong positive relationship.
  • Ethereum reference: +0.87 — a very strong positive relationship.
  • Solana reference: +0.89 — a very strong positive relationship.

High correlation across several references usually means the asset is mostly crypto-market beta: when BTC, ETH and SOL move, it moves too, and independent alpha is hard to find. Low or negative readings point to its own drivers — project-specific news, intra-crypto sector rotation or narrative shifts — that can decouple it from the broad market.

04Context

About Chainlink

Chainlink (LINK) is an oracle network token, used to pay nodes that feed off-chain data on-chain. It trades at $7.20 as of the latest update, with a 24-hour move down 1.41%, placing it at rank #14 by market capitalisation among all listed digital assets. Chainlink's current market cap stands at $7.20B, a figure used by traders, analysts and institutional desks to gauge relative liquidity and risk exposure across the crypto market.

On this page you'll find a live, daily-refreshed dashboard tracking Chainlink across multiple data sources — price history going back several years, on-chain activity where available, fundamentals like circulating supply and dilution, top exchanges by volume, technical analysis using moving averages and RSI, and an algorithmic short, mid and long-term forecast. All figures are pulled from public APIs and cached locally; nothing here is investment advice.

Oracle networks are the connective tissue between off-chain data and on-chain smart contracts. Without reliable oracles, DeFi lending (which needs price feeds for collateral), prediction markets, parametric insurance, and most real-world-asset tokenization would not work. Chainlink is one of the dominant oracle providers in this category.

Chainlink (LINK) is a top-25 asset, ranked #23 among all tracked tokens by capitalisation. Its focus is decentralized oracle networks, and launched in 2017. It currently trades about 86% below its all-time high of $53.01 set in May 2021.

STNews Analyst Note

By market value Chainlink (LINK) sits inside the top 25, trading at $7.20 as of the latest snapshot. LINK is -1.41% over 24 hours, -11.19% over the past week, +1.72% over 30 days, putting it among the weekly underperformers across the top 250 by market capitalisation. Chainlink remains roughly 86% beneath its all-time high of $53.01, a level first printed in May 2021. Trading volume is light versus market value — only about 2.1% of capitalisation changes hands daily — so larger orders can move price more than they would for higher-liquidity peers.

On a one-year view LINK has lost 40.6%, against a broader crypto-market backdrop that closed the period roughly flat after several volatile quarters.

How it works — Chainlink

Chainlink is a decentralized oracle network: a layer of independent nodes that fetch real-world data (asset prices, sports scores, weather, identity attestations) and deliver it to smart contracts on multiple blockchains. The token is used to economically secure the network — nodes stake it as collateral against accurate reporting and are slashed for misbehavior.

Chainlink (LINK) is a top-25 asset, ranked #23 among all tracked tokens by capitalisation. Its focus is decentralized oracle networks, and launched in 2017. It currently trades about 86% below its all-time high of $53.01 set in May 2021.

Use cases — Chainlink

Oracle tokens are used for: securing data feeds via staking, governance over which feeds and methods the network provides, paying for data delivery in some networks, and node-operator collateral. They are infrastructure plays — their adoption tracks DeFi and tokenization growth more than retail attention.

Daily volume runs at about 2.1% of market capitalisation ($152.20M in the last 24 hours), in the normal band for a coin of this size and supportive of orderly entries and exits.

Tokenomics

Supply schedule & distribution

Circulating vs locked vs unminted
  • Circulating supply: 1.00B LINK — tokens actively trading and held by the public
  • Total supply: 1.00B LINK — all tokens minted to date (including those locked or held by the issuer)

Chainlink's supply schedule directly affects its long-term inflation rate and, by extension, how dilutive future issuance will be to existing holders. A coin near full dilution behaves very differently from one that still has 60% of its supply waiting to be unlocked.

Supply economics

Issuance pressure, dilution, and structural value accrual

To read Chainlink's tokenomics, look at the issuance schedule, the share of supply already in circulation, and the gap between market cap and fully-diluted valuation.

The question that matters for a longer-term view is simple: does value accrual (burns, staking-yield reinvestment, deflationary mechanics, growing ecosystem TVL) run ahead of new issuance, or behind it? Ahead, and price can compound quietly; behind, and it leans on continuous fresh demand to soak up the supply.

Trader's note

Coin-type-aware tactical interpretation

For Chainlink as an oracle-network token, the tactical anchor is total value secured (TVS) by feeds the network provides, plus the network's share of new DeFi protocol launches. Oracle tokens benefit from broader DeFi growth structurally; they suffer when DeFi activity contracts and from competitive pressure from rival oracle providers.

Price Strength at 27/100 reads bearish. Oracle tokens tend to have moderately elevated BTC correlation (as part of the DeFi sector) but can decouple sharply on protocol-specific news — a major feed failure or a major new partnership can re-rate the asset independent of market direction.

Developer activity

On-chain projects live or die by code shipped · via GitHub

Stars
8,211
1,971 forks
30d commits
100
33 active authors
Open issues
293
primarily Go
Last release
v2.49.0
2026-06-02
Developer Activity Index
80/100
Very active
Stars
45/100
Commits
90/100
Contributors
85/100
Releases
90/100
30-day commits
2026-06-02 Total: 100 commits 2026-07-01
Recent releases
  • v2.49.0 2026-06-02
  • v2.48.0 2026-05-28
  • v2.47.0 2026-05-18
  • v2.46.0 2026-05-11
  • v2.45.1 2026-05-05

Chainlink's public repository (smartcontractkit/chainlink) shows 8,211 stars, 100 commits over the trailing 30 days from 33 active contributors, and the most recent release on 2026-06-02. Combined into our composite Developer Activity Index, the project reads as very active (80/100) — useful as a quasi-fundamental signal alongside on-chain metrics and market pricing.

