HostNODA vs PYUSD — price, size and safety, side by side
NODA (BNB Chain) vs PYUSD (Ethereum) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-10-01 / 2026-11-02.
NODA vs PYUSD — normalized performance, 2026-09-15 to 2026-10-01
| NODA | PYUSD | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.981 | $0.9994 |
| Market cap | $20.55B | $2.87B |
| 24h volume | $96.18M DEX | $22.51M DEX |
| Liquidity | $95.82M | $61.19M |
| FDV | $20.59B | $1.76B |
| Holders | 210 | 111,057 |
| Age (days) | 8 | 268 |
| Safety grade | B | B |
Where they differ
- NODA measures ~7.2× the market cap of PYUSD
- NODA measures ~1.6× the liquidity of PYUSD
- NODA measures ~4.3× the 24h volume of PYUSD
- PYUSD measures ~529× the holder count of NODA
What the data says
NODA
NODA carries the same signature this index keeps finding on fresh low-fee-chain tokens: venue-reported numbers that describe a market far larger than anything that can plausibly exist. HostDeFi's October 6, 2026 snapshot — taken when the token was three days old — records about $95.8 million of claimed pool liquidity against roughly $105 million of reported daily volume, with no market capitalization and no holder count on the books at all. A three-day-old BSC token claiming depth in the same league as the largest assets in crypto, while offering no measurable owner base, is not a success story; it is what inflated reserve and volume figures look like when a feed relays them without judging.
The contract is where the real answer lives, and this snapshot did not open it. Our BSC read grades market structure from venue feeds — the same feeds this essay is warning about — so nothing here speaks to whether NODA at 0x34027b8aab4daf79df81b470df05357c465bada6 can mint supply, tax transfers, or block a sell. Those are the standard trapdoors on exactly this class of token, and the B grade on this page reflects only the market-shape inputs — precisely the numbers being questioned.
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, NODA or PYUSD?
By tracked market cap: NODA (BNB Chain) measures $20.55B and PYUSD (Ethereum) measures $2.87B — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, NODA or PYUSD?
On the contract checks we publish: NODA (BNB Chain) grades B and PYUSD (Ethereum) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have NODA and PYUSD performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-15 and 2026-10-01, the measured snapshots show NODA at +0.27% and PYUSD at −0.00%.
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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→2026-10-01; 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.