Chainlink Jumps 25% as Key Whales Accumulate Record 438M LINK

• Chainlink (LINK) excels in social discussion as it reaches its highest level since October 2024, according to Santiment data.
• Whales and Sharks have also increased their positions by adding 26 million LINK since September 2024.

Chainlink (LINK) seems to have taken a hit by the recent broad market liquidation as it has declined by on its daily price chart to plunge below its crucial support level at $15. At press time, the asset was trading at $14.6 with a market cap of $9.6 billion. Meanwhile, its daily trading volume stages a nosedive to reach $356 million. As outlined in our recent coverage, these declines were probably triggered by high sell-off concerns.

Conversely to the overall market behavior, the asset continues to dominate in terms of user engagement as its social dominance significantly increases across all platforms. According to Santiment data, Chainlinks discussion on social media has reached its highest point since October 2024.

As discussed earlier, Chainlink has been on top of social metrics with our previous coverage highlighting the asset comfortably dominating in the Real World Assets (RWAs) category in terms of social mentions.

Meanwhile, key whales and sharks with wallet sizes of between 10K to 10M have added 26 million more LINK since September 2024. According to the data, wallets of this size have reached an all-time high of 438.33M LINK, representing 43.8% of the supply.

Explaining some of the reasons for the incredible surge in social discussion, Santiment mentioned the recent news surrounding a private meetup between US governance and the blockchain industry. At the event, Chairman Tim Scott stressed the importance of creating a healthy environment for digital asset firms to thrive in the US.

LINK Price Analysis

Analysts have hinted that the rising social discussion around LINK signifies a growing interest and potential adoption which could subsequently reflect in its price. Currently, the asset faces a crucial resistance level at the $16.5 to $17.3 range. A break above the upper level of this area could see LINK hovering within a major resistance range of $20.2 to $21.7 range.

On the downside, LINK could extend its current downward trend to find support at the lower side of the uptrend which is fixed at $12.6. Meanwhile, analyst Marzil still remains optimistic as he insists that the asset could stage a rebound to hit three key targets – $25.80, $32.66, and $40.70.

Earlier, this analyst explained that LINK is trending within an ascending wedge structure after staging a rebound from the Fibonacci level of 0.786 ($13.55).

Source: Rose on X

When LINK was trading at $26, an analyst identified as Rose disclosed that the asset was “sitting” at an accumulation zone. At that time, Rose pointed out that a further drop to the $18-$20 range would act as another buying opportunity.

13 Days of accumulation below the $28 key level for $LINK. In my opinion, current levels are ideal for buying as we are still in accumulation and above the breakout zone. Worst-case scenario: Add more if $LINK revisits the breakout area. Anything below $20 is a buying opportunity!

Currently, the asset trades below the highlighted accumulated zone, however, Rose expects a rebound to $39, as explained in our last analysis.