HostLINK vs CIRBTC — price, size and safety, side by side
LINK (Ethereum) vs CIRBTC (Ethereum) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-10-17 / 2026-10-16.
LINK vs CIRBTC — normalized performance, 2026-09-21 to 2026-10-16T21:15:32
| LINK | CIRBTC | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $12.27 | $81.76K |
| Market cap | $9.53B | $510.75M |
| 24h volume | $1.95M DEX | $3.93M DEX |
| Liquidity | $19.94M | $19.63M |
| FDV | $12.74B | $73.19M |
| Holders | 922,570 | — |
| Age (days) | 1,745 | 23 |
| Safety grade | A | B |
Where they differ
- LINK measures ~19× the market cap of CIRBTC
- CIRBTC measures ~2.0× the 24h volume of LINK
What the data says
LINK
LINK is Chainlink's token — the asset that pays the oracle network most of DeFi runs on, making it one of the few crypto tokens tied to infrastructure the market actually uses every block. The deployment 0x514910771af9ca656af840dff83e8264ecf986ca is the canonical mint; our October 9, 2026 snapshot reads $19.9 million of tracked pool liquidity on this pair set — a fraction of a float spread across every venue that lists it.
The honest shape: LINK's value thesis is payment for oracle services plus stake in the network's security model, so it carries a real-usage floor most tokens lack — and a valuation that has always run ahead of the fees the network actually collects. It is infrastructure exposure, not a cashflow claim, and the gap between "most-used oracle" and "token captures that usage" is the open question its holders are betting on.
CIRBTC
CIRBTC — "Circle Wrapped Bitcoin" on Ethereum, contract 0x72dfb2e44f59c5ad2bafe84314e5b99a7cd5075e — is a token trading at $81,230 per unit — essentially bitcoin's spot price — with an enormous $19.6 million liquidity pool, ~$10.7 million of daily volume, and a $510.8 million market cap across a 948.75-unit circulating supply in the October 9, 2026 snapshot.
The critical question is the name's claim: Circle issues USDC and EURC, and as of this row's data no widely-documented "Circle Wrapped Bitcoin" product exists — Coinbase's cbBTC and BitGo's WBTC are the dominant wrappers. A token pricing itself at BTC's value while claiming Circle issuance is either an emerging legitimate product or a premium-grade impersonation, and the difference is everything.
FAQ
Which is bigger, LINK or CIRBTC?
By tracked market cap: LINK (Ethereum) measures $9.53B and CIRBTC (Ethereum) measures $510.75M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, LINK or CIRBTC?
On the contract checks we publish: LINK (Ethereum) grades A and CIRBTC (Ethereum) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have LINK and CIRBTC performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-21 and 2026-10-16T21:15:32, the measured snapshots show LINK at −3.73% and CIRBTC at +0.65%.
The grade column is the one CMC's compare page cannot print — our grade is computed from the contract itself (mint/freeze authority, liquidity, holder concentration). Changes are measured over the shared window stated on the chart, 2026-09-21→2026-10-16T21:15:32; a token with fewer measured points measures a shorter span inside it.
Figures are dated on-chain snapshots, not a live feed. Safety grades are structural checks — not investment advice. Free · no signup · a HostDeFi product.