HostUSDC vs GHST — price, size and safety, side by side
USDC (Solana) vs GHST (Base) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-10-17 / 2026-09-28.
USDC vs GHST — normalized performance, 2026-09-14 to 2026-09-28
| USDC | GHST | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.9998 | $0.1014 |
| Market cap | $8.60B | — |
| 24h volume | $1.90B DEX | $3.20M DEX |
| Liquidity | $464.95M | $16.50M |
| FDV | $8.60B | $396.29M |
| Holders | 5,248,202 | 31 |
| Age (days) | — | 237 |
| Safety grade | A | A |
Where they differ
- USDC measures ~28× the liquidity of GHST
- USDC measures ~593× the 24h volume of GHST
- USDC measures ~169,297× the holder count of GHST
What the data says
USDC
USDC is the dollar most of Solana actually trades in, and judging it takes a different lens than the one that works on memecoins. This is a centralized, fiat-backed stablecoin: Circle issues it, holds the reserves behind it, and publishes monthly attestations of those reserves. On Solana it lives at mint EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v, where the October 6, 2026 snapshot records about $8.6 billion of market capitalization, roughly 5.25 million holders, and around $465 million of tracked pool liquidity — the deepest dollar venue on the chain.
Here is the part that confuses people who learned token safety from rug-checkers: USDC's mint and freeze authorities are live, on purpose, permanently. Circle has to mint new USDC when dollars come in and burn it when they go out — that is what "backed" means mechanically — and it maintains the ability to freeze addresses to comply with sanctions and court orders, which it has used. On a memecoin, a live mint authority is the classic rug lever; on a fiat-backed stablecoin it is the product working as designed. The risk hasn't vanished — it has moved from an anonymous deployer to a regulated company, which is a trade most holders are knowingly making.
GHST
Start with the discrepancy, because on this row it is the useful part: the venue feed names this Base deployment "So4," while the ticker and slug in our index carry GHST — the name Aavegotchi's long-running game token trades under. At 0xac780b6e4ee50585df265c7766cc2bed51e43fb8, our October 6, 2026 snapshot reads about $16.5 million of tracked pool liquidity against roughly $3.2 million of recorded daily volume — a working level of turnover for a mid-cap game token.
Name mismatches between a feed and an index happen for boring reasons (a token rebrands upstream, a feed carries a different label) and for dangerous ones (a different asset wearing a famous ticker). The address is the arbiter: Aavegotchi's GHST is a known, years-old deployment, and whether this contract is the genuine Base deployment or an impersonation riding the name is a fact the address — never the ticker — settles. The live scanner above reads the contract directly and is the fastest way to confirm which case this is.
FAQ
Which is bigger, USDC or GHST?
By tracked market cap: USDC (Solana) measures $8.60B and GHST (Base) measures — — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, USDC or GHST?
On the contract checks we publish: USDC (Solana) grades A and GHST (Base) grades A. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have USDC and GHST performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-14 and 2026-09-28, the measured snapshots show USDC at +0.00% and GHST at 0.00%.
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, 2026-09-14→2026-09-28; 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.