FkLiNKie

Tired of holding Chainlink 6 years

[FkLiNKie @fakeslinkies]

Finally, after many years, we've done it, people! The chubby scammer Zach couldn't handle the pressure 😏

[Nastardamus ⏣ @nas49001254]

Successfully wasted my adult life holding $LINK for almost 6 years.

Thank you @chainlink @SergeyNazarov @AriJuels @ChainLinkGod for giving a f@ck for your holders that helped you become what you’re today.

[FkLiNKie @fakeslinkies]

@thegraphers @ChrisBarrett @chainlink It looks like Chris Barrett didn't like this tweet

[balouthebear @Cryptopia13]

1/ Is $LINK worth it — or is Chainlink worth it? Not the same question. The network is winning. The token may be a separate, much weaker bet. A thread on how Chainlink’s success and $LINK’s value quietly decoupled 👇 #Chainlink #LINK 🧵

[•iskorpitx @thegraphers]

It's the year 2026 and Chainlink is still on staking v0.2 , boring🫪

Sergey deserves some sympathy, and it's hard not to feel it.

The man put years of accumulated experience and serious capital on the table to build a real ecosystem. The goal was clear: meaningfully reward builders, the ones actually contributing. A genuinely visionary program.

The result?
The team went ahead and copied an airline miles program or a credit card points system. They essentially produced a blockchain version of decades-old corporate nonsense. What Sergey called "rewarding" got reduced to a soulless loyalty card mechanic.

The most painful part is this , this isn't just a technical failure.
It's a failure rooted in **not understanding the vision**.
Sergey knows what he wants but assembling a team capable of actually grasping what he wants may be harder than building the blockchain itself.

$LINK

[Mel GibGibs @MelGibGibs]

1/ Holding $LINK since 2017. Read the whitepaper enough times to recite it. Defended the thesis through two bear markets and a thousand "wen" jokes.

But I can't keep telling new entrants the same story without addressing what's actually happened. So let's talk about it.

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[Our Crypto Talk @ourcryptotalk]

Chainlink will struggle to hit ATH again !

Hundreds of billions in DeFi TVL

Nearly $1 billion in assets just migrated to CCIP in a single week

$LINK is down 80% from its ATH

👉 Price failed to hit ATH after 2021

$LINK hit $52.70 in May 2021.

At the time circulating supply was roughly 400 to 500 million tokens. The low float amplified every buy.

Demand outstripped available supply.

Today circulating supply sits at 727 million $LINK.

That is roughly 73% of the 1 billion max supply. An increase of 45 to 80% in circulating tokens since ATH depending on exact figures at the time.

The remaining 273 million tokens are being released at approximately 70 million per year.

That is 7% annual dilution from team allocations, ecosystem distributions, and partner grants.

Not as aggressive as $SUI or $SEI unlock schedules. And in a flat or declining market it creates a constant headwind.

👉 Now do the ATH math.

At 727M circulating supply. $52.70 per token requires a market cap of $38.3 billion.

But by the time any run materializes supply will be 780 to 800M+.

That pushes the required market cap toward $40 to $42 billion.

For reference. LINK's current market cap is $7.2 billion.

You need a 5.3x just to get back to ATH and on a token that is adding 70M new tokens per year. With whales controlling 46% of supply who can amplify volatility in either direction.

Chainlink introduced the Reserve mechanism in 2025.

It uses off-chain enterprise revenue and on-chain fees to buy back and lock LINK.

But the Reserve currently holds only a few million LINK.

The annual emissions are 70 million and buyback is a garden hose fighting a river.

👉 Chainlink is not struggling

Solv Protocol just announced it is migrating $700M in tokenized Bitcoin infrastructure from LayerZero to Chainlink CCIP.

Days earlier KelpDAO did the same after blaming LayerZero for a $292M hack.

Combined that is nearly $1 billion in assets moving to Chainlink in a single week.

Over $3 billion in TVL has shifted to Chainlink services from protocols ditching less secure oracles in recent months.

The network secures hundreds of billions in DeFi TVL across every major chain.

