HostMORPHO vs BASECAT — price, size and safety, side by side
MORPHO (Base) vs BASECAT (Base) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-10-16 / 2026-10-16.
MORPHO vs BASECAT — normalized performance, 2026-08-24 to 2026-10-16T21:15:32
| MORPHO | BASECAT | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.44 | $0.01269 |
| Market cap | $1.67B | $19.61M |
| 24h volume | $1.96M DEX | $458.46K DEX |
| Liquidity | $2.04M | $1.85M |
| FDV | $62.85M | $19.61M |
| Holders | 146,158 | 9,121 |
| Age (days) | 682 | 30 |
| Safety grade | B | B |
Where they differ
- MORPHO measures ~85× the market cap of BASECAT
- MORPHO measures ~4.3× the 24h volume of BASECAT
- MORPHO measures ~16× the holder count of BASECAT
- over the shared window MORPHO moved −11.9% while BASECAT moved +25116%
What the data says
MORPHO
MORPHO is the Morpho protocol's token — and Morpho is one of the most-used lending primitives in DeFi: isolated lending markets that other platforms (including Coinbase's cbBTC-backed loans) build on top of rather than competing with. The contract 0xbaa5cc21fd487b8fcc2f632f3f4e8d37262a0842 is the Base deployment our scan tracks, at $2.0 million of pool liquidity as of October 9, 2026.
The honest shape: MORPHO is a governance-and-alignment token on genuinely deep infrastructure — the protocol's TVL is real, the integrations are real — but the token itself was transfer-restricted at launch and unlocks later, so the float-vs-FDV gap and the token's actual claim on protocol growth are the two numbers to watch. Real product, thin float — that combination cuts both ways.
BASECAT
BASECAT on Base — contract 0xb2000000000000000000004c27f6523082f41d01 — is the largest survivor of the `0xb20000…` factory deployer indexed here: $1.9 million of liquidity and $5.2 million of daily volume at its October 6, 2026 snapshot, sixteen days old — ancient by factory-cohort standards.
Sixteen days is the meaningful number: the sibling contracts from this deployer (cookcat, plumber, dogue) were all single-digit days old at their snapshots — Basecat is the one the market kept. A 16x daily turnover on $330k of liquidity is still manufacturing-flavored flow, but survival past two weeks separates it from the churn that dies in 72 hours.
FAQ
Which is bigger, MORPHO or BASECAT?
By tracked market cap: MORPHO (Base) measures $1.67B and BASECAT (Base) measures $19.61M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, MORPHO or BASECAT?
On the contract checks we publish: MORPHO (Base) grades B and BASECAT (Base) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have MORPHO and BASECAT performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-08-24 and 2026-10-16T21:15:32, the measured snapshots show MORPHO at −11.9% and BASECAT at +25116%.
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, 2026-08-24→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.