HostRETH vs CRV — price, size and safety, side by side
RETH (Ethereum) vs CRV (Ethereum) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-10-16 / 2026-10-16.
RETH vs CRV — normalized performance, 2026-09-27 to 2026-10-16T21:15:32
| RETH | CRV | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.88K | $0.3421 |
| Market cap | $1.00B | $559.04M |
| 24h volume | $1.77M DEX | $948.47K DEX |
| Liquidity | $12.13M | $9.96M |
| FDV | $1.00B | $861.85M |
| Holders | 21,853 | 101,017 |
| Age (days) | 1,507 | 1,105 |
| Safety grade | B | B |
Where they differ
- RETH measures ~1.8× the market cap of CRV
- RETH measures ~1.9× the 24h volume of CRV
- CRV measures ~4.6× the holder count of RETH
- over the shared window RETH moved −9.12% while CRV moved −0.44%
What the data says
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.
CRV
CRV — Curve DAO Token at 0xd533a949740bb3306d119cc777fa900ba034cd52 — is the governance and incentive token of Curve, the stable-swap AMM that carries a meaningful share of all stablecoin and LST volume on Ethereum. This is a six-year-old protocol token, not a launch, and the honest risks are the ones an established protocol token actually runs: governance economics, emissions, and founder concentration — not honeypot mechanics.
The October 9, 2026 snapshot reads a $559.0 million market cap against an $861.8 million fully-diluted value — roughly two-thirds of eventual supply circulating — with $10.0 million of tracked pool depth and 101,017 holders. Depth at that scale is a real exit book for a retail position.
FAQ
Which is bigger, RETH or CRV?
By tracked market cap: RETH (Ethereum) measures $1.00B and CRV (Ethereum) measures $559.04M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, RETH or CRV?
On the contract checks we publish: RETH (Ethereum) grades B and CRV (Ethereum) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have RETH and CRV performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-27 and 2026-10-16T21:15:32, the measured snapshots show RETH at −9.12% and CRV at −0.44%.
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, 2026-09-27→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.