HostWSTETH vs SOL — price, size and safety, side by side
WSTETH (Ethereum) vs SOL (Solana) — 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.
WSTETH vs SOL — normalized performance, 2026-09-08 to 2026-10-17T03:15:24
| WSTETH | SOL | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.02K | $104.36 |
| Market cap | $11.49B | $70.79B |
| 24h volume | $11.82M DEX | $4.48B DEX |
| Liquidity | $48.32M | $959.88M |
| FDV | $11.44B | $76.46B |
| Holders | 39,244 | 3,820,662 |
| Age (days) | 386 | — |
| Safety grade | B | A |
Where they differ
- SOL measures ~6.2× the market cap of WSTETH
- SOL measures ~20× the liquidity of WSTETH
- SOL measures ~379× the 24h volume of WSTETH
- SOL measures ~97× the holder count of WSTETH
What the data says
WSTETH
wstETH is stETH made legible to DeFi — the same claim on Lido-staked Ether, wrapped so the balance stops moving: where stETH re-bases your token count upward each day, wstETH holds a fixed count and lets the exchange rate against stETH do the appreciating. That is the shape lending markets, bridges and LPs need, which is why the contract at 0x7f39c581f595b53c5cb19bd0b3f8da6c935e2ca0 became the canonical collateral form — our October 9, 2026 snapshot reads $48.3 million of tracked pool liquidity on it.
The verdict therefore inherits stETH's, plus one wrapper-layer note. You hold a claim on staked ETH via Lido — subject to its validator set, Ethereum's exit queue, and stETH's own depeg memory (June 2022, when it traded visibly under par) — and the price shown for wstETH is stETH's price times a steadily growing conversion rate, so it will always quote above ETH while tracking correctly. Nothing about that is a defect; it is the mechanic to understand before reading the quote as a premium.
SOL
Wrapped SOL is the one token on this site that is barely a token at all. SOL itself — the coin that pays for every transaction on Solana — is not an SPL token, so any program that expects the SPL standard works with this wrapper instead: one wSOL always represents one SOL, held in a token account you can unwrap back to native SOL at any moment. When a DEX route, a lending pool, or a liquidity pair says "SOL," this mint — So11111111111111111111111111111111111111112 — is almost always what it means under the hood.
The safety read here is about as clean as the format allows, and for a structural reason rather than a flattering one. As of the October 6, 2026 snapshot both the mint authority and the freeze authority read revoked: nobody can print unbacked wSOL, and nobody can freeze a wallet's balance. That isn't a team making good choices — it's baked into how the wrapper works, which is exactly why wrapped SOL is the reference point other tokens get measured against. The snapshot puts roughly 3.82 million holders on the mint and about $960 million of tracked liquidity, numbers no ordinary SPL token approaches.
FAQ
Which is bigger, WSTETH or SOL?
By tracked market cap: WSTETH (Ethereum) measures $11.49B and SOL (Solana) measures $70.79B — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, WSTETH or SOL?
On the contract checks we publish: WSTETH (Ethereum) grades B and SOL (Solana) grades A. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have WSTETH and SOL performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-08 and 2026-10-17T03:15:24, the measured snapshots show WSTETH at −1.78% and SOL at +1.49%.
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, 2026-09-08→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.