Grayscale expands LINK holdings as Bitwise files ETF: Can Chainlink reclaim $15.80?
Grayscale’s Chainlink ETF added a $2.36 million LINK transaction in September, bringing the month’s total to at least 629,100 LINK valued at about $8.37 million. Around the same period, Bitwise filed for a Chainlink ETF, and one filing described a framework that could allow staking in the future.
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Chainlink users and market watchers would see more institutional product activity around the token, with Grayscale adding to its LINK holdings in September and Bitwise entering the ETF process. That means LINK was being packaged in more than one fund structure at the same time, while Chainlink also tested its yearly high in the same period.
In practice, the ETF setup now already includes repeated LINK acquisitions by Grayscale, and the Bitwise filing shows a possible path for staking to be included in a future version of a Chainlink product. What stays the same is that the Bitwise product is still only filed for, not described as live in these details, and the Grayscale figures remain tied to the September transactions already reported.
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Where this sits in the Chainlink series
| When | What happened | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 18 days ago | LINK a 15.69 $ high | today it sits -21.4 % from there |
| 1 days ago | LINK a 11.89 $ low | today it sits +3.8 % from there |
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