How High Can Chainlink Price Go if US Banks Adopt LINK Instead of XRP?

Chainlink (LINK) has been in the spotlight since the project’s founder Sergey Nazarov attended the White House Crypto Summit and met with top US legislators. These meetings have heated speculation about whether US banks might adopt LINK instead of XRP. This article explores how high Chainlink price can go if this happens. 

Reasons Why US Banks Could Adopt Chainlink Instead of XRP

There are several reasons why US banks can adopt Chainlink instead of XRP. The first is that Chainlink has prior relationships with US banks. Last year, Chainlink partnered with JPMorgan, Franklin Templeton, and BNY Mellon for Real World Asset (RWA) tokenization sparking a bullish price move.

Secondly, Chainlink is the largest RWA blockchain. Its Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) allows financial institutions to convert real-world assets such as bonds, real estate, or commodities to blockchain-based assets. The growing demand for asset tokenization as outlined by Northern Trust’s head of digital assets, Andy Czupek, paves the way for Chainlink’s adoption. 

Chainlink’s founder is also pushing for Chainlink’s integration in the US. Nazarov is also attending the DC Blockchain Summit on March 26 and is on stage with SWIFT today, March 19 to speak on “bringing the whole world Onchain.”

Given these reasons, there is a high chance that US banks adopt LINK instead of XRP. If this happens, what will be the impact on Chainlink price? 

Here’s How High Chainlink Price Can Go

If US banks tapped Chainlink for asset tokenization and started to buy LINK, the price could shoot past $100. Analyst XForceGlobal notes that this price target could be achieved in the coming months as depicted by the Elliot Wave analysis. 

The analyst pointed out that if bullish catalysts were to push LINK price to its record-high price of $52, the altcoin would have completed the third wave of this pattern. A brief correction to retest $52 as support could pave the way for the final wave to $100. 

Another popular analyst, Michael Van de Poppe has also outlined a bullish Chainlink price prediction as LINK shows signs of outperforming Bitcoin. 

“$LINK doing a double bottom test and back to the range low. Weekly firing up nicely. Things are heating up the right way.” 

Looming adoption by US banks, especially with the US SEC overturning the SAB121 accounting rule will definitely bode well for Chainlink price, and push it past $100. This price target is realistic for LINK, as it has a modest supply of 1 billion tokens, which would give it a $100 billion market cap. 

Conclusion

Chainlink has a higher chance of being adopted by US banks compared to Ripple’s XRP. If demand for asset tokenization stirs adoption, Chainlink price could soar past $100, making it one of the largest altcoins with a $100 billion market cap.