{"id":5324,"date":"2020-11-04T23:00:56","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T23:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/?p=448898"},"modified":"2020-11-04T23:00:56","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T23:00:56","slug":"chainlink-shows-signs-of-weakness-but-development-activity-is-bullish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/chainlink-shows-signs-of-weakness-but-development-activity-is-bullish\/","title":{"rendered":"Chainlink Shows Signs of Weakness, But Development Activity is Bullish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chainlink has been showing signs of weakness throughout the past few days, but this trend may be shifting as the cryptocurrency rebounds today alongside Ethereum and other major altcoins.<\/p>\n<p>The introduction of Ethereum 2.0 &ndash; with a scheduled release in December &ndash; is the event that is driving this rally. There&rsquo;s a strong possibility that ETH&rsquo;s ongoing break above $400 could mark a shift in the aggregated <a class=\"wpg-linkify wpg-tooltip\" title=\"&lt;h3 class=&quot;wpg-tooltip-title&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;wpg-tooltip-term-title&quot;&gt;Altcoin&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/h3&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;wpg-tooltip-content&quot;&gt;Altcoin is defined as any cryptocurrency except for Bitcoin. &ldquo;Altcoin&rdquo; is a combination of two words: &ldquo;alternative Bitcoin&rdquo; or &ldquo;alternative coin&rdquo;. There are over 1,500 altcoins with many more planned for release.&lt;p class=&quot;wpg-read-more&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/dictionary\/altcoin\/&quot;&gt;&raquo; Read more&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/dictionary\/altcoin\/\" >altcoin<\/a> market.<\/p>\n<p>This shift could work in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/news\/chainlink-weekly-macd-bearish-for-first-time-since-parabolic-rally-began\/\">Chainlink&rsquo;s favor<\/a>, although the cryptocurrency has a way to go before it can erase the losses it has seen over the past few days.<\/p>\n<p>Where it trends next may depend largely on the sustainability of this ongoing ETH rally, as any sharp retrace could strike a serious blow to altcoins.<\/p>\n<p>One analytics firm pointed out that Chainlink is still seeing large spikes in development activity, which is a positive sign that typically bodes well for an asset&rsquo;s price action.<\/p>\n<p>If this trend persists, the confluence of heightened development activity and strength amongst altcoins could send it rocketing higher.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Chainlink Attempts to Form a Long-Term Bottom as Bulls Step Up<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>At the time of writing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/news\/chainlink-reaches-an-accumulation-zone-as-potential-long-term-bottom-forms\/\">Chainlink<\/a> is trading up just under 2% at its current price of $10.60. This marks a notable rebound from its recent lows of $9.80 set just a few hours ago.<\/p>\n<p>The rebound from this sub-$10.00 dip came about due to the strength seen by Ethereum.<\/p>\n<p>ETH surged from $380 to over $400 this morning, with this rally coming about due to an announcement regarding Ethereum 2.0 launching in December.<\/p>\n<p>If ETH shows signs of continued strength, money could begin rotating into altcoins and help sustain Chainlink&rsquo;s tempered strength.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>LINK Development Activity Remains High<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Analytics firm Santiment explained in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/santimentfeed\/status\/1323345315684966400\">a recent tweet<\/a> that Chainlink&rsquo;s development activity has been rapidly rising.<\/p>\n<p>They interpret this as a positive sign indicating that cryptocurrency is fundamentally strong &ndash; which could translate into technical strength.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&ldquo;The development activity of LINK has been rising, according to the github data we track. Generally, when projects have an increase in their team&rsquo;s true dev. rate as Chainlink has, it&rsquo;s a positive sign for the asset&rsquo;s sustainability &amp; longevity.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"860\" height=\"465\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-448899\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/El12I65U0AA4uyd-860x465.jpg\" alt=\"Chainlink LINK\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/El12I65U0AA4uyd-860x465.jpg 860w, https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/El12I65U0AA4uyd-460x249.jpg 460w, https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/El12I65U0AA4uyd-768x415.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/El12I65U0AA4uyd-750x406.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/El12I65U0AA4uyd-1140x617.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/El12I65U0AA4uyd.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\"\/><\/p>\n<pre>Image Courtesy of Santiment.<\/pre>\n<p>Where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/analysis\/link\/resurgence-of-defi-why-chainlink-yfi-and-aave-abruptly-spiked-upto-34\/\">Chainlink<\/a> trends next should depend largely on Ethereum and the rest of the <a class=\"wpg-linkify wpg-tooltip\" title=\"&lt;h3 class=&quot;wpg-tooltip-title&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;wpg-tooltip-term-title&quot;&gt;Altcoin&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/h3&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;wpg-tooltip-content&quot;&gt;Altcoin is defined as any cryptocurrency except for Bitcoin. &ldquo;Altcoin&rdquo; is a combination of two words: &ldquo;alternative Bitcoin&rdquo; or &ldquo;alternative coin&rdquo;. There are over 1,500 altcoins with many more planned for release.&lt;p class=&quot;wpg-read-more&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/dictionary\/altcoin\/&quot;&gt;&raquo; Read more&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/dictionary\/altcoin\/\" >altcoin<\/a> market.<\/p>\n<pre>Featured image from Unsplash.\nLINKUSD pricing data from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/LINKUSD\/\">TradingView<\/a>.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chainlink has been showing signs of weakness throughout the past few days, but this trend may be shifting as the cryptocurrency&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5325,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[317,210,211,212],"class_list":["post-5324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-crypto-news","tag-link","tag-linkbtc","tag-linkusd","tag-linkusdt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5324"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}