diff --git a/backend/src/graphql/resolver/TransactionResolver.ts b/backend/src/graphql/resolver/TransactionResolver.ts
index 461a70a00..240369006 100644
--- a/backend/src/graphql/resolver/TransactionResolver.ts
+++ b/backend/src/graphql/resolver/TransactionResolver.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,12 @@ export const executeTransaction = async (
 
   // validate amount
   const receivedCallDate = new Date()
-  const sendBalance = await calculateBalance(sender.id, amount.mul(-1), receivedCallDate)
+  const sendBalance = await calculateBalance(
+    sender.id,
+    amount.mul(-1),
+    receivedCallDate,
+    transactionLink,
+  )
   if (!sendBalance) {
     throw new Error("user hasn't enough GDD or amount is < 0")
   }
diff --git a/backend/src/util/validate.ts b/backend/src/util/validate.ts
index 95e1bf699..8d1c90ca4 100644
--- a/backend/src/util/validate.ts
+++ b/backend/src/util/validate.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { Transaction } from '@entity/Transaction'
 import { Decay } from '@model/Decay'
 import { getCustomRepository } from '@dbTools/typeorm'
 import { TransactionLinkRepository } from '@repository/TransactionLink'
+import { TransactionLink as dbTransactionLink } from '@entity/TransactionLink'
 
 function isStringBoolean(value: string): boolean {
   const lowerValue = value.toLowerCase()
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ async function calculateBalance(
   userId: number,
   amount: Decimal,
   time: Date,
+  transactionLink?: dbTransactionLink | null,
 ): Promise<{ balance: Decimal; decay: Decay; lastTransactionId: number } | null> {
   const lastTransaction = await Transaction.findOne({ userId }, { order: { balanceDate: 'DESC' } })
   if (!lastTransaction) return null
@@ -32,7 +34,13 @@ async function calculateBalance(
   const transactionLinkRepository = getCustomRepository(TransactionLinkRepository)
   const { sumHoldAvailableAmount } = await transactionLinkRepository.summary(userId, time)
 
-  if (balance.minus(sumHoldAvailableAmount.toString()).lessThan(0)) {
+  // If we want to redeem a link we need to make sure that the link amount is not considered as blocked
+  // else we cannot redeem links which are more or equal to half of what an account actually owns
+  const releasedLinkAmount = transactionLink ? transactionLink.holdAvailableAmount : new Decimal(0)
+
+  if (
+    balance.minus(sumHoldAvailableAmount.toString()).plus(releasedLinkAmount.toString()).lessThan(0)
+  ) {
     return null
   }
   return { balance, lastTransactionId: lastTransaction.id, decay }