HostWETH vs ZK — price, size and safety, side by side
WETH (Ethereum) vs ZK (zkSync Era) — 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.
WETH vs ZK — normalized performance, 2026-10-09 to 2026-10-17T03:15:24
| WETH | ZK | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.42K | $0.01624 |
| Market cap | $5.41B | $144.47M |
| 24h volume | $462.86M DEX | $72.25K DEX |
| Liquidity | $902.53M | $556.89K |
| FDV | $5.39B | $205.15M |
| Holders | 3,680,746 | 0 |
| Age (days) | 1,727 | 844 |
| Safety grade | A | B |
Where they differ
- WETH measures ~37× the market cap of ZK
- WETH measures ~1,621× the liquidity of ZK
- WETH measures ~6,407× the 24h volume of ZK
- over the shared window WETH moved −2.77% while ZK moved +21.6%
What the data says
WETH
WETH is the oldest load-bearing contract in DeFi. Deployed in December 2017 as WETH9, the contract at 0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2 does exactly one thing: wrap ETH — which predates the ERC-20 standard and doesn't conform to it — into a token that does, redeemable one-for-one, instantly, by anyone, forever. It has no owner, no admin functions, no upgrade path, and no pause switch. Nearly every DEX trade, lending market, and NFT sale on Ethereum has settled through it at some point; it is less a token than a piece of the chain's plumbing.
That architecture is why the usual checklist comes back almost empty. There is no team to rug, no supply policy to abuse — WETH supply is simply however much ETH is currently deposited in the contract, minted on wrap and burned on unwrap. The failure mode people theorize about (the contract holding less ETH than WETH outstanding) would require a bug that eight-plus years of the highest-value adversarial testing in crypto has not found. HostDeFi's October 9, 2026 snapshot shows roughly $903 million of tracked pool liquidity and $73 million of daily volume on this deployment, and both understate reality — WETH is one side of thousands of pools our sample doesn't enumerate.
ZK
There's a small gap on this page — ZK's contract flags weren't fully confirmed as of 2026-10-09. So rather than assume anything either way, it's worth a direct check, and the scanner above reads it live in a couple of seconds before you trade.
On the market side, ZK brings thin liquidity of $556.89K, 0 wallets holding and an established 844-day history as of 2026-10-09. Set the $556.89K pool against roughly $144.47M in market cap and the picture sharpens — depth is shallow for the size, so trades move the price more than the chart suggests and getting out cleanly takes care. With only 0 holders, ownership is still narrow — earlier-stage, and more exposed to a few large wallets steering the price, so size any position with that in mind. 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.
FAQ
Which is bigger, WETH or ZK?
By tracked market cap: WETH (Ethereum) measures $5.41B and ZK (zkSync Era) measures $144.47M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, WETH or ZK?
On the contract checks we publish: WETH (Ethereum) grades A and ZK (zkSync Era) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have WETH and ZK performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-10-09 and 2026-10-17T03:15:24, the measured snapshots show WETH at −2.77% and ZK at +21.6%.
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.