HostUSDC vs PUMP — price, size and safety, side by side
USDC (Solana) vs PUMP (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.
USDC vs PUMP — normalized performance, 2026-09-08 to 2026-10-17T06:15:22
| USDC | PUMP | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.9997 | $0.004599 |
| Market cap | $8.60B | $2.11B |
| 24h volume | $1.90B DEX | $38.63M DEX |
| Liquidity | $464.95M | $39.09M |
| FDV | $8.60B | $3.77B |
| Holders | 5,248,202 | 266,270 |
| Safety grade | A | A |
Where they differ
- USDC measures ~4.1× the market cap of PUMP
- USDC measures ~12× the liquidity of PUMP
- USDC measures ~49× the 24h volume of PUMP
- USDC measures ~20× the holder count of PUMP
- over the shared window USDC moved −0.02% while PUMP moved +6.01%
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.
PUMP
PUMP is the platform token of pump.fun, the launchpad behind the majority of Solana's memecoin volume — sold in one of 2025's largest public token sales and, at roughly $2.11 billion of circulating market capitalization in the October 6, 2026 snapshot, the biggest token on this page's list by a wide margin. The mint is pumpCmXqMfrsAkQ5r49WcJnRayYRqmXz6ae8H7H9Dfn, held by 266,270 wallets.
The figure to hold beside that mcap is fully diluted value: about $3.77 billion — more than double the circulating number. Over half the eventual supply sits outside the float in team, investor and ecosystem allocations, and that supply arrives on a schedule. A PUMP position is a bet on the platform's cash flows outrunning its own unlock calendar, and that calendar exists whether or not the chart acknowledges it.
FAQ
Which is bigger, USDC or PUMP?
By tracked market cap: USDC (Solana) measures $8.60B and PUMP (Solana) measures $2.11B — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, USDC or PUMP?
On the contract checks we publish: USDC (Solana) grades A and PUMP (Solana) grades A. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have USDC and PUMP performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-08 and 2026-10-17T06:15:22, the measured snapshots show USDC at −0.02% and PUMP at +6.01%.
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.