LINK

ThriceHawk

LINK. Almost every major tradfi, defi, or crypto project out there relies on or uses them. Even the US government.

ThriceHawk

Have to include LINK in that list. Almost every major tradfi, defi, or crypto project in general uses them.

DanielGomez902

Your entire response to all of this is based on your own preconceived notion of what crypto does. “Nobody in their right mind” and “nothing burger” is just your way of saying “I don’t understand what this does or why it’s happening” I read the articles and am very knowledgeable beyond what I’d ever take the time to explain in a Reddit comment. You asked for proof so I gave you some. There’s hundreds of other bullish articles and future projects about the industry I could show. I’m not gonna write an essay on every article and why it’s there. Your “research” is just repeating Reddit buzzwords like “nothing burger” Is that really the best argument you can come up with? If you actually read the articles and somehow came to the conclusion that every meaningful crypto transaction will happen on a private blockchain that no one else ever touches then I really can’t help you bro. Nearly every article lists a currently publicly tradable blockchain you can buy today. For example you asked “who’s accepting large payments in crypto” and then immediately dismissed PayPal because it’s using stablecoins that’s literally what people will accept large payments with dummy DOVU is a crypto project built on Hedera by the way. it solves one of the hardest real world problems which is verifiable ecological credits tracked on a blockchain with an immutable audit trail. Europe is literally creating a massive use case needed starting next year https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/eu-carbon-border-adjustment-mechanism-financial-obligations-commence-amid-proposed-scope-expansion-to-include-new-downstream-products Tokenization is the future of the world you and I probably agree that 99 percent of crypto projects are complete shit but the 1 percent that provide real government compliance like MiCA and other legal frameworks will produce actual winners that you’ll see in a few years. Yes some systems will go private but the tokenized RWA industry is projected to grow so large that there will be room for both institutions and public crypto infrastructure like ETH and LINK and Hbar (fixed fraction of a cent transaction fees with next to no energy usage) If you think everything ends up private and isolated you’re missing the scale of what’s being built

Randomized007

I'm 50% btc, 15% eth, the rest are SUI, XRP, SOL, LINK, AVAX, QNT, ONDO & HBAR

jawni

>Where does the fundamental value of BTC come from as opposed to any other digital asset? Everyone talks about decentralization, consensus, etc, but those are properties of blockchain and not the specific BTC asset. You could accomplish the exact same thing with ETH, XRP, LINK, DOGE, etc - the value proposition I feel lies in the blockchain architecture and not the specific coin being used in a blockchain fashion If bitcoin(the asset) only exists on Bitcoin(the network) then it inherits those properties. BTC mostly is digital gold because it was first successful crypto, this allowed the network to grow and strengthen. If any other crypto was the first and especially if it was PoW, it would probably be digital gold instead. >Is it simply the capped supply of 21M tokens (I think) making it deflationary? Tokenomics are a factor, that controls supply, but without demand it's moot. >Why can't I just create a new coin XYZ that is also deflationary? Like previously mentioned, this solves for the supply, but without any other beneficial properties, there will not be any demand for it. >Why won't that have the same potential to be digital gold? Because no other coin will have as mature of a network securing it combined with a supply that's only slowly releasing and hard capped, combined with a supportive community who is resistant to change to BTC. I think ETH could be considered digital gold as well, the supply isn't capped but burn mechanics mean the supply won't grow out of control and will even deflate in some conditions, but ultimately it has demand without that narrative. >What makes the prices move? There is no definitive answer because it's an everchanging mix of factors and there are *some* fundamentals. Mostly it's just signs of increased adoption spurring buying but there are also macro factors, like being a hedge to fiat/money printing so you hold more BTC than your local currency. Or you're trading stocks but you feel the stock market is temporarily overvalued so you rotate into BTC. And then legislation is a big factor that will spur or hinder adoption and subsequently move the price.

UhUhWaitForTheCream

I think LINK just lacks the cross chain liquidity which FOLKS is solving

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I love LINK but is FOLKS a better return on investment? Similar scope of project but folks is a small market cap atm

Electrical-Penalty44

The value of all cryptos is based on speculation. Every. Single. One. If it wasn't only a few would have any value at all (meaning priced above $0) and ETH and LINK would be at the top.

biba8163

**The Age of Shitcoins is Over** > If BTC hits $100K AND Trump gets elected AND Gary Gensler gets fired AND the FED does a few rate cuts AND the stock market does well AND my Alt gets an ETF, then my Alt will surely moon! - $100K BTC, $110K BTC, $120K BTC! - Pro-Crypto Scammer President! - Gary Gensler fired! - FED cuts rates 3 times! - Stock market up 15% YTD! - ETH gets an ETF! ETH still -35% from 2021 high - XRP gets an ETF! XRP still -50% from 2018 ATH - LINK gets an ETF! LINK still -35% from 2020 high - LTC gets an ETF! LTC still -80% from 2021 ATH - HBAR gets an ETF! HBAR still -80% from 2021 ATH **The Alt Marketcap is Shrinking** The total Alt marketcap: - down -40% from 2021 - never reached 2021 levels throughout the bullrun - went up 5.4X from 2017 to 2021. Now it can't even reach levels from 4 years ago. | | Dec. 2017 | Nov. 2021 | Dec. 2025 |:-----------|:------------:|:------------:|:------------:| | BTC | $0.32T | $1.23T | $1.76T | Total Alt | $0.282T | $1.52T | $0.90T | Stablecoin | $0.001T | $0.11T | $0.32T | Total Crypto| $0.603T | $2.86T | $2.98T

