HostLINK vs HAWK — price, size and safety, side by side
LINK (Ethereum) vs HAWK (Solana) — 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 HAWK — normalized performance, 2026-09-08 to 2026-09-26T18:07:24
| LINK | HAWK | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $14.30 | $0.0001309 |
| Market cap | $9.76B | $1.31M |
| 24h volume | $2.58M | $14.74 |
| Liquidity | $24.03M | $151.19K |
| FDV | $13.05B | $1.31M |
| Holders | 919,439 | 9,002 |
| Age (days) | 1,727 | — |
| Safety grade | A | A |
Where they differ
- LINK measures ~7,432× the market cap of HAWK
- LINK measures ~159× the liquidity of HAWK
- LINK measures ~174,815× the 24h volume of HAWK
- LINK measures ~102× the holder count of HAWK
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.
HAWK
Hawk Tuah — HAWK — the Solana token launched around the viral "Hawk Tuah" personality (the 2024 street-interview meme that became a media brand), at mint HAWKThXRcNL9ZGZKqgUXLm4W8tnRZ7U6MVdEepSutj34. It wins the 'hawk' slug over Hawksight's defunct ticker; the September 26, 2026 snapshot shows about $151 thousand of liquidity and roughly 9,002 holders.
HAWK is crypto-cautionary-tale canon: the launch ran to a huge market cap and collapsed within hours in December 2024 — one of the most famous memecoin blowups ever, spawning actual regulatory attention. What trades now is the residue: a real market ($151 thousand, ~9k holders) on a brand whose peak moment is firmly in the past.
FAQ
Which is bigger, LINK or HAWK?
By tracked market cap: LINK (Ethereum) measures $9.76B and HAWK (Solana) measures $1.31M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, LINK or HAWK?
On the contract checks we publish: LINK (Ethereum) grades A and HAWK (Solana) grades A. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have LINK and HAWK performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-08 and 2026-09-26T18:07:24, the measured snapshots show LINK at +14.4% and HAWK at +15.0%.
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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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