At about 13:30 UTC on 8 September 2026, Chainlink's LINK token traded near $12.46. That was up roughly 9.5% from a week earlier and about 50% from a month earlier, but down about 6% on the day. The rally lost ground afterwards: CoinGecko showed LINK at $11.40 on 25 October 2026 (08:06 UTC), roughly 8.5% below the 8 September level. Every price figure below comes from a single data provider, CoinGecko.
The week in numbers (1–8 September 2026)
| Measure | Value (CoinGecko, hourly data) |
|---|---|
| Price, 8 Sep ~13:30 UTC | $12.46–$12.52 |
| Price, 1 Sep ~13:30 UTC | $11.39 |
| Seven-day change | about +9.5% |
| Price, 9 Aug ~13:30 UTC | $8.28–$8.29 |
| Thirty-day change | about +50% |
| Seven-day high | $13.44, 7 Sep 06:00 UTC |
| Seven-day low | $10.97, 2 Sep 11:00 UTC |
| Market capitalisation, 8 Sep | $9.32B–$9.37B |
| 24-hour trading volume, all venues, 8 Sep | $0.85B–$1.09B |
| All-time high | $52.70, 9 May 2021 |
Ranges show the two hourly readings on either side of the snapshot time.
What the levels show
- Range. Between the 2 September low and the 7 September high, LINK rose about 22.5%. A move that wide in one week is normal for LINK in an active market, not unusual.
- The pullback started at the top. The high came early on 7 September. A day later the price was about 7% lower, which is why the 24-hour figure was negative while the weekly figure was positive.
- Distance from the record. At $12.46, LINK was about 76% below its May 2021 all-time high of $52.70. Getting back there would take a gain of about 4.2 times.
What LINK is
Chainlink is an oracle network: it delivers off-chain data, such as asset prices, to smart contracts. According to Chainlink's documentation, its Data Feeds "provide data that is aggregated from many data sources by a decentralized set of independent" node operators. LINK is the network's token. CoinGecko lists a maximum and total supply of 1 billion LINK, with about 767 million circulating as of 25 October 2026.
LINK's price at the key moments, August to October 2026
Where did LINK trade at each point the article names, from a month before the 8 September snapshot to 25 October?
Data table
| Item | USD | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Aug, ~13:30 UTC | 8.28 | |
| 1 Sep, ~13:30 UTC | 11.39 | |
| 2 Sep 11:00 UTC (week low) | 10.97 | |
| 7 Sep 06:00 UTC (week high) | 13.44 | |
| 8 Sep, ~13:30 UTC | 12.46 | |
| 25 Oct 08:06 UTC | 11.4 |
These are single hourly readings from one provider, CoinGecko. The chart leaves out the moves between these points, volume and market cap, and it says nothing about where the price goes next.
What happened next: Chainlink's Q3 2026 review
Chainlink's own quarterly review, published 21 October 2026, covers the quarter that includes this week. These figures are the project's claims and are not independently verified. The review lists no announcements dated 1–8 September, so it does not explain this specific week's move.
- Chainlink Reserve: 1,543,330.47 LINK added in Q3, bringing total holdings to 6,047,498.3150 LINK.
- LINK exchange-traded funds: Grayscale's GLNK and Bitwise's CLNK held 16,650,795 LINK combined at quarter end. Chainlink puts that at 2.24% of market capitalisation, with more than $230 million in assets under management.
- Cross-chain activity: Chainlink says CCIP 2.0 powers more than 1,040 EVM-to-EVM lanes, and that CCIP handled more than $85 billion in total cross-chain token value in Q3 2026. It also says more than $15 billion in token value moved to CCIP in 2026.
- Institutional work: The review reports that DTCC processed its first production trades of tokenized U.S. securities with Chainlink.
How to read a weekly snapshot
- An hourly reading from one provider can differ from another provider's by a few cents. Treat the percentages as approximate.
- An all-venue volume figure is an aggregate that the provider reports. It does not show where the trading happened or how much of it was spot versus derivatives.
- A 50% monthly gain says nothing about the next month. By late October the price had given back part of it.
Limitations: price data comes from one provider (CoinGecko), and project figures come from Chainlink itself. This is not trading or investment advice. Crypto assets are volatile and you can lose your capital.