TheQuietOutsider

LINK fuels defi. truly the god coin

biba8163

> my shitcoin has great fundamentals, why does it keep going down?!!! **Fundamental problem with crypto is that it has no fundamentals** - Cannot Generate Value for Shareholders - No Product to Sell - Token is the Product that you sell **Crypto Speculative Tokens are Marketed as High Growth Tech Companies** - Crypto is 100% speculative (Bitcoin itself is speculative) - Alts market themselves like Tech Companies which take time for adoption and growth - Unlike Tech companies Alts offer no innovative products and services that generate revenue - The only thing Alts sell is the Token itself **Price-to-Sales (P/S), a Fundamental Valuation Metric** QQQ heavily weighted towards tech companies currently has P/S ratio (marketcap/revenue) of approximately 6.16 and is considered overvalued because it's much higher than it's historical average. NVDIA for perspective has a P/S of 23 because it's priced as a hyper growth tech stock whose revenue has gone from ~$10 Billion in 2020 to $130 Billion today and continues to grow. Using that same metric, compare popular cryptos which collect fee revenue and distribute them to their staking token holders. | Network | Daily Fees | Marketcap. | P/S |:-----------:|:------------:|:------------:|:------------:| | QQQ | -- | --- | 6.16X | TRON | $6.9 Million | $26 Billion | 10.4X | LINK | $164K | $8.9 Billion | 149X | ETH | $330K | $360 Billion | 3,000X

biba8163

**Fundamental problem with crypto is that it has no fundamentals** - Cannot Generate Value for Shareholders - No Product to Sell - Token is the Product that you sell **Crypto Speculative Tokens are Marketed as High Growth Tech Companies** - Crypto is 100% speculative (Bitcoin itself is speculative) - Alts market themselves like Tech Companies which take time for adoption and growth - Unlike Tech companies Alts offer no innovative products and services that generate revenue - The only thing Alts sell is the Token itself **Price-to-Sales (P/S), a Fundamental Valuation Metric** QQQ heavily weighted towards tech companies currently has P/S ratio (marketcap/revenue) of approximately 6.16 and is considered overvalued because it's much higher than it's historical average. NVDIA for perspective has a P/S of 23 because it's priced as a hyper growth tech stock whose revenue has gone from ~$10 Billion in 2020 to $130 Billion today and continues to grow. Using that same metric, compare popular cryptos which collect fee revenue and distribute them to their staking token holders. | Network | Daily Fees | Marketcap. | P/S |:-----------:|:------------:|:------------:|:------------:| | QQQ | -- | --- | 6.16X | TRON | $6.9 Million | $26 Billion | 10.4X | LINK | $164K | $8.9 Billion | 149X | ETH | $330K | $360 Billion | 3,000X

biba8163

> as the alt space dies off the truly strong projects that will last will rise above as beacons **Fundamental problem with crypto is that it has no fundamentals** - Cannot Generate Value for Shareholders - No Product to Sell - Token is the Product that you sell **Crypto Speculative Tokens are Marketed as High Growth Tech Companies** - Crypto is 100% speculative (Bitcoin itself is speculative) - Alts market themselves like Tech Companies which take time for adoption and growth - Unlike Tech companies Alts offer no innovative products and services that generate revenue - The only thing Alts sell is the Token itself **Price-to-Sales (P/S), a Fundamental Valuation Metric** QQQ heavily weighted towards tech companies currently has P/S ratio (marketcap/revenue) of approximately 6.16 and is considered overvalued because it's much higher than it's historical average. NVDIA for perspective has a P/S of 23 because it's priced as a hyper growth tech stock whose revenue has gone from ~$10 Billion in 2020 to $130 Billion today and continues to grow. Using that same metric, compare popular cryptos which collect fee revenue and distribute them to their staking token holders. | Network | Daily Fees | Marketcap. | P/S |:-----------:|:------------:|:------------:|:------------:| | QQQ | -- | --- | 6.16X | TRON | $6.9 Million | $26 Billion | 10.4X | LINK | $164K | $8.9 Billion | 149X | ETH | $330K | $360 Billion | 3,000X

nugymmer

I don’t know so much about that. The first one you listed - the devs control quite a large percentage of the token supply. Maybe it is a God coin. Maybe not. That said I have more faith in LINK than I do in XRP or SOL.

