Chainlink Targets $14.50 as Schwab Adds LINK and Coinbase Uses Its Data Feeds
Chainlink (LINK)
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Eugene Serbin
bitcoinethereumnews.com reports that Chainlink is trading around $11.50 following a 1.1% daily gain, with analysts projecting a move toward $14.50. Analyst Van de Poppe identified $14.50 as the next upside target while listing $10.50 and $9.50 as potential entry zones during pullbacks. He described LINK as substantially underestimated due to its role in the onchain industry.
The token briefly dipped to $11.09 before buyers pushed it through $11.30 and $11.40 to challenge $11.50 resistance. Initial support sits between $11.25 and $11.30, with the intraday low at $11.09. LINK gained 8.4% over seven days and 31% over 14 days, though it remains 52.8% lower over one year.
Spot LINK ETFs recorded seven consecutive days of net inflows, now holding 1.99% of the supply. On August 27, Charles Schwab announced plans to add Chainlink, Solana, and Avalanche to its platform. Additionally, Coinbase selected Chainlink Data Feeds for its tokenized U.S. equities on Base, providing continuous pricing for assets like NVDAc and METAc.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for LINK, measured when this story was written up on 28 August 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
Whalio data shows LINK trading at $11.92, with the 24-hour buy ratio at 52.7% indicating a majority of trades are buying. However, the 1-hour buy ratio dropped to 42.6% and the 4-hour ratio to 46.9%, suggesting short-term buying pressure is fading compared to the daily average. The 24-hour volume delta is positive at $1,830,061, meaning more money flowed into buys than sells over the day. In contrast, the 1-hour volume delta is -$238,765 and the 4-hour delta is -$450,450, showing recent selling pressure. The cumulative volume delta (CVD) for the 24-hour close is -$2,145,328, indicating that despite the buy ratio, net flow has been negative overall. Net buying occurred for only 9 of the 24 hours, with spot volume reaching $34,244,116.
The latest daily buy ratio of 49.4% sits at the 56th percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 48.8% - ordinary for this coin.
Twenty-four hours later
What LINK did over the 24 hours after the story broke. The market moves for its own reasons; this is what happened, not what the story caused.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for LINK, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the average buy ratio was 49.3%, making today’s 24-hour ratio of 52.7% an increase of 3.4 points. This suggests a slightly more bullish sentiment today compared to the weekly average. However, spot volume today was 0.66x the weekly average, indicating lower trading activity. The coin saw net buying on only 1 of the 7 days in the prior week. Price increased 11.5% over the 8-day period, with a total volume delta of $1,604,958. This context highlights that while today shows stronger buying ratios, it occurs against a backdrop of lower volume and infrequent net buying days.