Chainlink seems unstoppable at the moment. With an 80% increase in price in the last 7 days, the ethereum-based cryptocurrency surpassed Bitcoin Cash and claimed the number 5 spot in the top cryptos by total market cap.

At the moment of writing this, according to Coingecko, Chainlink has a 6.7 billion market cap as opposed to Bitcoin Cash wich stands at 5.2 billion.

A reason for the recent price increased cand be found in the rising interest for decentralized finance ( DeFi ). Also, there have also been rumours that Chailink is really close to offering staking.