On September 4, Chainlink (LINK) saw its price rise above $12, marking an 8% increase in just one day and nearly 50% over the past month.

Hourly chart of LINK/USDT on Binance. Source: TradingView.

The asset's market capitalization has reached $9 billion, with a fully diluted valuation of around $12 billion. As of this writing, LINK is ranked 13th in terms of market value.

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The increase in LINK's price coincides with a broader cryptocurrency rally, but Chainlink has also solidified its gains with several significant announcements.

On September 3, the Chainlink team revealed a strategic partnership with Bottomline, one of the three largest service providers for the SWIFT payment system.

NEW: Top-three Swift service provider, Bottomline, has entered a strategic partnership with Chainlink to unlock cross-chain, cross-border payments for its 600+ bank customers.

Bottomline moves more than $16 trillion in payments annually across its platforms.

Through the… pic.twitter.com/jnpgCdoSCs

— Chainlink (@chainlink) September 3, 2026

According to the announcement, Bottomline processes over $16 trillion in payments each year and serves more than 600 banking clients.

As part of this partnership, Chainlink will provide a "secure level of interaction and orchestration," connecting Bottomline's existing payment infrastructure with both public and private blockchains.

Banks will have the ability to use ISO-20022 messaging to access the on-chain payment infrastructure through a single connection, independent of any specific network.

Additionally, on September 1, Chainlink announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce would begin utilizing its infrastructure to transfer macroeconomic data onto the blockchain.

The U.S. Department of Commerce is leveraging Chainlink to bring key government macroeconomic data onchain:

• Real GDP
• PCE Price Index
• Real Final Sales to Private Domestic Purchasers

Chainlink 🤝 @CommerceGov pic.twitter.com/rxxNdGmeoA

— Chainlink (@chainlink) September 1, 2026

The data includes three key metrics:

  • Real GDP
  • PCE Price Index
  • Real Final Sales to Private Domestic Purchasers

This initiative will allow blockchain applications connected to Chainlink’s infrastructure to access up-to-date economic data from the U.S. government.

It is worth noting that in August, analysts at Standard Chartered raised their forecast for LINK to $200 by the end of 2030, linking this projection to Chainlink's role as a critical infrastructure for tokenized assets.