Chainlink crypto slips 8% after CCIP 2.0 launch – Can LINK hold $12?
Chainlink introduced CCIP 2.0 with configurable options for verification, compliance, fees and execution on cross-chain transfers. LINK finished Oct. 8 at $12.70, and two separate market writeups described the token as lower after the launch day.
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Users and traders watching LINK saw a lower token price heading into Oct. 8 and a fresh CCIP 2.0 launch on that date. The change is visible in the token’s close at $12.70 and in the launch of new configurable transfer options, both of which were in view at the same time.
What remains open is how far the launch-day price move extended beyond the figures already given and whether the October decline continued after Oct. 8. The two pieces do not settle the longer path for LINK, so later price action would be needed to fill that gap.
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