Chainlink slides from $15.44 to $14.14: will the $14.02 level hold?

The information provided in this article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Cryptocurrency investments carry a high degree of risk. Always conduct your own research.Chainlink loses 6.5 percent in a day and is still up 32.1 percent over 14 days. What triggered the pullback after the Swift announcement and which five levels now count.Chainlink is the weakest performer among the 25 largest cryptocurrencies on September 30, 2026. The LINK price stands at $14.14, around 6.5 percent below its level 24 hours earlier. The reason lies not in bad news but in the day before: on September 29, LINK marked $15.44, its highest level since mid-September, after Chainlink announced on September 28 that financial institutions could connect to the blockchain ledger of the payment network Swift. Anyone who bought into that advance is in the red today, while the weekly balance remains clearly positive. This article sets out how large the move really is, which levels govern what follows, and which points now count concretely for you as a holder in Germany: trading venue and licence, leveraged positions, holding period, and LINK locked in staking. Chainlink falls ...