HostLINK vs WLD — price, size and safety, side by side
LINK (Ethereum) vs WLD (Optimism) — 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 WLD — normalized performance, 2026-09-21 to 2026-09-26T18:07:24
| LINK | WLD | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $14.30 | $0.5355 |
| Market cap | $9.76B | $1.99B |
| 24h volume | $2.58M | $61.51K |
| Liquidity | $24.03M | $122.71K |
| FDV | $13.05B | $226.15M |
| Holders | 919,439 | 1,284,272 |
| Age (days) | 1,727 | 811 |
| Safety grade | A | D |
Where they differ
- LINK measures ~4.9× the market cap of WLD
- LINK measures ~196× the liquidity of WLD
- LINK measures ~42× the 24h volume of WLD
- over the shared window LINK moved +10.3% while WLD moved +20.1%
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.
WLD
WLD on Optimism at 0xdc6ff44d5d932cbd77b52e5612ba0529dc6226f1 is the bridged form of Worldcoin's token — the asset behind the orb-verified World ID network — and the September 27, 2026 snapshot hands it a D grade for reasons worth reading rather than guessing.
The flags are measured, not rumored. Minting is still possible on this contract — new supply can be minted — and the owner retains the ability to change balances. Freeze authority is revoked; that is the one lever the code lacks. Powers like these are the standard anatomy of a bridge-issued layer-two token — the bridge has to be able to issue the claim — but they sit on the contract either way. 1,284,272 wallets hold it on Optimism with the ten largest wallets at 72.7% of supply, and the thin end is the exit: $122.7 thousand of tracked pool depth against a $2.0 billion asset-wide cap, with $41.6 thousand changing hands in a day.
FAQ
Which is bigger, LINK or WLD?
By tracked market cap: LINK (Ethereum) measures $9.76B and WLD (Optimism) measures $1.99B — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, LINK or WLD?
On the contract checks we publish: LINK (Ethereum) grades A and WLD (Optimism) grades D. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have LINK and WLD performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-21 and 2026-09-26T18:07:24, the measured snapshots show LINK at +10.3% and WLD at +20.1%.
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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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