$LINK increased 5.9%, reaching $12.40.

Behind this upswing, the fundamentals have also seen new developments.

Payments provider Bottomline is onboarding around 600 institutional banks through Chainlink, driving connectivity between the banking system and on-chain infrastructure.

On the other side, Morpho on Base uses Chainlink to provide price data for tokenized stocks, and LINK’s role in RWA and on-chain financial infrastructure continues to expand.

Bullish thesis: 12U has already regained its footing, and technical support has been strengthened.

Standard Chartered’s year-end target price is $13, which is only about 6% above the current level.

So the key for LINK right now isn’t whether there’s a story—but whether, after holding 12U, it can continue to press the attack toward $13.