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ChainLink Token (LINK)

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Ethereum·LINK·0x5149…86ca

$12.27+1.89% (24h, feed)0.00% (1h, feed)0.00% Change (3h)

Data snapshot: 2026-10-17 · source: live token feeds + on-chain flags · refreshed weekly · not financial advice

Market cap
$9.53B
Volume 24h · DEX
$1.95M
Circulating
748.10M LINK
FDV
$12.74B

LINK price and market data

$12.32$12.38$12.44$12.502026-10-16 06:15 · $12.482026-10-16 09:15 · $12.482026-10-16 15:15 · $12.482026-10-16 18:15 · $12.482026-10-16 21:15 · $12.482026-10-17 · $12.272026-10-17 03:15 · $12.2710-16 06:1510-16 15:1510-16 21:1510-17 03:15$12.27
$12.32$12.38$12.44$12.502026-10-16 06:15 · $12.482026-10-16 09:15 · $12.482026-10-16 15:15 · $12.482026-10-16 18:15 · $12.482026-10-16 21:15 · $12.482026-10-17 · $12.272026-10-17 03:15 · $12.2710-16 06:1510-16 15:1510-16 21:1510-17 03:15$12.27

Dated price measurements: 7, 2026-10-16 to 2026-10-17. Each point is a measurement, not an interpolation.

AHostDeFi Insightsstructural read · 100/100
✓ Cannot mint✓ Cannot freeze
  • the pool is large in dollars but thin against this token's own market cap — size an exit against the pool, not the cap

Top-10 holders: 31.51% of supply (checked 2026-09-27)

Full safety read → · how grades are computed

LINK statistics

Market cap
$9.53B
Volume 24h
$1.95M DEX
Volume / Market cap
0.02%
FDV
$12.74B
Circulating supply
748.10M LINK (74.8%)
Total supply
1.00B LINK
Max supply
1.00B LINK
Liquidity
$19.94M
Holders
922,570
Age
1,745 days
Low measured
$11.49 · 09-14
High measured
$15.24 · 09-28
Top-10 holders
31.51%

About ChainLink Token

ChainLink Token (LINK) is a Ethereum token, 1,745 days on the tracked record, carrying a HostDeFi structural grade of A. The desk's full analysis sits on the News tab; the scanner's live checks sit in the Insights panel above.

LINK price history

Every dated snapshot we hold — nothing interpolated between them.

DatePriceMarket capLiquidityHoldersGrade
2026-10-17$12.27$9.41B$18.99M922,570A
2026-10-16$12.48$9.57B$19.08M922,570A
2026-10-15$12.53$9.61B$19.01M922,570A
2026-10-14$12.38$9.49B$19.02M922,570A
2026-10-13$12.73$9.76B$19.76M922,570A
2026-10-12$12.93$9.92B$19.82M922,570A
2026-10-11$12.87$9.87B$19.79M922,570A
2026-10-09$12.74$9.53B$19.94M922,570A
2026-10-08$12.89$9.64B$20.61M919,439A
2026-10-07$13.34$9.98B$20.51M919,439A
2026-10-06$14.08$10.54B$21.45M922,347A
2026-10-05$13.84$10.35B$22.02M919,439A
2026-10-04$14.20$10.63B$20.85M919,439A
2026-10-03$13.84$10.35B$20.36M919,439A
2026-10-02$14.26$10.67B$20.52M919,439A
2026-10-01$14.37$10.75B$19.24M919,439A
2026-09-30$14.35$10.74B$19.65M919,439A
2026-09-29$14.73$11.02B$21.95M919,439A
2026-09-28$15.24$11.40B$20.53M919,439A
2026-09-27$14.02$10.49B$20.43M919,439A
2026-09-26$14.30$14.31B$24.03M919,439A
2026-09-21$12.97$9.76B$24.03M919,439A
2026-09-14$11.49—$12.85M—B
2026-09-08$12.50—$15.24M—B

FAQ

Is LINK a safe token?

As of the 2026-10-09 snapshot, LINK scores 100/100 (grade A) on HostDeFi's on-chain read — based on a contract that cannot mint new supply, cannot freeze or blacklist transfers, liquidity of $19.94M and 922,570 holders, with the creator wallet holding <0.01% of supply. That grades contract and market structure, not price direction — a clean read is not a guarantee, so re-scan before trading, since on-chain state can change.

