Chainlink (LINK) news: what is happening today
Market summary from our own Hyperliquid data · updated 2026-07-25 04:14 UTC
Chainlink: The whale book is crowded long
Chainlink is up 15.31% over a month. What follows is what sits behind that move: large-wallet positioning, derivatives, our own model and publisher headlines.
What matters on Chainlink right now?
Our own rules-based model reads Chainlink at 58/100, which is BUY territory. What stands out right now:
- The whale book is crowded long57% of active large-wallet money is positioned long — $15.2 M against $11.6 M across 99 wallets.
- The trend is mixedPrice is above the 50-day average and below the 200-day; the two are 14.28% apart.
- Chainlink is mid-range after 90 days35% of the way up a 90-day range that runs $6.987 to $10.882.
What does the Chainlink data show?
1. The whale book is crowded long
57% of active large-wallet money on Chainlink is positioned long right now: $15.2 M long against $11.6 M short, spread over 99 wallets on Hyperliquid. A one-sided long book is fuel in both directions. It can squeeze higher while shorts cover, but crowded longs also unwind faster than they build, because every stop sits in the same place. These are open positions read from the chain, not opinions, and they change daily.
2. The trend is mixed
Price trades above its 50-day average and below its 200-day, with the two averages 14.28% apart. Market structure is still making higher highs and higher lows. The most recent daily candle pattern is three black crows. RSI (14) is 54.2.
3. Chainlink is mid-range after 90 days
Chainlink is 35% of the way up its 90-day range, which runs from $6.987 to $10.882; over 30 days the market is +15.31%. The same headline number means something different at the top of a range than at the bottom — which is why position is worth naming.
What has already happened to Chainlink?
July 2026
- LINK traded $19.0 M, 4.0× its 30-day median volume while price moved +5.29%30-day median volume $4.7 M+5.29%
June 2026
- LINK’s MACD crossed into bullish territoryMACD line against its own signal line on closed daily candles
- Chainlink closed at a 180-day low of $7.368Previous trough of the 180-day window $7.913, undercut by 6.88%−6.88%
- Chainlink closed at a 90-day low of $8.012Previous trough of the 90-day window $8.330, undercut by 3.82%−3.82%
- Chainlink moved −7.58% in a day, 3.3× its 30-day volatility30-day standard deviation of daily returns 2.32%−7.58%
Show the earlier history (35 more entries)
May 2026
- LINK traded $30.6 M, 4.7× its 30-day median volume while price moved −1.52%30-day median volume $6.5 M−1.52%
- LINK traded $14.2 M, 3.6× its 30-day median volume while price moved −3.04%30-day median volume $3.9 M−3.04%
- Chainlink closed at a 90-day high of $10.729Previous peak of the 90-day window $10.374, exceeded by 3.42%+3.42%
- Chainlink closed at a 90-day high of $10.351Previous peak of the 90-day window $9.999, exceeded by 3.52%+3.52%
April 2026
- LINK’s MACD crossed into bearish territoryMACD line against its own signal line on closed daily candles
March 2026
- LINK’s MACD crossed into bearish territoryMACD line against its own signal line on closed daily candles
- LINK traded $14.7 M, 3.3× its 30-day median volume while price moved +4.43%30-day median volume $4.5 M+4.43%
February 2026
- LINK’s MACD crossed into bullish territoryMACD line against its own signal line on closed daily candles
- Chainlink closed at a 180-day low of $7.913Previous trough of the 180-day window $9.247, undercut by 14.43%−14.43%
- Chainlink moved −14.43% in a day, 4.5× its 30-day volatility30-day standard deviation of daily returns 3.23%−14.43%
- LINK traded $30.8 M, 4.2× its 30-day median volume while price moved −14.43%30-day median volume $7.4 M−14.43%
- Chainlink closed at a 180-day low of $9.402Previous trough of the 180-day window $9.977, undercut by 5.76%−5.76%
January 2026
- Chainlink closed at a 180-day low of $9.977Previous trough of the 180-day window $10.785, undercut by 7.49%−7.49%
- LINK traded $25.8 M, 4.2× its 30-day median volume while price moved −7.49%30-day median volume $6.2 M−7.49%
- Chainlink closed at a 180-day low of $11.115Previous trough of the 180-day window $11.519, undercut by 3.51%−3.51%
- Chainlink closed at a 180-day low of $11.519Previous trough of the 180-day window $11.925, undercut by 3.40%−3.40%
- LINK’s MACD crossed into bearish territoryMACD line against its own signal line on closed daily candles
- Chainlink moved +7.55% in a day, 3.1× its 30-day volatility30-day standard deviation of daily returns 2.46%+7.55%
- LINK open interest rose 140.10% to $56.9 M while price moved +3.68%: new longs buildingCompared with a point 1 day(s) earlier; rule: price and open interest moving together means new positions+3.68%
- LINK traded $37.5 M, 6.6× its 30-day median volume while price moved +3.68%30-day median volume $5.7 M+3.68%
December 2025
- LINK’s MACD crossed into bearish territoryMACD line against its own signal line on closed daily candles
November 2025
