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Chainlink

Chainlink is the leading oracle network: it supplies prices and other external data to smart contracts across many chains, and offers CCIP for cross-chain messaging. It has many partnerships with traditional finance around tokenisation.

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Ticker
LINKUSDT
Category
Cryptocurrencies
Type
Decentralised finance (DeFi)
Sector
DeFi
Market-cap rank
n°19
Trading hours
24/7

What is Chainlink?

Chainlink is the leading oracle network: it supplies prices and other external data to smart contracts across many chains, and offers CCIP for cross-chain messaging. It has many partnerships with traditional finance around tokenisation. Decentralised finance covers protocols providing financial services without intermediaries: decentralised exchanges (DEX), lending and borrowing, derivatives, yield. Rules are coded in smart contracts.

How Chainlink works and what gives it value

A DeFi token usually grants governance and sometimes a share of protocol fees (buybacks, distribution). The market rewards protocols generating real, durable revenue.

What moves the price of Chainlink

  • ◆Trading and borrowing volume on the protocol
  • ◆Fees and revenue shared with holders
  • ◆Health of the host chain
  • ◆Yields and incentives offered
  • ◆Regulatory changes

Key metrics to watch

  • ◆TVL
  • ◆Protocol revenue
  • ◆Market cap to fees ratio
  • ◆Daily volume

Risks specific to Chainlink

  • ◆Smart-contract hacks
  • ◆Cascading liquidations in sell-offs
  • ◆Temporary incentives inflating activity

How to analyse Chainlink on GraphTrade

Daily and 4h; buyback or fee-switch announcements often trigger breakouts. Open the LINKUSDT chart, add the indicators below, compare Chainlink with similar assets in Performance and ask the AI Compass to explain the latest move with news and macro context.

Themes

Included in: DeFi, Tokenisation d'actifs réels (RWA).

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◆ FAQ

What is Chainlink (LINKUSDT)?

Chainlink is the leading oracle network: it supplies prices and other external data to smart contracts across many chains, and offers CCIP for cross-chain messaging. It has many partnerships with traditional finance around tokenisation.

Why is Chainlink going up or down today?

The main drivers are: trading and borrowing volume on the protocol, fees and revenue shared with holders, health of the host chain, yields and incentives offered. The AI Compass cross-references these with today's news.

Which indicators work best on Chainlink?

Daily and 4h; buyback or fee-switch announcements often trigger breakouts.

What are the risks of Chainlink?

Smart-contract hacks ; Cascading liquidations in sell-offs ; Temporary incentives inflating activity.

What is the market-cap rank of Chainlink?

Chainlink was ranked #19 by market cap when this page was generated, in the DeFi sector. The live rank appears at the top of the page.

How do I follow Chainlink in real time?

Open the free GraphTrade chart for LINKUSDT: price updates live every second, with all indicators.

How do I add Chainlink to my portfolio?

Click « Add to portfolio » on this page: the asset joins your active portfolio.

Is this investment advice?

No. GraphTrade provides information and analysis tools only.

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