NexCBBTC vs LINK — price, size and safety, side by side
CBBTC (Ethereum) vs LINK (Ethereum) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-11-12 / 2026-11-13.
CBBTC vs LINK — normalized performance, 2026-09-08 to 2026-11-12T21:16:22
| CBBTC | LINK | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $73.24K | $9.97 |
| Market cap | $7.48B | $8.23B |
| 24h volume | $653.08M all venues | $370.50M all venues |
| Liquidity | $93.28M | $21.04M |
| FDV | $3.47B | $10.74B |
| Holders | 89,170 | 922,570 |
| Age (days) | 386 | 1,745 |
| Safety grade | B | A |
Where they differ
- CBBTC measures ~4.4× the liquidity of LINK
- CBBTC measures ~1.8× the 24h volume of LINK
- LINK measures ~10× the holder count of CBBTC
- over the shared window CBBTC moved −5.97% while LINK moved −19.5%
What the data says
CBBTC
CBBTC — "Coinbase Wrapped BTC" on Ethereum, 0xcbb7c0000ab88b473b1f5afd9ef808440eed33bf — is Coinbase's custodied bitcoin wrapper: each unit a claim on BTC held by the exchange's custody arm.
The November 6, 2026 snapshot reads $93.3 million of liquidity against an $8.06 billion market cap, roughly $5.7 million of daily volume, at an $81,540 unit price that tracks BTC spot.
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 November 6, 2026 snapshot reads $21.0 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, CBBTC or LINK?
By tracked market cap: CBBTC (Ethereum) measures $7.48B and LINK (Ethereum) measures $8.23B — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, CBBTC or LINK?
On the contract checks we publish: CBBTC (Ethereum) grades B and LINK (Ethereum) grades A. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have CBBTC and LINK performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-08 and 2026-11-12T21:16:22, the measured snapshots show CBBTC at −5.97% and LINK at −19.5%.
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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→2026-11-12T21:16:22; 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 NexFlow product.