HostGTC vs RETH — price, size and safety, side by side
GTC (Optimism) vs RETH (Ethereum) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-10-15 / 2026-10-16.
GTC vs RETH — normalized performance, 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-15T21:43:45
| GTC | RETH | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.196 | $2.88K |
| Market cap | — | $1.00B |
| 24h volume | $1.29K DEX | $1.77M DEX |
| Liquidity | $17.15K | $12.13M |
| FDV | $89.60K | $1.00B |
| Holders | 10,070 | 21,853 |
| Age (days) | 1,584 | 1,507 |
| Safety grade | D | B |
Where they differ
- RETH measures ~707× the liquidity of GTC
- RETH measures ~1,375× the 24h volume of GTC
- RETH measures ~2.2× the holder count of GTC
- over the shared window GTC moved +139% while RETH moved −12.4%
What the data says
GTC
GTC on Optimism at 0x1eba7a6a72c894026cd654ac5cdcf83a46445b08 wears the Gitcoin governance token's ticker, but the contract behind this address is the opposite of what that name implies: it can mint new supply, and — the power that earns the grade — the contract owner can change balances outright, meaning a holder's balance could be altered or zeroed without any transaction from that holder.
Everything else is secondary to that lever. A $17 thousand pool is thin and fragile; the ten largest wallets hold about 95.2% of supply; the book is 1,569 days old with 10,070 wallets and a $90 thousand cap at the October 9, 2026 snapshot.
RETH
rETH is Rocket Pool's liquid staking receipt — the decentralized alternative in the ETH-staking market: anyone can run a Rocket Pool "minipool" validator with 8 ETH plus RPL collateral, and rETH appreciates against ETH as rewards accrue. The contract 0xae78736cd615f374d3085123a210448e74fc6393 is the canonical deployment; our October 6, 2026 read shows $12.1 million of tracked pool liquidity, with rETH's deeper venues spread across the wider DeFi stack.
The honest framing: rETH's pitch is credible neutrality — a permissionless operator set rather than one company's validators — and the trade-off is the usual one: a smaller, more fragmented liquidity surface than stETH and its own smart-contract surface (minipool mechanics, oracle DAO) instead of a single issuer's operations. The wrapper price is not ETH's price — it floats on its own exchange rate and has traded at discounts in stress.
FAQ
Which is bigger, GTC or RETH?
By tracked market cap: GTC (Optimism) measures — and RETH (Ethereum) measures $1.00B — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, GTC or RETH?
On the contract checks we publish: GTC (Optimism) grades D and RETH (Ethereum) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have GTC and RETH performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-26 and 2026-10-15T21:43:45, the measured snapshots show GTC at +139% and RETH at −12.4%.
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, 2026-09-26→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.