429 sharks traded LINK in a day, triple any other Ethereum token, buying $14.1 million
Chainlink's token was the most crowded shark trade on Ethereum as ether fell 5%. Uniswap's UNI drew under a third as many wallets, and they were net sellers.
Key points
- In the 24 hours to 6:36 a.m. ET on November 9, 429 shark wallets bought $14.15 million of LINK and sold $6.64 million, a net $7.51 million in, DeepSea's live feed shows.
- No other Ethereum token on the feed came close in wallet count. Next were HOT with 135 and UNI with 124; UNI's sharks sold $4.59 million against $2.35 million bought.
- CoinGecko showed LINK at $10.54 at 6:41 a.m. ET, down 2.2% in 24 hours, on $283.7 million of trading.
What DeepSea's data shows
DeepSea's live feed adds up trades by shark wallets (large wallets it tracks). In the 24 hours to 6:36 a.m. ET on November 9, LINK, Chainlink's token, had 429 sharks trading it on Ethereum. They bought $14.15 million and sold $6.64 million, a net $7.51 million in.
That is about three times as many wallets as any other Ethereum token on the feed. Next was HOT (Holo) with 135 wallets, net bought. UNI (Uniswap) had 124 wallets and was net sold: $4.59 million out, $2.35 million in. ENA (Ethena) had 82 wallets and was net bought, $3.51 million against $1.28 million. Tether's gold token XAUt and ONDO had 80 wallets each.
The buying slowed near the end. In the last hour to 6:36 a.m. ET, 14 sharks sold $149,111 of LINK and bought $15,811.
DeepSea's LINK token page, read at about 6:43 a.m. ET, showed a 7-day whale net flow of minus $659,000. That page measures a different group (whales) over a longer window, so it does not contradict the one-day shark buying.
Data: DeepSea (desea.io), checked November 9, 2026, 6:43 a.m. ET.
Where the sharks crowded
Wallet counts show how many separate sharks touched each token, not how much money moved.
Shark wallets trading each Ethereum token, 24 hours
wallets
24 hours to 6:36 a.m. ET, November 9, 2026. Source: DeepSea live feed.
How big is it?
CoinGecko showed LINK at $10.54 at 6:41 a.m. ET, down 2.2% in 24 hours, with an $8.08 billion market cap and $283.7 million of trading. The sharks' $14.15 million of buying is about 5% of that volume. UNI was at $6.80, down 3.4%. Ether fell 5.2% to $2,121.
LC Insight analysis
This section is our reading of the facts above, not a statement of fact.
- We think LINK's wallet count says more than its dollar total. Hundreds of large wallets traded it on a down day, and buyers outweighed sellers by about two to one.
- LINK fell less than ether in the same 24 hours. The data does not show whether the shark buying helped.
- The last hour turned to selling, so the one-day net figure may already be shrinking.
What's next
- Whether LINK's net shark buying holds in the next 24-hour window
- Whether the 7-day whale flow on DeepSea's LINK page turns positive
- UNI selling, which ran the other way
Disclaimer. This article is based on public information and the sources listed below as of the update time shown. It is for information only and is not investment, legal or tax advice. Figures may change as companies and authorities publish new data.
Sources
- DeepSea, live feed 24-hour and 1-hour shark aggregate (fetched November 9, 2026, 6:36 a.m. ET)
- DeepSea, LINK (Ethereum) token page (read November 9, 2026, 6:43 a.m. ET)
- CoinGecko, Chainlink (LINK) (read November 9, 2026, 6:41 a.m. ET)
- CoinGecko, Uniswap (UNI) (read November 9, 2026, 6:41 a.m. ET)
- CoinGecko, Ethereum (read November 9, 2026, 6:41 a.m. ET)
