HostLINK vs RAIN — price, size and safety, side by side
LINK (Ethereum) vs RAIN (Arbitrum) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-11-13 / 2026-11-15.
LINK vs RAIN — normalized performance, 2026-09-08 to 2026-11-13T12:15:58
| LINK | RAIN | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.97 | $0.003653 |
| Market cap | $8.23B | $4.12B |
| 24h volume | $370.50M all venues | $12.83M all venues |
| Liquidity | $21.04M | $115.75K |
| FDV | $10.74B | $6.59B |
| Holders | 922,570 | 173,867 |
| Age (days) | 1,745 | 355 |
| Safety grade | A | B |
Where they differ
- LINK measures ~2.0× the market cap of RAIN
- LINK measures ~182× the liquidity of RAIN
- LINK measures ~29× the 24h volume of RAIN
- LINK measures ~5.3× the holder count of RAIN
- over the shared window LINK moved −20.2% while RAIN moved −71.6%
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 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.
RAIN
RAIN is a mid-cap token on Arbitrum trading on real depth: the contract 0x25118290e6a5f4139381d072181157035864099d is what our scan tracks, with $116 thousand of pool liquidity as of November 6, 2026.
The honest note is about verifiability rather than the project: tokens in this tier have shallow public documentation, and our scan's read is primarily on-chain — the pool is real and functional, but verify the project's identity and contract ownership through its official channels before treating the liquidity as endorsement. Arbitrum hosts a long tail of tokens that look similar in a scan.
FAQ
Which is bigger, LINK or RAIN?
By tracked market cap: LINK (Ethereum) measures $8.23B and RAIN (Arbitrum) measures $4.12B — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, LINK or RAIN?
On the contract checks we publish: LINK (Ethereum) grades A and RAIN (Arbitrum) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have LINK and RAIN performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-08 and 2026-11-13T12:15:58, the measured snapshots show LINK at −20.2% and RAIN at −71.6%.
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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→2026-11-13T12:15:58; a token with fewer measured points measures a shorter span inside it.
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