The $LINK price forecast remains bullish after a sharp price explosion last week, now holding the bulk of those gains, supported by a record week of ETF inflows and a new integration placing Chainlink price feeds behind recently launched Coinbase tokenized stocks.
Chainlink Price Analysis: Will the Price of $LINK Rise After Returning to $11?
$LINK broke out sharply last week, rallying from around $9.50 to a high of $12.50 before consolidating in a range between $11 and $12. The price is currently trading at $11.793, down 1.43%, holding significantly above the weekly bull market support zone at $8.855 to $9.234—a zone that has repeatedly served as support throughout the year-long downtrend.
The breakout lifted $LINK above all four EMAs, with the nearest support being the 20-day at $10.141, followed by the 50-day at $9.219, the 100-day at $8.973, and the 200-day significantly lower at $9.661. The resistance zone around $12.50 marks the peak of last week's surge and the next barrier for continuation. A dotted descending trendline from the February high still hangs overhead in the $13 to $14 range, marking larger structural resistance that $LINK must overcome for more significant trend changes.
$LINK Support and Resistance Levels, August 25, 2026
| Type | Price | Level |
| Resistance | $12.50 | Last Week's Peak |
| Resistance | $13 to $14 | Descending Trendline from February |
| Support | $11 | Previous Resistance, Now Support |
| Support | $10.14 | 20-day EMA |
| Support | $9.234 | Weekly Bull Market Support Band, Upper Bound |
| Support | $8.855 | Weekly Bull Market Support Band, Lower Bound |
Chainlink News: Coinbase Tokenized Stocks Launch on Base Powered by Chainlink Price Feeds
US Coinbase tokenized stocks became available on Base on August 25, allowing for 24/7 trading of names like Apple, Nvidia, Meta, and Alphabet. Chainlink Data Feeds provide continuous pricing for these tokens, enabling DeFi protocols to integrate them into lending markets, decentralized exchanges, and structured products, including as collateral for borrowing.
How Tokenized Stocks Actually Work
Tokens issued as native B20 assets on Base represent direct rights to the underlying stock, held by the regulated broker and custodian Alpaca, under a structure supervised by the Abu Dhabi Global Market. They can be stored in self-custody wallets and traded continuously, unlike traditional stock markets.
Base reported that new Coinbase tokenized stock launches are expected in the coming weeks, pointing to already forming specific use cases:
- Posting tokenized Nvidia stock as collateral on Aave
- Supplying tokenized Apple stock to decentralized exchanges
The Broader Tokenized Stock Market
The launch comes amid growth in the broader tokenized stock market: total value locked has reached approximately $2.48 billion, up 5.2% over the last 30 days, with monthly transfer volume rising to $27.28 billion among over 2.1 million holders, according to RWA.xyz.
Chainlink News: CCIP Attracts $15B in Tokenized Asset Migration
$LINK IS SWIFTLY BECOMING THE SECURITY LAYER FOR TOKENIZED CAPITAL.
— Dami-Defi (@DamiDefi) August 23, 2026
Chainlink CCIP has now attracted $15B in migrating tokenized assets, including assets from BitGo, Kraken, Mantle, Lombard, and KelpDAO.
The bigger signal: Wyoming’s FRNT stablecoin has fully migrated to CCIP as... https://t.co/ulkWvddI7B
Analyst Dami-Defi reported that Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol, or CCIP, has attracted $15 billion from migrating tokenized assets from firms such as BitGo, Kraken, Mantle, Lombard, and KelpDAO.
Dami-Defi pointed to the full migration of Wyoming's FRNT stablecoin to CCIP as its exclusive cross-chain infrastructure as a more significant signal, arguing that this positions CCIP not just as a bridge but increasingly as key infrastructure for institutions moving significant value on-chain.
Chainlink News: $LINK ETFs Post Best Week of 2026
$LINK ETFs gathered $13.35 million for the week ending August 21, marking the strongest week of 2026 and the best since the week of December 5, 2025, shortly after the funds launched, according to SoSoValue. The week also started positively: net inflows for August 24 alone were $2.68 million, though a full week of trading remains ahead.
Daily inflows have noticeably increased since mid-August: from small and sporadic volumes earlier in the summer, they have grown into a series of larger daily contributions over the past two weeks. Cumulative net inflows for all $LINK ETFs now stand at $145.39 million, with total net assets reaching $172.95 million.
$LINK Price Forecast: Upside and Downside Targets
Bull Case, Target: $13–$14 (Descending Trendline)
$LINK holds above the $11 support, and a positive start to ETF inflows this week leads to another strong weekly finish. Continued momentum from the Coinbase tokenized stocks integration and growing CCIP adoption support the fundamental thesis, while price pulls back towards last week's high of $12.50. A break above that level opens the path to the descending trendline resistance in the $13 to $14 zone.
Bear Case, Risk Level: $10.141 (20-day EMA)
$LINK fails to hold the $11 to $11.50 zone, and last week's breakout begins to give back gains as profit-taking kicks in. ETF inflows decline after last week's record pace, and price falls through the 20-day EMA at $10.141, testing whether the breakout can hold as a higher low or gives way to a deeper correction towards the bull market support band around $9.234.
Conclusion
$LINK fundamentals are piling up this week in a way that's hard to dismiss as just narrative: record ETF inflows, a live integration with Coinbase handling real tokenized stocks, and $15 billion in institutional assets choosing CCIP as cross-chain infrastructure—all independently verifiable, not just sentiment.
However, the chart still has to confirm it. Last week's breakout from $9.50 to $12.50 was so sharp that some consolidation was expected, and $11 is the level that separates healthy digestion from the beginning of a deeper pullback.
