HostWCRO vs WBTC — price, size and safety, side by side
WCRO (Cronos) vs WBTC (Ethereum) — 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.
WCRO vs WBTC — normalized performance, 2026-10-09 to 2026-10-17T03:15:24
| WCRO | WBTC | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.05806 | $81.15K |
| Market cap | $34.77M | $9.63B |
| 24h volume | $557.59K DEX | $185.99M DEX |
| Liquidity | $38.17M | $220.70M |
| FDV | $43.46M | $9.63B |
| Holders | 89,649 | 197,266 |
| Age (days) | 1,792 | 1,583 |
| Safety grade | A | C |
Where they differ
- WBTC measures ~277× the market cap of WCRO
- WBTC measures ~5.8× the liquidity of WCRO
- WBTC measures ~334× the 24h volume of WCRO
- WBTC measures ~2.2× the holder count of WCRO
What the data says
WCRO
WCRO starts from a genuinely strong place at the contract level. The contract can't create new tokens — the supply is capped for good, and the contract can't pause or block transfers, leaving you free to trade on your own terms. Clearing both of those in one go is a strong sign, and it's what puts WCRO at 100/100 as of the 2026-10-09 snapshot.
On liquidity and holders, WCRO shows a $38.17M pool, 89,649 holders and an established 1,792-day history as of 2026-10-09. Encouragingly, that $38.17M pool is deep relative to a market cap of about $34.77M — the kind of ratio that lets real size move in and out without much slippage. 89,649 holders is a decent base; just remember the number alone doesn't reveal how much the top wallets control, so weigh it with the concentration figure. The creator's own position is small — <0.01% of supply as of 2026-10-09, comfortably under the 5% line the scanners flag — which is what you want to see.
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.
FAQ
Which is bigger, WCRO or WBTC?
By tracked market cap: WCRO (Cronos) measures $34.77M and WBTC (Ethereum) measures $9.63B — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, WCRO or WBTC?
On the contract checks we publish: WCRO (Cronos) grades A and WBTC (Ethereum) grades C. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have WCRO and WBTC performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-10-09 and 2026-10-17T03:15:24, the measured snapshots show WCRO at −4.81% and WBTC at −2.13%.
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, 2026-10-09→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.