05Action

Markets & exchanges

Top trading pairs by 24h volume

# Exchange Pair Last price 24h volume Trust
1 Binance LINK/USDT $7.20 $152.20M A+
2 Coinbase LINK/USD $7.20 $33.48M A+
3 OKX LINK/USDT $7.20 $21.31M A
4 Bybit LINK/USDT $7.20 $16.74M A
5 Kraken LINK/USD $7.20 $12.18M A

Initial rows server-rendered from our verified pipeline (binance-v2). Data-only. STNews does not place affiliate links here. See our affiliate disclosure.

If you'd bought Chainlink...

ROI calculator · historical close prices

LINK Bought
at
Value today
at $7.20
Total return

Calculated on daily close prices. Does not include trading fees, taxes, or staking yields. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Converter

Rate: 1 LINK = $7.20

Compared to peers

Price, market cap, volume, supply

Coin7d trendPriceMarket Cap24h Vol24h %7d %
Chainlink Chainlink LINK $7.20 $7.20B $152.20M -1.41% -11.19%
Bitcoin Bitcoin BTC $58,724.01 $1.18T $26.94B -1.30% -4.60%
Ethereum Ethereum ETH $1,578.18 $190.46B $8.13B -0.93% -5.79%
The Graph The Graph GRT $0.0177 $190.73M $16.69M -4.49% -8.41%
Solana Solana SOL $74.65 $43.95B $2.30B +0.81% -13.42%
XRP XRP XRP $1.04 $70.47B $2.54B -2.38% +2.56%
BNB BNB BNB $546.86 $76.11B $464.72M -1.00% -3.52%
Dogecoin Dogecoin DOGE $0.0715 $10.60B $616.18M -1.23% -6.29%
Cardano Cardano ADA $0.1502 $6.76B $319.56M +3.44% -11.45%
06Outlook

Market sentiment

Crypto Fear & Greed Index · alternative.me

15
Extreme Fear
2026-06-30

The Crypto Fear & Greed Index aggregates volatility, market momentum, social media activity, dominance and Google Trends data into a single 0–100 score updated daily. Today's reading is 15 — Extreme Fear.

Extreme fear (below 25) historically signals buying opportunities for contrarians, while extreme greed (above 75) often precedes corrections. The index works best as one input among many, not as a standalone trading signal.

Past 30 days

Chainlink on X

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Macro & cross-asset context

How macro liquidity and cross-asset moves frame the trade

The macro picture for digital assets turns on three levers — Federal Reserve policy, the path of dollar liquidity, and broad risk sentiment. Historically the whole asset class has tracked the global liquidity cycle closely, expanding in easing regimes and contracting when financial conditions tighten.

For cross-asset context, monitor the dollar (a headwind when it strengthens), long-term Treasury yields (the discount rate on risk), gold (a sometime companion in monetary-debasement narratives), and the S&P 500 (often correlated with crypto on liquidity-driven swings even though crypto is popularly billed as uncorrelated).

For Chainlink specifically, the macro variable that has empirically led price most often is global crypto-market liquidity — proxied by stablecoin total supply, futures open interest, and exchange volumes. When these expand, LINK tends to follow; when they contract, the relationship typically reverses. Given the 90-day BTC correlation of +0.82, LINK's near-term macro sensitivity will be similar to Bitcoin's — driven primarily by the same liquidity conditions and risk-asset flows.

Risks

Specific risks: feed integrity (a bad data point can liquidate billions in DeFi collateral), node-operator centralization, smart contract risk in the oracle protocol itself, competitive pressure from rival oracle providers, and revenue dependence on broader DeFi activity. Oracle tokens are sensitive to DeFi-sector cycles.

07More

Frequently asked questions

What is Chainlink (LINK)?

Chainlink is an oracle network token, used to pay nodes that feed off-chain data on-chain. It trades under the ticker LINK and currently has a market capitalisation of $7.20B.

What is the price of LINK today?

The price of Chainlink today is $7.20, refreshed daily from public market data. Live price changes are visible at the top of this page.

What was Chainlink\'s all-time high?

Chainlink's all-time high in USD terms is $53.01. Past performance does not guarantee future returns.

How can I buy Chainlink?

Chainlink is available on the major centralized exchanges; the Markets table on this page ranks them by LINK/USD volume. As always, verify the venue's withdrawal fees, funding options, and licensing for your jurisdiction first.

Is Chainlink a good investment?

We do not give investment advice. Crypto is a high-volatility asset class where large drawdowns are normal, so any position should be sized to your personal risk tolerance and, ideally, discussed with a licensed adviser before you act on the data shown here.

Where does the data on this page come from?

Our price, supply and volume data come from public cryptocurrency APIs (Binance, CoinGecko, CoinPaprika and similar), and the sentiment gauge is from alternative.me. Everything is stored locally and refreshed on a recurring cycle.

Latest STNews coverage of Chainlink

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In the news

Headlines from major crypto outlets · refreshed every 6h

Disclaimer & data sources

The information on this page is provided for general educational and informational purposes only and does not constitute investment, financial, legal or tax advice. Cryptocurrency markets are highly volatile; you can lose some or all of your capital. STNews does not recommend that any cryptocurrency should be bought, sold or held by you. Conduct your own due diligence and consult your independent financial advisor before making any investment decisions.

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