Wall Street is preparing to put more tokenized assets to work this month, and two altcoins sit directly in that path. An analyst has ranked the five altcoins with the most important catalysts in October, with a clear warning that good news does not guarantee a higher price.
5. Chainlink ($LINK): Waiting for real usage
Chainlink’s upgraded cross-chain protocol, CCIP 2.0, went live last week with added controls for verification and compliance. The team also introduced Fulcrum, a tool that lets institutions finance and manage collateral across blockchains around the clock. At the Sibos conference, Chainlink demonstrated cross-chain institutional financing with the DTCC. It says the DTCC’s collateral app chain will use its runtime environment.