Chainlink (LINK) is drawing renewed attention after prominent analyst Michaël van de Poppe outlined a continuation target of $14.50, citing a broader altcoin recovery and Chainlink’s expanding onchain role. At the time of the analysis, LINK traded near $11.50 after a 1.1% 24-hour gain, with immediate support between $11.25 and $11.30 and the intraday low at $11.09. The token’s market capitalization stood at $8.597 billion, while 24-hour trading volume reached $339.706 million. Van de Poppe also identified lower accumulation zones at $10.50 and $9.50, framing them as possible pullback entries rather than confirmed levels.
Institutional and product developments added to the bullish narrative. Spot LINK exchange-traded funds recorded seven consecutive days of net inflows, beginning the latest week with $2.68 million after $13.35 million the prior week. These funds now hold roughly 1.99% of LINK’s supply, equal to about one in every fifty tokens. Separately, Charles Schwab announced on August 27 that it plans to add Chainlink, Solana, and Avalanche trading to Schwab Crypto, expanding the platform that launched in May 2026 with Bitcoin and Ethereum. Schwab’s head of digital assets, Joe Vietri, said the move reflects client demand and broadens crypto choices alongside investing and banking services.
On the infrastructure side, Coinbase selected Chainlink Data Feeds to price its tokenized U.S. equities on Base, including NVDAc, METAc, AAPLc and GOOGLc. The assets are issued as B20 tokens backed one-for-one by underlying shares, with Alpaca providing regulated custody under the Abu Dhabi Global Market framework and Coinbase acting as issuer. The integration lets Base lending markets, decentralized exchanges and structured product platforms use Chainlink pricing data, potentially supporting the tokenized equities as collateral. LINK gained 8.4% over seven days, 31% over 14 days and 33.2% over 30 days, though it remained about 52.8% below its level from one year earlier.
