HostWSTETH vs STG — price, size and safety, side by side
WSTETH (Ethereum) vs STG (Optimism) — 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 STG — normalized performance, 2026-09-21 to 2026-10-17T06:15:22
| WSTETH | STG | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.02K | $0.1736 |
| Market cap | $11.49B | $23.27M |
| 24h volume | $11.82M DEX | $5.21K DEX |
| Liquidity | $48.32M | $27.98K |
| FDV | $11.44B | $450.29K |
| Holders | 39,244 | 76,080 |
| Age (days) | 386 | 945 |
| Safety grade | B | C |
Where they differ
- WSTETH measures ~494× the market cap of STG
- WSTETH measures ~1,727× the liquidity of STG
- WSTETH measures ~2,270× the 24h volume of STG
- STG measures ~1.9× the holder count of WSTETH
- over the shared window WSTETH moved −10.6% while STG moved +38.5%
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.
STG
STG is Stargate’s token — the LayerZero-based bridge’s governance asset, airdropped across half a dozen chains during the 2022 liquidity rush. The Optimism deployment at 0x296f55f8fb28e498b858d0bcda06d955b2cb3f97 is one of those secondary homes, and the snapshot says it has thinned to a residue.
Our October 6, 2026 snapshot reads 76,080 holders of a 2.4 million-token float here — a $450.3 thousand fully-diluted print inside the $23.3 million market cap the token carries globally — with $28.0 thousand of tracked pool liquidity and $5.0 thousand traded in the last day. Thin is generous; a modest order moves this deployment’s price.
FAQ
Which is bigger, WSTETH or STG?
By tracked market cap: WSTETH (Ethereum) measures $11.49B and STG (Optimism) measures $23.27M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, WSTETH or STG?
On the contract checks we publish: WSTETH (Ethereum) grades B and STG (Optimism) grades C. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have WSTETH and STG performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-21 and 2026-10-17T06:15:22, the measured snapshots show WSTETH at −10.6% and STG at +38.5%.
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→2026-10-17T06:15:22; 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.