Chainlink Price Prediction as LINK Pumps 8% After Breaking Key Multi-Week Price Range

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Chainlink (LINK), the cryptocurrency that powers Chainlink’s blockchain interoperability network, surged 8% on Monday, outperforming the vast majority of the broader crypto market.

LINK was last trading in the $6.60s per token, having failed to muster a lasting break above its 200DMA at $6.70, though having managed to break cleanly to the north of its recent multi-week $5.80-$6.40 range.

While much of the broader market remains in malaise, industry observers cited Chainlink’s recent partnerships with major global financial institutions and infrastructure providers as behind the cryptocurrency’s heightened buying pressure.

Back in June, Chainlink and the US Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced that they are collaborating on a SWIFT blockchain interoperability project.

SWIFT is the dominant global interbank messaging system, and the collaboration with Chainlink aims to accelerate the adoption of asset tokenization.

Optimism about Chainlink’s SWIFT collaboration was likely in focus on Monday given that the blockchain protocol’s founder was speaking at SWIFT’s global networking event Sibos and touting the benefits and use case of the protocol.

Last week, Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol reached an important milestone with regards to its institutional adoption – Australasian bank ANZ used the protocol to complete a cross-chain purchase of an ANZ issued Australian dollar pegged stablecoin.

According to a tweet by Chainlink, this “further showcases how financial institutions can utilize CCIP to facilitate cross-chain transactions across public and private blockchains”.

Chainlink is positioning itself well to become a major winner in the crypto space in the coming years, given the strong interest