{"id":65187,"date":"2025-08-12T23:54:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T23:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/65187\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T23:54:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T23:54:09","slug":"why-chainlink-is-soaring-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/65187\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Chainlink Is Soaring Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Key Points<\/p>\n<p>While much of the crypto market was relatively sleepy, Chainlink popped on news of a key partnership.<\/p>\n<p>The cryptocurrency will team up with the New York Stock Exchange&#8217;s parent company to bring institution-grade data to the blockchain.<\/p>\n<p>This could help cement Chainlink&#8217;s role as a key bridge between crypto and legacy finance.<\/p>\n<p>Chainlink (CRYPTO: LINK) is on the rise. As of 5:11 p.m. ET today, it was up 9.4% from Monday at 4:00 p.m. The rise comes as the S&amp;P 500 gained 1.1% and Bitcoin gained 0.7%.<\/p>\n<p>Chain Link, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/terms\/c\/chainlink\/?utm_source=globeandmail&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;referring_guid=a58ee0a5-94b8-4ed5-af56-011ce077adea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">an &#8220;oracle&#8221; token<\/a> that helps bridge the gap between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/money\/research\/study-americans-cryptocurrency\/?utm_source=globeandmail&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;referring_guid=a58ee0a5-94b8-4ed5-af56-011ce077adea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">real-world information and crypto blockchains<\/a>, is teaming up with Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange.<\/p>\n<p>Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now. <a href=\"https:\/\/api.fool.com\/infotron\/infotrack\/click?apikey=35527423-a535-4519-a07f-20014582e03e&amp;impression=858195e1-0809-42b3-8fe5-fe1972445409&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fool.com%2Fmms%2Fmark%2Fe-sa-bbn-bn%3Faid%3D8867%26source%3Disaeditxt0001026%26ftm_cam%3Dsa-bbn-evergreen%26ftm_veh%3Dtop_incontent_pitch_feed_partner%26ftm_pit%3D17174&amp;utm_source=globeandmail&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;referring_guid=a58ee0a5-94b8-4ed5-af56-011ce077adea\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Learn More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chain Link will bridge Wall Street and blockchain<\/p>\n<p>The partnership will see ICE&#8217;s consolidated feed, which pulls data from more than 300 exchanges and marketplaces worldwide, integrated into Chainlink&#8217;s data streams., This will bring critical financial data to more than 2,000 blockchain applications and financial institutions that interact with the blockchain.<\/p>\n<p>Crypto projects now have access to data of the same quality and real-time speed that traditional finance organizations have enjoyed. Chain Link believes this will help lay the groundwork for large-scale tokenization of assets like precious metals and, more generally, blur the lines between traditional finance and crypto.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"A stock exchange readout of data. \" src=\"https:\/\/barchart-news-media-prod.aws.barchart.com\/FC\/e81157bbe2d0f65e165319892c879c4b\/%3Furl%3Dhttps%253a%252f%252fg.foolcdn.com%252feditorial%252fimages%252f829030%252frobinhood.jpg%26amp%3Bw%3D700\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Image source: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>ICE&#8217;s Global Data Delivery VP Maurisa Baumann said the partnership will bring &#8220;trusted, structured multi-asset class data&#8221; to crypto platforms and drive crypto adoption in capital markets.<\/p>\n<p>Things are looking up for Chainlink<\/p>\n<p>While Chainlink&#8217;s price is still heavily tied to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/research\/american-millionaire-crypto-investors\/?utm_source=globeandmail&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;referring_guid=a58ee0a5-94b8-4ed5-af56-011ce077adea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">broader sentiment in the crypto world<\/a>, this is a major step in ensuring it has long-term value outside of crypto. Institutional integration is key for crypto projects that want to grow beyond the limitations of the crypto market.<\/p>\n<p>Should you invest $1,000 in Chainlink right now?<\/p>\n<p>Before you buy stock in Chainlink, consider this:<\/p>\n<p>The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the <a href=\"https:\/\/api.fool.com\/infotron\/infotrack\/click?apikey=35527423-a535-4519-a07f-20014582e03e&amp;impression=2739d76c-5bb5-4fc5-9229-27d669173cdd&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fool.com%2Fmms%2Fmark%2Fe-sa-bbn-bn%3Faid%3D8867%26source%3Disaeditxt0001093%26ftm_cam%3Dsa-bbn-evergreen%26ftm_veh%3Darticle_pitch_feed_partners%26ftm_pit%3D17514&amp;utm_source=globeandmail&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;referring_guid=a58ee0a5-94b8-4ed5-af56-011ce077adea\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">10 best stocks<\/a> for investors to buy now\u2026 and Chainlink wasn\u2019t one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.<\/p>\n<p>Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004&#8230; if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you\u2019d have $653,427!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005&#8230; if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you\u2019d have $1,119,863!*<\/p>\n<p>Now, it\u2019s worth noting Stock Advisor\u2019s total average return is 1,060% \u2014 a market-crushing outperformance compared to 182% for the S&amp;P 500. Don\u2019t miss out on the latest top 10 list, available when you join Stock Advisor.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ticker_pitch\" href=\"https:\/\/api.fool.com\/infotron\/infotrack\/click?apikey=35527423-a535-4519-a07f-20014582e03e&amp;impression=2739d76c-5bb5-4fc5-9229-27d669173cdd&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fool.com%2Fmms%2Fmark%2Fe-sa-bbn-bn%3Faid%3D8867%26source%3Disaeditxt0001093%26ftm_cam%3Dsa-bbn-evergreen%26ftm_pit%3D17514%26ftm_veh%3Darticle_pitch_feed_partners%26company%3DChainlink&amp;utm_source=globeandmail&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;referring_guid=a58ee0a5-94b8-4ed5-af56-011ce077adea\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">See the 10 stocks \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*Stock Advisor returns as of August 11, 2025<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/author\/20621\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Johnny Rice<\/a> has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Bitcoin and Chainlink. The Motley Fool has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/legal\/fool-disclosure-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">disclosure policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" style=\"display:none;\" referrerpolicy=\"unsafe-url\" src=\"https:\/\/barchart-news-media-prod.aws.barchart.com\/FC\/e81157bbe2d0f65e165319892c879c4b\/pixel%3Fslug%3Dmotleyfoolgm-2025-8-12-why-chainlink-is-soaring-today\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Key Points While much of the crypto market was relatively sleepy, Chainlink popped on news of a key&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65188,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[45,161,49,48,46,133,1828,1829,1830,1831,100,1836,1835,1834,1832,1833,1837],"class_list":["post-65187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-markets","tag-business","tag-business-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-economy","tag-finance","tag-financial-information","tag-investing","tag-investor","tag-market-news","tag-markets","tag-motley-fool","tag-press-releases","tag-sedar","tag-stock-research","tag-stock-valuation","tag-the-globe-and-mail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}