HostLINK vs DORY — price, size and safety, side by side
LINK (Ethereum) vs DORY (Arbitrum) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-09-26 / 2026-09-27.
LINK vs DORY — normalized performance, 2026-09-08 to 2026-09-26T18:07:24
| LINK | DORY | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $14.30 | $36.49 |
| Market cap | $9.76B | — |
| 24h volume | $2.58M | $1.11M |
| Liquidity | $24.03M | $1.18M |
| FDV | $13.05B | $8.94M |
| Holders | 919,439 | 36,746 |
| Age (days) | 1,727 | 377 |
| Safety grade | A | B |
Where they differ
- LINK measures ~20× the liquidity of DORY
- LINK measures ~2.3× the 24h volume of DORY
- LINK measures ~25× the holder count of DORY
- over the shared window LINK moved +14.4% while DORY moved −35.7%
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.
DORY
Dory is an Arbitrum token tracked at the contract 0x33b49f2264e85bb124d2730dc180182717d436ae; our September 27, 2026 snapshot reads $1.2 million of tracked pool liquidity — respectable depth for a name most readers won't recognize.
The honest posture for a mid-cap without a story attached is the checklist itself: who deploys it, whether mint and freeze controls are clean, how concentrated the holders are, whether the depth is a few big wallets or broad participation. Those are exactly the checks this page surfaces, and they're the difference between "unknown but clean" and "unknown and concentrated."
FAQ
Which is bigger, LINK or DORY?
By tracked market cap: LINK (Ethereum) measures $9.76B and DORY (Arbitrum) measures — — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, LINK or DORY?
On the contract checks we publish: LINK (Ethereum) grades A and DORY (Arbitrum) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have LINK and DORY performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-08 and 2026-09-26T18:07:24, the measured snapshots show LINK at +14.4% and DORY at −35.7%.
More comparisons
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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→2026-09-26T18:07:24; a token with fewer measured points measures a shorter span inside it.
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