AI Picks This Altcoin As the Best Crypto For the End of October

Crypto markets enter the final stretch of October 2025, walking a tightrope between renewed optimism and macro uncertainty. Bitcoin has struggled to reclaim $110,000 while Ethereum continues to hover below the $4000 mark.

Against this backdrop, we used OpenAI’s ChatGPT-5 to analyze on-chain data, sentiment, and news signals to determine this week’s strongest cryptocurrency setup. After crunching the numbers and news signals, the AI’s verdict was clear: Chainlink (LINK) stands out as the top contender for “Crypto Pick of the Week.”

Why Chainlink Is This Week’s Winner

Trading around $17.50 at press time, with a market capitalization of nearly $12.2 billion, Chainlink quietly proves that utility and adoption can still drive price action in a choppy market.

Chainlink Price Performance. Source: BeInCrypto

Here’s a look at why it earns the “AI’s Crypto Pick of the Week” crown for the fourth week of October, 2025.

1. Whales Are Moving In

After a mid-October pullback, large holders or “whales” are accumulating LINK again.

“13 million Chainlink $LINK accumulated by whales over the past week,” popular crypto analyst Ali noted on X.

The accumulated LINK amounts to nearly $230 million based on the press time price. ChatGPT suggests that’s classic “off-exchange accumulation” behavior, which is often a precursor to a supply squeeze.

This wave of buying helped spark a small rebound around October 20, even as the broader crypto market cooled. Few other large-caps showed such clean, accumulation-led strength this week.

Onchain data shows a lot of players accumulating $LINK.

Bought some spot. ✌️ pic.twitter.com/Xfm2HEtkvt

— Ted (@TedPillows) October 20, 2025 2. Real Adoption, Not Vaporware

Chainlink isn’t just riding hype cycles; it’s also landing tangible integrations. Recent highlights include:

• The US Department of Commerce and Chainlink will bring macro data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) on-chain, a move to bring official economic data (GDP, PCE, etc.) to blockchain developers.
• SWIFT, DTCC, and Euroclear collaborations advancing tokenization and corporate-action pilots using Chainlink’s interoperability layer (CCIP).
• New integrations with projects like Jovay, an Ethereum Layer 2 focused on real-world assets (RWAs), showcase Chainlink’s role as a critical infrastructure for institutional DeFi.

In short, Chainlink isn’t just another oracle provider; it’s becoming the connective tissue between traditional finance and the on-chain world.

3. The Market Narrative Favors LINK

Even as Bitcoin and Ethereum drift sideways, Chainlink has shown idiosyncratic momentum, meaning it’s moving on its own merit.

When the US dollar briefly strengthened this week, LINK still managed to bounce, suggesting that investors are viewing it as a relatively safe haven among altcoins with real use cases.

4. Technical Picture: LINK Has Room to Run

LINK price has dipped slightly (-2%) over the past week. But analysts are eyeing a potential breakout above $20, which could open the door to a $22–$25 range if momentum continues.

For traders, it’s one of the few large-cap setups that’s both constructive and not overextended.