--- title: "Why did Chainlink drop 1.5% on October 25, 2026?" language: en canonical: "https://whycoinmoves.com/en/coins/chainlink/2026-10-25" date: 2026-10-25 --- # Why did Chainlink drop 1.5% on October 25, 2026? On October 25, 2026 (UTC), LINK went from about $11.63 to $11.46 (-1.45%) on OKX · USDT, trading between $11.26 and $11.65. For the closed-hour 24h window: LINK largely moved with the market. LINK fell further than this on 11 of the past 29 days. Chainlink moved down broadly in line with the wider market, with most other tracked coins moving the same way. The move was smaller than its usual day, volume was below usual, and no recent report about the coin explains it, so the cause is unresolved. - Day open / close: $11.63 → $11.46 (24 hourly candles, OKX · USDT) - Day range: $11.26 – $11.65 - Versus Bitcoin: -1.45% / BTC -0.90%; +0.1 pts left after BTC × its hourly beta 1.71 - Versus the past month: 11 of the past 29 days fell further; Closed-hour 24h move -1.45%, 0.7× its prior 30-day median of 2.1%. - 30-day range: 27.4% below the high · 2.0% above the low; From hourly highs and lows on the same venue - Other tracked coins: 15 of 23 moved the same way; 3 moved the other way - 24h volume: 0.2×; of its prior 30-day daily average Computed from OKX · USDT hourly candles for the 24 hours to 26/10/2026, 00:00 UTC. ## Still open - Whether any project, exchange or on-chain announcement about Chainlink accompanied the move; an official statement, exchange notice or on-chain data would settle it. - What drove the broader market move that Chainlink followed; a market-wide report or exchange notice would settle it. Prices, market readings and reports are shown side by side; timing alone does not show what caused a move. ## Same-day movers · 2026-10-25 (UTC) - [Quantus (QTC) +21.68%]() - [Quant (QNT) +6.11%]() - [Pepe (PEPE) -5.06%]() - [Pi Network (PI) -2.33%]() - [Stellar (XLM) -1.94%]() [Chainlink (LINK) price and news]() [Methods and limitations]()