Chainlink price hanging on a thread as LINK reserves hit $10m

Chainlink price has crashed by 35% from the September high, and a Murrey Math Lines analysis points to more downside despite the ongoing Strategic LINK Reserves growth.

Chainlink (LINK) token was trading at $17.7 on Oct. 23, a level it has remained at in the past few days. It is a few points above the lowest level this month. 

Chainlink price technicals points to more downside

The daily chart shows that the LINK price plunged to a multi-month low of $15 during the Oct. 11 crypto market crash. It has remained in a consolidation phase since then.

The coin has remained below the 50-day and 200-day Exponential Moving Averages and is about to form a death cross pattern. 

Most importantly, the coin is in the process of forming a bearish pennant pattern. This pattern is made up of a vertical line and is now forming the triangle section. 

Therefore, the token will likely have a strong bearish breakout, potentially to the key support at $15, its lowest point on Oct. 11. A move below that level could lead to more downside, potentially to the ultimate support at $12.64, the ultimate support of the Murrey Math Lines tool.

The bearish Chainlink price forecast will be invalidated if it moves above the psychological point at $20. A move above that level will point to more gains to the ultimate resistance at $25. 

Strategic LINK Reserves jumps

One potential catalyst is that the Strategic LINK Reserves have continued rising in the past few weeks. Chainlink announced that it acquired over 63,481 tokens this week, bringing the current reserve size to 586,640. 

The value of these tokens is worth about $10.3 million, a notable amount for a program started a few months ago. It involves using on-chain and off-chain fees to buy LINK tokens.

Chainlink price may also benefit from the ongoing whale accumulation. Data shows that whales hold about 2.97 million LINK tokens, up from 2.52 million tokens. Also, the amount of tokens in exchanges dropped to 266 million, down from last month’s high of 283 million tokens.