Chainlink's LINK token saw 246 transactions worth at least $100,000 over 24 hours, the highest daily count in five months, as Santiment flagged a pickup in whale activity that it has historically associated with price runs. LINK traded at $8.80, up 1.69% on the day, after breaking above a descending trendline with a 5% move on Aug. 11 toward $9, though the combined reports diverged on the broader trend, with the latest describing a largely flat year and earlier coverage saying the token was down more than 28% year to date. Standard Chartered set targets of $13 for 2026, $41 for 2027 and $200 by the end of 2030, and earlier coverage of the same bullish call also cited $82 for 2028 and $133 for 2029, arguing Chainlink could become key infrastructure for tokenized financial assets if that market reaches about $4 trillion by 2028. The token remains about 83% below its May 2021 peak of $52.88 even as Chainlink expands institutional links, including Project Pangea with 47 South Korean and European banks and work with DTCC, Robinhood and Amundi. Earlier demand signals remained mixed, with spot LINK exchange-traded funds attracting $150,307 in a week and exchange reserves rebounding to 123.7 million LINK, suggesting broader conviction has yet to fully catch up with whale accumulation and the bank's bullish call.