HostZORA vs MSUSD — price, size and safety, side by side
ZORA (Base) vs MSUSD (Base) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-10-15 / 2026-10-16.
ZORA vs MSUSD — normalized performance, 2026-09-21 to 2026-10-15T21:43:45
| ZORA | MSUSD | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.006284 | $0.8864 |
| Market cap | $31.15M | $45.74M |
| 24h volume | $387.95K DEX | $1.34M DEX |
| Liquidity | $5.47M | $5.24M |
| FDV | $69.68M | $16.75M |
| Holders | 1,118,411 | 5,519 |
| Age (days) | 516 | 671 |
| Safety grade | A | B |
Where they differ
- MSUSD measures ~3.5× the 24h volume of ZORA
- ZORA measures ~203× the holder count of MSUSD
- over the shared window ZORA moved −25.5% while MSUSD moved −0.66%
What the data says
ZORA
ZORA at 0x1111111111166b7fe7bd91427724b487980afc69 is the Zora creator-network token on Base, 516 days into its record at the October 9, 2026 snapshot. The $31.1 million market cap prices under half of the $69.7 million fully-diluted figure on 10.0 billion units.
The book is thin for the cap but the tape is the busiest in this slice of the corpus: $5.5 million of tracked depth on $416.4 thousand of 24-hour volume — turnover several times the pool daily, a heavily routed book. Contract-level controls were not assessed in this snapshot.
MSUSD
msUSD is Metronome Synth's synthetic dollar — you deposit volatile collateral (ETH, BTC wrappers) into the Synth engine and mint dollar-denominated synthetic positions against it. The contract 0x526728dbc96689597f85ae4cd716d4f7fccbae9d is the Base deployment our scan tracks, at $5.2 million of pool liquidity as of October 6, 2026.
The honest note, stated plainly: a synthetic dollar is not a stablecoin — msUSD can and does trade off its one-dollar mark (our current read shows it well below), because its price is set by pool dynamics and mint-redemption incentives, not by an issuer redeeming at par. That is a different risk class from USDC or USDT — hold it as a leveraged-collateral instrument, not as cash.
FAQ
Which is bigger, ZORA or MSUSD?
By tracked market cap: ZORA (Base) measures $31.15M and MSUSD (Base) measures $45.74M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, ZORA or MSUSD?
On the contract checks we publish: ZORA (Base) grades A and MSUSD (Base) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have ZORA and MSUSD performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-21 and 2026-10-15T21:43:45, the measured snapshots show ZORA at −25.5% and MSUSD at −0.66%.
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.