LINK whale accumulation provides Chainlink price with a much-needed 21% boost

Chainlink price was among the front runners of the best-performing assets over the past few days. The altcoin noted significant gains that imbued a sense of optimism within the token holders, too, which was reflected in their behavior while conducting transactions on the network.

Chainlink price aims at recovery 

Chainlink price has managed to post impressive gains over the past ten days; however, considering where it fell from last month, the asset might need to continue its green run. Trading at $7.0 at the time of writing, LINK needs to climb all the way back to $7.5 in order to recover the losses it witnessed during the mid-August crash.

The recent 21.55% rise certainly helped the altcoin recover most of the losses, but it needs more juice to keep going. A sustainable rally would only be considered when Chainlink price manages to flip the $7.4 resistance into a support floor to breach $7.5.

LINK/USD 1-day chart

However, on the off chance that the breach fails and the cryptocurrency faces corrections owing to an overheated market, it won’t fall down too far, considering all three Exponential Moving Averages (EMAs) are presently acting as support lines. Falling through them, though, could invalidate the bullish thesis and throw LINK back down toward $6.0.

A correction is not likely

Except for a minor decline every now and then, Chainlink price is not vulnerable to a steep fall anytime soon, considering investors’ behavior. LINK holders have been very active since the rise began, bringing the activity of unique addresses to a two-month high of 3.96k, last noted back in July.

Chainlink active addresses

Actively conducting transactions on the network has also been mostly bullish, as reflected in the supply held on exchanges. The total LINK in the exchanges’ wallets has declined by over 5 million LINK worth around $35.4 million in a week, which hints that the selling pressure is decreasing.

Contribution to this sentiment comes from the whales who have been actively acquiring LINK tokens for days now. Since the rally began, addresses holding between 10,000 LINK to 100,000 LINK tokens have seen a surge of 3 million LINK worth around $21 million.

Chainlink whale holdings

This is a positive development for the altcoin, considering the state of the crypto market at the moment. If the investors continue maintaining this outlook going forward, Chainlink price could have a shot at reclaiming $7.5 as a support level.