Over the past year BNB did better: ₹10,000 became ₹7,385 in BNB versus ₹6,573 in LINK. Chainlink swings about 1.6× as much on a typical day, and they usually move together (correlation 0.76).
BN BNB | LI LINK | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹72,996 | ₹1,372 |
| Rank | #4 | #13 |
| Market cap | ₹9.70T | ₹1.02T |
| 24h volume | ₹96.73B | ₹82.96B |
| Circulating supply | 133.16M | 748.10M |
| Max supply | 200.00M | 1.00B |
| Below all-time high | -44% | -73% |
| 24h | 1.87% | 1.73% |
| 7 days | 4.57% | 8.72% |
| ₹10,000 invested | BNB | LINK |
|---|---|---|
| 1 month ago | ₹11,107 11.07% | ₹12,828 28.28% |
| 3 months ago | ₹13,916 39.16% | ₹19,847 98.47% |
| 6 months ago | ₹12,318 23.18% | ₹16,276 62.76% |
| 1 year ago | ₹7,385 26.15% | ₹6,573 34.27% |
| 2 years ago | ₹12,769 27.69% | ₹11,469 14.69% |
| ₹1,000/month SIP, 12 months | ₹12,751 | ₹16,386 |
| Typical daily move | ±1.2% | ±2.0% |
| Deepest fall (1y) | -58% | -69% |
| Worst day (1y) | -12.76% | -21.28% |
Green marks the better figure in each row: more money, smaller swings or a shallower fall.
Over the last 12 months BNB returned -26.15% and LINK -34.27%. Over just the last month the picture is reversed: BNB +11.07%, 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 ±1.2% for BNB. In the past year BNB fell as much as 58% 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 0.76 (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.
BNB is the bigger network, with a market cap about 9.5× 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 (BNB: capped at 200.00M; 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 BNB · how to buy Chainlink · best crypto apps in India.
BNB. ₹10,000 invested a year ago would be worth ₹7,385 in BNB today, against ₹6,573 in LINK (-26.15% 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 ±1.2% for BNB, and its deepest fall in the past year was 69% versus 58%.
BNB's market cap is about ₹9.70T, roughly 9.5× 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 0.76, they usually move together, so holding both spreads less risk than it might seem.
