Chainlink is the weakest performer among the 25 largest cryptocurrencies on September 30, 2026. The LINK price stands at $14.14, around 6.5 percent below its level 24 hours earlier. The reason lies not in bad news but in the day before: on September 29, LINK marked $15.44, its highest level since mid-September, after Chainlink announced on September 28 that financial institutions could connect to the blockchain ledger of the payment network Swift. Anyone who bought into that advance is in the red today, while the weekly balance remains clearly positive.
This article sets out how large the move really is, which levels govern what follows, and which points now count concretely for you as a holder in Germany: trading venue and licence, leveraged positions, holding period, and LINK locked in staking.
Chainlink falls to $14.14: the move in numbers
As of September 30, 2026, LINK trades at $14.14, or 12.45 euros. The 24-hour high was $15.10, and the decline since then amounts to 6.5 percent. Market capitalisation stands at $10.58 billion, securing Chainlink 13th place in the overall market. Around $607 million changed hands in 24 ho...
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