HostALCH vs META — price, size and safety, side by side
ALCH (Solana) vs META (Solana) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-09-17 / 2026-09-17.
ALCH vs META — normalized performance, 2026-09-08 to 2026-09-17T20:24:07
| ALCH | META | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.03439 | $4.60 |
| Market cap | $33.74M | $104.27M |
| 24h volume | $198.67K | $240.82K |
| Liquidity | $1.31M | $1.34M |
| FDV | $33.74M | $104.27M |
| Holders | 26,872 | 6,483 |
| Safety grade | A | A |
Where they differ
- META measures ~3.1× the market cap of ALCH
- ALCH measures ~4.1× the holder count of META
- over the shared window ALCH moved +15.1% while META moved −12.5%
What the data says
ALCH
ALCH is Alchemist AI's token — a no-code "describe an app, get an app" AI builder whose token launched on pump.fun and grew into one of the better-distributed AI tokens on Solana — mint HNg5PYJmtqcmzXrv6S9zP1CDKk5BgDuyFBxbvNApump. Our September 16, 2026 read shows $33.7 million market cap, $1.3 million of pool liquidity, and 26,872 holders.
The honest note: unlike most AI-ticker tokens, there is a shipping product behind this one — the differentiator to watch is whether the builder's usage and the token's value are actually connected (subscription or burn mechanics rather than pure narrative). At this size, the holders are the asset and the product is the claim.
META
META is MetaDAO's token — the project that put futarchy (governance by prediction market) into real production on Solana: proposals pass or fail on whether a market prices the token higher with them, and the DAO's launchpad issues new projects under the same structure — you can spot those mints by the "meta" suffix this address itself carries, METAwkXcqyXKy1AtsSgJ8JiUHwGCafnZL38n3vYmeta. Our September 16, 2026 read shows $104.3 million market cap, $1.3 million of pool liquidity, and 6,483 holders.
The honest read: MetaDAO is one of the genuinely novel governance experiments running — futarchy has decades of academic lineage and this is its most concrete deployment. The token's bet is that governance-by-market out-allocates founder governance; the honest risks are the thin holder count for its market cap and that market-based governance can still be cornered by a deep-pocketed participant.
FAQ
Which is bigger, ALCH or META?
By tracked market cap: ALCH (Solana) measures $33.74M and META (Solana) measures $104.27M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, ALCH or META?
On the contract checks we publish: ALCH (Solana) grades A and META (Solana) grades A. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have ALCH and META performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-08 and 2026-09-17T20:24:07, the measured snapshots show ALCH at +15.1% and META at −12.5%.
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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, 2026-09-08→2026-09-17T20:24:07; a token with fewer measured points measures a shorter span inside it.
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