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LINK vs SNX — price, size and safety, side by side

LINK (Ethereum) vs SNX (Ethereum) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-09-27 / 2026-09-27.

LINKA

$14.02
ChainLink Token on Ethereum
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vs

SNXB

$0.2588
Synthetix Network Token on Ethereum
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LINK vs SNX — normalized performance, 2026-09-27 to 2026-09-27T21:19:38

100 — shared start
LINK 0.00%  ·  SNX 0.00% — both series rebased to 100 at the first measured point in the shared window; not a raw-price chart.
LINKSNX
Price$14.02$0.2588
Market cap$9.76B$150.37M
24h volume$2.58M$11.98K
Liquidity$24.03M$104.19K
FDV$13.05B$150.19M
Holders919,43987,651
Age (days)1,727—
Safety gradeAB

Where they differ

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 26, 2026 snapshot reads $24.0 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.

Full LINK safety read →

SNX

One detail on SNX didn't fully resolve in the 2026-09-27 snapshot: its contract controls. So it's best treated as unconfirmed rather than assumed clean, and the scanner above reads it live in a couple of seconds before you trade.

Here's where SNX stands today: thin liquidity of $104.19K and 87,651 wallets holding as of 2026-09-27. Against a market cap near $150.37M, that $104.19K of liquidity is the real constraint here: a pool this shallow relative to the cap makes slippage, not the contract, the thing to plan around. A 87,651-holder base is a fair start, but distribution matters more than the count — check how much sits in the largest wallets before leaning on it. The creator's own position is small — <0.01% of supply as of 2026-09-27, comfortably under the 5% line the scanners flag — which is what you want to see.

Full SNX safety read →

FAQ

Which is bigger, LINK or SNX?

By tracked market cap: LINK (Ethereum) measures $9.76B and SNX (Ethereum) measures $150.37M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.

Which is safer, LINK or SNX?

On the contract checks we publish: LINK (Ethereum) grades A and SNX (Ethereum) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.

How have LINK and SNX performed over the shared window?

Between 2026-09-27 and 2026-09-27T21:19:38, the measured snapshots show LINK at 0.00% and SNX 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, 2026-09-27→2026-09-27T21:19:38; 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.