Chainlink (LINK): year-to-date return
Each year starts at 1.0 on the previous Dec 31 close — see where the current year sits versus history.
Tip: Tap a cycle to isolate those years and see their average (dashed). Combine cycles, or pick individual years — they stack together. The current year is always shown in red.
ROI = price ÷ previous Dec 31 close. Incomplete years (dashed) are left out of averages and ranges. Bitcoin's 4-year cycle has coincided with the U.S. election cycle: strong post-halving years vs. weak midterm years.
Crypto: Bitstamp/OKX · Stocks, indices & commodities: Yahoo Finance · ⌘/Ctrl + wheel or pinch to zoom, drag to pan · hover any point to compare years.
2026 year to date: +2.6% · 3rd of 6 years
Chainlink (LINK) is up 2.6% in 2026 as of Oct 15: 3rd of 6 years at this point since 2021. In the median year it was down 9.7% by this date.
Measured from the previous Dec 31 close. Price only.
Chainlink (LINK): return by year
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (to Oct 15) | +2.6% |
| 2025 | −39.1% |
| 2024 | +34.2% |
| 2023 | +168.0% |
| 2022 | −71.5% |
| 2021 | +73.3% |
| 2020 (since Oct 19) | +4.2% |