ADA vs LINK
Cardano and Chainlink compared on trend status, technical signal, hype risk and 90-day performance, ADA against LINK. Measurements only: this page does not rank ADA above LINK or the other way round.
Two coins, 16 measures, no verdict: ADA and LINK are matched here because of similar market value, and every figure below is regenerated each day.
ADA leads on 4 of the 16 measures and LINK on 9. That count is not a recommendation to buy ADA or LINK: the measures pull in different directions, and a higher hype-risk score is a warning rather than a win.
Hype risk side by side
ADA against LINK, measure by measure
Rebuilt from the data on September 18, 2026
| Measure | ADA | LINK | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Market capitalisation Larger is the bigger market | $7.57B | $8.50B | LINK |
| Market-cap rank Lower number is higher up | #19 | #17 | LINK |
| Price Not comparable without supply | $0.2019 | $11.37 | n/a |
| 24-hour volume Traded value in the last day | $366.2M | $344.1M | ADA |
| Volume / market cap Turnover relative to size | 0.048 | 0.040 | ADA |
| 24-hour change | +2.8% | +2.6% | ADA |
| 7-day change | -1.8% | -1.2% | LINK |
| 30-day change | +17.3% | +20.2% | LINK |
| 90-day change From daily closes | +25.0% | +43.2% | LINK |
| Trending position Today's global order | #22 | – | n/a |
| Countries trending in National feeds, 43 markets | 3 | 0 | ADA |
| Days on the list Consecutive days | 2 | – | n/a |
| Signal strength Share of checks passed | 40% | 60% | LINK |
| RSI (14) Above 70 is stretched | 49 | 52 | LINK |
| From 52-week high Closer to zero is nearer the peak | -78.1% | -53.7% | LINK |
| Hype risk Lower is calmer, not better | 10/100 | 0/100 | LINK |
What the numbers say
20 facts from today's collection
Chainlink carries 1.1x the market value of Cardano today — $8.50B against $7.57B.
A 2-place gap separates them: ADA at 19, LINK at 17.
One LINK costs $11.37 and one ADA $0.2019, but unit price says nothing on its own: supply differs.
The deeper market today is ADA with $366.2M of volume; LINK saw $344.1M.
4.8% of ADA's market value traded in the last 24 hours, against 4.0% for LINK.
On the 24 hours window the readings are +2.8% and +2.6% respectively, favouring ADA.
The last seven days left Cardano at -1.8% and Chainlink at -1.2%.
+17.3% for ADA over thirty days, +20.2% for LINK — LINK ahead on this window by 2.9 points.
The 90-day comparison reads +25.0% for Cardano versus +43.2% for Chainlink, measured on daily closes.
ADA is on the trending list at number 22 and LINK is not on it at all today.
The national feeds carry ADA in 3 markets and LINK in 0.
Chainlink scores higher on the technical checklist — 60 points against 40.
Fourteen-day momentum: 49 for ADA, 52 for LINK — neither is at an extreme.
Chainlink is the closer of the two to its 52-week high: -53.7% away against -78.1%.
Long-term filter: Cardano fails its 200-day line, Chainlink clears its own.
Hype risk is higher for Cardano at 10/100 (Low) than for Chainlink at 0.
Sector membership differs — ADA: Layer 1 chains, LINK: DeFi, Real-world assets, Oracles.
Relative volume: 0.82x for ADA, 0.73x for LINK — anything near 1 is an ordinary day.
Trend history depth: 0 recorded days for ADA and 1 for LINK.
Both signals run on daily closes: 399 of them for ADA and 399 for LINK.
Last 90 daily closes
Each chart is scaled to its own range
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Questions about this pair
Answered from the same daily data
Which of ADA and LINK is trending today?
Cardano is trending at position 22 today, and the other side of the ADA/LINK pair is on no trending feed at all. The list that ranks ADA and LINK is rebuilt every day at 00:35 UTC.
Is ADA bigger than LINK?
Chainlink is larger, at $8.50B of market value against $7.57B — 1.1x the size.
What does the daily signal say about ADA and LINK?
The checklist reads Neutral for ADA (40% of checks passed) and Neutral for LINK (60%). The checklist is a mechanical count of trend and momentum conditions on ADA and LINK, not advice.
Which one carries more hype risk?
Cardano scores 10/100 against 0 for Chainlink. The score behind both the ADA and LINK figures combines recent price change, turnover, size, days on the list, RSI and exchange coverage.
Does this page say whether to buy ADA or LINK?
No. Every figure here measures one thing about ADA and LINK — size, turnover, momentum, trending reach, risk — and the measures often disagree. Nothing on this page is financial advice about ADA, LINK or any other coin, and none of it forecasts a price.