HostWAVAX vs BTC.B — price, size and safety, side by side
WAVAX (Avalanche) vs BTC.B (Avalanche) — 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.
WAVAX vs BTC.B — normalized performance, 2026-09-21 to 2026-10-17T03:15:24
| WAVAX | BTC.B | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.93 | $81.59K |
| Market cap | $186.13M | $163.88M |
| 24h volume | $69.56M DEX | $9.31M DEX |
| Liquidity | $19.47M | $2.10M |
| FDV | $186.31M | $163.88M |
| Holders | 362,576 | 170,271 |
| Age (days) | 343 | 361 |
| Safety grade | A | B |
Where they differ
- WAVAX measures ~9.3× the liquidity of BTC.B
- WAVAX measures ~7.5× the 24h volume of BTC.B
- WAVAX measures ~2.1× the holder count of BTC.B
- over the shared window WAVAX moved −12.7% while BTC.B moved −2.81%
What the data says
WAVAX
WAVAX at 0xb31f66aa3c1e785363f0875a1b74e27b85fd66c7 is Wrapped AVAX — the ERC-20 form of Avalanche's gas token, one AVAX in and one WAVAX out, existing so C-Chain DeFi can hold the native asset inside contract logic. The October 9, 2026 snapshot grades it A: the contract cannot mint new supply, cannot freeze balances, and is not a proxy. A wrapper should be boring; this one is.
The market structure is anything but quiet: 362,576 holders and $19.5 million of tracked pool depth against a $186.1 million wrapped float of 16.9 million units — and $114.7 million of 24-hour volume, turnover running at several times the pool depth. That is what a gas-asset wrapper is for: it is the settlement leg of the whole chain's trading. The ten largest wallets holding 84.3% of supply is the expected silhouette — DEX pools, bridges and routers dominate the large-holder bracket on a wrapped native token.
BTC.B
BTC.b at 0x152b9d0fdc40c096757f570a51e494bd4b943e50 is the Avalanche Bridge's wrapped-bitcoin claim — the contract literally named "Bitcoin" on this chain, which is exactly why the address matters: the most borrowed name in crypto proves nothing without the mint string behind it.
The October 9, 2026 snapshot prices a $163.9 million market cap on a local supply of 2.0 thousand units — real size for a chain-level book. $2.1 million of tracked depth is workable for that float, and $7.1 million of 24-hour volume is the liveliest tape in this Avalanche batch — a bridged-BTC book that actually turns over, 343 days into its record.
FAQ
Which is bigger, WAVAX or BTC.B?
By tracked market cap: WAVAX (Avalanche) measures $186.13M and BTC.B (Avalanche) measures $163.88M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, WAVAX or BTC.B?
On the contract checks we publish: WAVAX (Avalanche) grades A and BTC.B (Avalanche) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have WAVAX and BTC.B performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-21 and 2026-10-17T03:15:24, the measured snapshots show WAVAX at −12.7% and BTC.B at −2.81%.
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→2026-10-17T03:15:24; 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.