HostDESPXA vs WBTC — price, size and safety, side by side
DESPXA (Base) vs WBTC (Ethereum) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-10-16 / 2026-10-17.
DESPXA vs WBTC — normalized performance, 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16T21:15:32
| DESPXA | WBTC | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $776.81 | $81.15K |
| Market cap | $1.93M | $9.63B |
| 24h volume | $3.96K DEX | $185.99M DEX |
| Liquidity | $711.50K | $220.70M |
| FDV | $1.93M | $9.63B |
| Holders | 835 | 197,266 |
| Age (days) | 98 | 1,583 |
| Safety grade | E | C |
Where they differ
- WBTC measures ~5,000× the market cap of DESPXA
- WBTC measures ~310× the liquidity of DESPXA
- WBTC measures ~47,019× the 24h volume of DESPXA
- WBTC measures ~236× the holder count of DESPXA
What the data says
DESPXA
This is the DeFi Janus Henderson Anemoy S&P 500 Fund Token — a tokenized claim on an S&P 500 fund issued under Janus Henderson's Anemoy unit, the TradFi giant's on-chain fund arm. The contract 0x9c5c365e764829876243d0b289733b9d2b729685 is the Base deployment; our October 6, 2026 snapshot reads $711 thousand of tracked pool liquidity.
The honest frame is the RWA one: a tokenized S&P 500 fund is a claim on a regulated issuer's book — the equity exposure is real, the wrapper is the issuer's, and the holder's risk is the fund's terms (redemption windows, transfer restrictions, qualified-investor gates) more than the token's contract state. On-chain depth for such products understates the product — most holders never trade them on DEXes.
WBTC
WBTC is the original wrapped Bitcoin — the ERC-20 that put BTC on Ethereum's DeFi rails in 2019, custodied by BitGo with a mint-and-burn pipeline run through KYC'd merchants. The deployment 0x2260fac5e5542a773aa44fbcfedf7c193bc2c599 is the canonical mint, one of the oldest contract addresses in DeFi; our October 9, 2026 snapshot reads $220.7 million of tracked pool liquidity on this pair set — a slice of a float that spans every major venue.
The honest frame is unchanged since launch: holding WBTC means trusting BitGo's custody — the reserve is attested and the mint pipeline is transparent, but the claim is institutional, not cryptographic. Coinbase's cbBTC arrived as the regulated-competitor answer; the two trade the same BTC exposure with different custodians, and the depth split between them is the market's live verdict on whose custody it prefers.
FAQ
Which is bigger, DESPXA or WBTC?
By tracked market cap: DESPXA (Base) measures $1.93M and WBTC (Ethereum) measures $9.63B — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, DESPXA or WBTC?
On the contract checks we publish: DESPXA (Base) grades E and WBTC (Ethereum) grades C. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have DESPXA and WBTC performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-26 and 2026-10-16T21:15:32, the measured snapshots show DESPXA at −0.02% and WBTC at +4.78%.
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, 2026-09-26→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.