HostWAVAX vs SAVAX — price, size and safety, side by side
WAVAX (Avalanche) vs SAVAX (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 SAVAX — normalized performance, 2026-09-21 to 2026-10-17T03:15:24
| WAVAX | SAVAX | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.93 | $12.88 |
| Market cap | $186.13M | $237.87M |
| 24h volume | $69.56M DEX | $281.36K DEX |
| Liquidity | $19.47M | $2.47M |
| FDV | $186.31M | $238.00M |
| Holders | 362,576 | 68,636 |
| Age (days) | 343 | 358 |
| Safety grade | A | B |
Where they differ
- WAVAX measures ~7.9× the liquidity of SAVAX
- WAVAX measures ~247× the 24h volume of SAVAX
- WAVAX measures ~5.3× the holder count of SAVAX
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.
SAVAX
SAVAX at 0x2b2c81e08f1af8835a78bb2a90ae924ace0ea4be is BENQI's liquid-staked AVAX — the receipt that lets a staked AVAX position keep moving through C-Chain DeFi while the underlying deposit earns staking yield. The October 9, 2026 snapshot prices the float at a $237.9 million market cap across 18.1 million receipt units.
Tracked pool depth of $2.5 million reads thin against that cap, on $514.5 thousand of 24-hour volume — the standard silhouette for a liquid-staking token, whose real exit path is protocol redemption and aggregator routing rather than one static pool a scanner can quote. The deployment is 340 days into this index's record.
FAQ
Which is bigger, WAVAX or SAVAX?
By tracked market cap: WAVAX (Avalanche) measures $186.13M and SAVAX (Avalanche) measures $237.87M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, WAVAX or SAVAX?
On the contract checks we publish: WAVAX (Avalanche) grades A and SAVAX (Avalanche) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have WAVAX and SAVAX performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-21 and 2026-10-17T03:15:24, the measured snapshots show WAVAX at −12.7% and SAVAX at −12.5%.
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.