HostETH vs PYUSD — price, size and safety, side by side
ETH (Ethereum) vs PYUSD (Ethereum) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-10-16 / 2026-10-17.
ETH vs PYUSD — normalized performance, 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16T21:15:32
| ETH | PYUSD | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.41K | $0.9987 |
| Market cap | — | $2.87B |
| 24h volume | $14.09M DEX | $22.51M DEX |
| Liquidity | $117.23M | $61.19M |
| FDV | — | $1.76B |
| Holders | — | 111,057 |
| Age (days) | 618 | 268 |
| Safety grade | A | B |
Where they differ
- ETH measures ~1.9× the liquidity of PYUSD
- PYUSD measures ~1.6× the 24h volume of ETH
- over the shared window ETH moved −11.4% while PYUSD moved +0.08%
What the data says
ETH
ETH on Ethereum — 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 — is the network's native asset carried under the null-address convention pools use for ether itself. This is not a wrapper contract: the zero address is where the feed marks the chain's own currency.
The October 9, 2026 snapshot reads $117.2 million of tracked liquidity and roughly $11.2 million of daily volume at a $2,691 unit price. Depth at this scale is the reference book the rest of the market quotes against.
PYUSD
PYUSD is what a stablecoin looks like when it's built for regulators first and DeFi second. PayPal USD is issued not by PayPal directly but by Paxos Trust Company, a New York–chartered trust supervised by NYDFS, with reserves held in dollar deposits, U.S. Treasuries, and equivalents, attested monthly. The Ethereum deployment lives at 0x6c3ea9036406852006290770bedfcaba0e23a0e8, where HostDeFi's October 9, 2026 snapshot records roughly $61 million of tracked pool liquidity and $11 million of daily on-chain volume — modest next to USDC or USDT, in keeping with a coin whose primary life is inside PayPal and Venmo balances rather than on DEXes.
Read the contract powers through the regulated-issuer lens or you'll misread them as red flags. PYUSD's contract can mint (against dollars in), burn (against dollars out), pause transfers entirely, and freeze or even wipe balances at specific addresses under Paxos's asset-protection role. On an anonymous token, that list is a rug in waiting; here it is the legally mandated toolkit of a New York trust company, and NYDFS supervision is precisely the reason those powers exist. The trade you make holding PYUSD is explicit: maximum issuer accountability, in exchange for maximum issuer control.
FAQ
Which is bigger, ETH or PYUSD?
By tracked market cap: ETH (Ethereum) measures — and PYUSD (Ethereum) measures $2.87B — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, ETH or PYUSD?
On the contract checks we publish: ETH (Ethereum) grades A and PYUSD (Ethereum) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have ETH and PYUSD performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-26 and 2026-10-16T21:15:32, the measured snapshots show ETH at −11.4% and PYUSD at +0.08%.
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, 2026-09-26→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.