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◆ September 18, 2026 · comparison

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.

LINK signalNeutral
HYPE signalStrong buy
LINK hype risk0/100
HYPE hype risk17/100
Same category

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

7-day price change risk points, max 20LINK 0 · HYPE 0LINK: -1.2% over the past week · HYPE: +7.1% over the past week
Volume to market cap risk points, max 20LINK 0 · HYPE 0LINK: 0.04 of market value traded in 24h · HYPE: 0.06 of market value traded in 24h
Market capitalisation risk points, max 15LINK 0 · HYPE 0LINK: $8.50B market cap · HYPE: $19.00B market cap
Days on the trending list risk points, max 15LINK 0 · HYPE 10LINK: Not on any trending list today · HYPE: 2 consecutive days
RSI (14) risk points, max 15LINK 0 · HYPE 0LINK: 52 — neutral range · HYPE: 55 — neutral range
Exchange coverage risk points, max 15LINK 0 · HYPE 7LINK: Traded on Binance against USDT · HYPE: Top 250 by market cap, not on Binance USDT

LINK against HYPE, measure by measure

Rebuilt from the data on September 18, 2026

MeasureLINKHYPEAhead
Market capitalisation
Larger is the bigger market
$8.50B$19.00BHYPE
Market-cap rank
Lower number is higher up
#17#11HYPE
Price
Not comparable without supply
$11.37$85.62n/a
24-hour volume
Traded value in the last day
$344.1M$1.16BHYPE
Volume / market cap
Turnover relative to size
0.0400.061HYPE
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
#8n/a
Countries trending in
National feeds, 43 markets
02HYPE
Days on the list
Consecutive days
2n/a
Signal strength
Share of checks passed
60%83%HYPE
RSI (14)
Above 70 is stretched
5255HYPE
From 52-week high
Closer to zero is nearer the peak
-53.7%-6.9%HYPE
Hype risk
Lower is calmer, not better
0/10017/100LINK

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.