Chainlink remains one of the clearest ways to play the infrastructure behind tokenized assets if they keep growing. Its revenue is still trending higher than its price, so the market may eventually catch up. x.comÂ
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Chainlink is the most underappreciated revenue-sharing token in DeFi: it paid $4.5 million to LINK stakers last month, returning 94% of all fees to holders. Interest in protocols that share revenue with holders is rising, with mentions of revenue-sharing tokens on crypto Twitter up fourfold this week. x.comÂ
Chainlink's new 24/7 pricing makes tokenized assets usable for lending when traditional markets close. Aave is adopting it for institutional RWA lending, a massive development for LINK's role in always-on finance. Token Terminal puts tokenized stocks at $4.63 billion in market cap; their growth makes the LINK case even more obvious and insanely bullish. x.com x.comÂ
Chainlink's LINK is the best way to express a bullish view on tokenization, because institutions are tokenizing via Chainlink's platform and its moat brings pricing power, unlike generalized L1s and L2s. Token value capture is the missing piece: much revenue is hidden, high emissions have hurt, staking has stalled since 2023, and CLARITY Act delays have slowed traditional finance moving onchain. One final generational buying chance may come in September or October; 2030 is the likely timeline. … Show more
Chainlink's LINK token has been weighed down by heavy dilution, and it likely falls back to $5 before becoming a good buy. Over the last four years, Sergey Nazarov's side sold about 7% of supply a year while revenue barely grew, and holders get no significant token rights. @AltcoinSherpa calls it a fundamentally strong project that simply lacks a bid. x.comÂ
Chainlink's DTCC partnership may be one of the biggest ever by a crypto company, setting LINK up for a 10x in the next liquidity cycle. Per Chainlink, the DTCC, the backbone of US clearing and settlement with $3.7 quadrillion of 2025 volume, is integrating Chainlink data and orchestration standards into its Collateral AppChain for 24/7 collateral workflows. Chainlink looks set to be the tech connecting blockchains with TradFi. The move may wait until liquidity flows back into the market. x.com … Show more
Trillions of dollars of tokenized assets coming onchain could drive a generational rally in Chainlink with ample patience. It has spent six to seven years moving sideways amid disillusionment since the COVID bubble, leaving it one of the market's more hated assets. x.com x.comÂ
Chainlink's token overhang keeps Dogecoin the preferred pick over it. 252 million LINK is still outside circulation, and 70 million of it came out in the last twelve months. That overhang stands even as @thefetztizzle points to Swift ramping up, DTCC's app chain going live in November and Chainlink having no competitors. x.comÂ
Chainlink is headed for hundreds of dollars per token because most people overlook how important it is to crypto. It is by far one of the market's most important tokens, and its chart resembles Nvidia's before its breakout. x.com x.com x.comÂ
Chainlink's decade-long bear market looks over on all pairs because co-founder Sergey Nazarov has positioned it to benefit from US-coin clout by doing and saying the right things with this administration. Per @ChainLinkGod, he spoke at a White House technology leaders event. LINK has real adoption, though value accrual and revenue need improvement; a run to $100+ at some point remains a self-described delusional thesis. x.comÂ
Chainlink is crawling, squeezed so tightly in its $8-9.34 range that a move is waiting on news, and likely only an ETF approval could lift the chart. A decline had to come first before money flows back into the market. x.comÂ
Chainlink is opening institutional DeFi by letting firms lend from regulated custody, automate compliance and assess onchain lending risk. CustodySync with Anchorage keeps assets in custody while they earn returns; ADQ-backed Further Asset Management adopted Chainlink for tokenized-asset trading compliance in Abu Dhabi. S&P Global Ratings is bringing independent risk assessments to DeFi lending vaults on Base. x.com x.com x.comÂ