Powers price feeds for Aave, Compound, and every lending protocol that matters.

Enables cross-chain messaging through CCIP that institutions actually trust.

Supports tokenized real-world assets and stablecoins at enterprise scale.

👉 The Verdict :

Chainlink is the single most important piece of infrastructure in crypto. That is not debatable and every major DeFi protocol depends on it.

Every cross-chain bridge that matters runs through CCIP and institutional RWA tokenization project needs its oracles.

But another ATH above $52.70 this cycle?
The math does not support it.

[FkLiNKie @fakeslinkies]

@SergeyNazarov

[FkLiNKie @fakeslinkies]

@CCIPTracker

[Chainstink @Broski_2503]

@fulltimelinkie

[FkLiNKie @fakeslinkies]

No one can imagine the number of marines who have fallen along the way

We're talking about thousands, and I'm not exaggerating

WHAT A FUCKING JOKE

[•iskorpitx @thegraphers]

June 2023 – May 2026: I am ending my investment in Link.

I don’t believe Chainlink will reach a new all-time high by 2030.
Chainlink’s Build rewards are unfair and cater to the rich.

If I’d used the money I set aside for Chainlink on a Turkish exchange, I could have made a 15x return in dollar terms…

I’ve found the plot of land I’ve always dreamed of and I’m going to build a house on it..

I’ve spent three very fulfilling years with Chainlink.. Some of my tweets were very well-received. Those were good times.

Actually, whilst I was thinking that if things aren’t happening on the investment front, one shouldn’t force it, after seeing that the Chainlink main account had blocked me, I felt there was no point in continuing the investment.

We’re all human, and one day we’ll all pass away.
As the days of my life dwindle, putting my dreams on hold no longer seemed sensible.

I’d been researching the plot of land I’d always dreamed of for some time,
and thank God, I found it. I didn’t want to take out a loan, and the fact that the Chainlink main account blocked me was one of the main reasons I decided to sell my tokens.

The fact that Build rewards were created through such a ridiculous system had already caused the first major breakdown.

I’ll share my predictions and expectations one last time, at least.

In my opinion, Chainlink won’t reach an all-time high (ATH) by 2030.
Unless the Build rewards are like the Genesis season, they’ll amount to nothing more than noise and an easy way for the Build team to get paid
The staking pool will be expanded in 2028 and will help push the price above $25
Reserve purchases will serve as an excuse for selling pressure after 2030

$LINK

[FkLiNKie @fakeslinkies]

@thegraphers No one can imagine the number of marines who have fallen along the way $link

[FkLiNKie @fakeslinkies]

@CryptoPatel $112M?? Peanuts bro...
The guys from the Cayman Islands still have over $3 billion to dump on us!!

[FkLiNKie @fakeslinkies]

@DonladRook

[FkLiNKie @fakeslinkies]

@LinkBoi777 1.89m? No waaayyyy!! Peanuts compared to the chronic and massive dilution. We still have 3 billion dollars to be dumped!

[FkLiNKie @fakeslinkies]

@ChrisBarrett @ScottiePippen Boomshakalaka? What a joke!
Are you a kid? This isn't serious

[FkLiNKie @fakeslinkies]

@ChainLinkGod @Grayscale @Bitwise I'm one of those who believe that the market and smart money always tell the truth. Even if you were right about the Clarity Act, this would already be priced in, but the chronic and massive dilution (still 300 million tokens to be dumped) scares even the whales

[FkLiNKie @fakeslinkies]

@Ivan_the_gent @aixbt_agent @_acap_acap Top faggot haha
Less than 35k? Peanuts

[FkLiNKie @fakeslinkies]

@Ivan_the_gent @aixbt_agent @_acap_acap Hahahah yes u are! Less than 30-40k in linkies
I bet you're just some basement dwelling nerd who never sees the sun. Get out of your room and go train outdoors, you little rat

[FkLiNKie @fakeslinkies]

@waykiwayki_ @SergeyNazarov @sixgroup @chainlink 100M is peanuts compared to the +3 billion the Cayman Islands guys are going to dump on us. The chronic dilution is massive