dimitry_sx

$TON $LINK and of course BTC-ETH-SOL

biba8163

> People just aren’t buying alts The Age of Shitcoins is Over > If BTC hits $100K AND Trump gets elected AND Gary Gensler gets fired AND the FED does a few rate cuts AND the stock market does well AND my Alt gets an ETF, then my Alt will surely moon! - $100K BTC, $110K BTC, $120K BTC! - Pro-Crypto Scammer President! - Gary Gensler fired! - FED cuts rates 3 times! - Stock market up 15% YTD! - ETH gets an ETF! ETH still -35% from 2021 high - XRP gets an ETF! XRP still -50% from 2018 ATH - LINK gets an ETF! LINK still -35% from 2020 high - LTC gets an ETF! LTC still -80% from 2021 ATH - HBAR gets an ETF! HBAR still -80% from 2021 ATH

binary_quasar

Think objectively and don't get swept up in project narratives, most of them are vaporware. In practice, this usually looks like only buying Bitcoin and ETH, maybe SOL/LINK if you have a larger risk appetite. Investing requires conviction, but conviction breeds emotions and emotions will never make you a better investor. Conviction that the underlying value of a given project's progress, development, and utility should be higher in the future. Most altcoins barely have much progress made and are still being developed, so they strongly focus on the utility narrative, meaning they are trying to **sell you a solution to a problem.** If somebody is trying to sell you a solution, then you must ask yourself how impactful the problem is and if blockchain or smart contracts are the **best** way we can address it. The answer is usually no and there are often better solutions to the problems altcoins are trying to solve. Bitcoin built the entire space and almost all of it is built on Ethereum, while LINK provides oracle data to almost everything. This is real utility and no other coins come even relatively close to providing this much for the space. This is the infrastructure of the entire sector. These are the only plays I have even an ounce of conviction for. Everything else, you should catch on pumps and sell the second you smell weakness. Otherwise, you are now a long term holder of somebody's dogshit.

Squash_Confident

FART & BONK No, but seriously a healthy split of BTC and ETH, maybe some LINK.

biba8163

> If BTC hits $100K AND Trump gets elected AND Gary Gensler gets fired AND the FED does a few rate cuts AND the stock market does well AND my Alt gets an ETF, then my Alt will surely moon! - $100K BTC, $110K BTC, $120K BTC! - Pro-Crypto Scammer President! - Gary Gensler fired! - FED cuts rates 3 times! - Stock market up 15% YTD! - ETH gets an ETF! ETH still -35% from 2021 high - XRP gets an ETF! XRP still -50% from 2018 ATH - LINK gets an ETF! LINK still -35% from 2020 high - LTC gets an ETF! LTC still -80% from 2021 ATH - HBAR gets an ETF! HBAR still -80% from 2021 ATH *What is the investment thesis for Alts now? What could possibly propel Alts to new ATHs?* > Consolidating, when we boom to 110k alts will go bananas (December 2024) https://old.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/1hcz79l/daily_crypto_discussion_december_13_2024_gmt0/m1uit1k/ > btc to 110k tmr smashing the alts to outerspace. (December 2024) https://old.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/1hhfmsi/daily_crypto_discussion_december_19_2024_gmt0/m2sq87h/ > BTC dominance can still go higher. We would need a leg up to 110k more or less, consolidate there and then alts will go ballistic (December 2024) https://old.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/1hcz79l/daily_crypto_discussion_december_13_2024_gmt0/m1wde9n/

biba8163

> If BTC hits $100K, Trump gets elected, Gary Gensler gets fired, the FED does a few rate cuts, the stock market does well AND my Alt gets an ETF, my Alt will surely moon! - $100K BTC, $110K BTC, $120K BTC! - Pro-Crypto Scammer President! - Gary Gensler fired! - FED cuts rates 3 times! - Stock market up 15% YTD - ETH gets an ETF! ETH still -35% from 2021 high - XRP gets an ETF! XRP still -50% from 2018 ATH - LINK gets an ETF! LINK still -35% from 2020 high - LTC gets an ETF! LTC still -80% from 2021 ATH - HBAR gets an ETF! HBAR still -80% from 2021 ATH What is the investment thesis for Alts now? What could possibly propel Alts to new ATHs? > Consolidating, when we boom to 110k alts will go bananas (December 2024) https://old.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/1hcz79l/daily_crypto_discussion_december_13_2024_gmt0/m1uit1k/ > btc to 110k tmr smashing the alts to outerspace. (December 2024) https://old.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/1hhfmsi/daily_crypto_discussion_december_19_2024_gmt0/m2sq87h/ > BTC dominance can still go higher. We would need a leg up to 110k more or less, consolidate there and then alts will go ballistic (December 2024) https://old.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/1hcz79l/daily_crypto_discussion_december_13_2024_gmt0/m1wde9n/

JustStopppingBye

>They might even be paying in a stable like USDC. [They sure can but then it converted to LINK.](https://blog.chain.link/payment-abstraction-svr-fee-conversion/) Nice try though.

uncapchad

Because they don't have to keep buying or holding Link. Institutional users interact with the architecture through subscription models or private environments where costs are abstracted or pre-funded. Node operators can also be configured to accept zero payment. So it's possible the LINK has already been bought or will be funded by a pool. It's not auto-magic that more LINK will be bought. They might even be paying in a stable like USDC.

uncapchad

and none of these adoptions will do anything for a token's price. Ditto for projects with MasterCard, Visa, SWIFT, WesternUnion etc etc etc. Chainlink has been adopted by various organisations, tech consortiums and protocols for a variety of RWA activities. It's no surprise DTCC chose an architecture which integrates into the Chainlink stack. LINK's price is down 58% this year, despite all of these announcements.

