HostQNT vs LDO — price, size and safety, side by side
QNT (Ethereum) vs LDO (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.
QNT vs LDO — normalized performance, 2026-10-06 to 2026-10-16T21:15:32
| QNT | LDO | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $200.93 | $0.3976 |
| Market cap | $3.82B | $348.19M |
| 24h volume | $1.78M DEX | $542.47K DEX |
| Liquidity | $1.17M | $991.96K |
| FDV | $11.93B | $419.72M |
| Holders | 183,572 | — |
| Age (days) | 600 | 1,561 |
| Safety grade | B | B |
Where they differ
- QNT measures ~11× the market cap of LDO
- QNT measures ~3.3× the 24h volume of LDO
- over the shared window QNT moved −23.6% while LDO moved −12.5%
What the data says
QNT
There's one detail worth understanding before anything else on QNT. As of the 2026-10-09 read, the contract's mint function hasn't been removed, which means the team can still create new supply. Read the rest of the page with that in mind — it's why QNT is at B (75/100) as of 2026-10-09, with real room to improve.
Looking at the market data, QNT shows a $1.17M pool, 183,572 holders and an established record at 600 days as of 2026-10-09. Against a market cap near $3.82B, that $1.17M of liquidity is the real constraint here: a pool this shallow relative to the cap makes slippage, not the contract, the thing to plan around. With 183,572 holders, ownership is spread wide — the opposite of the handful-of-wallets setup that lets one seller steer the price. The creator's own position is small — <0.01% of supply as of 2026-10-09, comfortably under the 5% line the scanners flag — which is what you want to see.
LDO
LDO is Lido DAO's governance token — the vote share over the largest staking pool in crypto, the operator set behind stETH and wstETH (both covered separately in this corpus). The contract 0x5a98fcbea516cf06857215779fd812ca3bef1b32 is the canonical deployment; our October 9, 2026 read shows $992 thousand of tracked pool liquidity at a $0.39 handle.
The honest mechanics: LDO is governance, not cash flow — it doesn't pay you a share of Lido's fee revenue, it buys influence over who gets to run validators and what the treasury does. Its risk is its dominance: Lido's share of staked ETH is large enough that regulators and the Ethereum community itself periodically debate capping it, and that debate is the LDO chart. A governance token on the biggest single point of staking centralization is a strange asset — know that is what it is.
FAQ
Which is bigger, QNT or LDO?
By tracked market cap: QNT (Ethereum) measures $3.82B and LDO (Ethereum) measures $348.19M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, QNT or LDO?
On the contract checks we publish: QNT (Ethereum) grades B and LDO (Ethereum) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have QNT and LDO performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-10-06 and 2026-10-16T21:15:32, the measured snapshots show QNT at −23.6% and LDO at −12.5%.
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→2026-10-16T21:15:32; 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.