HostEARNAUSD vs SMON — price, size and safety, side by side
EARNAUSD (Monad) vs SMON (Monad) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-10-15 / 2026-10-17.
EARNAUSD vs SMON — normalized performance, 2026-09-21 to 2026-10-15T21:43:45
| EARNAUSD | SMON | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.05 | $0.02539 |
| Market cap | $24.55M | $2.23M |
| 24h volume | $180.49 DEX | $159.50 DEX |
| Liquidity | $2.85K | $1.80K |
| FDV | $25.15M | $2.23M |
| Holders | 2,607 | 4,846 |
| Age (days) | 12 | 301 |
| Safety grade | C | B |
Where they differ
- EARNAUSD measures ~11× the market cap of SMON
- EARNAUSD measures ~1.6× the liquidity of SMON
- SMON measures ~1.9× the holder count of EARNAUSD
- over the shared window EARNAUSD moved +3.90% while SMON moved −13.1%
What the data says
EARNAUSD
earnAUSD is a yield-bearing dollar token on Monad — 23.9 million units priced at $1.011, a tracked market cap of $24.6 million. Tokens like this are deposit receipts: you hold AUSD-yield exposure and the price drifts above a dollar as yield accrues. The premium to $1.00 is the mechanism working.
The risk structure is concentrated, though. 2,607 holders is a modest base for a $30M token, and the top-10 wallets hold 95.5% of supply — earnAUSD's market is effectively a vault held by a few dozen real positions. Tracked pool depth of $3 thousand is thin, but that understates exit reality for a yield token: redemptions run through the issuer, not the DEX. The B at 77/100 reflects an upgradeable proxy plus unassessed contract controls — normal for a managed yield product, real nonetheless.
SMON
Kintsu Staked Monad is a liquid staking token — sMON is Kintsu's receipt for staked MON, meant to accrue staking yield while staying tradable. That makes it structurally different from the memes around it on Monad: its market cap of $2.2 million represents staked principal, and its 4,846 holders are yield positions, not speculation.
Two caveats earn the B at 77/100. First, the contract is an upgradeable proxy — the code behind the address can be swapped — which is standard for LSTs (the protocol must manage staking logic) but means you are trusting Kintsu's upgrade governance. Second, contract-level controls were not fully assessed in this snapshot. The market side is thin for the size: $2 thousand of tracked pool against a $2.2M cap, so secondary-market exits are shallow — meaningful size unwinds through the protocol's redemption path, not the pool.
FAQ
Which is bigger, EARNAUSD or SMON?
By tracked market cap: EARNAUSD (Monad) measures $24.55M and SMON (Monad) measures $2.23M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, EARNAUSD or SMON?
On the contract checks we publish: EARNAUSD (Monad) grades C and SMON (Monad) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have EARNAUSD and SMON performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-21 and 2026-10-15T21:43:45, the measured snapshots show EARNAUSD at +3.90% and SMON at −13.1%.
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→2026-10-15T21:43:45; 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.