Chainlink (LINK) was at $11.68 as of 4:32 a.m. ET Saturday (08:32 UTC).
The broader announcement also covered cross-chain transfers and high-speed market-data delivery.
Whale vs Retail Delta reached 0.594 on Oct. 22, up from near 0.10, while LINK remained above $12 after retreating from $14.218.
The quarter-end tally combined 6.05 million LINK in the reserve with 16.65 million at Grayscale and Bitwise products. Later disclosures cover different dates.
A $1.02 million whale buy and rising whale activity contrast with seller-dominant spot and futures data as LINK holds $12 support.
The deal, which follows an Oct. 6 memorandum on LG CNS's KITL platform, brings Chainlink's full stack to LG CNS, the lead contractor on the Bank of Korea's Project Hangang.
The integration is intended to support potential lending, collateral and treasury-management uses for $GOVY, backed by short-dated U.S. Treasury bills.
Chainlink's whale accumulation supports recovery prospects, but persistent selling could delay a breakout above $14.218.
Analysis: the quarterly review of October 21 shows how much LINK now sits in two US funds and in Chainlink's own reserve: 22.7 million units between them. The price slipped to the day's low of $11.94 on Thursday evening all the same.
Chainlink reports $15 billion in CCIP token migrations and growing institutional adoption, but LINK trades near $12 despite stronger network activity.
CCIP's fully diluted value of cross-chain tokens integrated with the protocol topped $85 billion in Q3 2026. CCIP 2.0 went live with security, compliance and settlement controls.
Chainlink's Q3 report showed $15 billion in CCIP migrations and new Swift and DTCC work, while LINK traded near $12 support.