VicoxLegal

Hi! Good question about these classic altcoins from the previous cycle. In 2025, most are still in the top 30 by market cap and maintain active development, although they haven't recovered their 2021 all-time highs: ADA (Cardano): Charles Hoskinson continues to push upgrades (like zk and partner chains), but the hype has died down and it hasn't delivered on all the promises made back then. Solid in research, but slow in mass adoption. VET (VeChain): They just launched the Hayabusa upgrade (new staking and tokenomics), focused on a real supply chain with enterprise partnerships. It's not exploding in price, but it's advancing in practical utility. LINK (Chainlink): It remains the king of oracles, with CCIP growing and a lot of TVS in DeFi/RWA. Strong partnerships (Coinbase, etc.), probably the most "alive" on the list. LTC (Litecoin): Classic for fast/cheap payments, with ETF filings and some index inclusion. Stable, but without major recent innovations. DOT (Polkadot): Upgrades like Polkadot 2.0 and JAM are on the way for better interoperability, but low price and tough competition at layer-0. Ultimately, they have matured more as infrastructure than as "moonshots," and their future depends on real adoption rather than hype.

cryptolipto

LINK will be the only one standing long term for sure

Dubb18

Any that have a lot of institutional interest...SOL, AVAX, ONDO, LINK, etc.

cardanianofthegalaxy

Surviving cycles and actually worth holding for profit are two different things. Outside the top 10 its clear that LTC has staying power but price action sucks. Personally I think only ETH, SOL, BNB and LINK are worth holding into the next cycle.

A-Stock-A-Day

Cycle survivors (dinos that stick around like ADA/XRP): * **ETH** — L2 king, ETFs, DeFi backbone. Immortal. * **SOL** — Speed + memes + adoption, too big to fade. * **XRP** — Banks/utility + reg wins, eternal zombie. * **ADA** — Research vibe + upgrades, slow but survives bears. * **LINK** — Oracles needed forever, no competition kills it. * **BNB** — Binance empire fuel, burns + utility = longevity. Most memes/new L1s ghost, but these have real ecosystems/moats. 90% alts die anyway, stick to top 20.

WorthDazzling1861

got scared bc i thought he was gonna be naming shit like SOL, LINK, ADA, etc, but no its jus this bullshit

RamoneBolivarSanchez

“ARB and TIA have great technology” The fact you’re conflating (worthless) governance tokens with the underlying stack show how baseless any/all of these “investments” have been. Celestia is the protocol, TIA is the token that arguably exists for zero reason. Same can be said with ARB as a token. Nobody needs ARB to use Arbitrum. You should read about tokenomics before doing things like this. It’s the reason why Uniswap is a great protocol but UNI as a token is garbage. Or what Chainlink is important for oracles, but LINK itself brings virtually no utility to retail holders.

biba8163

I can say, I've warned about these shitcoins back from 2017/2018 and every one of these shitcoins are down -70% to -95%. People who are still defending these shitcoins are either noobs who recently got lured into them or are getting paid. > - VEN/VET (Vechain) is an ICO to fund a private company which they say is a non-profit organization which they say DNV GL bought an equity in. > - Sunny Lu is always smirking because he's making money off the biggest scam in crypto right now. **(2018)** https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/8k1xzb/daily_discussion_megathread_may_17_2018_at_1200am/dz586oa/ > Don't worry, *a new round of shitcoins will be coming with new hype. Soon people will be shilling about Cosmos, Polkadot, Hydera Hash, Fantom, Radix, etc.* Some of these other coins that are in the top 25 will be gone the way Stratis, Golem, MaidSafe, Bitshares, SingularDTV which were in the top 25 at this time in 2017. **(2019)** https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/bjohvq/daily_discussion_may_2_2019_gmt0/emd4p9j/ > And *like I predicted new shitcoin scams like Cosmos, Polkadot, Hydera, Fantom, etc did pump. And expecting these scams to be around in a few years is just as foolish as those people in 2019 who were expecting Stratis, NEO, IOTA, EOS, etc to be around* **(2023)** https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/17506yp/daily_crypto_discussion_october_11_2023_gmt0/k4ecz87/ > The Chainlink Cult and hype pushed LINK price to ~$20 in August 2020 at the tail end of the previous bear market. > Since then, they have dumped about ~200 Million tokens or 60% more tokens into the circulating supply and bagholders who bought into the hype not only missed out on bullrun gains but are down -60% since 2020. > Sergey Nazarov has 450,000,000 more tokens to dump on the market. *Where do you think the price is going to go long term with zero demand and zero utility for the token besides bullshit hype? Token not needed.* > You are betting that gullible crypto bros will fall for the bullshit oracle and partnership hype which will overcome the dumping of useless tokens the founder and insiders gifted to themselves. **(2023)** https://old.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/172kuqq/daily_crypto_discussion_october_8_2023_gmt0/k4033vi/

