HostWBTC vs PENDLE — price, size and safety, side by side
WBTC (Ethereum) vs PENDLE (Arbitrum) — 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.
WBTC vs PENDLE — normalized performance, 2026-09-21 to 2026-10-17T03:15:24
| WBTC | PENDLE | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $81.15K | $2.10 |
| Market cap | $9.63B | $366.60M |
| 24h volume | $185.99M DEX | $272.93K DEX |
| Liquidity | $220.70M | $3.11M |
| FDV | $9.63B | $30.78M |
| Holders | 197,266 | 70,319 |
| Age (days) | 1,583 | 1,311 |
| Safety grade | C | B |
Where they differ
- WBTC measures ~26× the market cap of PENDLE
- WBTC measures ~71× the liquidity of PENDLE
- WBTC measures ~681× the 24h volume of PENDLE
- WBTC measures ~2.8× the holder count of PENDLE
- over the shared window WBTC moved −3.36% while PENDLE moved −23.5%
What the data says
WBTC
WBTC is the original wrapped Bitcoin — the ERC-20 that put BTC on Ethereum's DeFi rails in 2019, custodied by BitGo with a mint-and-burn pipeline run through KYC'd merchants. The deployment 0x2260fac5e5542a773aa44fbcfedf7c193bc2c599 is the canonical mint, one of the oldest contract addresses in DeFi; our October 9, 2026 snapshot reads $220.7 million of tracked pool liquidity on this pair set — a slice of a float that spans every major venue.
The honest frame is unchanged since launch: holding WBTC means trusting BitGo's custody — the reserve is attested and the mint pipeline is transparent, but the claim is institutional, not cryptographic. Coinbase's cbBTC arrived as the regulated-competitor answer; the two trade the same BTC exposure with different custodians, and the depth split between them is the market's live verdict on whose custody it prefers.
PENDLE
PENDLE on Arbitrum at 0x0c880f6761f1af8d9aa9c466984b80dab9a8c9e8 is the bridged deployment of the yield-tokenization protocol's token — the asset behind the principal-and-yield-splitting market that turned fixed yield into a DeFi primitive. The October 9, 2026 snapshot prices the Arbitrum-local supply of 14.6 million units at $30.8 million fully diluted, against an asset-wide $366.6 million market cap.
$3.1 million of tracked pool depth on this chain is thin measured the way the depth flag measures — against the asset-wide figure — but functional: $632.8 thousand of 24-hour volume moves through it. The 1,293-day record belongs to a token whose liquidity genuinely spans chains, with Ethereum holding the canonical supply and Arbitrum holding the routed share, so the local book is a window on the market rather than the market itself.
FAQ
Which is bigger, WBTC or PENDLE?
By tracked market cap: WBTC (Ethereum) measures $9.63B and PENDLE (Arbitrum) measures $366.60M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, WBTC or PENDLE?
On the contract checks we publish: WBTC (Ethereum) grades C and PENDLE (Arbitrum) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have WBTC and PENDLE performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-21 and 2026-10-17T03:15:24, the measured snapshots show WBTC at −3.36% and PENDLE at −23.5%.
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.