Chainlink (LINK) trades at $8.86, up 7.1% over the past 30 days. Its market cap — supply times price — is $6.6B, the 18-largest in crypto. Over a year it is -63% (down), and it sits -83% from its all-time high. On tradability, the book is thin, so incoming money moves the price easily. Taken together, the overall heat score is 30 (COOL). A higher number means more of the conditions for a rally are in place — it is not a price forecast.
One-year chart (daily close; hover for the price)
Candlestick chart (about a year; green = up, red = down; hover for OHLC)
Each candle shows the open, high, low and close for its period.
Price
$8.86
Market cap
$6.6B
FDV
$8.9B
24h volume
$199.8M
24h / 7d / 30d
+2.5% / +8.4% / +7.1%
From ATH
-83.2%
Circulating / total
75%
GitHub activity
★5,703
87 commits in the past 4 weeks (via CoinGecko)
Community bullish
62%
CoinGecko poll
Profile What kind of asset is Chainlink?
A mechanical read on Chainlink (LINK) from market data — a first impression to start from, not a verdict.
Market size
Large cap
A large-cap asset inside the top 50 (ranked #18)
Price swings
Moderate (24h range 3.0%)
Price movement within a normal range
Liquidity (24h volume)
High
Over $100M traded in a day; liquidity is ample
Dilution risk
Limited (75% circulating)
Most of the supply is out; room for additional issuance is limited
Long-term trend
Down sharply over 1 year (-63%)
The direction on a longer time frame
A qualitative summary based on market data. This is not investment advice.
Overview What is Chainlink
Chainlink is the industry-standard decentralized oracle network that solves the "oracle problem" by connecting smart contracts with real-world data. Blockchains cannot access external information on their own, so Chainlink acts as a secure bridge, enabling smart contracts to react to real-world events using verified, tamper-proof data. It is widely considered one of the first decentralized oracle networks and is the market leader in bringing off-chain data on-chain.
The platform operates through a decentralized network of nodes that fetch, validate, and deliver data to smart contracts. When a contract requests information like a stock price, a committee of independent nodes retrieves and aggregates the data to reach consensus, then delivers a single trustworthy answer. Chainlink offers a suite of services including Data Feeds for asset prices, CCIP for cross-chain token transfers and messaging, Automation for triggering smart contract functions, and Proof of Reserve for verifying asset collateralization.
Chainlink has established itself as critical infrastructure for both DeFi and institutional adoption, with partnerships including Swift, Euroclear, Mastercard, UBS, ANZ, Fidelity International, and J.P. Morgan. Its institutional products include the Chainlink Runtime Environment for tokenized asset workflows, Confidential Compute for privacy-preserving computation, and the Automated Compliance Engine for embedding regulatory rules into smart contracts.
The LINK token is the native asset used to pay node operators for services, fund subscription accounts, and incentivize network security through staking. Node operators stake LINK as collateral, which can be slashed if they provide inaccurate data. Chainlink was co-founded in 2017 by Sergey Nazarov and Steve Ellis, who co-authored the white paper with Ari Juels, and raised $32 million in its September 2017 ICO.
The description is based on public information from CoinGecko.This is information, not investment advice.
Basics How Chainlink started, and its basic data
Launched
2017-09-16
Running for about 9 years, since 2017
Watchlists
642K
How many people track this asset on CoinGecko — a gauge of attention
Launch date, technical design and follower counts come from CoinGecko's public data.
Price detail Price levels for Chainlink
Key price levels for Chainlink (LINK). Crypto is divisible, so you can buy well under a whole coin.
Current price
$8.86
as of 2026-08-14
24h range
$8.62 – $8.89
Low to high over the past 24 hours
All-time high
$52.7
The highest price on record (2021-05-09)
Distance from ATH
-83.2%
A new high would take about 5.9x the current price
All-time low
$0.148183
The lowest price on record (2017-11-28)
Distance from ATL
+5,877%
About 60x its all-time low
Where it sits in today's range
Low $9Near the top of today's rangeHigh $9
Signals Catalysts currently in play (auto-extracted)
🏔️
Far below its all-time high
Trading -83% from its all-time high. Recovering that ground would take a substantial return of demand — and a discount this large usually has a reason worth checking.
🛠️
Development is active
87 GitHub commits in the past four weeks (via CoinGecko). Steady development work supports the project's continuity.
These signals are extracted automatically by deterministic rules from the data on this page — price, volume, unlocks, development activity and chain usage. They do not forecast prices, and they contain no social-media rumour or speculation.This is not investment advice.
Returns Performance by period
Returns over each period, so you can compare short-term momentum against the longer-term trend at a glance. Positive is a gain, negative a loss.
