HostDAI vs GHO — price, size and safety, side by side
DAI (Ethereum) vs GHO (Ethereum) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-10-17 / 2026-10-16.
DAI vs GHO — normalized performance, 2026-09-08 to 2026-10-16T21:15:32
| DAI | GHO | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.9976 | $0.9991 |
| Market cap | $4.56B | $698.92M |
| 24h volume | $10.35M DEX | $5.40M DEX |
| Liquidity | $53.63M | $34.16M |
| FDV | $4.55B | $698.92M |
| Holders | 710,510 | 8,156 |
| Age (days) | 1,526 | 386 |
| Safety grade | B | B |
Where they differ
- DAI measures ~6.5× the market cap of GHO
- DAI measures ~1.6× the liquidity of GHO
- DAI measures ~1.9× the 24h volume of GHO
- DAI measures ~87× the holder count of GHO
What the data says
DAI
DAI answered a question the other stablecoins on this site don't ask: can a dollar exist on-chain without a company behind it? Since 2019, the contract at 0x6b175474e89094c44da98b954eedeac495271d0f has held near a dollar not because anyone promises redemption at a bank, but because every DAI is minted against locked crypto collateral worth more than it, with interest rates and liquidations — governed by MakerDAO, now rebranded Sky — doing the work a treasurer would. No single company can freeze your DAI or pause the contract; that censorship-resistance is the property its holders are actually paying for.
The honest complications have grown over the years. A large share of DAI's backing has long included centralized stablecoins and real-world assets, which reimports a slice of the issuer risk the design was born to escape — the March 2023 weekend when USDC's depeg dragged DAI to roughly $0.89 alongside it made that dependency visible. And the 2024 rebrand to Sky, with its upgrade path to the newer USDS token, means DAI is now the legacy branch of its own ecosystem: still enormous, still redeemable through the same machinery, but no longer where its creators' roadmap points. Neither fact is a defect; both belong in the price of holding it.
GHO
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.
FAQ
Which is bigger, DAI or GHO?
By tracked market cap: DAI (Ethereum) measures $4.56B and GHO (Ethereum) measures $698.92M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, DAI or GHO?
On the contract checks we publish: DAI (Ethereum) grades B and GHO (Ethereum) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have DAI and GHO performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-08 and 2026-10-16T21:15:32, the measured snapshots show DAI at +0.45% and GHO at +0.11%.
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→2026-10-16T21:15:32; 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.