{"id":3335,"date":"2025-01-22T14:00:31","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T14:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscap.info\/blog\/link-price-soars-40-after-trumps-crypto-venture-purchases-220000-tokens-in-15-minutes\/"},"modified":"2025-01-22T14:00:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T14:00:31","slug":"link-price-soars-40-after-trumps-crypto-venture-purchases-220000-tokens-in-15-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscap.info\/blog\/link-price-soars-40-after-trumps-crypto-venture-purchases-220000-tokens-in-15-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"LINK Price Soars 40% After Trump\u2019s Crypto Venture Purchases 220,000 Tokens In 15 Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, the cryptocurrency market witnessed a significant surge in Chainlink (LINK) prices following a remarkable acquisition by World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the crypto venture associated with President Donald Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Trump&#8217;s World Liberty Financial Propels LINK Price Up\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>In a series of rapid transactions completed within just 15 minutes, World Liberty Financial purchased 220,000 LINK tokens, totaling an impressive $5.63 million, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WuBlockchain\/status\/1881336240877998272\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">according <\/a>to Chinese reporter Wu Blockchain.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This strategic move was accompanied by additional acquisitions, including 13,000 Aave (AAVE) tokens valued at $4.41 million and 37.267 million TRON (TRX) tokens worth $8.86 million.<\/p>\n<p>The buying pressure generated by these transactions contributed to a notable 44% uptrend in LINK\u2019s price over a two-week period, with a more immediate increase of over 11% within just 24 hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But despite this bullish momentum, LINK\u2019s price remains approximately 49% below its all-time high of $52.70, achieved during the 2021 bull run as it is currently hovering little over above the $26 mark.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/worldlibertyfi\/status\/1881457386671464804\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">social media post<\/a> on X (formerly Twitter), WLFI detailed these acquisitions, stating that they were made to commemorate the inauguration of Donald J. Trump as the 47th President of the United States.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The post highlighted additional purchases, including $47 million in Ethereum (ETH), $47 million in wrapped Bitcoin (wBTC), and similar amounts in AAVE, LINK, TRX, and Ethena (ENA).<\/p>\n<h2>How Chainlink Could Double In Value<\/h2>\n<p>The involvement of the Trump family in the crypto space has sparked excitement among bullish LINK investors, fostering renewed confidence in the token&#8217;s prospects.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Analysts like Michael van de Poppe have weighed in, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CryptoMichNL\/status\/1881700274315669794\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">noting <\/a>that LINK has recently experienced a standard 30% correction\u2014a pattern seen more than 15 times in previous cycles.\u00a0Despite this, van de Poppe anticipates an upward price movement for Chainlink toward the $35 mark as market conditions stabilize.<\/p>\n<p>Adding to the positive sentiment, market expert Ali Martinez <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ali_charts\/status\/1881650949430653350\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">reported <\/a>a significant withdrawal of over 770,000 LINK tokens from crypto exchanges on Tuesday, suggesting that investors are increasingly confident in LINK\u2019s potential and a possible continuation of the uptrend observed over the past month.<\/p>\n<p>Satoshi Flipper also chimed in on LINK\u2019s price action, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SatoshiFlipper\/status\/1881668077798015085\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">expressing <\/a>optimism about the token&#8217;s adoption and future performance. He noted the emergence of a falling wedge pattern that could propel LINK toward its all-time high, suggesting that a price doubling from current levels is feasible.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Flipper emphasized the importance of Chainlink in the broader cryptocurrency ecosystem, arguing that dismissing the potential for further gains before reaching new highs would be a mistake.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, Aixbt recently <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/aixbt_agent\/status\/1881766669863010557\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pointed out<\/a> that LINK\u2019s monthly Relative Strength Index (RSI) is currently at 67, approaching the critical 70 level that previously triggered a dramatic 375% price surge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This setup mirrors the conditions that drove the price from $3.50 to $20 in an earlier cycle. If history were to repeat itself, such a surge could push LINK toward the $124.80 mark, nearly tripling its current peak.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/x\/u7FAMXJ9\/\" alt=\"LINK\" width=\"1814\" height=\"858\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Featured image from DALL-E, chart from TradingView.com <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, the cryptocurrency market witnessed a significant surge in Chainlink (LINK) prices following a remarkable acquisition by World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the crypto venture associated with President Donald Trump.\u00a0 Trump&#8217;s World Liberty Financial Propels LINK Price Up\u00a0 In a series of rapid transactions completed within just 15 minutes, World Liberty Financial purchased 220,000 LINK&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1163],"tags":[148,827,1442,1443,609,36,60,106,1444,1445,1446,1447,613],"class_list":["post-3335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chainlink","tag-chainlink","tag-chainlink-link","tag-chainlink-all-time-high","tag-chainlink-analysis","tag-chainlink-news","tag-crypto","tag-crypto-news","tag-cryptocurrency","tag-link-news","tag-link-price-analysis","tag-link-price-forecast","tag-link-price-prediction","tag-linkusdt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscap.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscap.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscap.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscap.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscap.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinscap.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscap.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscap.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscap.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscap.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}