LINK vs HYPE
Chainlink and Hyperliquid compared on trend status, technical signal, hype risk and 90-day performance, LINK against HYPE. Measurements only: this page does not rank LINK above HYPE or the other way round.
Chainlink and Hyperliquid are compared here measure by measure — size, turnover, momentum, trending reach and risk. They were paired under the "same category" rule rather than chosen by hand — LINK against HYPE, rebuilt every night.
Counting the table, 2 measures favour LINK and 11 favour HYPE. Read the LINK and HYPE rows separately: being ahead on turnover and being ahead on momentum mean different things.
Hype risk side by side
LINK against HYPE, measure by measure
Rebuilt from the data on September 18, 2026
| Measure | LINK | HYPE | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Market capitalisation Larger is the bigger market | $8.50B | $19.00B | HYPE |
| Market-cap rank Lower number is higher up | #17 | #11 | HYPE |
| Price Not comparable without supply | $11.37 | $85.62 | n/a |
| 24-hour volume Traded value in the last day | $344.1M | $1.16B | HYPE |
| Volume / market cap Turnover relative to size | 0.040 | 0.061 | HYPE |
| 24-hour change | +2.6% | +9.4% | HYPE |
| 7-day change | -1.2% | +7.1% | HYPE |
| 30-day change | +20.2% | +45.8% | HYPE |
| 90-day change From daily closes | +43.2% | +16.4% | LINK |
| Trending position Today's global order | – | #8 | n/a |
| Countries trending in National feeds, 43 markets | 0 | 2 | HYPE |
| Days on the list Consecutive days | – | 2 | n/a |
| Signal strength Share of checks passed | 60% | 83% | HYPE |
| RSI (14) Above 70 is stretched | 52 | 55 | HYPE |
| From 52-week high Closer to zero is nearer the peak | -53.7% | -6.9% | HYPE |
| Hype risk Lower is calmer, not better | 0/100 | 17/100 | LINK |
What the numbers say
20 facts from today's collection
Size first: HYPE is valued at $19.00B and LINK at $8.50B, so HYPE is 2.2x larger.
A 6-place gap separates them: LINK at 17, HYPE at 11.
$11.37 buys one LINK and $85.62 one HYPE — useful for order sizing, not for judging value.
Traders moved $1.16B of Hyperliquid in the past day against $344.1M of Chainlink — 3.4x more.
Relative to size, Hyperliquid is the busier market — 0.06 of market value traded daily versus 0.04.
+2.6% for LINK over 24 hours, +9.4% for HYPE — HYPE ahead on this window by 6.9 points.
Over seven days HYPE moved +7.1% and LINK -1.2%, a spread of 8.3 points.
On the thirty days window the readings are +20.2% and +45.8% respectively, favouring HYPE.
The 90-day comparison reads +43.2% for Chainlink versus +16.4% for Hyperliquid, measured on daily closes.
The trending split is clear — Hyperliquid holds position 8 and Chainlink is off the list.
Geographic spread: 0 countries for LINK and 2 for HYPE.
Out of 10 and 6 valid checks, LINK clears 60% and HYPE clears 83%.
The RSI readings are 52 and 55 respectively, putting HYPE higher up the momentum scale.
Measured against their own 52-week peaks, Chainlink sits -53.7% below and Hyperliquid -6.9% below.
LINK and HYPE both trade above their own 200-day moving average, the simplest long-term filter in the model.
On hype risk the readings are 0/100 for Chainlink and 17/100 for Hyperliquid.
LINK and HYPE share 1 CoinGecko category: DeFi.
Today's volume is 0.73 times normal for Chainlink and 1.11 times normal for Hyperliquid.
Counting every day in the archive, LINK has trended 1 times against 0 for HYPE.
The signal for LINK is built on 399 daily closes and the one for HYPE on 366.
Last 90 daily closes
Each chart is scaled to its own range
Chainlink
Hyperliquid
Questions about this pair
Answered from the same daily data
Which of LINK and HYPE is trending today?
Hyperliquid is trending at position 8 today, and the other side of the LINK/HYPE pair is on no trending feed at all. The list that ranks LINK and HYPE is rebuilt every day at 00:35 UTC.
Is LINK bigger than HYPE?
Hyperliquid is larger, at $19.00B of market value against $8.50B — 2.2x the size.
What does the daily signal say about LINK and HYPE?
The checklist reads Neutral for LINK (60% of checks passed) and Strong buy for HYPE (83%). The checklist is a mechanical count of trend and momentum conditions on LINK and HYPE, not advice.
Which one carries more hype risk?
Hyperliquid scores 17/100 against 0 for Chainlink. The score behind both the LINK and HYPE figures combines recent price change, turnover, size, days on the list, RSI and exchange coverage.
Does this page say whether to buy LINK or HYPE?
No. Every figure here measures one thing about LINK and HYPE — size, turnover, momentum, trending reach, risk — and the measures often disagree. Nothing on this page is financial advice about LINK, HYPE or any other coin, and none of it forecasts a price.