HostMCA vs SMON — price, size and safety, side by side
MCA (Monad) vs SMON (Monad) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-10-17 / 2026-10-17.
MCA vs SMON — normalized performance, 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-17T03:15:24
| MCA | SMON | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.000003353 | $0.02539 |
| Market cap | $3.51K | $2.23M |
| 24h volume | $165.56 DEX | $159.50 DEX |
| Liquidity | $2.30K | $1.80K |
| FDV | $3.20K | $2.23M |
| Holders | 2,837 | 4,846 |
| Age (days) | 298 | 301 |
| Safety grade | A | B |
Where they differ
- SMON measures ~634× the market cap of MCA
- SMON measures ~1.7× the holder count of MCA
- over the shared window MCA moved +4.81% while SMON moved −13.4%
What the data says
MCA
Chewy is one of the smallest viable markets on this index — a Monad meme whose market cap of $4 thousand nearly equals its liquidity pool of $2 thousand. That ratio inverts the usual problem: most thin-pool tokens carry inflated caps on shallow books, but MCA's entire valuation fits inside its own pool. There is almost no distance between the paper value and the exit depth.
The contract is the standard grade-A template at 85/100: no mint, no pause or blacklist, verified source, 298 days old. 2,837 holders spread across a $3.5K cap means the average position is about a dollar — this is a microcap in the literal sense, kept alive by dust-scale distribution.
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, MCA or SMON?
By tracked market cap: MCA (Monad) measures $3.51K and SMON (Monad) measures $2.23M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, MCA or SMON?
On the contract checks we publish: MCA (Monad) grades A and SMON (Monad) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have MCA and SMON performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-26 and 2026-10-17T03:15:24, the measured snapshots show MCA at +4.81% and SMON at −13.4%.
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→2026-10-17T03:15:24; 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.