Grayscale Chainlink Trust Link
$10.87−0.66 (−5.69%)
History starts May 19, 2022.
- Expense ratio
- 0.35%
- Fund size
- $155M
- 1Y return
- −59.1%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- —
- Volume · 30D
- 0.3M sh
- NAV per share
- $11.54
- 52W range
The ETF.net GLNK Grade
Score 58 of 100 sits in the B band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.CScore 48Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 89Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.FScore 8Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 74Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.Not scoredDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 83Category rank
Our read on GLNK
BGrayscale's LINK vehicle began life as a 2021 private trust and became the first US spot Chainlink product to trade on an exchange. One job: hold LINK, let the share price follow it, no leverage and no derivatives.
The Trust passively seeks to have its shares reflect the value of LINK held by the Trust, less expenses and liabilities. It does not seek returns beyond tracking LINK and does not use leverage or derivatives.
Why people hold it
- One job, plainly stated: passively reflect the value of the LINK it holds, less expenses. No leverage, no derivatives, no side bets.
- The first US spot Chainlink product to reach an exchange, backed by a trust that has been reporting since its 2021 debut in private-placement form.decrypt.co
- LINK exposure arrives through a NYSE Arca ticker in an ordinary brokerage account: no wallet, no seed phrase, no crypto exchange login.globenewswire.com
- Sits in the upper half of its spot-crypto peer group, with liquidity that holds up for everyday retail-size trades.
Worth knowing
- One token, no cushion. Everything here rides on Chainlink's price, and crypto drawdowns tend to be deep and fast.
- It is a grantor trust, not a 1940 Act fund, so the regulations and protections that come with registered ETFs and mutual funds do not apply.globenewswire.com
- At 0.35% it is not the price leader: Bitwise's CLNK lists at 0.34% for the same token, and several spot-crypto rivals such as TSUI and TDOT sit at 0.30%.
GLNK Holdings
- Other
- —
- 100%
- Chainlink
GLNK Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
GLNK$4,091
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | GLNK |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +5.8% |
| 1 month | +11.4% |
| 3 months | +64.3% |
| 1 year | −59.1% |
| 3 years | −8.4% |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | GLNK |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +5.8% | |
| 2025 | −87.1% | |
| 2024 | +38.5% | |
| 2023 | +840.1% | |
| 2022 | −17.8% |
GLNK in the news
GLNK Dividends
No distributions in the last 12 months.
GLNK Risk
- 160.8%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.54
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −96.3%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 4.08
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
GLNK Cost
0.35%
GLNK0.35%
- The middle half of Crypto Spot funds
- Median 0.35%
11 of the 26 Crypto Spot funds charge less.