Chainlink (LINK)
Rank #16 · RWA · launched 2017-09-16 · data since 2017-09-20 · last close 2026-10-26
Chainlink (LINK) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -18.1 | -11.4 | -0.8 | 3.7 | 0.5 | -21.3 | 13.5 | 38.5 | 26.9 | -20.6 | · | · |
| 2025 | 25.7 | -41.1 | -8.8 | 5.8 | -2.3 | -4.2 | 26.5 | 37.1 | -8.2 | -19.1 | -24.9 | -5.8 |
| 2024 | 3.3 | 24.8 | -0.5 | -31.5 | 40.3 | -22.4 | -10.1 | -14.2 | 7.6 | -3.7 | 66.4 | 5.3 |
| 2023 | 24.7 | 3.5 | 5.5 | -7.5 | -7.7 | -2.7 | 19.7 | -22.2 | 39.4 | 38.6 | 26.9 | 3.7 |
| 2022 | -12.1 | -11.8 | 11.8 | -35.2 | -30.9 | -17.2 | 21.9 | -13.4 | 14.4 | 3.6 | -2.3 | -27.4 |
| 2021 | 100.9 | 9.5 | 19.1 | 29.6 | -15.9 | -39.2 | 16.4 | 17.5 | -10.1 | 25.0 | -15.6 | -22.9 |
| 2020 | 59.3 | 44.2 | -44.4 | 63.9 | 11.5 | 10.4 | 70.9 | 100.0 | -36.7 | 12.9 | 27.9 | -21.2 |
| 2019 | 33.9 | 10.3 | 18.8 | -6.8 | 115.9 | 237.4 | -36.3 | -18.5 | -1.5 | 55.3 | -18.1 | -21.1 |
| 2018 | 3.1 | 6.7 | -57.6 | 94.4 | -36.7 | -34.3 | 29.7 | 11.6 | 1.2 | 52.5 | -36.3 | -10.2 |
| 2017 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 154.5 | -44.0 | -22.5 | 252.9 |
| Avg | 24.5 | 3.8 | -6.3 | 12.9 | 8.3 | 11.8 | 16.9 | 15.2 | 18.7 | 13.5 | 0.2 | 17.0 |
| Median | 24.7 | 6.7 | -0.5 | 3.7 | -2.3 | -17.2 | 19.7 | 11.6 | 4.4 | 12.9 | -15.6 | -10.2 |
October so far: -20.6% against an average of +13.5% and a median of +12.9% across 9 completed Octobers, 6 of them positive.
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed) and are left out of the Avg and Median rows.
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LINK seasonality — average by calendar month
Chainlink has monthly history back to 2017. Its strongest month by median is January — positive in 7 of 9 years, median +24.7%. June is the soft spot, down in 7 of 9 with a median of -17.2%. Across its full record it has closed 53% of months higher, swings ±45.8% in an average month and has fallen 90.2% peak to trough.
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +24.5% | +3.8% | -6.3% | +12.9% | +8.3% | +11.8% | +16.9% | +15.2% | +18.7% | +13.5% | +0.2% | +17.0% |
| Win rate | 78%/9 | 67%/9 | 44%/9 | 56%/9 | 44%/9 | 22%/9 | 78%/9 | 56%/9 | 60%/10 | 67%/9 | 33%/9 | 33%/9 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
LINK risk & extremes
LINK drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
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Frequently asked questions
What was Chainlink's best month?+
Chainlink's strongest completed month on record is December 2017, at +252.90%.
What was Chainlink's worst month?+
Its weakest completed month on record is March 2018, at -57.64%.
Is Chainlink up this year?+
Chainlink is down 6.52% year to date, measured from its last close before 1 January.
What is Chainlink's 1-year return?+
-38.47% over the past twelve months, comparing the latest close with the most recent close on or before the same date a year earlier.
What is Chainlink's biggest drawdown?+
The deepest peak-to-trough fall on record is 90.2%, measured on month-end closes since 2017.
Which calendar month is historically best for Chainlink?+
January has the highest average return across every completed January since 2017. An average is not a forecast.
About Chainlink
Chainlink is a rwa token ranked #16 by market value, worth about $8.7 billion. Crypto's plumbing contractor: nobody throws it a parade, everything breaks without it. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (2017) would be about $3,655 today.
Did you know?
- Its oracles feed real-world prices to most of DeFi — the classic “oracle problem” made into a business.
- Founder Sergey Nazarov registered smartcontract.com back in 2014, years before the 2017 ICO.
- Its best month on record was December 2017 at +252.9%; its worst, March 2018 at -57.64%.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.