The crypto market might seem incredibly boring to traders these days with Bitcoin and Ethereum behaving like stablecoins 😉. However, a handful number of crypto-assets are showing an atypical momentum non-correlated with the rest the space. Among those crypto-assets, none is capturing the imagination of crypto-speculators like ChainLink. In the last few days, ChainLink has been regularly hitting all-time highs despite challenging the lack of momentum of the top crypto-assets. The ChainLink protocol is tackling one of the hardest problems in the blockchain ecosystem by enabling the integration of off-chain data sources into smart contracts. However, the recent momentum of the LINK has little to do with the merits of the protocol and has been fueled by trading speculation. Let’s look at some revealing metrics. 1) The number of transactions over $100,000 in ChainLink has increased 15x in 3 months Large transaction used to be an exception in LINK. shows that there were only 22 LINK transactions over $100,000 in mid-April. Well, that number skyrocketed to over 300 in July 13rd. How is that for a measure of speculation. IntoTheBlock’s large transaction analysis 2) New and active addresses in ChainLink has sky rocketed The ChainLink network is growing at a healthy clip. Yes, the number of addresses is increasing but, more importantly, those addresses are active which shows a strong momentum in the network. This is shown by . IntoTheBlock’s daily active addresses indicator 3) Speculation is not coming from Asia shows that, when comes to LINK’s recent speculation, western countries are outperforming Asian nations in an interesting turn of events 😉 IntoTheBlock’s East-West analysis 4) LINK’s Turnover Ration in perpetual swaps is off the charts Almost literally 😉 Turnover ratio measure the relationship between volume and open interest in perpetual swaps. This metrics is a good indicator or speculative or hedging behavior in perpetual swaps relative to the positions in the contracts. In the case of LINK has grown to almost 14x as shown by . IntoTheBlock turnover ratio indicator 5) LINK futures show optimism The FTX LINK futures contracts expiring in September 25th has been regularly in contango which means that has been trading at a premium compared to the spot price as shown by . This is a sign of optimism and, potentially, an idea that the LINK speculation is going to stay strong for a few weeks at least. IntoTheBlock’s contango-backwardation analysis These metrics show a unique perspective about the recent momentum that ChainLink has been experiencing. With the recent lack of volatility in Bitcoin and Ethereum, ChainLink has become one of the most exciting assets in the crypto market for traders and speculators. Images Courtesy of http://app.intotheblock.com

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