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LINK this week: +9% in seven days, positive funding on perps

Chainlink closed the week at $12.46 (+9.5% in 7 days, +50.5% in 30). Market cap, the seven-day range and what the ZIPMEX perp market is charging to hold a position, with sources.

· By ZIPMEX · 1 min read

Chainlink (LINK) trades at $12.46 on September 8, 2026: -5.9% over 24 hours, +9.5% over seven days and +50.5% over thirty. That leaves it 76% below the all-time high of $52.7 set on 2021-05-09. Here is what the market and the ZIPMEX perp book say about the week, with every number sourced.

The numbers

Price$12.46
24 hours-5.9%
7 days+9.5%
30 days+50.5%
Market cap$9.3B
24h volume (all venues)$956.5M
Market rank#16
Perp open interest$122.2K
Perp 24h volume$2.3M
Max leverage20x

Perps: funding and open interest

On ZIPMEX Perps the LINK/USDC market shows an estimated funding rate of +0.0100% per eight hours (last settled: +0.0103%), $122.2K of open interest and $2.3M traded in 24 hours. Positive funding means longs are paying shorts: leveraged traders lean bullish and pay for the privilege. Max leverage is 20x.

Live LINK funding rates across major perpetual markets load here.

Levels from the last seven days

The seven-day high was $13.44 on 2026-09-07 and the low $10.97 on 2026-09-02, a 23% range. Reclaiming the all-time high would take a 4.2x from here. We do not publish price predictions; these are the levels the market actually printed.

Live LINK price chart loads here.

Method and sources

Snapshot taken 2026-09-08 13:31 UTC. Price, supply and market cap: CoinGecko. Perps: ZIPMEX Perps public market data. Volume across all venues and all-time high: aggregated market data. This digest is generated from those feeds and reviewed by ZIPMEX Research; numbers on the LINK landing refresh every minute.

Crypto assets are volatile and you can lose your capital. Nothing here is investment advice.

Updated on Oct 11, 2026