HostLINK vs IDL — price, size and safety, side by side
LINK (Ethereum) vs IDL (Polygon) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-09-26 / 2026-09-26.
LINK vs IDL — normalized performance, 2026-09-21 to 2026-09-26T18:07:24
| LINK | IDL | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $14.30 | $0.3502 |
| Market cap | $9.76B | $5.77M |
| 24h volume | $2.58M | $18.62K |
| Liquidity | $24.03M | $812.80K |
| FDV | $13.05B | $6.81M |
| Holders | 919,439 | 19,837 |
| Age (days) | 1,727 | 312 |
| Safety grade | A | B |
Where they differ
- LINK measures ~1,693× the market cap of IDL
- LINK measures ~30× the liquidity of IDL
- LINK measures ~138× the 24h volume of IDL
- LINK measures ~46× the holder count of IDL
- over the shared window LINK moved +10.3% while IDL moved −4.61%
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.
IDL
IDL — InfinityDAO — is a 312-day-old Polygon token at 0x4c18406fa690faa53e5efa899a971557251af72d, priced at a $5.8 million market cap on the September 27, 2026 snapshot.
The venue read is the strong side: $812.8 thousand of tracked pool liquidity is healthy against the cap — a book deep enough that normal hands can enter and leave without moving the mark hard. The unmeasured side is the caveat: contract-level controls were not assessed in this snapshot, and holder distribution was not resolved, so the structural questions stay open.
FAQ
Which is bigger, LINK or IDL?
By tracked market cap: LINK (Ethereum) measures $9.76B and IDL (Polygon) measures $5.77M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, LINK or IDL?
On the contract checks we publish: LINK (Ethereum) grades A and IDL (Polygon) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have LINK and IDL performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-21 and 2026-09-26T18:07:24, the measured snapshots show LINK at +10.3% and IDL at −4.61%.
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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, 2026-09-21→2026-09-26T18:07:24; a token with fewer measured points measures a shorter span inside it.
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