HostLINK vs TBTC — price, size and safety, side by side
LINK (Ethereum) vs TBTC (Ethereum) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-10-17 / 2026-10-17.
LINK vs TBTC — normalized performance, 2026-09-08 to 2026-10-17T03:15:24
| LINK | TBTC | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $12.27 | $82.91K |
| Market cap | $9.53B | $358.59M |
| 24h volume | $1.95M DEX | $1.05M DEX |
| Liquidity | $19.94M | $26.99M |
| FDV | $12.74B | $358.59M |
| Holders | 922,570 | 25,280 |
| Age (days) | 1,745 | 886 |
| Safety grade | A | B |
Where they differ
- LINK measures ~27× the market cap of TBTC
- LINK measures ~1.9× the 24h volume of TBTC
- LINK measures ~36× the holder count of TBTC
- over the shared window LINK moved −1.83% while TBTC moved +6.55%
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.
TBTC
tBTC is Threshold Network's trust-minimized wrapped Bitcoin — the decentralized-custody answer to WBTC, where a rotating set of node operators secures the BTC rather than a single custodian. The deployment 0x18084fba666a33d37592fa2633fd49a74dd93a88 is the v2 mint; our October 6, 2026 snapshot reads $27.0 million of tracked pool liquidity.
The honest contrast is the whole point of the asset: tBTC trades BitGo's institutional custody for a threshold-signature committee — no single company can lose or freeze the coins, but the security model is cryptographic-economic (operator collateral) rather than legal, which is a different risk shape, not a strictly smaller one. Its depth vs WBTC's billions is the market's honest verdict on how much that trade matters to people.
FAQ
Which is bigger, LINK or TBTC?
By tracked market cap: LINK (Ethereum) measures $9.53B and TBTC (Ethereum) measures $358.59M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, LINK or TBTC?
On the contract checks we publish: LINK (Ethereum) grades A and TBTC (Ethereum) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have LINK and TBTC performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-08 and 2026-10-17T03:15:24, the measured snapshots show LINK at −1.83% and TBTC at +6.55%.
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, 2026-09-08→2026-10-17T03:15:24; 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.