GHO is Aave's native stablecoin — minted against collateral deposited in the Aave protocol, with its monetary policy governed by Aave governance. The contract 0x40d16fc0246ad3160ccc09b8d0d3a2cd28ae6c2f is what our scan tracks: $34.2 million of pool liquidity as of October 9, 2026, trading essentially at its dollar peg.
The honest mechanics: GHO is overcollateralized-debt stablecoin design — borrowers mint it against Aave collateral, so its backing is the health of Aave's markets rather than a bank account. Peg deviations are the figure to watch: a stablecoin that trades below peg is the market pricing the collateral-and-arbitrage machinery's speed, and GHO's history includes real time spent under a dollar before stabilizers matured.
Figures are HostDeFi's read dated October 9, 2026; the scan refreshes them. Verify the contract address through the project's official channels before trading — ticker collisions are the corpus's most common trap.
Balance concentration: the 10 largest token accounts hold 97.3% of GHO's supply as of 2026-09-27 — a heavily concentrated distribution — a handful of accounts can move or exit this market at will. Note these are token accounts: liquidity pools, exchange wallets and lockers count among them, so read this together with liquidity, not instead of it.
Price and safety history of GHO
Every dated snapshot we hold for GHO — price, market structure and grade, as measured, with nothing interpolated between them.
Date
Price
Market cap
Liquidity
Holders
Grade
2026-10-16
$0.9991
$698.35M
$15.60M
8,156
B
2026-10-15
$0.9994
$698.60M
$15.54M
8,156
B
2026-10-14
$0.9985
$697.93M
$15.54M
8,156
B
2026-10-13
$0.9977
$697.37M
$15.47M
8,156
B
2026-10-12
$0.9996
$698.70M
$15.43M
8,156
B
2026-10-11
$0.9995
$698.66M
$31.87M
8,156
B
2026-10-09
$0.9999
$698.92M
$34.16M
8,156
B
2026-10-08
$1.00
$699.60M
$30.10M
8,133
B
2026-10-07
$0.9988
$698.16M
$31.46M
8,133
B
2026-10-06
$0.9986
$698.04M
$31.53M
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B
2026-10-05
$0.9997
$698.79M
$29.50M
8,133
B
2026-10-04
$0.9985
$697.98M
$30.61M
8,133
B
2026-10-03
$1.00
$699.10M
$30.65M
8,133
B
2026-10-02
$0.998
$697.59M
$31.11M
8,133
B
2026-10-01
$0.9999
$698.91M
$32.02M
8,133
B
2026-09-30
$0.9992
$698.41M
$30.53M
8,133
B
2026-09-29
$1.00
$699.09M
$30.70M
8,133
B
2026-09-28
$1.00
$699.37M
$26.45M
8,133
B
2026-09-27
$0.9992
$698.42M
$28.85M
8,133
B
2026-09-26
$0.9996
$698.79M
$26.48M
8,133
B
2026-09-21
$0.9985
$697.96M
$26.48M
8,133
B
2026-09-14
$0.9985
—
$621.36K
—
B
2026-09-08
$0.998
—
$23.70M
—
B
Contract
0x40d16fc0246ad3160ccc09b8d0d3a2cd28ae6c2f
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FAQ
Is GHO a safe token?
As of the 2026-10-09 snapshot, GHO scores 75/100 (grade B) on HostDeFi's on-chain read — based on a contract that can mint new supply, cannot freeze or blacklist transfers, liquidity of $34.16M and 8,156 holders, with the creator wallet holding <0.01% of supply. That grades contract and market structure, not price direction — a clean read is not a guarantee, so re-scan before trading, since on-chain state can change.
Can you sell GHO, or is it a honeypot?
The 2026-10-09 contract read found no sell-blocking controls on GHO — no honeypot flag, no transfer pause, no blacklist — and every honeypot GoPlus positively flags is dropped from this index outright. That clears the contract side; how cleanly an exit fills still depends on your size against the $34.16M of measured depth.
Who holds most of GHO?
The wallet that created GHO holds <0.01% of the supply as of 2026-10-09 — a small stake, under the 5% the scanners flag. That sits alongside a holder base of 8,156; a broad base lowers the odds that any one seller can steer the price, but the creator's share is the number to watch first.
Can GHO's supply be inflated?
Yes — the contract can still mint new supply as of the 2026-10-09 snapshot, so the deployer or a minter role can dilute holders. Treat the circulating figure as a floor, not a cap.
What is the GHO contract address?
The GHO contract address on Ethereum is 0x40d16fc0246ad3160ccc09b8d0d3a2cd28ae6c2f. Always verify a token by its contract address, not its name or ticker — scam clones copy tickers, but the address is unique.
Where can you buy GHO safely?
Run the live on-chain scan at the top of this page first; if GHO clears, you can swap it here directly. Whatever venue you use, match the contract address (0x40d16fc0246ad3160ccc09b8d0d3a2cd28ae6c2f) exactly before trading — copying the ticker is how clone scams catch buyers, and the address is the one field they can't fake.
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