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October 9, 2025CoinDesk logoCoinDesk

Chainlink's LINK Tumbles 4% as Selling Pressure Mounts

The native token of oracle network Chainlink (LINK) encountered substantial institutional selling pressure over the 24-hour trading session, tumbling to its weakest price in more than a ￰0￱ tumbled 4% to a session low of $21.30, reversing over 8% from Monday's local high, CoinDesk data ￰1￱ decline happened in line with weakness in the broader crypto ￰2￱ CoinDesk 20 Index, a benchmark for that broader market market, was also down around the same amount. meanwhile, the Chainlink Reserve , a facility that purchases tokens on the open market using income from protocol integrations and services, kept its weekly habit, buying another 45,729 LINK worth nearly $1 million on ￰3￱ reserve currently holds nearly $10 million worth of tokens.

Thursday's decline, however, meant that the vehicle is now underwater with LINK trading below the average cost basis of $22.44, the dashboard ￰4￱ technical indicators CoinDesk Research's technical model pointed out bearish momentum, underscoring the weakening investor ￰5￱ token's trading range expanded to $1.05, representing 5% volatility between the session low of $21.53 and peak of $22.68. Technical resistance materialized at the $22.68 level, where the token reversed course on exceptionally heavy volume of 1,981,247 ￰6￱ resistance formed at the $21.92 level. Disclaimer: Parts of this article were generated with the assistance from AI tools and reviewed by our editorial team to ensure accuracy and adherence to our ￰7￱ more information, see CoinDesk's full AI Policy .

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