Chainlink (LINK) has been one of the worst-performing top assets on Thursday, having declined by over 8% in the last 24 hours. This can be attributed to profit-taking after a short-lived rally above $16 earlier this week. However, key stakeholders have added 8.3% more LINK to their wallets in just six months, which could lead...Read More
Chainlink’s (LINK) sharp 40% decline over the past month now raises questions about a potential rebound. The downturn coincides with a network contraction, indicating reduced activity. The token is currently trading at a little over $18. However, certain factors signal that a rebound might just be on the horizon. Comeback For LINK According to the...Read More
On Jan. 15, the Chainlink team announced that the Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol v1.5 upgrade was now live on mainnet for all developers. The upgrade empowers developers to take their tokens cross-chain “in a self-serve manner” and deploy Cross-Chain Tokens (CCTs) across more than twenty blockchains in minutes, it added. CCIP is a secure and easy-to-use...Read More
US fintech firm Ripple and blockchain oracle provider Chainlink have partnered to accelerate the adoption of the cross-border payments firm’s stablecoin, Ripple USD. “Ripple has adopted the Chainlink standard to access highly secure and reliable pricing data around the recently launched Ripple USD (RLUSD) stablecoin,” stated Chainlink on Jan. 7. Ripple describes its new stablecoin...Read More
On Dec. 23, Chainlink announced a novel oracle solution designed to enable DeFi applications to “recapture non-toxic Maximal Extractable Value (MEV)” called Smart Value Recapture (SVR). Currently, when DeFi protocols use price oracles, such as during liquidations, value is captured by third parties, including searchers and validators. None of this value returns to the protocols...Read More
Chainlink (LINK) briefly dropped to $20.1 during the weekend before staging a quick recovery to a little over $23. The latest dip, however, extended its weekly losses to almost 22%. This prompted many whales to accumulate the token. LINK Whales’ Conviction There has been a noticeable uptick in the holdings of wallets containing between 10...Read More
Chainlink (LINK) has recently surpassed the $29 mark for the first time in 37 months. Over the past week, the native token of the decentralized oracle network posted a 21% gain. As a result, LINK has emerged as one of the best-performing altcoins in recent weeks. Whale and Shark Gobble Up LINK The surge is...Read More
On Oct. 22, Chainling announced the results of its industry-wide corporate actions initiative involving major financial players such as Euroclear, Swift, UBS, Franklin Templeton, and Sygnum Bank. Blockchain ecosystem partners included Avalanche, ZKsync, and Hyperledger Besu networks. The oracle provider successfully demonstrated how artificial intelligence, oracles, and blockchains “can solve a decades-long unstructured data challenge...Read More
On Sept. 30, Chainlink Labs announced that it was officially partnering with ANZ, a leading Australian bank with over $750 billion (more than a trillion AUD) in assets under management. The partnership is part of the Singaporean central bank’s (Monetary Authority of Singapore) Project Guardian. Chainlink will help enable the secure cross-chain exchange of tokenized...Read More
Chainlink (LINK) has experienced a nearly 30% increase in value over the past month, driven by a growing bullish sentiment. The surge in price is backed by on-chain metrics indicating heightened network activity, which coincided with the Chainlink Staking v0.2 going live. The upgrade featured an expanded pool size of 45 million. Chainlink’s On-Chain Metrics...Read More
Despite the volatile markets, Chainlink (LINK) broke above $9.20 for the first time since August this year, recording a three-month high. The latest price appreciation was triggered by massive activity stirred by LINK wallets over the past five weeks. As per the crypto-analytic platform Santiment’s latest data, traders are “longing” LINK “aggressively.” #Chainlink spiked...Read More
Chainlink said it will not provide support for forked versions of the Ethereum blockchain after the much-anticipated shift from Proof of Work (PoW) to Proof of Stake (PoS), also known as the Merge. However, the Chainlink protocol and services will remain available during and after the Merge. “Users should be aware that forked versions of...Read More
The Swiss fintech company – 21Shares – announced the listing of three exchange-traded products on Euronext Paris and Amsterdam. The ETPs will track the performance of Chainlink, Terra, and Uniswap. More ETPS From 21Shares The Switzerland-based investment product issuer has been active on the digital asset scene lately. Last week, it listed Aave, Chainlink, and...Read More
21Shares AG – a Switzerland-based investment product issuer – announced the listing of three new cryptocurrency exchange-traded products on the BX Swiss. Aave, Chainlink, and Uniswap are respectively the underlying assets of the ETPs. Additionally, the global investment manager – VanEck – introduced its first multi-token cryptocurrency fund. Diving Deeper into ETPs According to a...Read More
The challenge of getting a reliable source of data has been a perennial problem in the journalism business. Ever since the first information broadcast media was born, the world has had to rely on the integrity of those who provide the data. But that could change now that Chainlink is harnessing the power of decentralization,...Read More
