HostARB vs GMX — price, size and safety, side by side
ARB (Arbitrum) vs GMX (Arbitrum) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-10-17 / 2026-10-16.
ARB vs GMX — normalized performance, 2026-09-21 to 2026-10-16T21:15:32
| ARB | GMX | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.1909 | $8.91 |
| Market cap | $1.22B | $88.38M |
| 24h volume | $7.14M DEX | $132.72K DEX |
| Liquidity | $2.84M | $2.34M |
| FDV | $1.80B | $92.72M |
| Holders | 2,391,070 | 297,710 |
| Age (days) | 1,284 | 212 |
| Safety grade | B | D |
Where they differ
- ARB measures ~14× the market cap of GMX
- ARB measures ~54× the 24h volume of GMX
- ARB measures ~8.0× the holder count of GMX
- over the shared window ARB moved −16.8% while GMX moved +11.0%
What the data says
ARB
ARB is Arbitrum's own token — the governance asset of the largest Ethereum L2, the chain most of this index's Arbitrum-side liquidity actually lives on. The deployment 0x912ce59144191c1204e64559fe8253a0e49e6548 is the canonical mint; our October 9, 2026 snapshot reads $2.8 million of tracked pool liquidity.
The honest asymmetry: ARB's market value rides on the chain it governs being worth governing — the token's thesis is Arbitrum's sequencer revenue, its DAO treasury, and the chain's continued dominance in L2 DeFi, none of which a liquidity snapshot can confirm or deny. What the snapshot does show is that ARB's on-chain depth is concentrated and modest relative to the chain's own TVL — most ARB trades happen off-chain or on the chain's own DEX infrastructure in pairs this index doesn't fully see.
GMX
GMX at 0xfc5a1a6eb076a2c7ad06ed22c90d7e710e35ad0a is the governance and fee-share token of the GMX perpetuals exchange on Arbitrum — the asset whose stakers earn a cut of the venue's real trading revenue rather than emissions-funded yield. The October 9, 2026 snapshot prices an $88.4 million market cap on the 11.0 million local units, with the $92.7 million fully-diluted figure sitting barely above the cap — a supply nearly fully emitted, the designed scarcity of a hard-capped exchange token.
The local book at this deployment — 194 days into its recorded history — holds $2.3 million of workable tracked depth on $73.4 thousand of daily volume: a book that does its real turnover across the venue's own GLP markets and sister deployments rather than this slice of pools.
FAQ
Which is bigger, ARB or GMX?
By tracked market cap: ARB (Arbitrum) measures $1.22B and GMX (Arbitrum) measures $88.38M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, ARB or GMX?
On the contract checks we publish: ARB (Arbitrum) grades B and GMX (Arbitrum) grades D. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have ARB and GMX performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-21 and 2026-10-16T21:15:32, the measured snapshots show ARB at −16.8% and GMX at +11.0%.
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→2026-10-16T21:15:32; 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.