- Chainlink added 91,100 $LINK worth about $1.06 million this week, lifting its strategic reserve to 5.86 million $LINK valued near $67.24 million.
- Payment Abstraction automatically converts enterprise and onchain service revenue into $LINK, helping the reserve add 511,000 $LINK worth roughly $5.52 million over 30 days.
- $LINK traded near $11.45 after a volatile week, while recurring reserve deposits continued and institutional buyer Caliber maintained a separate $6.5 million $LINK position.
Chainlink added another 91,100 $LINK, worth roughly $1.06 million, to its strategic reserve on September 10, extending an accumulation program that has been running since August 2025. The latest deposit lifts total reserves to 5.86 million $LINK, valued at approximately $67.24 million. The notable feature is not the size of this week’s transfer, but the consistency behind it. September 3 added 97,100 $LINK, August 27 brought 92,000 $LINK, and August 20 contributed another 103,000 $LINK, showing a pattern of regular reserve growth rather than isolated buying around market headlines.
The reserve is funded through Chainlink’s Payment Abstraction system, which converts revenue from enterprise offchain payments and onchain service usage directly into $LINK before locking those tokens away. Chainlink has said it does not expect reserve withdrawals for multiple years. That structure makes the mechanism fundamentally different from a discretionary treasury purchase, because accumulation continues automatically as network services generate revenue. Over the past 30 days alone, the reserve added 511,000 $LINK worth about $5.52 million, maintaining a relatively steady pace across both stronger and weaker market conditions.
