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Chainlink on the playa

this has nothing to do burning man oracles

Messari Research
Aug 30, 2019
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Your daily snapshot from the OnChainFX markets dashboard.

Chainlink has been on an absolute tear this year. Up 500%, it’s one of the few assets outperforming bitcoin, and the best of the top 50 by market cap. 

But what is it, and why does it matter? And has the meme of $LINK overtaken the fundamental value of the protocol?  

Background

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