HostMSUSD vs LINK — price, size and safety, side by side
MSUSD (Base) vs LINK (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.
MSUSD vs LINK — normalized performance, 2026-09-19T00:23:21 to 2026-09-27T21:19:38
| MSUSD | LINK | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.8929 | $14.02 |
| Market cap | $46.17M | $9.76B |
| 24h volume | $845.54K | $2.58M |
| Liquidity | $3.41M | $24.03M |
| FDV | $17.09M | $13.05B |
| Holders | 5,541 | 919,439 |
| Age (days) | 656 | 1,727 |
| Safety grade | B | A |
Where they differ
- LINK measures ~211× the market cap of MSUSD
- LINK measures ~7.0× the liquidity of MSUSD
- LINK measures ~3.0× the 24h volume of MSUSD
- LINK measures ~166× the holder count of MSUSD
- over the shared window MSUSD moved +29.9% while LINK moved +12.2%
What the data says
MSUSD
msUSD is Metronome Synth's synthetic dollar — you deposit volatile collateral (ETH, BTC wrappers) into the Synth engine and mint dollar-denominated synthetic positions against it. The contract 0x526728dbc96689597f85ae4cd716d4f7fccbae9d is the Base deployment our scan tracks, at $3.4 million of pool liquidity as of September 27, 2026.
The honest note, stated plainly: a synthetic dollar is not a stablecoin — msUSD can and does trade off its one-dollar mark (our current read shows it well below), because its price is set by pool dynamics and mint-redemption incentives, not by an issuer redeeming at par. That is a different risk class from USDC or USDT — hold it as a leveraged-collateral instrument, not as cash.
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.
FAQ
Which is bigger, MSUSD or LINK?
By tracked market cap: MSUSD (Base) measures $46.17M and LINK (Ethereum) measures $9.76B — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, MSUSD or LINK?
On the contract checks we publish: MSUSD (Base) grades B and LINK (Ethereum) grades A. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have MSUSD and LINK performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-19T00:23:21 and 2026-09-27T21:19:38, the measured snapshots show MSUSD at +29.9% and LINK at +12.2%.
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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, 2026-09-19T00:23:21→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.