Can you sell LINK, or is it a honeypot?

The 2026-10-09 contract read found no sell-blocking controls on LINK — no honeypot flag, no transfer pause, no blacklist — and every honeypot GoPlus positively flags is dropped from this index outright. That clears the contract side; how cleanly an exit fills still depends on your size against the $19.94M of measured depth.

Who holds most of LINK?

The wallet that created LINK holds <0.01% of the supply as of 2026-10-09 — a small stake, under the 5% the scanners flag. That sits alongside a holder base of 922,570; a broad base lowers the odds that any one seller can steer the price, but the creator's share is the number to watch first.

Can LINK's supply be inflated?

No — the contract cannot mint new supply as of the 2026-10-09 snapshot, so the circulating figure is a ceiling.

What is the LINK contract address?

The LINK contract address on Ethereum is 0x514910771af9ca656af840dff83e8264ecf986ca. Always verify a token by its contract address, not its name or ticker — scam clones copy tickers, but the address is unique.

Where can you buy LINK safely?

Run the live on-chain scan at the top of this page first; if LINK clears, you can swap it here directly. Whatever venue you use, match the contract address (0x514910771af9ca656af840dff83e8264ecf986ca) exactly before trading — copying the ticker is how clone scams catch buyers, and the address is the one field they can't fake.

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LINK markets

PairVenuePriceTxns 24hVolume 24hLiquidityVol %
LINK / WETH 0.3%Uniswap V3$12.83139$532.77K$14.11M38.2%Trade
LINK / WETH 0.05%Uniswap V3$12.78753$419.82K$419.66K30.1%Trade
stLINK / LINKCurve$12.8510$113.69K$6.05M8.1%Trade
LINK / USDC 0.3%Uniswap V3$12.86148$96.00K$1.08M6.9%Trade
ETH / LINK 0.3%Uniswap V4 (Ethereum)$12.8150$57.30K$15.84M4.1%Trade
AAVE / LINK 0.3%Uniswap V4 (Ethereum)$12.8692$54.76K$162.08K3.9%Trade
AAVE / LINK 0.3%Uniswap V3$12.86105$52.42K$331.87K3.8%Trade
USDC / LINK 0.3%Uniswap V4 (Ethereum)$12.8686$31.15K$507.15K2.2%Trade
LINK / WETHUniswap V2$12.7746$9.12K$1.45M0.7%Trade
1INCH / LINK 0.3%Uniswap V3$12.8639$8.81K$270.23K0.6%Trade
LINK / USDT 0.3%Uniswap V3$12.8555$6.33K$106.14K0.5%Trade
1INCH / LINK 1%Uniswap V4 (Ethereum)$12.8611$6.07K$741.66K0.4%Trade
UNI / LINK 0.3%Uniswap V3$12.8639$4.50K$69.52K0.3%Trade
HEXA / LINKUniswap V4 (Ethereum)$12.794$1.02K$4.18K0.1%Trade
AAVE / LINK 0.35%Uniswap V4 (Ethereum)$12.8321$947.98$11.65K0.1%Trade
LINK / WETH 0.3%Supernova (CL)$12.787$630.18$5.16K0.0%Trade
UNI / LINK 0.3%Uniswap V4 (Ethereum)$12.8613$427.55$8.11K0.0%Trade
LINK / WETH 0.3%SushiSwap V3 (Ethereum)$12.789$338.46$26.98K0.0%Trade
SDL / LINK 1%Uniswap V3$12.855$199.08$495.71K0.0%Trade
ETH / LINK 1%Uniswap V4 (Ethereum)$12.865$59.98$90.45K0.0%Trade

Top tracked pools by 24h volume — GeckoTerminal via our lane. Pool age where the feed carried it; pair price prints only when the feed reported one.

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LINK to USD converter

LINK=$12.27USD
USD=8.1495LINK

At the latest measured price (2026-10-17).

Global LINK prices

ChainLink Token intel

HostDeFi's generated read on LINK — written from the stored snapshot, figures re-rendered at each refresh.

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.

Figures are HostDeFi's read dated October 9, 2026; the live scan refreshes them.

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LINK community

Holder base: 922,570 tracked accounts. No project social on record — never trust a handle you cannot trace to the contract.
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