Noracleio

The future of these "old-guard" coins like ADA, VET, LINK, LTC, and DOT is determined by whether their continued development and real-world utility can outweigh the market's current hype cycle, which often favors newer narratives. Projects like LINK and DOT are showing strong fundamentals with major infrastructure upgrades (CCIP and Polkadot 2.0/JAM Protocol) and aggressive institutional focus (LINK's RWA data streams, DOT's supply cap), positioning them to remain highly relevant in the Web3 ecosystem despite price volatility.

biba8163

> LINK is going strong...while the others are dying Hocus Pocus, bagholding Chainlink Town Crier. LINK is doing exactly what shitcoins do: - Lose value in USD - bleed like a gutted pig against BTC | Date | LINK/BTC | |------------|-------| | Dec. 2020 | ████████████████████ 0.000646 | | Dec. 2021 | █████████████ 0.000404 | | Dec. 2022 | ████████████ 0.000393 | | Dec. 2023 | ███████████ 0.000350 | | Dec. 2024 | ███████ 0.000238 | | Dec. 2025 | █████ 0.000151 |

biba8163

**Hocus Pocus!!!** Every time LINK is mentioned, **bagholding Chainlink Town Criers appear out of nowhere to defend this token dump shitcoin.** > *CCIP, CCID, VRF, CRE, SWIFT, Magic Oracles will serve you Truths from Golden Data Containers* Yet LINK price today is down -35% from 5 years ago in 2020. **Exactly half a decade of dead money investing in it.** https://coinmarketcap.com/historical/20200815/

DaddyDontTakeNoMess

LINK is a critical infrastructure piece for blockchain, but don’t confuse its use with positive price action. Blockchain adoption has risen but the price of LINK hasn’t.

Longjumping-Bonus723

LINK is going strong because it's integrated into the tradfi world while the others are dying because they are old chains just like CD-ROM. Don't know about VET though.

BTCWallahFXEmpire

Chainlink is among the most fundamentally strong projects despite its token LINK's underperformance compared to other hopium cryptocurrencies. It remains the industry-standard oracle for real-world data and secure on-chain information delivery.

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HBAR SOL AVAX ARB LINK I have faith

brewmasterlite

What’s everyone’s thoughts on LINK?

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If I were trading frequently, I’d pick HBAR as it has lowest fees. So: 1. HBAR 2. LINK 3. XRP Each of these 3 have ETF’s and utility.

aistreak

Even for trading, I’d pick ones with utility, relative high upside potential and low downside. I’d measure the latter with market caps: Eg: XRP sits at $120B marketcap. That’s VERY high for a crypto that’s not ETH or BTC. We could see it drop down to 5-10B on bad news, losing 95% of its value. Whereas for upside, highest I see it reaching is ETH’s market cap, which sits at 375B. So 3X upside potential. It carries high downside, low reward potential. In crypto, if your coin can’t 10x or more, it’s not high reward. XRP is going live with its first bank license, but the adoption there.. well it’s just one online bank so far. It has plenty of competitors who are looking to modernize as well, albeit perhaps not with a direct competitor like XRP. LINK, on the other hand, has high upside potential and low downside potential. Downside, on terrible news it could hit 5B marketcap, a 40% reduction in value. Upside, from its 9B marketcap, should it reach ETH’s marketcap, that’s 39X. Relatively, that’s low downside, high upside. Does it have a path to get there? Unlike XRP, LINK isn’t trying to become a bank. Instead it’s focused on infrastructure and its adoption is rising fast. Relatively recently, It’s partnered with Swift and indirectly the 11,000+ banks that adopt Swift. Then there’s the DTCC, which has trillions flowing through it. Unlike XRP, LINK isn’t married to banking. It’s supporting the entire infra for crypto. So going back to original question. If I were to trade a coin, I’d prefer some stability with monster upside potential, like LINK. I would be wary of ones with market caps that look overvalued, as they could wipe out over 90% of their value on bad news. As always, DYOR NFA.

jormor4

What do you all think of the future of DOGE? I’ve been wondering if its it’s too silly to earn the respect of new big money and too big to be a real moonshot at this point. The ties to Elon were once viewed as positive but sentiment there has shifted majorly too. I hold some but will look for an exit when the time is right. It’s insane to me that it’s got a much bigger marketcap than LINK, XLM, XMR, LTC, etc.

TG_King

Also, Chainlink isn’t a blockchain. It’s a network of oracle networks, or DONs (decentralized oracle networks). The LINK token generates value through staking, on-chain transactions for certain services including CCIP, and also off-chain revenue which is put into the reserve. Chainlink has some of the best tokenomics in all of crypto and somehow the incredibly outdated “token not needed” narrative still survives.

cryptolipto

It’s crazy how little people actually know about LINK

Steezy_Steve1990

Ah, okay. For some reason I thought LINK was only being used for governance but I guess I was mistaken.

cryptolipto

Every CCIP transaction uses LINK. Every time someone does something with a Coinbase wrapped asset across chains it will use LINK

Steezy_Steve1990

Chainlink really is showing its staying power in crypto. This is going to be one of the fundamental blockchains for crypto’s future. My only problem with Chainlink is that I don’t get the purpose of the LINK token. It doesn’t seem to have much value other than speculation. I’d love to invest in Chainlink but the actual LINk token doesn’t seem like a good way.

