HostDAI vs PLUTON — price, size and safety, side by side
DAI (Ethereum) vs PLUTON (Base) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-10-17 / 2026-10-15.
DAI vs PLUTON — normalized performance, 2026-10-06 to 2026-10-15T21:43:45
| DAI | PLUTON | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.9976 | $0.1523 |
| Market cap | $4.56B | — |
| 24h volume | $10.35M DEX | $1.85M DEX |
| Liquidity | $53.63M | $93.58K |
| FDV | $4.55B | $9.53M |
| Holders | 710,510 | 11,655 |
| Age (days) | 1,526 | 1 |
| Safety grade | B | B |
Where they differ
- DAI measures ~573× the liquidity of PLUTON
- DAI measures ~5.6× the 24h volume of PLUTON
- DAI measures ~61× the holder count of PLUTON
- over the shared window DAI moved +0.07% while PLUTON moved +62.3%
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.
PLUTON
There's a small gap on this page — PLUTON's contract flags weren't fully confirmed as of 2026-10-09. So it's best treated as unconfirmed rather than assumed clean, and the scanner above reads it live in a couple of seconds before you trade.
Looking at the market data, PLUTON shows workable liquidity of $93.58K, 11,655 wallets holding and 1 days old as of 2026-10-09. Treat $93.58K 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. 11,655 holders is a decent base; just remember the number alone doesn't reveal how much the top wallets control, so weigh it with the concentration figure. On concentration, the deployer wallet holds just <0.01% of PLUTON as of 2026-10-09, so the person who launched it isn't sitting on a dominant share.
FAQ
Which is bigger, DAI or PLUTON?
By tracked market cap: DAI (Ethereum) measures $4.56B and PLUTON (Base) measures — — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, DAI or PLUTON?
On the contract checks we publish: DAI (Ethereum) grades B and PLUTON (Base) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have DAI and PLUTON performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-10-06 and 2026-10-15T21:43:45, the measured snapshots show DAI at +0.07% and PLUTON at +62.3%.
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, 2026-10-06→2026-10-15T21:43:45; 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.