HostZBTC vs DEGEN — price, size and safety, side by side
ZBTC (Solana) vs DEGEN (Base) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-10-17 / 2026-10-15.
ZBTC vs DEGEN — normalized performance, 2026-09-21 to 2026-10-15T21:43:45
| ZBTC | DEGEN | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $81.16K | $0.000929 |
| Market cap | $4.65M | $36.03M |
| 24h volume | $344.54K DEX | $68.97K DEX |
| Liquidity | $51.98K | $723.35K |
| FDV | $4.65M | $36.96M |
| Holders | 6,323 | 1,182,333 |
| Age (days) | — | 1,003 |
| Safety grade | A | B |
Where they differ
- DEGEN measures ~7.7× the market cap of ZBTC
- DEGEN measures ~14× the liquidity of ZBTC
- ZBTC measures ~5.0× the 24h volume of DEGEN
- DEGEN measures ~187× the holder count of ZBTC
- over the shared window ZBTC moved −4.95% while DEGEN moved −16.7%
What the data says
ZBTC
ZBTC — zBTC — is Zeus Network's bitcoin on Solana: a permissionless BTC representation routed through Zeus's bridge design rather than a single-exchange custody. The mint zBTCug3er3tLyffELcvDNrKkCymbPWysGcWihESYfLg is what our scan tracks: $4.6 million market cap, $52 thousand of liquidity and 6,323 holders as of October 6, 2026.
The honest comparison is the wrapped-BTC shelf: XBTC is OKX custody, cbBTC is Coinbase, tBTC is a decentralized threshold network — and zBTC's pitch is a Solana-native, more-permissionless route. Every wrapped BTC is only as sound as its custody path, and a newer, smaller bridge means a younger security record. The pool is modest, so size entries against it.
DEGEN
DEGEN is the tipping token that grew out of Farcaster — the /degen channel's community currency that became one of the broadest token distributions on Base. The deployment at 0x4ed4e862860bed51a9570b96d89af5e1b0efefed prices a market cap of $36.0 million across 1,182,333 wallets on the October 9, 2026 snapshot — the widest holder base in this batch by a wide margin.
The distribution is what a social token should look like: the top ten wallets hold about 61.8% — concentrated but nothing like the 95%+ float the clone coins carry — and the creator wallet holds effectively nothing. The flagged lever is real though: the contract can still mint new supply, so the circulating figure is a floor, and the tracked pool of $723.3 thousand is thin against the cap.
FAQ
Which is bigger, ZBTC or DEGEN?
By tracked market cap: ZBTC (Solana) measures $4.65M and DEGEN (Base) measures $36.03M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, ZBTC or DEGEN?
On the contract checks we publish: ZBTC (Solana) grades A and DEGEN (Base) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have ZBTC and DEGEN performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-21 and 2026-10-15T21:43:45, the measured snapshots show ZBTC at −4.95% and DEGEN at −16.7%.
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.