HostBUSD vs WBTC — price, size and safety, side by side
BUSD (Linea) vs WBTC (Ethereum) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-10-17 / 2026-10-17.
BUSD vs WBTC — normalized performance, 2026-10-09 to 2026-10-17T03:15:24
| BUSD | WBTC | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.997 | $81.15K |
| Market cap | — | $9.63B |
| 24h volume | $536.06 DEX | $185.99M DEX |
| Liquidity | $56.44K | $220.70M |
| FDV | $111.95K | $9.63B |
| Holders | 94,668 | 197,266 |
| Age (days) | 1,177 | 1,583 |
| Safety grade | A | C |
Where they differ
- WBTC measures ~3,910× the liquidity of BUSD
- WBTC measures ~346,956× the 24h volume of BUSD
- WBTC measures ~2.1× the holder count of BUSD
What the data says
BUSD
BUSD clears the most important contract test cleanly. Minting simply isn't in the contract, so dilution isn't on the table, and with no transfer pause in the contract either, your exit stays open whenever you choose to take it. Clearing both of those in one go is a strong sign, and it's what puts BUSD at 92/100 as of the 2026-10-09 snapshot.
Here's where BUSD stands today: workable liquidity of $56.44K, 94,668 wallets holding and an established record at 1,177 days as of 2026-10-09. Treat $56.44K as the room your trade has to work in — the smaller the pool relative to your size, the more your own order moves the price. A 94,668-holder base is a fair start, but distribution matters more than the count — check how much sits in the largest wallets before leaning on it. Reassuringly, the wallet that created BUSD holds under 5% of supply (<0.01%) as of 2026-10-09 — the deployer hasn't kept an oversized stake to unload.
WBTC
WBTC is the original wrapped Bitcoin — the ERC-20 that put BTC on Ethereum's DeFi rails in 2019, custodied by BitGo with a mint-and-burn pipeline run through KYC'd merchants. The deployment 0x2260fac5e5542a773aa44fbcfedf7c193bc2c599 is the canonical mint, one of the oldest contract addresses in DeFi; our October 9, 2026 snapshot reads $220.7 million of tracked pool liquidity on this pair set — a slice of a float that spans every major venue.
The honest frame is unchanged since launch: holding WBTC means trusting BitGo's custody — the reserve is attested and the mint pipeline is transparent, but the claim is institutional, not cryptographic. Coinbase's cbBTC arrived as the regulated-competitor answer; the two trade the same BTC exposure with different custodians, and the depth split between them is the market's live verdict on whose custody it prefers.
FAQ
Which is bigger, BUSD or WBTC?
By tracked market cap: BUSD (Linea) measures — and WBTC (Ethereum) measures $9.63B — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, BUSD or WBTC?
On the contract checks we publish: BUSD (Linea) grades A and WBTC (Ethereum) grades C. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have BUSD and WBTC performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-10-09 and 2026-10-17T03:15:24, the measured snapshots show BUSD at +0.11% and WBTC at −2.13%.
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, 2026-10-09→2026-10-17T03:15:24; 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.