Over the past year Bitcoin did better: ₹10,000 became ₹7,269 in BTC versus ₹6,573 in LINK. Chainlink swings about 1.5× as much on a typical day, and they usually move together (correlation 0.83).
BT BTC | LI LINK | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹7,974,979 | ₹1,372 |
| Rank | #1 | #13 |
| Market cap | ₹159.86T | ₹1.02T |
| 24h volume | ₹3.63T | ₹82.96B |
| Circulating supply | 20.09M | 748.10M |
| Max supply | 21.00M | 1.00B |
| Below all-time high | -34% | -73% |
| 24h | 1.72% | 1.73% |
| 7 days | 3.00% | 8.72% |
| ₹10,000 invested | BTC | LINK |
|---|---|---|
| 1 month ago | ₹10,696 6.96% | ₹12,828 28.28% |
| 3 months ago | ₹14,173 41.73% | ₹19,847 98.47% |
| 6 months ago | ₹12,168 21.68% | ₹16,276 62.76% |
| 1 year ago | ₹7,269 27.31% | ₹6,573 34.27% |
| 2 years ago | ₹12,666 26.66% | ₹11,469 14.69% |
| ₹1,000/month SIP, 12 months | ₹12,820 | ₹16,386 |
| Typical daily move | ±1.3% | ±2.0% |
| Deepest fall (1y) | -53% | -69% |
| Worst day (1y) | -14.02% | -21.28% |
Green marks the better figure in each row: more money, smaller swings or a shallower fall.
Over the last 12 months BTC returned -27.31% and LINK -34.27%. Over just the last month the picture is reversed: BTC +6.96%, LINK +28.28%. Short periods can tell a very different story from long ones, which is why picking a coin from last month's chart rarely works.
Chainlink moves about ±2.0% on a typical day against ±1.3% for Bitcoin. In the past year BTC fell as much as 53% from a peak and LINK 69%. Bigger swings mean bigger possible gains and bigger possible losses, size your position so a fall like that wouldn't force you to sell.
The correlation of their daily moves over the past year is 0.83 (1 = always together, 0 = unrelated): they usually move together. Owning both gives you less diversification than two separate coins might suggest, when one falls, the other usually does too.
Bitcoin is the bigger network, with a market cap about 157× that of Chainlink. A lower price per coin doesn't make a coin “cheaper”: what matters is market cap, and how many new coins will still be created (BTC: capped at 21.00M; LINK: capped at 1.00B).
Both trade on FIU-registered exchanges. Profit on either is taxed at 30% plus 4% cess, 1% TDS is deducted when you sell, and a loss on one can't be set off against a gain on the other. Guides: how to buy Bitcoin · how to buy Chainlink · best crypto apps in India.
Bitcoin. ₹10,000 invested a year ago would be worth ₹7,269 in BTC today, against ₹6,573 in LINK (-27.31% vs -34.27%). Past returns do not predict future ones.
By day-to-day swings, Chainlink: it moves about ±2.0% on a typical day against ±1.3% for Bitcoin, and its deepest fall in the past year was 69% versus 53%.
Bitcoin's market cap is about ₹159.86T, roughly 157× Chainlink's ₹1.02T. A larger market cap usually means more liquidity, not necessarily higher returns.
We don't give buy or sell advice. The data shows how each has behaved, not what happens next. Many investors hold more than one coin rather than choosing; with a correlation of 0.83, they usually move together, so holding both spreads less risk than it might seem.
