What will win between Cardano and Chainlink during the 2025 Q4 Altseason?

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  Chainlink’s partnership with the U.S. Government has led to an increase in whale investors.
  
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  Hoskinson joins ADA Holders in criticizing CF for missed LayerZero and Chainlink deals.
  
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  Crypto experts are expecting a blowoff altseason by the end of the year.
  

Altcoin holders have been anticipating a major bull run before the end 2025. The increasing odds of a Federal Reserve rate cut on September 17 – currently over 85% in Kalshi and Polymarket – have increased the likelihood of a crypto bull rally similar to the 2017 end of year rally.

In the coming weeks, it is expected that the capital rotation towards TOTAL3 altcoins (excluding Ethereum (ETH)) will increase. Cardano (ADA), and Chainlink (LINK), are both well-positioned for a bullish trend, but at different rates, as they have strong fundamentals and remain undervalued.

Which of the two altcoins (Cardano or Chainlink) has stronger fundamentals?

Why are whales buying more chainlink?

According to data analysis on the Chainlink network, Chainlink has attracted more whales in the last few days. Chainlink wallets with an address balance between 100k and one million coins have, for example, loaded up more than 1,25 million LINK coin during the last week, increasing their total to 181.5 millions coins.

The demand for LINK is directly proportional to the strength of its fundamentals. Chainlink, for example, was selected by the U.S. Department of Commerce through the Bureau of Economic Analysis to facilitate cross-chain data onboarding of macroeconomic data including GDP. With dozens and dozens of strategic partnerships in the DeFi area, LINK adoption has increased significantly.

Why is Cardano Whales selling?

In the last few months, Cardano has experienced several FUD events (Fear Uncertainty and Doubt). According to Santiment’s market data analysis, ADA holders have been frightened by the fear of FUD peak in the last five months.

Charles Hoskinson joined ADA holders to condemn the Cardano Foundation for failing to secure critical network integrations led LayerZero. Cardano wallets with a balance between 1 million and ten million ADA sold 30 million coins in the last few days.

Cardano remains optimistic despite the airdrop by Midnight in August 2025, and the upgrade to Leios is scheduled for 2026. Cardano’s leadership has also been boosted by the recent audit report on the ADA Voucher Program.

Key Takeaway: LINK poised to outpace ADA

According to the information available, LINK’s price is more likely to outpace ADA’s price in the upcoming month. LINK also has stronger fundamentals, a fully diluted value (FDV) around $22 billion and a 24-hour trading volume of $982M.

Cardano ADA, on the other hand has struggled to maintain fundamentals, despite its plans for major network upgrades. It has recorded a FDV of approximately $37 billion. Bitcoin and other crypto prices have historically seen diminishing returns due to the increasing competition in the Web3 space.

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