HostMUSD vs GHO — price, size and safety, side by side
MUSD (Monad) vs GHO (Ethereum) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-10-16 / 2026-10-16.
MUSD vs GHO — normalized performance, 2026-09-15 to 2026-10-16T21:15:32
| MUSD | GHO | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.00 | $0.9991 |
| Market cap | $37.66M | $698.92M |
| 24h volume | $7.62M DEX | $5.40M DEX |
| Liquidity | $1.74M | $34.16M |
| FDV | $22.12M | $698.92M |
| Holders | 10,151 | 8,156 |
| Age (days) | 144 | 386 |
| Safety grade | B | B |
Where they differ
- GHO measures ~19× the market cap of MUSD
- GHO measures ~20× the liquidity of MUSD
What the data says
MUSD
MUSD — MetaMask's USD — is the wallet's own stablecoin: a dollar token aimed at the place its users already live, issued through the M0 infrastructure stack and meant to move between chains as one instrument. The deployment at 0xaca92e438df0b2401ff60da7e4337b687a2435da is on Monad, where our October 9, 2026 snapshot shows $1.7 million of tracked pool liquidity — among the deepest pools we measured on the chain.
What to be honest about: a wallet-issued stablecoin's strength is distribution — every MetaMask user is one tap from it — and its risk is concentration in the issuer's own stack. Backing, redemption and chain-deploy mechanics live with M0 and the contracts behind this address; our snapshot did not assess this deployment's contract-level controls, so the live scan is the place to verify before treating the label as the substance.
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, MUSD or GHO?
By tracked market cap: MUSD (Monad) measures $37.66M and GHO (Ethereum) measures $698.92M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, MUSD or GHO?
On the contract checks we publish: MUSD (Monad) grades B and GHO (Ethereum) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have MUSD and GHO performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-15 and 2026-10-16T21:15:32, the measured snapshots show MUSD at +0.05% and GHO at +0.06%.
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, 2026-09-15→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.