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| Date | LINK/BTC | |------------|-------| | 12/11/2020 | ████████████████████ 0.000646 | | 12/11/2021 | █████████████ 0.000404 | | 12/11/2022 | ████████████ 0.000393 | | 12/11/2023 | ███████████ 0.000350 | | 12/11/2024 | ███████ 0.000238 | | 12/11/2025 | █████ 0.000151 |

trollking66

love the LINK, hope to see it grow.

biba8163

> DeFi is a bullshit scam narrative from the Summer of 2020. It's NOT decentralized and it's NOT finance. > - It's a Shitcoin Casino. Leveraged plays, trading shitcoin tokens, earning yield on shitcoin tokens, providing liquidity on shitcoin tokens. NOT FINANCE > - Every player like, MakerDAO, AAVE, LINK etc, is COMPLETELY CENTRALIZED > - There are **no life financial products like life, home, health insurance, mortgages, home equity loans, car loans, personal loans without massive collateral, commercial loans, etc.** Again, shitcoin trading, yield farming, etc is NOT FINANCE. > - Then you slap some scam metrics like TVL based on scam tokens locked up to make gullible fools believe real capital is locked up instead of vaporware scam tokens. > These crypto projects have no utility, no use case so they make up fictional words like DeFi, TVL, Web3 and all kinds of buzzwords that crypto bros think is a real thing. It's essentially casino trading, casino yield and casino overcollaterized loans.

JustStopppingBye

Not sure what you need to convince me of. Swift is building their ledger with chainlink CRE directly built in, this is a fact. If you don’t think this is good for the LINK token, you’re stupid.

Mulvita43

And LINK is down. It gets good news and loses value

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I don't get why more people aren't lending BTC and borrowing ETH or LINK on Aave. Borrow APY for LINK, for example, has been sub 1% for a very long time!! And the link/btc ratio has literally just been going straight down for over 5 years straight...same with eth/btc. Ratio has been straight down since 2018! That means if you borrow ETH back then at around 0.14 ratio, the debt you owed would be worth about-75% less. When you include a roughly 3% borrow APY, the debt owed would've gone down in value by about 70% (in other words, you profit 70% on your ratio trade). Am I missing something?

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LINK the world 🌎

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I’ve been in a coma since 2021, ADA and LINK to the moon am I right ??! /s

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nugymmer

Alts are a way for developers, memecoin developers, whoever, to get access to cheap BTC when people buy their tokens they can use this liquidity to secure more BTC. I'm convinced that it is literally the only reason why alts exist. They are nothing special, do nothing special, apart from a few outliers like LINK, HBAR, and ETH, the rest don't seem to offer anything. LINK and HBAR have this peculiar problem whereby developers can dump/unlock tokens and release them, screwing up the price action and leaving investors scratching their heads. Just stick to BTC. No more headaches then. More profitable, less stress, simple to store, you don't have to worry about silly "transitions" or staking or other crap. Just make it easy on yourself and win.

Morningrise22

Aside from the obvious two HBAR, DOVU (big time) AAVE, LINK You're welcome

RatherCynical

The category of cryptocurrency that Avalanche belongs to **hosts** all the Apps. The category of cryptocurrency that LINK belongs to **feeds the data** to the Apps. They are not "better than" one another, they have distinct functions. But if you want an investment thesis, I would stay away from both. Avalanche leans heavily on Decentralised Finance providing 5-8% yield, but nobody gives a single crap when you can get 4% from Bank of America or JP Morgan.

-GrizZz-

BTC, ETH, LINK, SOL. Honorable mention, Hbar.

Distinct-Thanks-6477

30% in Stablecoins, 30% in BTC and the rest in ETH, LINK, TAO, RENDER, and AIOZ. I stay on the side of proper fundamentals.

biba8163

**Crypto ETF(s) Volume on 1st Day of Trading** | ETF(s) | Volume | |:-----------|------------:| | BTC | $4.5 Billion | ETH | $1 Billion | XRP | $59 Million | SOL | $55 Million | LINK | $13.81 Million | HBAR | $8.5 Million | LTC | $1.5 Million

OccasionalXerophile

LINK ETF announced, chart looking primed for lift off

joshatron

Is that why it’s up 15%? I’m balls deep in LINK

OccasionalXerophile

Turbo bullish on LINK

CaptainRelevant

Is this because every time there’s good news for XRP, someone jumps in and shills LINK?

Rare_Rich6713

Honestly you’re not alone l a lot of people who started accumulating in 2022–2023 are feeling the same thing right now. What you’re experiencing is just the classic mid-cycle chop where BTC cools off, alts bleed, and everyone starts questioning the whole strategy. SOL, LINK, TAO, TRAC, PENDLE, AVAX, SUI that’s a legit list of high-conviction alts. and I think you should add some XMN too. None of those are dead projects

wintomato

BTC is definitely the long-term, steady up-trend pick, but altcoins aren’t completely pointless. They just behave differently. Bitcoin acts like “digital gold,” while things like ETH, LINK, HBAR, etc. move in cycles based on hype, upgrades, and adoption. They don’t climb as cleanly, but when they do move, they tend to move harder. So yeah, if you’re looking for slow, reliable growth, BTC is hard to beat. If you’re looking for potential bigger swings (good or bad), alts still have a place. it just depends on your risk tolerance. There isn’t really a “wrong” answer, just different goals.

