{"id":623158,"date":"2026-07-02T07:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T07:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/Blockchain.News\/news\/20260702-price-prediction-target-link-bears-still-own-this-chart-but"},"modified":"2026-07-02T07:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T07:52:09","slug":"link-price-prediction-bears-still-own-this-chart-but-smart-money-is-digging-in-9-36-year-end-target-on-the-clock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/02\/link-price-prediction-bears-still-own-this-chart-but-smart-money-is-digging-in-9-36-year-end-target-on-the-clock\/","title":{"rendered":"LINK Price Prediction: Bears Still Own This Chart, But Smart Money Is Digging In \u2014 $9.36 Year-End Target On The Clock"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Joerg Hiller<\/a> Jul 02, 2026 07:52<\/span> <\/p>\n

LINK is pinned at $7.47 beneath every major moving average with taker flow dominated by sellers and open interest bleeding out \u2014 but whale positioning at 71.4% long and a credible $9.36 year-end pr…<\/p>\n

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The Immediate Setup<\/h2>\n

LINK is fighting like a boxer covering up against the ropes \u2014 still standing, but clearly not landing shots. Today’s 3.43% bounce to $7.47 looks respectable at a glance, but it means almost nothing when the price is trading below its 20-day, 50-day, and 200-day moving averages, at $7.70, $8.42, and $9.78 respectively. That’s a textbook bearish moving average stack, and a single-session pop doesn’t undo weeks of structural damage. The only line LINK currently trades above is its 7-day SMA at $7.33 \u2014 a thin thread of short-term structure that offers the bulls very little to brag about.<\/p>\n

What’s most telling right now is what the momentum fingerprint says. The MACD histogram has collapsed to zero \u2014 the line and signal have fully converged after a prolonged bearish divergence. That’s not stabilization; it’s exhaustion. Momentum has flatlined in neutral territory with RSI sitting around 41, and the Stochastic readings drifting without any directional conviction. The Bollinger %B at 0.33 confirms price is holding in the lower third of the volatility envelope \u2014 not at the floor, but far removed from any recovery thesis. Traders following LINK setups on Blockchain.news<\/a> will recognize this exact configuration: a coin that’s stopped falling but hasn’t found any reason to run yet.<\/p>\n

Key Levels Exposed<\/h2>\n

There’s no ambiguity in this chart \u2014 the battlefield lines are clearly drawn.<\/p>\n

The $7.61\u2013$7.77 zone is the single most important resistance cluster right now. The EMA 26 at $7.77 and the SMA 20 at $7.70 are converging right at the “strong resistance” level, creating a dense ceiling that price needs to punch through with real volume to change the narrative. Today’s intraday high of $7.52 already tested the lower edge of that zone and got rejected. That matters \u2014 it tells you sellers are active and positioned in that range.<\/p>\n

On the support side, the pivot at $7.39 is the first line of defense below current price. A daily close beneath that hands initiative to the bears heading into $7.24 \u2014 the immediate support \u2014 and from there, the strong support at $7.02 comes into focus quickly. That $7.02\u2013$6.97 area, where the lower Bollinger Band sits, represents the bull’s last credible wall. The ATR of $0.34 means a volatile session can collapse two or three of these levels within hours, not over days. That risk is real and it’s underpriced by anyone not watching tape closely.<\/p>\n

Sentiment vs Reality<\/h2>\n

This is where the setup gets genuinely interesting \u2014 and the divergence between positioning and actual flow is a red flag that deserves more attention than it’s getting.<\/p>\n

Top-tier traders tracked by Binance \u2014 the smart money proxies \u2014 are 71.4% long on LINK, with a ratio of nearly 2.5. Retail is also crowded long at 64.3%. On the surface, that reads as a strong bullish consensus. But the taker buy\/sell ratio at 0.82 exposes the contradiction: aggressive market-order sellers are outpacing buyers with 144,611 contracts sold versus 118,622 bought in the most recent hour. Whoever is long is sitting passively \u2014 they’re not defending their positions with active buy pressure. Layer in the fact that open interest has dropped 4.90% in 24 hours and the picture sharpens: longs are quietly unwinding, not adding. That’s the signature of a crowded trade losing conviction.<\/p>\n

Blockchain.news<\/a> has documented this exact pattern across multiple altcoin cycles \u2014 heavy long positioning that collides with passive sell pressure, eventually triggering a cascade liquidation before the real recovery begins. The CoinCodex forecast from June 28 targets $9.36 by year-end, representing a 28.72% gain from current levels. That’s a legitimate long-term thesis \u2014 but it requires LINK to first reclaim the SMA 50 at $8.42, which sits 12.9% above today’s price. No KOL has published any directional call on LINK in the last 24 hours. In a market where noise is constant, that silence signals the crowd isn’t excited \u2014 and the crowd usually needs to get excited for a genuine rally to ignite.<\/p>\n