Chainlink (LINK) price today: analysis and whale activity
Updated: 2026-10-08 10:40 UTC
Chainlink (LINK) trades at 13.09 USD, down 2.56% in 24 hours and -8.31% over 7 days. This page explains why Chainlink moved today, what Chainlink whales are doing right now (who is long, who is short, at what entry and with how much profit or loss), where the buying volume came from across exchanges, and which news mattered. Everything below is computed live from public data and refreshes every few minutes.
Why did Chainlink move today? What the data shows
- Chainlink is down 2.56% in 24 hours, -8.31% over 7 days and +4.58% over 30 days; the 7-day range is 12.94–14.65 and the price is now 9% of the way from the low to the high.
- Bitcoin moved -1.12% in the same 24 hours, so Chainlink underperformed it by 1.7 percentage points: this is a coin-specific move, not just the market.
- Trading volume ($10.04M in 24h) is only 0.6× its recent average: a quiet move on thin activity.
- RSI is 33: neutral, neither overbought nor oversold.
- Futures funding is flat, so long and short bets are balanced. Open interest is $73.52M.
- Across 13 exchange markets we track, 0 show spot buying inflow and 0 show outflow; 0 futures markets show new longs opening with the price and 0 show new shorts.
- 11 of the whales we track hold Chainlink: 3 long ($3.54M) against 8 short ($24.23M). The whale money is positioned for a fall.
Key numbers
Chainlink candlestick chart (7 days, 1-hour candles) with volume and RSI
Green = price rose in that hour, red = it fell. Bars at the bottom of the price panel are volume; the lower line is RSI (above 70 overbought, below 30 oversold).
Chainlink market data: rank, market cap and supply
LINK to USD: what Chainlink is worth
| Amount | Value (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1 LINK | 13.09 |
| 5 LINK | 65.46 |
| 10 LINK | 130.92 |
| 50 LINK | 654.60 |
| 100 LINK | 1,309 |
| 500 LINK | 6,546 |
| 1000 LINK | 13,092 |
Chainlink whales: who is long, who is short
This week among tracked whales: Chainlink ranks #10 of 12 coins by whale position size ($27.78M, 1% of all tracked whale positions); 3 whales are long and 8 short.
11 tracked Hyperliquid whales have an open Chainlink position. Long whales entered at an average 10.29 and short whales at 12.26; the average leverage is 5.8x and the combined open loss is $1.77M. A whale that is deep in profit may take it; one underwater with high leverage can be liquidated, which itself moves the price.
| Whale | Side | Position size | Entry price | vs now | Open PnL | Leverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0x5b5d…c060 | Short | $7.00M | 13.61 | +3.79% | -$82.1K | 3x |
| 0xb83d…6e36 | Short | $6.84M | 12.93 | -1.23% | -$416.0K | 3x |
| 0xdd53…2b13 | Short | $2.94M | 11.92 | -9.83% | -$394.5K | 3x |
| 0xeadc…9d55 | Long | $2.84M | 9.43 | +38.9% | $977.6K | 10x |
| 0x45d2…4029 | Short | $2.81M | 11.54 | -13.4% | -$548.6K | 10x |
| 0x3dc9…54b0 | Short | $2.75M | 7.56 | -73.3% | -$1.24M | 10x |
| 0x8af7…fa05 | Short | $1.36M | 14.08 | +7.02% | $30.6K | 10x |
| 0xecb6…2b00 | Long | $458.2K | 13.68 | -4.29% | $3.0K | 10x |
| 0xdf95…7d72 | Short | $437.5K | 10.71 | -22.2% | -$97.1K | 10x |
| 0xfc27…9d9d | Long | $249.1K | 13.92 | -5.95% | -$2.7K | 10x |
Where Chainlink is traded: exchange volume, open interest and funding
| Exchange | Market | Price | 24h volume | Open interest | Funding | Flow signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEXC | Futures | 13.10 | $75.83M | $41.14M | -0.0019% | flat |
| BYBIT | Futures | 13.10 | $42.47M | $73.28M | 0.0086% | flat |
| OKX | Futures | 13.11 | $38.43M | $27.82M | - | flat |
| BITGET | Futures | 13.10 | $22.40M | $50.83M | 0.0098% | flat |
| HYPERLIQUID | Futures | 13.11 | $10.58M | $73.60M | -0.0005% | flat |
| GATE | Futures | 13.10 | $6.80M | $123.70M | -0.0069% | flat |
| BINANCE | Futures | 13.10 | $0 | $120.44M | 0.0007% | flat |
| BYBIT | Spot | 13.12 | $13.19M | - | - | flat |
| COINBASE | Spot | 13.10 | $11.80M | - | - | flat |
| GATE | Spot | 13.12 | $11.29M | - | - | flat |
| OKX | Spot | 13.11 | $10.54M | - | - | flat |
| BITGET | Spot | 13.12 | $2.25M | - | - | flat |
| MEXC | Spot | 13.11 | $677.7K | - | - | flat |
Latest Chainlink news
No recent headline names Chainlink directly; here are the latest crypto headlines:
- Bitcoin slips below $83,000 as Ethereum researcher's 'bunker mode' call divides crypto CoinDesk · 2026-10-08
- Bitcoin monthly ‘new money’ inflows near $5B as BTC price rally stalls Cointelegraph · 2026-10-08
- ESMA gives crypto firms 3 months to exit non-compliant stablecoins Cointelegraph · 2026-10-08
- Standard Chartered to expand institutional crypto and RWA custody to Singapore CoinDesk · 2026-10-08
- Greece prepares to levy 10% capital gains tax on cryptocurrency CoinDesk · 2026-10-08
- Samsung Wallet Taps Solana for USDC Transfers on 82M US Galaxy Devices Decrypt · 2026-10-08
Headlines come from Google News and are shown as published; we do not verify them.