Bitcoin has initiated another leg up, resulting in charting a new two-month high of just over $42,000. Apart from Chainlink, most alternative coins trail behind, and BTC’s market dominance has increased to well above 48%. Bitcoin Taps a 2-Month High As reported earlier this week, bitcoin went on a tear after dabbling with the $33,000...Read More
After gaining $6,000 in a few days, bitcoin’s price has calmed around the coveted $40,000 mark. Some alternative coins have outperformed their leader in the past 24 hours with notable gains from XRP, UNI, LINK, and SOL. SOL Rises 14% as ETH Touches $2.4K The past several days have been highly bullish for the alternative...Read More
Following the positive weekend in terms of trading action, bitcoin has retraced by a few thousand dollars to just above $34,000. Most altcoins have also failed to continue upwards as ETH has dipped below $2,300, and BNB is close to breaking beneath $300. Bitcoin’s Trading Volume Drops as BTC Retraces Bitcoin proved most assumptions wrong...Read More
After the enhanced volatility in the past few days in which BTC displayed several multi-thousand dollar moves, the cryptocurrency has calmed around $35,000. Some altcoins have charted more significant gains, with ETH reclaiming $2,100 and DOT surging 6%. ETH Above $2,100; DOT Reconquers $16 The alternative coins mimicked BTC’s performance in the past several days...Read More
Bitcoin’s price continues to lose ground, and it dropped to just over $31,000 hours ago. However, its dominance over the market has increased to a monthly high as most alternative coins have dumped by double digits. Bitcoin Dominance on the Rise Despite the Correction As CryptoPotato reported over the weekend, BTC had recovered some of...Read More
One of the largest peer-to-peer cryptocurrency marketplaces, LocalBitcoins, has expanded its portfolio of available payment methods with the inclusion of Cardano (ADA), Dogecoin (ADA), Polkadot (DOT), Chainlink (LINK), and more. LocalBitcoins Adds More Crypto Payment Methods Founded in 2012, LocalBitcoins acts like a cryptocurrency peer-to-peer marketplace. The platform, based in Helsinki, Finland, facilitates over-the-counter trading...Read More
Institutional investors employing the services of Grayscale Investments would have the option to choose from five new product additions. Namely, those are Basic Attention Token (BAT), Chainlink (LINK), Decentraland (MANA), Filecoin (FIL), and Livepeer (LPT). The company’s recently-appointed CEO, Michael Sonnenshein, broke the news on Twitter earlier today. Upon the addition of the five aforementioned...Read More
With nearly 90% of investments located in its Bitcoin Trust, Grayscale could be providing new diversification products to its institutional investors. Recent filings in Delaware revealed that the company has registered for new cryptocurrency products for the privacy-oriented coin Monero and three DeFi tokens – Polkadot, Cosmos, and Aave. According to the filings made by...Read More
This week was very intensive in the cryptocurrency market. It’s perhaps safe to say that it was among the most tumultuous ones we’ve had in the last few months. Everything started calmly, and during the weekend, the price hit an all-time high value of $42,000. The excitement was short-lived, as immediately after that, bitcoin went...Read More
Global cryptocurrency exchange and digital asset management platform Bitrue has moved to strengthen the security of its daily XRP raffles by integrating Chainlink technology. Bitrue Implements Chainlink VRF Chainlink’s Verifiable Randomness Function (VRF) was selected specifically by the Bitrue team to add tamper-resistant transparency to its daily random number lottery, where users can win a...Read More
Following the recent roller-coaster that resulted in a few massive four-digit price movements, Bitcoin appears to have calmed north of the $18,000 price tag. The alternative coins also followed the volatility ride but have ultimately lost market dominance against BTC. More interestingly, Bitcoin has managed to reach an all-time high value in terms of its...Read More
Bitcoin has overtaken the $16,000 price tag after struggling to remain above it during the weekend. Large-cap altcoins have fallen behind with slight decreases, while the DeFi field sees high volatility once more. Bitcoin Reclaims $16K As reported last Friday, Bitcoin’s impressive performance as of late took the asset towards a fresh yearly high of...Read More
Although BTC has recovered from the two dips beneath $16,000, so far over the weekend, the asset struggles with decisively reclaiming the coveted price level and the area between $16,000 – $16,250. Larger-cap altcoins have also lost some steam, but DeFi tokens have surged in value. Bitcoin Stalls Around $16K Bitcoin’s impressive performance as of...Read More
After marking a new yearly high of $16,500, BTC now seems to be retracing. The cryptocurrency dropped to as low as $15,750 and recovered to where it’s currently trading at $15,880. Most altcoins are following suit. The Correction Begins? There’s a saying for traders that goes – ‘what goes up, must come down.’ In other...Read More
Bitcoin Bitcoin saw another 4% price hike this week, which had it breaking above the $16,000 level to reach as high as $16,491 today. The coin has since dropped slightly to trade at $16,135 at the time of writing. Last week, the coin had surged into the $16,000 level, which caused it to roll over...Read More