ChainlinkLINK$14.066+0.2570(+1.86%)as of Oct 3, 2026
Market Cap$6.64BCategoryDeFi
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Price History▼ 37.55% over 1Y
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AI Summary

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Strengths1

  • Rising trading interest — 30-day average volume 38% above the 90-day average

Concerns1

  • Trading 73% below its all-time high

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About

What is Chainlink?

Chainlink is a decentralised oracle network that provides smart contracts with reliable, tamper-resistant access to real-world data, off-chain computation, and cross-chain messaging. LINK is used to pay node operators for serving data feeds and other oracle services.

History

Origin & evolution

Founded by Sergey Nazarov and Steve Ellis with a whitepaper published in 2017, Chainlink has grown into the dominant oracle provider in DeFi, securing tens of billions of dollars in total value across price feeds. Its CCIP cross-chain protocol launched in mid-2023.

Coin details
Type
DeFi · Oracle
Consensus
Inherits Ethereum
Launched
June 2017
Platform
Ethereum
Market Cap
$6.64B
24h Volume
$277.02M
Circulating Supply
727.10M LINK
Max Supply
1.00B LINK
All-Time High
$52.8761 (-82.7% from ATH)
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