Whale activity often leads price and it coincided with a near-5% rally. Santiment recorded 246 LINK transactions of $100,000 or more in 24 hours on August 12, the highest daily count in five months. Santiment flashed green lights for Chainlink holders looking for bullish signals as the firm’s on-chain analytics tracking picked up a surge in whale activity over the last 24 hours, which it historically linked to price runs. Chainlink remains popular despite price lagLINK is down about 83% from its May 2021 price record of $52.88, but its utility is near its all-time high. The DTCC confirmed in May that its Collateral AppChain will run on Chainlink’s Runtime Environment, targeting a Q4 2026 launch.