HostWPOL vs WBTC — price, size and safety, side by side
WPOL (Polygon) vs WBTC (Ethereum) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-10-15 / 2026-10-17.
WPOL vs WBTC — normalized performance, 2026-09-21 to 2026-10-15T21:43:45
| WPOL | WBTC | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.09522 | $81.15K |
| Market cap | $18.64M | $9.63B |
| 24h volume | $7.21M DEX | $185.99M DEX |
| Liquidity | $6.75M | $220.70M |
| FDV | $18.63M | $9.63B |
| Holders | 843,296 | 197,266 |
| Age (days) | 1,687 | 1,583 |
| Safety grade | A | C |
Where they differ
- WBTC measures ~517× the market cap of WPOL
- WBTC measures ~33× the liquidity of WPOL
- WBTC measures ~26× the 24h volume of WPOL
- WPOL measures ~4.3× the holder count of WBTC
- over the shared window WPOL moved −14.8% while WBTC moved −2.64%
What the data says
WPOL
WPOL at 0x0d500b1d8e8ef31e21c99d1db9a6444d3adf1270 is the gas token's wrapped twin — the ERC-20 face of POL on its own chain, the contract long-timers knew as WMATIC before the token migration renamed what it wraps. One POL in, one WPOL out; the wrapper exists because DeFi needs an ERC-20 and the gas token is not one.
The October 9, 2026 snapshot is as clean as this index prints: the contract cannot mint new supply, cannot freeze balances, and is not a proxy — grade A, on a wrapper whose entire job is to be boring. 843,296 wallets hold it; the market cap reads $18.6 million across 206.7 million wrapped units, and $6.7 million of tracked depth is deep for that size. Daily turnover of $16.1 million is the sound of plumbing doing work — a gas wrapper trades constantly because everything routes through it.
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, WPOL or WBTC?
By tracked market cap: WPOL (Polygon) measures $18.64M and WBTC (Ethereum) measures $9.63B — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, WPOL or WBTC?
On the contract checks we publish: WPOL (Polygon) grades A and WBTC (Ethereum) grades C. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have WPOL and WBTC performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-21 and 2026-10-15T21:43:45, the measured snapshots show WPOL at −14.8% and WBTC at −2.64%.
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.