Over the past year Chainlink did better: ₹10,000 became ₹6,555 in LINK versus ₹4,695 in SHIB. Chainlink swings about 1.1× as much on a typical day, and they usually move together (correlation 0.81).
LI LINK | SH SHIB | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹1,368 | ₹0.000539 |
| Rank | #13 | #36 |
| Market cap | ₹1.03T | ₹317.90B |
| 24h volume | ₹83.58B | ₹9.76B |
| Circulating supply | 748.10M | 589.24T |
| Max supply | 1.00B | No cap |
| Below all-time high | -73% | -93% |
| 24h | 1.15% | 4.75% |
| 7 days | 8.72% | 2.07% |
| ₹10,000 invested | LINK | SHIB |
|---|---|---|
| 1 month ago | ₹12,792 27.92% | ₹11,331 13.31% |
| 3 months ago | ₹19,792 97.92% | ₹13,381 33.81% |
| 6 months ago | ₹16,230 62.30% | ₹9,430 5.70% |
| 1 year ago | ₹6,555 34.45% | ₹4,695 53.05% |
| 2 years ago | ₹11,437 14.37% | ₹2,906 70.94% |
| ₹1,000/month SIP, 12 months | ₹16,340 | ₹10,783 |
| Typical daily move | ±2.0% | ±1.9% |
| Deepest fall (1y) | -69% | -68% |
| Worst day (1y) | -21.28% | -18.90% |
Green marks the better figure in each row: more money, smaller swings or a shallower fall.
Over the last 12 months LINK returned -34.45% and SHIB -53.05%. Over just the last month the picture is the same: LINK +27.92%, SHIB +13.31%. 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 ±1.9% for Shiba Inu. In the past year LINK fell as much as 69% from a peak and SHIB 68%. 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 0.81 (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.
Chainlink is the bigger network, with a market cap about 3.2× that of Shiba Inu. 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 (LINK: capped at 1.00B; SHIB: no fixed cap).
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 Chainlink · how to buy Shiba Inu · best crypto apps in India.
Chainlink. ₹10,000 invested a year ago would be worth ₹6,555 in LINK today, against ₹4,695 in SHIB (-34.45% vs -53.05%). Past returns do not predict future ones.
By day-to-day swings, Chainlink: it moves about ±2.0% on a typical day against ±1.9% for Shiba Inu, and its deepest fall in the past year was 69% versus 68%.
Chainlink's market cap is about ₹1.03T, roughly 3.2× Shiba Inu's ₹317.90B. 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 0.81, they usually move together, so holding both spreads less risk than it might seem.
