HostALETH vs VELO — price, size and safety, side by side
ALETH (Optimism) vs VELO (Optimism) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-10-17 / 2026-10-17.
ALETH vs VELO — normalized performance, 2026-09-21 to 2026-10-17T03:15:24
| ALETH | VELO | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.36K | $0.03839 |
| Market cap | $20.45M | $47.51M |
| 24h volume | $38.35K DEX | $258.93K DEX |
| Liquidity | $2.21M | $1.64M |
| FDV | $4.29M | $93.00M |
| Holders | 4,163 | 55,920 |
| Age (days) | 1,199 | 150 |
| Safety grade | B | B |
Where they differ
- VELO measures ~2.3× the market cap of ALETH
- VELO measures ~6.8× the 24h volume of ALETH
- VELO measures ~13× the holder count of ALETH
- over the shared window ALETH moved −10.5% while VELO moved +31.4%
What the data says
ALETH
ALETH at 0x3e29d3a9316dab217754d13b28646b76607c5f04 is Alchemix's ETH claim on Optimism — the ether-denominated sibling of the protocol's self-repaying dollar, a receipt whose backing is a yield-bearing ETH position. The October 9, 2026 snapshot prices a $20.5 million asset-wide market cap against a $4.3 million fully-diluted read of the local float — and that float is just 1.7 thousand claims, a small book by any measure.
Inside the small book the depth is real: $2.2 million of tracked pool liquidity reads deep against the local float, on $68.1 thousand of 24-hour volume. The record runs 1,181 days — the same vintage as its dollar sibling, both surviving deployments of a protocol that has long since gone through its hype cycle.
VELO
VELO at 0x9560e827af36c94d2ac33a39bce1fe78631088db is Velodrome's exchange token — the emissions engine of the vote-escrow DEX that routes a large share of Optimism's stable-asset flow. This row is the VelodromeV2 deployment, 132 days into its record at the October 9, 2026 snapshot.
The figure carrying the analysis is the supply gap: a $47.5 million market cap against a $93.0 million fully-diluted read on 2.6 billion units — the distance between the two is the unemitted allocation the emissions schedule still holds, which is how a ve-model token is designed to work. Tracked depth of $1.6 million is workable for the size on $224.7 thousand of 24-hour volume.
FAQ
Which is bigger, ALETH or VELO?
By tracked market cap: ALETH (Optimism) measures $20.45M and VELO (Optimism) measures $47.51M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, ALETH or VELO?
On the contract checks we publish: ALETH (Optimism) grades B and VELO (Optimism) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have ALETH and VELO performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-21 and 2026-10-17T03:15:24, the measured snapshots show ALETH at −10.5% and VELO at +31.4%.
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, 2026-09-21→2026-10-17T03:15:24; 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.