{"id":417644,"date":"2026-01-21T12:45:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T07:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/could-16-1m-link-whale-buys-trigger-a-chainlink-breakout-crypto-news\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T12:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T07:20:07","slug":"could-16-1m-link-whale-buys-trigger-a-chainlink-breakout-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/could-16-1m-link-whale-buys-trigger-a-chainlink-breakout-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Could 16.1M LINK whale buys trigger a Chainlink breakout? &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Projects with whale attention often lead the market, driving liquidity and significant price movements. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chainlink [LINK] entered an accumulation phase, where whales were buying the dip while retail investors sold. This shift indicated a potential upcoming price shift.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s what happened.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>LINK\u2019s bullish shift revealed <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the time of writing, Santiment data revealed that the top 100 Chainlink whales resumed accumulating LINK below $13, adding 16.1 million <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/predictions\/chainlink-price-prediction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">LINK<\/a> since November. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Retail investors sold off amid FUD, while whales capitalized on the dip, positioning for a rally. This often indicated the market was gearing up for an upward move, with larger players taking control.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_563509\" style=\"width: 689px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ASNAT.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-563509\" class=\"wp-image-563509 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ASNAT.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"679\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ASNAT.jpg 679w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ASNAT-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-563509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Santiment<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whale-driven accumulation had historically triggered price movements, especially when big players led, breaking key resistance levels.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>A massive move next?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CryptoPatel\/status\/2013469032431726911?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">An analyst identified<\/a> a crucial support zone for <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LINK<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, suggesting the coin had the potential for a 1000% move. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With LINK holding above the 0.618 Fibonacci level ($9.88), the analyst forecasted price targets of $31, $52, and $100.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_563507\" style=\"width: 689px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PATER.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-563507\" class=\"wp-image-563507 size-full\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"679\" height=\"356\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PATER.jpg 679w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PATER-300x157.jpg 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PATER.jpg\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-563507\" class=\"wp-image-563507 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PATER.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"679\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PATER.jpg 679w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PATER-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-563507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: X<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These levels represented key resistance that LINK needed to break through to start a bull run. As long as LINK stayed above the 0.786 Fibonacci zone, the <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/link-sees-5-hike-after-bitwise-bets-big-on-chainlink-with-new-etf-filing\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bullish trend remained intact<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, creating strong potential for future gains.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Is Chainlink primed for a bullish breakout?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since July 2025, LINK has been dominated by Taker Sell activity. In 2026, however, a shift occurred, and the Taker Buy dominance took over.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_563506\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Chainlink-Spot-Taker-CVDCumulative-Volume-Delta-90-day-scaled.png\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-563506\" class=\"wp-image-563506 size-full\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Chainlink-Spot-Taker-CVDCumulative-Volume-Delta-90-day-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Chainlink-Spot-Taker-CVDCumulative-Volume-Delta-90-day-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Chainlink-Spot-Taker-CVDCumulative-Volume-Delta-90-day-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Chainlink-Spot-Taker-CVDCumulative-Volume-Delta-90-day-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Chainlink-Spot-Taker-CVDCumulative-Volume-Delta-90-day-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Chainlink-Spot-Taker-CVDCumulative-Volume-Delta-90-day-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Chainlink-Spot-Taker-CVDCumulative-Volume-Delta-90-day-1200x675.png 1200w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Chainlink-Spot-Taker-CVDCumulative-Volume-Delta-90-day-scaled.png\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-563506\" class=\"wp-image-563506 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Chainlink-Spot-Taker-CVDCumulative-Volume-Delta-90-day-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Chainlink-Spot-Taker-CVDCumulative-Volume-Delta-90-day-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Chainlink-Spot-Taker-CVDCumulative-Volume-Delta-90-day-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Chainlink-Spot-Taker-CVDCumulative-Volume-Delta-90-day-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Chainlink-Spot-Taker-CVDCumulative-Volume-Delta-90-day-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Chainlink-Spot-Taker-CVDCumulative-Volume-Delta-90-day-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Chainlink-Spot-Taker-CVDCumulative-Volume-Delta-90-day-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Chainlink-Spot-Taker-CVDCumulative-Volume-Delta-90-day-1200x675.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-563506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: CryptoQuant<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This change showed that buying pressure now outweighed selling, which could have fueled a price rally. The rise in taker buy dominance also pointed to growing institutional interest and confidence in LINK\u2019s future performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Could this have pushed LINK to new highs?<\/span><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Final Thoughts<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whale accumulation below $13 strengthened the bullish case for LINK, with potential price targets of $31 and beyond.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taker Buy dominance and strong technical support suggested LINK was set to break through key resistance levels, potentially sparking a major price rally.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"post-nav\">\n<div class=\"next-blog\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNext: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/satoshi-nakamotos-btc-stash-17-years-later-how-much-is-it-worth\/\" rel=\"prev\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Satoshi Nakamoto\u2019s BTC stash \u2013 17 years later, how much is it worth?<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Projects with whale attention often lead the market, driving liquidity and significant price movements. Chainlink [LINK] entered an accumulation phase, where whales were buying the dip while retail investors sold. This shift indicated a potential upcoming price shift. Here\u2019s what happened. LINK\u2019s bullish shift revealed At the time of writing, Santiment data revealed that the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417645,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[230,225,221,227,226,228,229,60,223,224,222],"class_list":["post-417644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency","tag-brave","tag-coinbase","tag-crypto","tag-decentralised","tag-decentralized","tag-decentralized-exchange","tag-erc-20","tag-featured","tag-meme-coin","tag-robinhood","tag-solana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417644"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":417646,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417644\/revisions\/417646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}