Dapper_Addition_3837

I hear you loud and clear—it's easy to stare at those bleeding charts and feel like the party's over, but zoom out, and the fundamentals are screaming "not even close." Crypto's always been a marathon of building through the noise, and these alts you're highlighting? They're not just surviving; they're laying tracks for the next leg up. Let's break it down quick, because yeah, the long game looks bullish as hell.Chainlink's basically the unsung hero gluing TradFi to blockchain. Their Sibos 2025 announcements with Swift, DTCC, Euroclear, UBS, and a whole squad of 24 heavyweights on corporate actions processing? That's not hype—it's solving a $58B annual headache with oracles, AI, and onchain data flows. Banks aren't dipping toes anymore; they're diving in, and LINK's the bridge. Charts might dip, but partnerships like that don't vanish in a bear market.Cosmos? IBC's evolution is pure fire for interoperability without the middleman BS. That EVM connection via IBC isn't some half-baked hack—it's live and scaling, with Cosmos EVM now packing parallel execution, mempool-level IBC compatibility, and hooks into Ethereum L2s like Base. Sovereign EVM Day in Cannes this year showed XRP, TON, and even Telegram apps bridging over native IBC—millions of users unlocking multichain without centralized gatekeepers. If alts need a "real bridge," this is it. ATOM's primed for that coordination-layer glow-up.Ondo Finance is straight-up tokenizing the boring-but-bankable stuff TradFi hoards. Their $250M Catalyst fund with Pantera Capital, dropping into RWA infra? That's fuel for bonds, stocks, and real estate going onchain, with BlackRock's BUIDL already backing OUSG for instant settlements (they shifted $95M+ there earlier this year). Larry Fink's calling tokenization "the next step," and Ondo's riding that wave with daily-yield rOUSG tokens. RWAs aren't a fad; they're the on-ramp for institutions tired of T+2 delays.Solana's the revenue beast proving L1s can actually make money without choking on fees. Q1 2025 alone? $369.5M—163% YoY jump, smoking Ethereum's $220.8M. Full-year run-rate hit $2.85B through September, with Jito tips and memecoin launchpads (shoutout Pump.fun's $475M haul) driving 55%+ of it. ETFs launched in October pulled $380M inflows in weeks— that's institutional validation for a chain handling real activity without the gas wars. SOL's not just fast; it's profitable.And Sphinx Protocol? Underdog alert—this one's tailor-made for plebs craving commodity plays without the exchange overlords. Built on its own permissioned L1, it's slinging 24/7 perps, futures, and options on oil, gas, electricity with atomic settlement, cross-margining (freeing 99% capital via BTC/stablecoin pairs), and fees slashed 90%. No more T+2 lockups or counterparty roulette; it's onchain efficiency for energy derivatives that could hedge real-world volatility. If RWAs explode, Sphinx is the DeFi gateway for normies dipping into gas/oil without a broker.You're spot on: these aren't centralized vaporware—they're decentralized machines built to outlast the hype cycles, just like BTC did. Sentiment on X echoes it too—folks calling out the Dec 1 bloodbath as rebalancing noise, with alts eyeing recovery once BTC dom stalls and USDT dom rejects higher. Blink, and we're in perma-uptrend mode again. HODL the vision, my friend—2026's gonna reward the builders.

cryptolipto

We will see how it plays out. So far I am seeing about equal private L1 chains and public L2 chains built on Ethereum I think privacy and compliance is going to be a huge factor in the choice This is where chainlinks Automated Compliance Engine comes into play, as well as Confidential Compute (not yet released) https://x.com/chainlink/status/1989470147107578118?s=46 The EIL looks to be headed in a similar direction but CRE is currently a ways ahead as it’s already in production. I say this as my top two holdings are ETH then LINK, in that order

biba8163

By the way, LINK Bagholders - NYSE parent is investing $2 Billion in Polymarket because of prediction market data and wanting to bring prediction markets themselves to the NYSE. Now show me: - How much NYSE parent has invested in LINK? I'll tell you: - NOTHING What actually happens is ScamLINK actually pays NYSE and whoever it partners with to pull their data to feed ScamLINK Oracles. Of course, vast majority of the ScamLINK data feeds that they paid for is never used except crypto price feeds by DeFi Casinos. Hocus Pocus. Your money is gone.

Rare_Rich6713

I’m not selling XMN and SUI, but is it wise buying LINK?

