HostATOM vs LINK — price, size and safety, side by side
ATOM (Cronos) vs LINK (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.
ATOM vs LINK — normalized performance, 2026-10-09 to 2026-10-17T03:15:24
| ATOM | LINK | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.76 | $12.27 |
| Market cap | — | $9.53B |
| 24h volume | $23.65K DEX | $1.95M DEX |
| Liquidity | $57.72K | $19.94M |
| FDV | $810.62K | $12.74B |
| Holders | 12,051 | 922,570 |
| Age (days) | 1,757 | 1,745 |
| Safety grade | E | A |
Where they differ
- LINK measures ~345× the liquidity of ATOM
- LINK measures ~82× the 24h volume of ATOM
- LINK measures ~77× the holder count of ATOM
- over the shared window ATOM moved −10.0% while LINK moved −3.68%
What the data says
ATOM
Before the market numbers, there's a contract detail on ATOM to flag. The mint and freeze levers on ATOM's contract is still live as of 2026-10-09, which means the team can still create new supply or freeze transfers. Until that changes, ATOM stays around 21/100 — worth watching, and an easy win for the project if they remove it.
By the numbers, ATOM is showing a $57.72K pool, 12,051 holders and an established record at 1,757 days as of 2026-10-09. Treat $57.72K as the room your trade has to work in — the smaller the pool relative to your size, the more your own order moves the price. 12,051 holders is a decent base; just remember the number alone doesn't reveal how much the top wallets control, so weigh it with the concentration figure. Reassuringly, the wallet that created ATOM holds under 5% of supply (<0.01%) as of 2026-10-09 — the deployer hasn't kept an oversized stake to unload.
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.
FAQ
Which is bigger, ATOM or LINK?
By tracked market cap: ATOM (Cronos) measures — and LINK (Ethereum) measures $9.53B — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, ATOM or LINK?
On the contract checks we publish: ATOM (Cronos) grades E and LINK (Ethereum) grades A. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have ATOM and LINK performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-10-09 and 2026-10-17T03:15:24, the measured snapshots show ATOM at −10.0% and LINK at −3.68%.
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, 2026-10-09→2026-10-17T03:15:24; a token with fewer measured points measures a shorter span inside it.
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