LINEA price rises 14% as SWIFT chooses Linea for pilot projects

• The Linea token LINEA has surged over 14% to hit a high of $0.029 amid major SWIFT news.
• SWIFT and banking partners such as PNB Paribas and BNY will reportedly test the blockchain messaging system.
• SWIFT selected Linea for the pilot.

LINEA, the native token of the Ethereum Layer 2 network Linea, is up 14% in the last 24 hours, with a sharp increase attributed to a major SWIFT announcement.

The token hit an intraday high of $0.029 as it was announced that interbank messaging platform Linea has chosen to test its system on the blockchain. With the gains, LINEA outperformed many altcoins amid general Crypto price turbulence had to fight.

SWIFT tests messaging system on the Linea blockchain

SWIFT, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, which enables secure messaging to over 11,000 financial institutions in more than 200 countries, is launching a transformative experiment.

Sea exclusive insights by The Big Whale, SWIFT has partnered with Consensys-developed Linea, an Ethereum Layer 2 solution, to explore migrating its core messaging system to the blockchain.

Gregory Raymond, co-founder of The Big Whale, shared the news on X.

🟥 Exclusive @TheBigWhale_

SWIFT chooses Linea for blockchain testing

According to information gathered with @BukovskiBuko3SWIFT and several major global banks (including BNP Paribas and BNY) have chosen @LineaBuildthe Ethereum layer 2 developed by @Consensysto experiment… pic.twitter.com/EaWLg1IfKp

— Grégory Raymond 🐳 (@gregory_raymond) September 26, 2025

The collaboration will also involve global banking giants with over 10 banks including BNP Paribas and BNY.

SWIFT will also partner with more than a dozen institutions on the project, according to The Big Whale, many of which are already in the proof-of-concept phase of the initiative.

According to a well-informed source, the project, although still in development, could herald a significant technological overhaul of the international interbank payments industry.

Why the Layer 2 blockchain Linea?

Linea’s appeal lies in its emphasis on privacy, enabled by advanced cryptographic proofs.

The banks see this in line with the regulatory and security policy requirements of the banking sector.

Linea provides an enterprise-class infrastructure platform for global finance.

As can be read on the website, the network already supports financial institutions such as Mastercard, Visa and JP Morgan.

The Consensys-backed platform is designed for blockchain solutions including tokenization, trading, payments and onchain settlement.

It enables integration with decentralized finance protocols, custodians, and real-world asset tokenization platforms.

LINEA price rises amid news

SWIFT’s plans and The Big Whale’s report on the development sparked a notable market reaction in the LINEA community.

LINE Kursdiagramm on CoinMarketCap

As the token rose over 14%, the price increase was accompanied by a 6% increase in daily trading volume to $353 million.

With the gains, Linea joined companies like Subsquid, Solv Protocol and Lombard in outperforming the top coins.

Linea price reached its all-time high of $0.04657 on September 10, 2025.

The uptrend could therefore see bulls attempt to retest this level.

Owners and stakeholders will closely monitor the progress of the SWIFT pilot.