HostDEGEN vs AI — price, size and safety, side by side
DEGEN (Base) vs AI (Solana) — 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.
DEGEN vs AI — normalized performance, 2026-09-21 to 2026-10-17T06:15:22
| DEGEN | AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.000942 | $0.00008154 |
| Market cap | $36.03M | $95.71K |
| 24h volume | $68.97K DEX | $47.23 DEX |
| Liquidity | $723.35K | $51.21K |
| FDV | $36.96M | $95.71K |
| Holders | 1,182,333 | 5,255 |
| Age (days) | 1,003 | — |
| Safety grade | B | A |
Where they differ
- DEGEN measures ~376× the market cap of AI
- DEGEN measures ~14× the liquidity of AI
- DEGEN measures ~1,460× the 24h volume of AI
- DEGEN measures ~225× the holder count of AI
What the data says
DEGEN
DEGEN is the tipping token that grew out of Farcaster — the /degen channel's community currency that became one of the broadest token distributions on Base. The deployment at 0x4ed4e862860bed51a9570b96d89af5e1b0efefed prices a market cap of $36.0 million across 1,182,333 wallets on the October 9, 2026 snapshot — the widest holder base in this batch by a wide margin.
The distribution is what a social token should look like: the top ten wallets hold about 61.8% — concentrated but nothing like the 95%+ float the clone coins carry — and the creator wallet holds effectively nothing. The flagged lever is real though: the contract can still mint new supply, so the circulating figure is a floor, and the tracked pool of $723.3 thousand is thin against the cap.
AI
AI — "AI" on Solana, mint 99ouK5YUK3JPGCPX9joNtHsMU7NPpU7w91JN4kdQ97po — holds the simplest ticker in the category, a bare two-letter claim on the whole theme. The file holds 5,255 wallets.
The October 6, 2026 snapshot reads $96 thousand on a deep $41.3 thousand pool — over half the cap in liquidity — on ~$8.40 of daily volume. Mint and freeze are both revoked.
FAQ
Which is bigger, DEGEN or AI?
By tracked market cap: DEGEN (Base) measures $36.03M and AI (Solana) measures $95.71K — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, DEGEN or AI?
On the contract checks we publish: DEGEN (Base) grades B and AI (Solana) grades A. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have DEGEN and AI performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-21 and 2026-10-17T06:15:22, the measured snapshots show DEGEN at −15.6% and AI at −12.2%.
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→2026-10-17T06:15:22; 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.