HostMSOL vs INF — price, size and safety, side by side
MSOL (Solana) vs INF (Solana) — 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.
MSOL vs INF — normalized performance, 2026-09-08 to 2026-10-17T03:15:24
| MSOL | INF | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $147.23 | $151.77 |
| Market cap | $273.77M | $233.62M |
| 24h volume | $1.49M DEX | $2.68M DEX |
| Liquidity | — | — |
| FDV | $273.77M | $233.62M |
| Holders | 149,280 | 42,083 |
| Safety grade | A | A |
Where they differ
- INF measures ~1.8× the 24h volume of MSOL
- MSOL measures ~3.5× the holder count of INF
What the data says
MSOL
mSOL is the elder statesman of Solana liquid staking. Marinade launched it in the summer of 2021, years before the current LST field existed, and its pitch has stayed the same through every cycle since: deposit SOL, receive mSOL that appreciates against SOL as staking rewards accrue, and keep the position liquid while the underlying stake spreads across a long tail of validators — decentralization-by-design that remains Marinade's signature. As of the October 6, 2026 snapshot, the pool behind mint mSoLzYCxHdYgdzU16g5QSh3i5K3z3KZK7ytfqcJm7So represents roughly $273.8 million across 149,280 holders.
The checklist translation for liquid staking tokens, since the standard one misfires here: mSOL's supply grows and shrinks with deposits and withdrawals — the stake pool mints and burns it, and that is the mechanism, not a red flag. The check that protects holders is the freeze authority, which reads revoked in this snapshot: nothing can lock your mSOL. The creator-associated share reads effectively zero, as it must for a token whose supply mirrors user deposits.
INF
INF is a different animal from the other staked-SOL tokens on this site: it's the pool of pools. Sanctum's Infinity holds a basket of many liquid staking tokens at once, and INF — mint 5oVNBeEEQvYi1cX3ir8Dx5n1P7pdxydbGF2X4TxVusJm — represents a share of that basket, earning both the underlying staking yield and trading fees whenever anyone swaps one LST for another through the pool. The October 6, 2026 snapshot values it at roughly $233.6 million across 42,083 holders — a genuinely broad base for a product this structurally wonky.
The appeal is diversification where the LST field is most fragmented: instead of picking whether jupSOL or hSOL or bSOL wins, INF holds the field and clips fees from its churn. The cost is a second layer of moving parts. A vanilla LST asks you to trust one stake pool program; INF asks you to trust Sanctum's multi-pool machinery plus every constituent LST inside it — a stress event in any large member token transmits into the basket that contains it.
FAQ
Which is bigger, MSOL or INF?
By tracked market cap: MSOL (Solana) measures $273.77M and INF (Solana) measures $233.62M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, MSOL or INF?
On the contract checks we publish: MSOL (Solana) grades A and INF (Solana) grades A. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have MSOL and INF performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-08 and 2026-10-17T03:15:24, the measured snapshots show MSOL at +2.09% and INF at +1.93%.
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→2026-10-17T03:15:24; 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.