LINK vs NEAR
Chainlink and NEAR Protocol compared on trend status, technical signal, hype risk and 90-day performance, LINK against NEAR. Measurements only: this page does not rank LINK above NEAR or the other way round.
Chainlink and NEAR Protocol are compared here measure by measure — size, turnover, momentum, trending reach and risk. They were paired under the "both trending today" rule rather than chosen by hand — LINK against NEAR, rebuilt every night.
LINK leads on 5 of the 16 measures and NEAR on 10. That count is not a recommendation to buy LINK or NEAR: the measures pull in different directions, and a higher hype-risk score is a warning rather than a win.
Hype risk side by side
LINK against NEAR, measure by measure
Rebuilt from the data on November 14, 2026
| Measure | LINK | NEAR | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Market capitalisation Larger is the bigger market | $7.54B | $4.52B | LINK |
| Market-cap rank Lower number is higher up | #17 | #21 | LINK |
| Price Not comparable without supply | $9.84 | $3.45 | n/a |
| 24-hour volume Traded value in the last day | $291.3M | $626.5M | NEAR |
| Volume / market cap Turnover relative to size | 0.039 | 0.138 | NEAR |
| 24-hour change | -2.8% | +1.2% | NEAR |
| 7-day change | -9.4% | -7.0% | NEAR |
| 30-day change | -20.7% | -29.5% | LINK |
| 90-day change From daily closes | +4.1% | +112.7% | NEAR |
| Trending position Today's global order | #13 | #11 | NEAR |
| Countries trending in National feeds, 43 markets | 3 | 7 | NEAR |
| Days on the list Consecutive days | 12 | 59 | NEAR |
| Signal strength Share of checks passed | 10% | 20% | NEAR |
| RSI (14) Above 70 is stretched | 33 | 36 | NEAR |
| From 52-week high Closer to zero is nearer the peak | -36.2% | -41.6% | LINK |
| Hype risk Lower is calmer, not better | 0/100 | 2/100 | LINK |
What the numbers say
19 facts from today's collection
The two are 1.7x apart in market value, Chainlink ahead with $7.54B versus $4.52B.
A 4-place gap separates them: LINK at 17, NEAR at 21.
At $9.84 per coin, LINK is 2.9x the unit price of NEAR at $3.45; market value is the comparable figure.
Traders moved $626.5M of NEAR Protocol in the past day against $291.3M of Chainlink — 2.2x more.
3.9% of LINK's market value traded in the last 24 hours, against 13.8% for NEAR.
-2.8% for LINK over 24 hours, +1.2% for NEAR — NEAR ahead on this window by 4.0 points.
The last seven days left Chainlink at -9.4% and NEAR Protocol at -7.0%.
The last thirty days left Chainlink at -20.7% and NEAR Protocol at -29.5%.
Ninety daily closes give LINK +4.1% and NEAR +112.7%.
Attention is on both sides right now — Chainlink ranks 13 and NEAR Protocol ranks 11 in today's trending order.
The national feeds carry NEAR in 7 markets and LINK in 3.
The daily model passes 10% of its checks on LINK and 20% on NEAR, reading Strong sell and Sell.
Fourteen-day momentum: 33 for LINK, 36 for NEAR — neither is at an extreme.
Chainlink is the closer of the two to its 52-week high: -36.2% away against -41.6%.
Long-term filter: Chainlink fails its 200-day line, NEAR Protocol clears its own.
The six-measure risk model scores LINK 0 and NEAR 2 — Low against Low.
Sector membership differs — LINK: DeFi, Real-world assets, Oracles, NEAR: AI coins, Layer 1 chains.
Relative volume: 1.12x for LINK, 1.25x for NEAR — anything near 1 is an ordinary day.
Both signals run on daily closes: 455 of them for LINK and 456 for NEAR.
Last 90 daily closes
Each chart is scaled to its own range
Chainlink
NEAR Protocol
Questions about this pair
Answered from the same daily data
Which of LINK and NEAR is trending today?
Both are on the trending list: LINK at position 13 and NEAR at position 11. Trending on this site measures search and page-view interest in LINK and NEAR, not price direction.
Is LINK bigger than NEAR?
Chainlink is larger, at $7.54B of market value against $4.52B — 1.7x the size.
What does the daily signal say about LINK and NEAR?
The checklist reads Strong sell for LINK (10% of checks passed) and Sell for NEAR (20%). The checklist is a mechanical count of trend and momentum conditions on LINK and NEAR, not advice.
Which one carries more hype risk?
NEAR Protocol scores 2/100 against 0 for Chainlink. The score behind both the LINK and NEAR figures combines recent price change, turnover, size, days on the list, RSI and exchange coverage.
Does this page say whether to buy LINK or NEAR?
No. Every figure here measures one thing about LINK and NEAR — size, turnover, momentum, trending reach, risk — and the measures often disagree. Nothing on this page is financial advice about LINK, NEAR or any other coin, and none of it forecasts a price.