HostLINK vs AZTEC — price, size and safety, side by side
LINK (Ethereum) vs AZTEC (Ethereum) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-09-17T23:42:29 / 2026-09-17T23:42:29.
LINK vs AZTEC — normalized performance, 2026-09-08 to 2026-09-17T23:42:29
| LINK | AZTEC | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $11.49 | $0.01487 |
| Market cap | — | — |
| 24h volume | $1.04M | $906.17K |
| Liquidity | $12.85M | $13.13M |
| FDV | — | — |
| Holders | — | — |
| Age (days) | 1,720 | 276 |
| Safety grade | B | B |
Where they differ
- over the shared window LINK moved −8.04% while AZTEC moved 0.00%
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 September 14, 2026 snapshot reads $12.9 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.
AZTEC
AZTEC is the privacy-network token — the asset of the Aztec protocol building programmable privacy on Ethereum via zero-knowledge proofs, one of the few long-horizon technical bets that shipped through multiple crypto winters. The deployment 0xa27ec0006e59f245217ff08cd52a7e8b169e62d2 is the mint; our September 8, 2026 snapshot reads $13.1 million of tracked pool liquidity.
The honest framing: Aztec's thesis is that privacy becomes a default rather than a mixer — a genuine technical claim with years of published research behind it — and the token's value rides on whether that bet lands as a network people route through, which a liquidity snapshot cannot answer. Privacy infrastructure also carries a regulatory surface most tokens don't; that cuts both ways for holders.
FAQ
Which is bigger, LINK or AZTEC?
By tracked market cap: LINK (Ethereum) measures — and AZTEC (Ethereum) measures — — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, LINK or AZTEC?
On the contract checks we publish: LINK (Ethereum) grades B and AZTEC (Ethereum) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have LINK and AZTEC performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-08 and 2026-09-17T23:42:29, the measured snapshots show LINK at −8.04% and AZTEC at 0.00%.
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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→2026-09-17T23:42:29; 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.