HostUNI vs HNT — price, size and safety, side by side
UNI (Ethereum) vs HNT (Solana) — 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.
UNI vs HNT — normalized performance, 2026-09-08 to 2026-10-17T06:15:22
| UNI | HNT | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7.28 | $0.4257 |
| Market cap | $4.61B | $97.21M |
| 24h volume | $2.16M DEX | $230.62K DEX |
| Liquidity | $26.90M | $304.62K |
| FDV | $6.54B | $97.21M |
| Holders | 383,059 | 537,762 |
| Age (days) | 1,745 | — |
| Safety grade | A | A |
Where they differ
- UNI measures ~47× the market cap of HNT
- UNI measures ~88× the liquidity of HNT
- UNI measures ~9.4× the 24h volume of HNT
- over the shared window UNI moved +4.67% while HNT moved −24.9%
What the data says
UNI
UNI is Uniswap's governance token — the asset of the protocol that invented the automated market maker and still clears more DEX volume than the rest of the field combined. The deployment 0x1f9840a85d5af5bf1d1762f925bdaddc4201f984 is the canonical mint; our October 9, 2026 snapshot reads $26.9 million of tracked pool liquidity on this pair set.
The honest asymmetry is the governance-token shape: UNI's thesis is control over a fee-generating machine, but the "fee switch" — the mechanism that would route protocol revenue to holders — has been proposed and deferred for years, so the token trades on governance value and the perennial expectation rather than cashflow it actually pays. That makes its valuation more reflexive than a productive asset's.
HNT
HNT is one of the few tokens on this site attached to something you can photograph: hundreds of thousands of physical Helium hotspots providing IoT and mobile wireless coverage, earning tokens for verified work. The network launched its own blockchain in 2019 and migrated wholesale to Solana in April 2023 — one of the largest chain migrations ever completed — where the mint hntyVP6YFm1Hg25TN9WGLqM12b8TQmcknKrdu1oxWux now carries roughly $97.2 million of market capitalization across 537,762 holders as of HostDeFi's October 6, 2026 snapshot.
The authority read needs its context. Freeze authority: revoked — no one can lock a holder's balance. Mint authority: not the burned-forever state a memecoin checklist wants, and correctly so, because HNT's supply is emissive by design: the protocol mints new HNT on a public issuance schedule with halvings (most recently August 2025), paying hotspot operators for coverage, under a hard cap of 223 million. Like a liquid-staking token, the mint lever here belongs to the protocol's own program doing its documented job — the question to monitor is governance over that program, not the lever's existence.
FAQ
Which is bigger, UNI or HNT?
By tracked market cap: UNI (Ethereum) measures $4.61B and HNT (Solana) measures $97.21M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, UNI or HNT?
On the contract checks we publish: UNI (Ethereum) grades A and HNT (Solana) grades A. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have UNI and HNT performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-08 and 2026-10-17T06:15:22, the measured snapshots show UNI at +4.67% and HNT at −24.9%.
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, 2026-09-08→2026-10-17T06:15:22; 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.