HostUSDC vs USD1 — price, size and safety, side by side
USDC (Solana) vs USD1 (BNB Chain) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-10-17 / 2026-10-16.
USDC vs USD1 — normalized performance, 2026-09-21 to 2026-10-16T21:15:32
| USDC | USD1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.9998 | $1.00 |
| Market cap | $8.60B | $4.36B |
| 24h volume | $1.90B DEX | $2.25M DEX |
| Liquidity | $464.95M | $26.51M |
| FDV | $8.60B | $1.40B |
| Holders | 5,248,202 | 486,992 |
| Age (days) | — | 528 |
| Safety grade | A | B |
Where they differ
- USDC measures ~2.0× the market cap of USD1
- USDC measures ~18× the liquidity of USD1
- USDC measures ~845× the 24h volume of USD1
- USDC measures ~11× the holder count of USD1
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.
USD1
USD1 at 0x8d0d000ee44948fc98c9b98a4fa4921476f08b0d is World Liberty Financial's dollar — the stablecoin issued by the Trump-affiliated DeFi venture — and the October 6, 2026 snapshot shows how big it has gotten: an asset-wide market cap of $4.4 billion, with the BNB Chain float of 1.4 billion units priced $1.4 billion fully diluted.
$26.5 million of tracked pool liquidity on BNB Chain reads thin against the headline cap — the flag is arithmetic, not alarm — and 24-hour volume prints $2.2 million, quiet turnover for a top-tier stablecoin, which is what a politically-connected settlement asset tends to look like on-chain: held, moved and deployed, not churned. 528 days on the record is young for the asset class but established for a 2025-issue dollar.
FAQ
Which is bigger, USDC or USD1?
By tracked market cap: USDC (Solana) measures $8.60B and USD1 (BNB Chain) measures $4.36B — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, USDC or USD1?
On the contract checks we publish: USDC (Solana) grades A and USD1 (BNB Chain) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have USDC and USD1 performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-21 and 2026-10-16T21:15:32, the measured snapshots show USDC at −0.01% and USD1 at +0.11%.
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, 2026-09-21→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.