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LINK · DAILY MOVE · 2026-10-22

Why did Chainlink drop 4.3% on October 22, 2026?

On October 22, 2026 (UTC), LINK went from about $12.51 to $11.96 (-4.34%) on OKX · USDT, trading between $11.78 and $12.62. For the closed-hour 24h window: LINK largely moved with the market. LINK fell further than this on 5 of the past 29 days. No LINK report was published here that day; the cause is unresolved.

Day open / close
$12.51 → $11.9624 hourly candles, OKX · USDT
Day range
$11.78 – $12.627.1% from low to high
Versus Bitcoin
-4.34% / BTC -3.19%+1.2 pts left after BTC × its hourly beta 1.74
Versus the past month
5 of the past 29 days fell furtherClosed-hour 24h move -4.34%, 1.9× its prior 30-day median of 2.3%.
30-day range
24.2% below the high · 3.7% above the lowFrom hourly highs and lows on the same venue
Other tracked coins
15 of 16 moved the same way1 moved the other way
24h volume
0.5×of its prior 30-day daily average
Perpetual swap
funding near zero · open interest flatOKX perpetual swap LINK-USDT-SWAP

Computed from OKX · USDT hourly candles for the 24 hours to 23/10/2026, 00:00 UTC.

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