1 hour
+0.4%
24 hours
+2.5%
1 week
+8.4%
2 weeks
+4.8%
1 month
+7.1%
200 days
-26.2%
1 year
-62.9%
Over the past 30 days it has run about 9 points ahead of Bitcoin (-2.2%), the market's benchmark. (LINK: +7.1%)
Past performance, which does not guarantee future results.
Supply Who controls the supply
Of the current total supply of 1,000,000,000 LINK, 75% is on the market today. The remaining 25% has been issued but is not circulating — locked, vesting, or held back.
Circulating 75%Issued but locked 25%
Market cap vs FDV (the dilution already priced in)
Market cap
$6.6B
Value of the circulating supply
FDV (fully diluted)
$8.9B
If the entire supply were circulating
Fully diluted valuation is only about 1.3x the current market cap, so there is little additional supply left to come.
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Exchanges Where is Chainlink traded?
The venues where Chainlink (LINK) trades most, by 24-hour volume in USD. Deeper volume generally means orders fill more easily and the price holds steadier.
Bybit
$9.3M
BitMart
$9.0M
Azbit
$8.8M
KuCoin
$6.3M
Poloniex
$5.0M
Binance
$5.0M
Ranked by converted volume, highest first.Which venues you can use depends on where you live, so check what is licensed in your own jurisdiction.This is not a recommendation of any particular exchange.
Heat score Heat factor breakdown
30
Heat scoreCOOLOverall heat score
How the overall score is built: market gate 42 (applied to everything) × geometric mean of the four factors 72 (momentum, liquidity, fundamentals and supply, multiplied together) → 30. It is not a simple average: a weak market holds the whole score down, and a single weak factor drags the rest with it.
Factor breakdown (0–100; higher means more conditions are in place)
Regime (market gate)gate
42
→ The market gate is neutral. Asset-specific factors decide this one.
Momentum
70
→ An uptrend is holding. Momentum is on this asset's side.
Liquidity (traded volume depth)
100
→ Volume is deep enough that a move is one you could actually participate in.
Fundamentals (TVL / market cap)
50
→ TVL is unremarkable relative to market cap.
Supply lightness
75
→ Most of the supply already circulates, so unlock pressure is light.
Development activity → 87 code updates in the last four weeks; development is ongoing.
Standard-score profile, compared against every asset on the site (50 is the mean). It shows where this asset sits in the population on each metric; higher is always the better direction.
Similarity computed from shared CoinGecko categories rather than an industry taxonomy. Assets in the same L1 ecosystem or with the same use case tend to share capital flows and market conditions.
Put price, market cap, returns and standard scores side by side.See all comparisons →
FAQ Chainlink — frequently asked questions
What is Chainlink (LINK)?
Chainlink is the industry-standard decentralized oracle network that solves the "oracle problem" by connecting smart contracts with real-world data. Read more →
What is the current price of Chainlink (LINK)?
$8.86 as of 2026-08-14. The price moves daily, and this page is rebuilt every day.
What is the market cap of Chainlink (LINK)?
About $6.6B as of 2026-08-14, which ranks #18 across all crypto assets.
What is Chainlink's heat score, and what does it mean?
The heat score is 30 (COOL) as of 2026-08-14. It is our own 0–100 measure of how many of the conditions a rally needs — momentum, tradable volume, light supply and a supportive market — are currently in place. It is not a price forecast. The model multiplies its factors, so a single missing condition holds the whole score down.
What is the supply of Chainlink (LINK)?
As of 2026-08-14, 748,099,970 LINK is in circulation out of a total supply of 1,000,000,000 LINK — about 75%. The remainder may reach the market through future unlocks.
What is the all-time high for Chainlink (LINK)?
The all-time high on record as of 2026-08-14 is $52.7.The price is $8.86 today, -83.2% from that high.
How much Chainlink (LINK) can I buy with $100?
At the 2026-08-14 price ($8.86), $100 buys roughly 11.29 LINK before fees and spread. Crypto is divisible, so you do not need to buy a whole coin.
Will Chainlink (LINK) go up? What are its prospects?
We do not forecast prices or give investment advice. What this page does is track Chainlink every day through factual data — the heat score, supply structure, charts and development activity. Use it as material for your own judgement; the decision is yours.
Where can I buy or trade Chainlink (LINK)?
It trades on major crypto exchanges. Which venues you can use depends on where you live, so check what is licensed in your own jurisdiction. This is information, not a recommendation of any asset or exchange.
The prices, market caps and heat scores above are as of 2026-08-14 and change daily.This is information, not investment advice.
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