HostLINK vs RISE — price, size and safety, side by side
LINK (Ethereum) vs RISE (Polygon) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-09-26 / 2026-09-27.
LINK vs RISE — normalized performance, 2026-09-21 to 2026-09-26T18:07:24
| LINK | RISE | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $14.30 | $0.0006584 |
| Market cap | $9.76B | — |
| 24h volume | $2.58M | $31.48K |
| Liquidity | $24.03M | $849.23K |
| FDV | $13.05B | $2.48M |
| Holders | 919,439 | 93,329 |
| Age (days) | 1,727 | 165 |
| Safety grade | A | A |
Where they differ
- LINK measures ~28× the liquidity of RISE
- LINK measures ~82× the 24h volume of RISE
- LINK measures ~9.9× the holder count of RISE
- over the shared window LINK moved +10.3% while RISE moved −91.0%
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.
RISE
RISE gets the fundamentals right where it counts most: the contract itself. No new tokens can be created by the contract, so the supply you see is the supply there is, and balances can't be frozen or blacklisted, so you stay in control of your own tokens. Neither lever existing is the main reason RISE's 92/100 comes down to market factors, not contract ones (2026-09-27).
By the numbers, RISE is showing a $849.23K pool, 93,329 wallets holding and 165 days old as of 2026-09-27. Read $849.23K of depth against the size you intend to trade rather than in isolation — it's the pool your exit has to pass through, so it doubles as a sensible position ceiling. A 93,329-holder base is a fair start, but distribution matters more than the count — check how much sits in the largest wallets before leaning on it. On concentration, the deployer wallet holds just <0.01% of RISE as of 2026-09-27, so the person who launched it isn't sitting on a dominant share.
FAQ
Which is bigger, LINK or RISE?
By tracked market cap: LINK (Ethereum) measures $9.76B and RISE (Polygon) measures — — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, LINK or RISE?
On the contract checks we publish: LINK (Ethereum) grades A and RISE (Polygon) grades A. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have LINK and RISE performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-21 and 2026-09-26T18:07:24, the measured snapshots show LINK at +10.3% and RISE at −91.0%.
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, 2026-09-21→2026-09-26T18:07:24; a token with fewer measured points measures a shorter span inside it.
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