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Thursday Dec 4 2025 11:00
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Grayscale's launch of the first US spot Chainlink exchange-traded fund (ETF) garnered considerable interest on its initial trading day, indicating that investors still desire regulated altcoin products despite the broader cryptocurrency market's current challenges. This debut signals an increasing demand for regulated investment vehicles in the digital asset space.
According to Eric Balchunas, Bloomberg's senior ETF analyst, Grayscale's Chainlink (LINK) ETF amassed $41 million in cumulative net inflows and a "solid" $13 million in trading volume during its first day. He noted that this was "another insta-hit from the crypto world.""
The debut reinforces the notion that institutional and professional investors are waiting for more regulated avenues to gain exposure to altcoins that can be integrated into corporate or fund strategies. This shift highlights the desire of institutions to enter the crypto market with regulatory safeguards and added protection.
In comparison, the Solana (SOL) ETF debuted with only $8.2 million in first-day volume, according to Farside Investors data. The XRP (XRP) ETF continues to lead altcoin ETF debuts this year, with $243 million in first-day inflows, according to SosoValue.
While the Chainlink ETF's launch wasn't a "blockbuster success," the fund already holds $64 million in total assets, including the initial $18 million seed allocation, as pointed out by ETF analyst James Seyffart on X. He added that "Chainlink showing that longer tail assets can find success in the ETF wrapper too."
In finance, long-tail assets refer to less popular and less liquid assets, associated with higher risk and reward profiles. While the LINK token's price has increased by 9.8% over the past week, the ETF's debut was unable to reverse the token's 39% decline over the past year, according to Cointelegraph data.
LINK is the native utility token of the Chainlink network, used to compensate validator node operators and to pay for the protocol's oracle data feed services. Chainlink provides decentralized applications and asset tokenization protocols with reliable real-world data feeds for secure and accurate smart contract execution.
Chainlink's decentralized oracle and cross-chain interoperability services are crucial for developers building more complex decentralized finance (DeFi) projects.
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