HostLINK vs SPYB — price, size and safety, side by side
LINK (Ethereum) vs SPYB (BNB Chain) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-10-17 / 2026-10-16.
LINK vs SPYB — normalized performance, 2026-09-21 to 2026-10-16T21:15:32
| LINK | SPYB | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $12.27 | $773.23 |
| Market cap | $9.53B | $15.18M |
| 24h volume | $1.95M DEX | $1.47M DEX |
| Liquidity | $19.94M | $1.94M |
| FDV | $12.74B | $15.07M |
| Holders | 922,570 | 121,717 |
| Age (days) | 1,745 | 75 |
| Safety grade | A | B |
Where they differ
- LINK measures ~628× the market cap of SPYB
- LINK measures ~10× the liquidity of SPYB
- LINK measures ~7.6× the holder count of SPYB
- over the shared window LINK moved −3.73% while SPYB moved +1.31%
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.
SPYB
SPYB at 0x7138b48df7d98d7e3cc221bfe7192d0a178182d8 — deployed as "SPY (bStocks Tokenized Stock)" — is a BNB Chain asset 75 days into its record at the October 6, 2026 snapshot, priced at a $15.2 million market cap across a 19.7 thousand supply.
The name claims a tokenized-stock structure; the measured data says nothing about backing, and this page does not assert it — what it verifies is the contract identity and the book: $1.9 million of deep tracked depth on $1.5 million of 24-hour volume, a genuinely active tape for a young deployment. Contract-level controls were not assessed in this snapshot.
FAQ
Which is bigger, LINK or SPYB?
By tracked market cap: LINK (Ethereum) measures $9.53B and SPYB (BNB Chain) measures $15.18M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, LINK or SPYB?
On the contract checks we publish: LINK (Ethereum) grades A and SPYB (BNB Chain) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have LINK and SPYB performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-21 and 2026-10-16T21:15:32, the measured snapshots show LINK at −3.73% and SPYB at +1.31%.
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, 2026-09-21→2026-10-16T21:15:32; 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.