HostAERO vs GHST — price, size and safety, side by side
AERO (Base) vs GHST (Base) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-10-16 / 2026-09-28.
AERO vs GHST — normalized performance, 2026-09-14 to 2026-09-27
| AERO | GHST | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.9243 | $0.1014 |
| Market cap | $817.50M | — |
| 24h volume | $14.64M DEX | $3.20M DEX |
| Liquidity | $32.10M | $16.50M |
| FDV | $1.63B | $396.29M |
| Holders | 754,575 | 31 |
| Age (days) | 681 | 237 |
| Safety grade | B | A |
Where they differ
- AERO measures ~1.9× the liquidity of GHST
- AERO measures ~4.6× the 24h volume of GHST
- AERO measures ~24,341× the holder count of GHST
- over the shared window AERO moved +50.3% while GHST moved 0.00%
What the data says
AERO
AERO is Aerodrome Finance's token — and Aerodrome is not just another DEX, it is the central liquidity hub of Base: the ve(3,3) emissions engine (a Velodrome fork) that routes rewards to pools by veAERO voter preference, making it the venue where most serious Base liquidity is deposited. The contract 0x940181a94a35a4569e4529a3cdfb74e38fd98631 is the canonical Base deployment; our October 9, 2026 read shows $32.1 million in the tracked pools themselves — a separate number from the far larger volume the exchange routes daily.
The honest shape: AERO's price is a bet on the emissions flywheel — votes direct emissions, emissions attract liquidity, liquidity attracts volume, volume attracts votes. Flywheels run beautifully in both directions, and a token whose demand depends on perpetual emissions demand carries reflexivity risk in full. The ve-lock does damp the circulating float, which is the honest counterweight.
GHST
Start with the discrepancy, because on this row it is the useful part: the venue feed names this Base deployment "So4," while the ticker and slug in our index carry GHST — the name Aavegotchi's long-running game token trades under. At 0xac780b6e4ee50585df265c7766cc2bed51e43fb8, our October 6, 2026 snapshot reads about $16.5 million of tracked pool liquidity against roughly $3.2 million of recorded daily volume — a working level of turnover for a mid-cap game token.
Name mismatches between a feed and an index happen for boring reasons (a token rebrands upstream, a feed carries a different label) and for dangerous ones (a different asset wearing a famous ticker). The address is the arbiter: Aavegotchi's GHST is a known, years-old deployment, and whether this contract is the genuine Base deployment or an impersonation riding the name is a fact the address — never the ticker — settles. The live scanner above reads the contract directly and is the fastest way to confirm which case this is.
FAQ
Which is bigger, AERO or GHST?
By tracked market cap: AERO (Base) measures $817.50M and GHST (Base) measures — — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, AERO or GHST?
On the contract checks we publish: AERO (Base) grades B and GHST (Base) grades A. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have AERO and GHST performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-14 and 2026-09-27, the measured snapshots show AERO at +50.3% and GHST at 0.00%.
The grade column is the one CMC's compare page cannot print — our grade is computed from the contract itself (mint/freeze authority, liquidity, holder concentration). Changes are measured over the shared window stated on the chart, 2026-09-14→2026-09-27; a token with fewer measured points measures a shorter span inside it.
Figures are dated on-chain snapshots, not a live feed. Safety grades are structural checks — not investment advice. Free · no signup · a HostDeFi product.