LINK Development Activity and Whale Accumulation Spikes: Report

Santiment, the blockchain intelligence firm, revealed in a tweet today that github development activity for Chainlink ($LINK) has been notably higher this summer. Together with this high level of development activity, whale and shark addresses holding 100k – 10 million $LINK now also hold the most coins since December of last year.

According to the post, the spike in development activity has pushed the cryptocurrency into the top 5 list of the assets with the most development activity over the past 30 days. Furthermore, $LINK sharks and whales have accumulated $192.2 million $LINK during the last month.

Meanwhile, at press time, CoinMarketCap indicated that $LINK had suffered a 0.61% 24-hour loss. Consequently, the altcoin was changing hands at $7.16. This negative daily performance pushed the cryptocurrency’s price further into the red zone to -5.83%.

Daily chart for $LINK/USDT (Source: TradingView)

From a technical perspective, a breakout in $LINK’s price may ensue in the coming couple of days given the fact that a symmetrical triangle pattern had formed on $LINK’s daily chart. Should this break be toward the upside, the altcoin’s price may rise to $8.40 in the next 2 weeks. Conversely, a negative breakout may lead to $LINK dropping to $6.127.

A confirmation of the positive breakout will be when $LINK’s price breaks above the 9-day and 20-day EMA lines at around $7.31. This will also result in $LINK’s price flipping the resistance level at $7.280 into support. Continued buy pressure at this point could then lead to $LINK overcoming the next resistance at $7.731 before potentially climbing to $8.40.

On the other hand, a confirmation of a negative breakout will be when $LINK’s price drops below the 50-day EMA line at around $6.981. Following the break below this technical indicator, $LINK may fall to the support level at $6.680. If sell pressure persists, the altcoin’s price may fall to the aforementioned $6.127 mark.

One technical flag suggested that the bearish thesis will most likely play out. At press time, the 9-day EMA line was attempting to cross bearishly below the 20-day EMA line. Should this cross happen, it will indicate that $LINK’s price has entered into a short-term negative trend and its price may continue to fall in the next week.

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