Questions about Chainlink
Chainlink is down 2.56% in 24 hours, -8.31% over 7 days and +4.58% over 30 days; the 7-day range is 12.94–14.65 and the price is now 9% of the way from the low to the high. Bitcoin moved -1.12% in the same 24 hours, so Chainlink underperformed it by 1.7 percentage points: this is a coin-specific move, not just the market. Trading volume ($10.04M in 24h) is only 0.6× its recent average: a quiet move on thin activity.
11 tracked whales hold Chainlink: 3 long ($3.54M) and 8 short ($24.23M), combined open loss $1.77M.
The hourly RSI(14) is 33: neutral.
On MarketRadar Whale you can see the whale ranking, each whale's open positions and a daily "what did whales buy today" page, free and without sign-up.
Chainlink has a market cap of $9.81B, rank #15 by CoinGecko, with 748,099,970 LINK in circulation.
Chainlink reached 52.70 USD on 2021-05-09; today's price is -75.1% from that high.
At today's price of 13.09 USD, 10 LINK are worth 130.92 USD and 100 LINK are worth 1,309 USD.
Chainlink price history: the last 14 days
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-08 | 13.32 | 13.38 | 12.94 | 13.09 | -1.76% |
| 2026-10-07 | 13.96 | 14.04 | 13.26 | 13.32 | -4.54% |
| 2026-10-06 | 13.85 | 14.13 | 13.72 | 13.96 | +0.74% |
| 2026-10-05 | 14.27 | 14.28 | 13.66 | 13.85 | -2.97% |
| 2026-10-04 | 14.11 | 14.32 | 13.97 | 14.27 | +1.15% |
| 2026-10-03 | 13.79 | 14.19 | 13.78 | 14.11 | +2.32% |
| 2026-10-02 | 14.38 | 14.65 | 13.19 | 13.79 | -4.11% |
| 2026-10-01 | 14.36 | 14.55 | 14.12 | 14.38 | +0.14% |
| 2026-09-30 | 14.60 | 14.81 | 14.05 | 14.36 | -1.65% |
| 2026-09-29 | 15.45 | 15.78 | 14.47 | 14.60 | -5.53% |
| 2026-09-28 | 14.02 | 15.54 | 13.54 | 15.45 | +10.2% |
| 2026-09-27 | 14.15 | 14.50 | 13.90 | 14.02 | -0.88% |
| 2026-09-26 | 13.93 | 14.50 | 13.83 | 14.15 | +1.60% |
| 2026-09-25 | 13.23 | 14.23 | 13.22 | 13.94 | +5.36% |
How to read the Chainlink numbers
- RSI
- Relative Strength Index, from 0 to 100. Above 70 the price rose fast and may be stretched (overbought); below 30 it fell fast and may be washed out (oversold). It is a clue about momentum, not a forecast.
- Funding rate
- A small payment between long and short traders on perpetual futures. Positive funding means longs pay shorts (many people are betting on a rise); negative means shorts pay longs.
- Open interest
- The total value of open futures positions. Rising open interest with a rising price means new money is entering; rising open interest with a falling price means new shorts are being opened.
- Long and short
- A long wins if the price rises and a short wins if it falls. Whales often hold both to hedge, so one dominant side is a clue, not proof.
- Liquidation
- When a leveraged position loses so much that the exchange closes it by force. A cluster of liquidations can push the price further in the same direction.
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