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LINK · DAILY MOVE · 2026-10-21

Why did Chainlink go up 1.4% on October 21, 2026?

On October 21, 2026 (UTC), LINK went from about $12.33 to $12.50 (+1.38%) on OKX · USDT, trading between $12.27 and $12.81. For the closed-hour 24h window: LINK largely moved with the market. LINK rose further than this on 9 of the past 29 days. No LINK report was published here that day; the cause is unresolved.

Day open / close
$12.33 → $12.5024 hourly candles, OKX · USDT
Day range
$12.27 – $12.814.4% from low to high
Versus Bitcoin
+1.38% / BTC +1.29%-0.9 pts left after BTC × its hourly beta 1.74
Versus the past month
9 of the past 29 days rose furtherClosed-hour 24h move +1.38%, 0.6× its prior 30-day median of 2.1%.
30-day range
20.8% below the high · 8.4% above the lowFrom hourly highs and lows on the same venue
Other tracked coins
9 of 16 moved the same way2 moved the other way
24h volume
0.6×of its prior 30-day daily average
Perpetual swap
funding near zero · open interest fallingOKX perpetual swap LINK-USDT-SWAP

Computed from OKX · USDT hourly candles for the 24 hours to 22/10/2026, 00:00 UTC.

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