Chainlink ETF Cost Basis
What did the Chainlink funds pay for their coins?
The average price the funds paid for the Chainlink they hold, set against Chainlink's price.
What the funds paid, and Chainlink's price
The average price the funds paid for the Chainlink they still hold, beside Chainlink's own price. The price line is worked out each day from the buy price and the Worth vs. paid figure, so it can sit a little off a price quoted elsewhere. Estimates. No fund publishes what it paid. This is worked out from the money going in and the price on the day it arrived, so treat it as close rather than exact.
Inspect and compare dates
Pick two dates to compare what the funds had paid for Chainlink with Chainlink's price on each.
| Measure | Change | Relative change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average buy price | $10.52 | $10.75 | +$0.23 | +2.2% |
| Chainlink price | $11.99 | $12.35 | +$0.36 | +3.0% |
Right now
On average the funds paid about $10.75 a coin for the Chainlink they hold. At $12.35, Chainlink is about 15% above that.
How many of their coins are in profit?
As of Sep 23, 2026.
Coins in profit
Of the Chainlink the funds hold, the share worth more today than it cost.
Funds in profit
Funds whose coins are worth more, all together, than they paid.
75% of the Chainlink in the funds is worth more today than it cost. 2 of the 2 funds we can price are ahead on what they paid.
How much of this can we see?
We can see a buy price for 74% of the coins the Chainlink fund group holds.
What has Chainlink's price done lately?
As of Sep 23, 2026.
Price now
Past week
Up
Past month
Up
Against 200-day average
Above
Over the past month a net $14 million went into the Chainlink ETFs, and Chainlink's price rose 6.2%. Chainlink is trading 33% above its average price for the past 200 days. Fund money is one part of what moves a price, so read those as two facts side by side rather than one causing the other.
Understanding
Chainlink ETF Cost Basis
Where it stands today
The US Chainlink ETFs paid an average of about $10.75 a coin for the Chainlink they hold as of .
At $12.35, Chainlink's price was about 15% above that as of .
75% of the Chainlink in the funds was worth more than it cost as of .
Cost basis is the average price the funds paid for the coins they hold. It works like your own average buy price: when Chainlink's price is above it, the funds are ahead on paper, and when it is below, they are behind.
The Worth vs. paid tab divides Chainlink's price by that average. Above 1.0 the coins are worth more than the funds paid for them, and below 1.0 they are worth less. It is the same comparison as the two lines on the Buy price tab, as one number.
Coins in profit counts the Chainlink the funds hold that are worth more today than they cost, as a share of all of them. Funds in profit counts the funds whose coins, taken together, are worth more than they paid.
The price line on the Buy price tab is worked out from the two figures the chart already has, so it can sit a little off the price quoted elsewhere for the same day.
The numbers
behind the chart
What does the current reading show?
Average buy price: the latest reading is $10.75, on . The highest reading since is $14.64 on ; the lowest is $10.49 on .
Chainlink price: the latest reading is $12.35, on . The highest reading since is $14.64 on ; the lowest is $7.19 on .
Worth vs. paid: the latest reading is 1.15x, on . The highest reading since is 1.23x on ; the lowest is 0.61x on .
The average price the funds paid for the Chainlink they held on each day, the Worth vs. paid figure, and Chainlink's price worked out from the two, which can sit a little off the price quoted above.
What are the latest, highest and lowest readings?
| Measure | Latest | Highest | Lowest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average buy price | $10.75 | $14.64 | $10.49 |
| Chainlink price | $12.35 | $14.64 | $7.19 |
| Worth vs. paid | 1.15x | 1.23x | 0.61x |
How do the readings compare with earlier dates?
| Reference date | Average buy price | Chainlink price | Worth vs. paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month ago | $10.52 | $11.99 | 1.14x |
| 3 months ago | $10.71 | $7.63 | 0.71x |
| 6 months ago | $11.43 | $9.11 | 0.80x |
What was the reading at each month’s end?
| Reading date | Average buy price | Chainlink price | Worth vs. paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| $10.60 | $11.32 | 1.07x | |
| $10.54 | $8.17 | 0.77x | |
| $10.70 | $7.19 | 0.67x | |
| $10.93 | $9.02 | 0.83x | |
| $11.00 | $9.10 | 0.83x | |
| $11.40 | $8.78 | 0.77x | |
| $11.98 | $8.71 | 0.73x | |
| $13.49 | $10.78 | 0.80x | |
| $13.93 | $12.19 | 0.88x |
Source: The money going into the Chainlink funds each trading day, and Chainlink's price. No fund publishes what it paid. This is worked out from the money going in and the price on the day it arrived, so treat it as close rather than exact. Reading for .