HostPENDLE vs LINK — price, size and safety, side by side
PENDLE (Arbitrum) vs LINK (Ethereum) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-09-27 / 2026-09-26.
PENDLE vs LINK — normalized performance, 2026-09-21 to 2026-09-26T18:07:24
| PENDLE | LINK | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.64 | $14.30 |
| Market cap | $457.55M | $9.76B |
| 24h volume | $1.20M | $2.58M |
| Liquidity | $3.40M | $24.03M |
| FDV | $38.28M | $13.05B |
| Holders | 70,287 | 919,439 |
| Age (days) | 1,293 | 1,727 |
| Safety grade | B | A |
Where they differ
- LINK measures ~21× the market cap of PENDLE
- LINK measures ~7.1× the liquidity of PENDLE
- LINK measures ~2.1× the 24h volume of PENDLE
- LINK measures ~13× the holder count of PENDLE
- over the shared window PENDLE moved −5.32% while LINK moved +10.3%
What the data says
PENDLE
PENDLE on Arbitrum at 0x0c880f6761f1af8d9aa9c466984b80dab9a8c9e8 is the bridged deployment of the yield-tokenization protocol's token — the asset behind the principal-and-yield-splitting market that turned fixed yield into a DeFi primitive. The September 27, 2026 snapshot prices the Arbitrum-local supply of 14.6 million units at $38.3 million fully diluted, against an asset-wide $457.6 million market cap.
$3.4 million of tracked pool depth on this chain is thin measured the way the depth flag measures — against the asset-wide figure — but functional: $632.8 thousand of 24-hour volume moves through it. The 1,293-day record belongs to a token whose liquidity genuinely spans chains, with Ethereum holding the canonical supply and Arbitrum holding the routed share, so the local book is a window on the market rather than the market itself.
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.
FAQ
Which is bigger, PENDLE or LINK?
By tracked market cap: PENDLE (Arbitrum) measures $457.55M and LINK (Ethereum) measures $9.76B — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, PENDLE or LINK?
On the contract checks we publish: PENDLE (Arbitrum) grades B and LINK (Ethereum) grades A. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have PENDLE and LINK performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-21 and 2026-09-26T18:07:24, the measured snapshots show PENDLE at −5.32% and LINK at +10.3%.
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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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