HostWBTC vs STONKEX — price, size and safety, side by side
WBTC (Ethereum) vs STONKEX (Base) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-10-17 / 2026-10-15.
WBTC vs STONKEX — normalized performance, 2026-09-21 to 2026-10-15T21:43:45
| WBTC | STONKEX | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $81.15K | $0.004272 |
| Market cap | $9.63B | $11.72M |
| 24h volume | $185.99M DEX | $425.65K DEX |
| Liquidity | $220.70M | $612.75K |
| FDV | $9.63B | $10.66M |
| Holders | 197,266 | 8,292 |
| Age (days) | 1,583 | 28 |
| Safety grade | C | A |
Where they differ
- WBTC measures ~822× the market cap of STONKEX
- WBTC measures ~360× the liquidity of STONKEX
- WBTC measures ~437× the 24h volume of STONKEX
- WBTC measures ~24× the holder count of STONKEX
- over the shared window WBTC moved −2.64% while STONKEX moved −63.5%
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.
STONKEX
STONKEX at 0x5ab000ff9b9ffe0349ce5ffa5fd86f217c3680f5 — The Stonks Exchange — is a 28-day-old Base book priced at an $11.7 million market cap effectively equal to its $10.7 million fully-diluted figure on 1.0 billion units at the October 6, 2026 snapshot: the float is already out.
For a young book the structure is unusually solid: $612.8 thousand of deep tracked depth on $425.7 thousand of 24-hour volume — a pool that can take exits and a tape that uses it daily. The counterweights are the ones age cannot yet fix: no holder distribution and no contract-level controls in the snapshot.
FAQ
Which is bigger, WBTC or STONKEX?
By tracked market cap: WBTC (Ethereum) measures $9.63B and STONKEX (Base) measures $11.72M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, WBTC or STONKEX?
On the contract checks we publish: WBTC (Ethereum) grades C and STONKEX (Base) grades A. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have WBTC and STONKEX performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-21 and 2026-10-15T21:43:45, the measured snapshots show WBTC at −2.64% and STONKEX at −63.5%.
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→2026-10-15T21:43:45; 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.