Something was fueling $LINK ’s sudden surge. While retail traders scrambled to explain the +11.7% move, a closer look at the blockchain painted a clearer picture: four heavyweight wallets had quietly been on the hunt.

One of them, 0x99b9D2c7B3FA40FC8dcE6B2be3177debB646A41E, loaded up with 273,060 LINK — scooping them at just $17.45. Today, those coins are already worth $4.76M, leaving the whale over $2.26M in the green.

Another hunter, 0x4a86dB8ce35f0c85a9d006cDab9c508E5ba91832, played an even sharper game. With 321,362 LINK tucked away at an average cost of $14.62, this wallet is now staring at $3.57M in unrealized profits.

Then there’s the deep-pocketed 0x4EBDcA21913c4F32f533B28955485908De73d5aF — already a familiar name among #LINK accumulators. Their stash has swelled to 932,640 LINK, valued at $23.98M, with more than $2.1M in gains riding along.

And finally, 0xa369f9e8230D8bfCdC5E2BEc405384d3114f66CC quietly joined the pack, bagging 275,002 LINK at $21.63. Even that higher entry hasn’t stopped the whale from pocketing $1.12M so far.

Put together, these four wallets soaked up nearly $19.3M worth of #Chainlink in just 24 hours. Coincidence that LINK’s price exploded at the same time? Or is this the unmistakable footprint of whales driving the rally?