Vivid_Ad_7348

Tbh I did not take my crypto as seriously as I should have; I was doing that but after holding LINK for few years I did it like this—> bought it at 6,7e first time, than when price doubled I sold 50% of my LINK and rebought it when it dropped again to 7e-ish. Problem is cuz I did that for like 2 or 3 times in 2.5 years, and my average buy price is pretty bad-its higher than most of the current prices of my coins (this goes for all my coins not only LINK).

noviwu97

> SOL, LINK, TAO, TRAC, PENDLE, AVAX and SUI If you sell all of them and then the price is down 20%, would you buy back the same amount? If no, then you already lost conviction on those, just sell them now.

nugymmer

Bitcoin is a very, very, very promising store of value (SOV). Chainlink is not an SOV, even though technically it could be considered one. But it would take one heck of a black swan event for LINK to be considered an SOV. Maybe if all market makers, and all trading institutions started using LINK to secure realtime data feeds. Are we seeing that? Also, do the developers still hold a massive number of tokens relative to the circulating supply? Check, yes, they do.

nugymmer

No, the useful crypto was...just not that attractive for a very specific reason. It explains why SOL went up so much, but LINK didn't. It also explains why HBAR didn't either. The market READS into these cryptos, they will SEE that the developers hold a LOT of tokens, and they will realise that there is going to be a ceiling on the price (but sadly, no floor, as we all know and understand). The market KNOWS. Markets are actually smarter than most people realise, because markets are literally...people...people who think, feel and have knowledge and experience about stuff where money can be made - including alt coins. They know that the price upside potential on stuff like LINK and HBAR is capped until either an absolutely monstrous black swan event occurs or until the developers release and unlock all the tokens. They are not going to do that, obviously, so the price will stagnate until it happens. Or not. It's why my next foray into crypto is going to be solely BTC and nothing else, because, once again, the market KNOWS that BTC is SCARCE. Very, very scarce. 21m coins, probably several million that are out of circulation, so the real figure could be 17 or 18m...that's not a lot of coins. That's a scarce asset. And the market...well, it simply knows. And it responds accordingly. And I'm part of that market that will be buying once I am satisfied that we are not going to see any more downward pressure, and will start DCA even before that, because I know trying to time things never works unless you are lucky.

nugymmer

token not going up...why...the developers hold shit tons of it and dump it at predetermined points. The market reads this shit and knows what to do. The smart ones who made money from LINK knew these machinations and bought and sold at the right time. Buy low...sell high...can't be any simpeler than that.

rowdycoffee

My favorites are as follows: Hedera HBAR - hashgraph tech is superior. Chainlink LINK VeChain VET Stellar XLM XRP- but this coin has a short leash for me. I am not sold on its complete blockchain capability, but it is popular. Quant QNT JASMY is risky but has high reward potential. I am sure there are other great projects, and this is not financial advice. We are still early, and there is no guarantee that any of these get mass adoption.

Distinct-Thanks-6477

BITCOIN, ETHEREUM, LINK, AIOZ NETWORK, SOLANA. These are some of the projects i fancy long term.

dutch_85

Obviously BTC, along with actual utility tokens such as ETH, AMP, LINK, etc.

Mulvita43

Btc, eth, LINK, hbar and SOL

Aromatic-Ad7987

LINK - is the safest bet as its already working with almost every other leading crypto now. Hbar - Too many applications to fail. The Tech is just better

Excellent-Abroad-608

Totalement d'accord avec toi, car le LINK a tout simplement un rôle essentiel dans les écosystèmes :)

Phil_Jarsen

Bitcoin, ETH and LINK

Excellent-Abroad-608

Franchement, je pense que Bitcoin et Ethereum, c'est le plus judicieux. D'autres projets sont prometteurs, qui rendent un réel service, à l'image de LINK. Mais le reste, en réalité, c'est difficile à dire. Tout dépend aussi de comment les pays vont se développer autour de la monnaie numérique... Voici des exemples de portefeuilles qui présentent un peu la notion d'investissement long terme", car c'est quand même un peu ça qui intéresse tout le monde :) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5U6cnoWVvA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5U6cnoWVvA) A plus tard :)

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I asked chat GPT. Here are top 5 in the next 5-10 years BTC, ETH, SOL, BNB, XRP or LINK

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I'd say you're looking at this investment too simplistically. While it's true that smaller market cap coins can have bigger percentage moves, they also carry substantially more risk of failure or underperformance. Instead of going all-in on one coin, consider a risk-adjusted portfolio approach: - Put 50-60% in Bitcoin as your foundation - 20-30% in a few established large caps (ETH, etc.) - 10-20% in higher-risk/higher-reward mid-caps like SOL or LINK This gives you exposure to potential outsized gains while protecting your principal. Remember that in the 2018-2020 bear market, many alts lost

canadianragweed

I think everything you mentioned aside from maybe XRP has potential. And XRP may, I just don't personally trust them. RWA is no doubt going to be a thing, it's just going to take time. BTC, ETH, and LINK have been and currently are 90% of my crypto portfolio. They are not for sale. I bought XRP and SOL at the right time so I'm still up hundreds of % at current prices but, they are for sale at the right price. SOL is not ETH.

wintomato

If you want growth but don’t want to go full casino mode, don’t put everything into just one coin. Bitcoin is the safer, slower option. Solana and Chainlink have more upside, but also more risk. A simple approach is to split it, for example: some in Bitcoin for stability, and some in SOL or LINK for growth. That way you’re not betting the whole plan on one horse. Turning 8–10k into 30–60k is possible, but crypto isn’t a straight line - a bit more rollercoaster, than elevator.

Careless-Silver9223

Out of the 3, go with LINK. Personally, my biggest bag by far is Kaspa.