- Chainlink closed at a 90-day low of $12.109Previous trough of the 90-day window $12.915, undercut by 6.24%−6.24%
- Chainlink closed at a 90-day low of $12.915Previous trough of the 90-day window $13.327, undercut by 3.09%−3.09%
- Chainlink closed at a 90-day low of $13.806Previous trough of the 90-day window $14.542, undercut by 5.06%−5.06%
- LINK’s MACD crossed into bearish territoryMACD line against its own signal line on closed daily candles
- Chainlink closed at a 90-day low of $14.682Previous trough of the 90-day window $15.241, undercut by 3.67%−3.67%
- Chainlink closed at a 90-day low of $15.241Previous trough of the 90-day window $16.594, undercut by 8.15%−8.15%
October 2025
- LINK open interest fell 65.91% to $32.1 M while price moved −21.42%: longs unwindingCompared with a point 1 day(s) earlier; rule: price and open interest moving together means new positions−21.42%
- Chainlink moved −21.42% in a day, 6.3× its 30-day volatility30-day standard deviation of daily returns 3.41%−21.42%
- LINK traded $107.5 M, 4.4× its 30-day median volume while price moved −21.42%30-day median volume $24.3 M−21.42%
August 2025
- LINK traded $287.4 M, 8.6× its 30-day median volume while price moved +0.54%30-day median volume $33.5 M+0.54%
- LINK traded $226.4 M, 9.1× its 30-day median volume while price moved +1.56%30-day median volume $25.0 M+1.56%
- LINK traded $94.4 M, 4.3× its 30-day median volume while price moved +7.73%30-day median volume $21.8 M+7.73%
- LINK open interest rose 66.73% to $55.4 M while price moved +10.86%: new longs buildingCompared with a point 1 day(s) earlier; rule: price and open interest moving together means new positions+10.86%
July 2025
- LINK traded $47.1 M, 4.8× its 30-day median volume while price moved +1.12%30-day median volume $9.9 M+1.12%
Entries are produced by the Spottrench algorithm from Hyperliquid data.
What is in the news about Chainlink?
Headlines about Chainlink from third-party publishers. Each links to the original article; we never claim a headline moved the price — our own read is the measured signal above.
- LINK Bullish Pennant Forms As Chainlink Buy Volume ReboundsChainlink is drawing technical attention after chart analysis pointed to a bullish pennant forming on LINK, with buy volume beginning to recover as pr
- Chainlink Labs Exec Says CLARITY Act Could Unlock Institutional CryptoChainlink Labs executive Andrew McCormick has framed the CLARITY Act as a major potential unlock for institutional crypto, arguing that clearer rules
- Mantle’s Move To Chainlink CCIP Shows Bridges Are Still Crypto’s Biggest Security TestBridge security is one of those crypto topics that only gets attention when something breaks. Mantle’s decision to migrate Super Portal…
- Robinhood’s Chainlink CCIP Choice Adds Infrastructure Weight To Its Layer-2 BetRobinhood’s crypto strategy is becoming less about offering a few coins and more about owning infrastructure. Its decision to use Chainlink CCIP for…
- Fidelity’s Chainlink-Powered FILQ Fund Shows Tokenized Finance Is Getting More PracticalTokenized finance becomes much more interesting when it stops being a concept deck and starts looking like fund plumbing. Fidelity’s FILQ integration…
Headlines from publisher RSS feeds
What is next for Chainlink?
Dates we can verify and levels that would change the read on Chainlink. No project roadmaps here — only schedules that exist on-chain or in the company calendar, and thresholds measured from our own data.
Unlock schedule from DefiLlama; earnings dates from the company calendar.
The bottom line
Pulling it together, our combined signal reads BUY (58/100, where 50 is neutral). On the last closed day Chainlink rose 0.12% against a category median of +0.00%, with 88 of 177 markets in the category closing lower. We do not claim to know why Chainlink moved — everything above is measurement, not a cause.
Frequently asked questions
What is the latest news on Chainlink?
The most recent development we recorded is: The whale book is crowded long (2026-07-25). This page is a dated log computed from market data rather than a press feed — every entry is a measurement with the date it happened.
How often is the Chainlink page updated?
Once a day: it is recomputed after the daily candle closes, and the time of the last update is printed at the top of the page. Log entries are dated by the day the event happened, not the day we published it.
Where does the Chainlink data on this page come from?
From Hyperliquid directly: daily candles, open interest, funding and the on-chain positions of active large wallets. Nothing here is copied from another site's article, and no language model writes the text — the wording is generated from the numbers by fixed rules.
Is this Chainlink page investment advice?
No. It is an algorithmic summary of measured market data from Hyperliquid — price moves, positioning, derivatives and our own model. It is not investment advice and past performance does not guarantee future results.
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