HostLINK vs RETH — price, size and safety, side by side
LINK (Ethereum) vs RETH (Ethereum) — 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 RETH — normalized performance, 2026-09-14 to 2026-09-26T18:07:24
| LINK | RETH | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $14.30 | $3.14K |
| Market cap | $9.76B | $1.00B |
| 24h volume | $2.58M | $1.27M |
| Liquidity | $24.03M | $11.93M |
| FDV | $13.05B | $1.00B |
| Holders | 919,439 | 21,817 |
| Age (days) | 1,727 | 1,492 |
| Safety grade | A | B |
Where they differ
- LINK measures ~9.7× the market cap of RETH
- LINK measures ~2.0× the liquidity of RETH
- LINK measures ~2.0× the 24h volume of RETH
- LINK measures ~42× the holder count of RETH
- over the shared window LINK moved +24.4% while RETH moved +7.01%
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.
RETH
rETH is Rocket Pool's liquid staking receipt — the decentralized alternative in the ETH-staking market: anyone can run a Rocket Pool "minipool" validator with 8 ETH plus RPL collateral, and rETH appreciates against ETH as rewards accrue. The contract 0xae78736cd615f374d3085123a210448e74fc6393 is the canonical deployment; our September 26, 2026 read shows $11.9 million of tracked pool liquidity, with rETH's deeper venues spread across the wider DeFi stack.
The honest framing: rETH's pitch is credible neutrality — a permissionless operator set rather than one company's validators — and the trade-off is the usual one: a smaller, more fragmented liquidity surface than stETH and its own smart-contract surface (minipool mechanics, oracle DAO) instead of a single issuer's operations. The wrapper price is not ETH's price — it floats on its own exchange rate and has traded at discounts in stress.
FAQ
Which is bigger, LINK or RETH?
By tracked market cap: LINK (Ethereum) measures $9.76B and RETH (Ethereum) measures $1.00B — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, LINK or RETH?
On the contract checks we publish: LINK (Ethereum) grades A and RETH (Ethereum) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have LINK and RETH performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-14 and 2026-09-26T18:07:24, the measured snapshots show LINK at +24.4% and RETH at +7.01%.
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, 2026-09-14→2026-09-26T18:07:24; a token with fewer measured points measures a shorter span inside it.
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