Chainlink Shows Resilience During AWS Outage: Is Investing Your Bitcoin in LINK Worth It?
As Amazon Web Services caused disruptions, Chainlink showcased the strength of its decentralized oracles, leading to an 8% surge within 24 hours. Is LINK's position in your portfolio under scrutiny? With the long-awaited altseason here, could this propel the token to new heights as institutions accumulate massively?
Translated on October 21, 2025 at 08:51 by Simon Dumoulin
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Chainlink on the Rise: Decentralization Proves Its Value
The major Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage in a Northern Virginia datacenter has caused global chaos. Holding nearly 32% of the cloud market, AWS concentrates a critical portion of the world’s digital infrastructure. This DNS failure brutally reminded us of the risks associated with centralization, highlighting the fragility of systems dependent on a single point of control instead of chainlink.
Meanwhile, Chainlink (LINK) oracles continued to operate without interruption. This resilience illustrates the fundamental value proposition of the project: Providing decentralized and reliable data feeds for smart contracts, independent of centralized actor outages. Thanks to its distributed architecture and multi-chain partnerships, the Chainlink network maintained its data integrity while traditional services collapsed.
This real-world test has strengthened the perception of LINK as an essential pillar of modern blockchain infrastructure. Investors have recognized the strategic importance of decentralized oracles in a rapidly expanding ecosystem.
BREAKING: Amazon Web Services
A massive AWS outage early this morning sent major websites and apps down for several hours
Tracking site Downdetector has received over 8 million reports around the globe pic.twitter.com/Fgtzt2hW1x
On-chain data reveals a massive movement of smart money toward Chainlink. According to Lookonchain, 30 new wallets have withdrawn nearly 6.3 million LINK from Binance, approximately $117 million, following the recent crypto market correction.
More recently, The Data Nerd identified an institutional investor who withdrew 400,000 LINK from Binance this Monday, representing $7.3 million. These massive withdrawals reflect a long-term holding strategy, contrary to short-term speculative trading.
This institutional accumulation aligns with Chainlink’s growing regulatory clarity, particularly in the United States, where the project enjoys a favorable legal status. This attracts institutional funds and actors seeking exposure to a regulatorily secure asset within the crypto ecosystem.
In past 1 hour, this whale 0xbBf withdrew another 400,536 $LINK (~$7.29M) from #Binance.
Just now, he owns totally 1.145M $LINK with avg entry ~$17.23
On the technical front, LINK is building a macro bullish structure that’s catching chartists’ attention. Analyst Ali Martinez identifies a triangular pattern with a medium-term target converging toward the previous ATH of the token.
The bounce from the $16 support confirms this structure and demonstrates active defense by buyers. In parallel, the LINK/BTC pair shows signs of reversal, indicating a sector rotation toward utility altcoins.
Santiment data supports this perspective: The MVRV (Market Value to Realized Value) indicator currently places LINK in a historically favorable accumulation zone. In the context of an anticipated altseason for 2025, this configuration could serve as a catalyst to propel the token toward new major resistance levels.
🔗📈 When ChainLink's average 30-day returns among traders falls below -5%, it has been a reliable buy signal. By measuring the returns of $LINK wallets active in the past month, you can gauge when the crowd is in pain and an ideal entry point is forming, like we saw Friday. pic.twitter.com/knRLT1Voig
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