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.
Scope, honestly: this snapshot graded market shape from venue data and did not open the contract — the live scan reads the wrapper's actual state, and on a two-layer claim that read is the one that counts. Figures are HostDeFi's read dated October 9, 2026.
Balance concentration: the 10 largest token accounts hold 65.36% of WSTETH's supply as of 2026-09-27 — meaningful concentration; watch whether the large accounts are pools and lockers or free wallets. 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 WSTETH
Every dated snapshot we hold for WSTETH — price, market structure and grade, as measured, with nothing interpolated between them.
Date
Price
Market cap
Liquidity
Holders
Grade
2026-10-17
$3.02K
$11.23B
$49.23M
39,244
B
2026-10-16
$3.04K
$11.25B
$52.91M
39,244
B
2026-10-15
$3.05K
$11.26B
$54.25M
39,244
B
2026-10-14
$3.03K
$11.17B
$48.10M
39,244
B
2026-10-13
$3.13K
$11.55B
$46.41M
39,244
B
2026-10-12
$3.18K
$11.74B
$46.05M
39,244
B
2026-10-11
$3.12K
$11.51B
$46.51M
39,244
B
2026-10-09
$3.11K
$11.49B
$48.32M
39,244
B
2026-10-08
$3.14K
$11.55B
$44.61M
39,070
B
2026-10-07
$3.20K
$11.79B
$47.20M
39,070
B
2026-10-06
$3.39K
$12.49B
$59.93M
39,242
B
2026-10-05
$3.38K
$12.46B
$53.75M
39,070
B
2026-10-04
$3.36K
$12.38B
$60.69M
39,070
B
2026-10-03
$3.34K
$12.34B
$62.86M
39,070
B
2026-10-02
$3.32K
$12.24B
$66.61M
39,070
B
2026-10-01
$3.36K
$12.39B
$83.86M
39,070
B
2026-09-30
$3.34K
$12.53B
$51.30M
39,070
B
2026-09-27
$3.38K
$12.53B
$50.30M
39,070
B
2026-09-26
$3.35K
$12.41B
$47.50M
39,070
B
2026-09-21
$3.38K
$12.64B
$47.50M
39,070
B
2026-09-20
$3.26K
$12.23B
$6.34M
—
B
2026-09-14
$3.16K
—
$89.73M
—
B
2026-09-08
$3.08K
—
$87.21M
—
B
Contract
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FAQ
Is WSTETH a safe token?
As of the 2026-10-09 snapshot, WSTETH 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 $48.32M and 39,244 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 WSTETH, or is it a honeypot?
The 2026-10-09 contract read found no sell-blocking controls on WSTETH — 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 $48.32M of measured depth.
Who holds most of WSTETH?
The wallet that created WSTETH 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 39,244; 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 WSTETH'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 WSTETH contract address?
The WSTETH contract address on Ethereum is 0x7f39c581f595b53c5cb19bd0b3f8da6c935e2ca0. 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 WSTETH safely?
Run the live on-chain scan at the top of this page first; if WSTETH clears, you can swap it here directly. Whatever venue you use, match the contract address (0x7f39c581f595b53c5cb19bd0b3f8da6c935e2ca0) 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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