HostRAD vs LDO — price, size and safety, side by side
RAD (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.
RAD vs LDO — normalized performance, 2026-10-06 to 2026-10-16T21:15:32
| RAD | LDO | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.2889 | $0.3976 |
| Market cap | $20.29M | $348.19M |
| 24h volume | $2.16M DEX | $542.47K DEX |
| Liquidity | $1.18M | $991.96K |
| FDV | $34.34M | $419.72M |
| Holders | 8,022 | — |
| Age (days) | 1,821 | 1,561 |
| Safety grade | A | B |
Where they differ
- LDO measures ~17× the market cap of RAD
- RAD measures ~4.0× the 24h volume of LDO
What the data says
RAD
Where a lot of tokens leave a door open, RAD has closed both. The contract holds no mint power, so the supply stays honest and predictable, and no wallet can be blacklisted either, so no one can hold your tokens in place. It's a reassuring starting point: 100/100 as of 2026-10-09, with the structural risks already off the table.
Market-wise, RAD carries a $1.18M pool, 8,022 wallets holding and 1,821 days old as of 2026-10-09. Against roughly $20.29M in market cap, the $1.18M of liquidity is genuinely healthy: deep enough that ordinary trades clear cleanly, which is exactly what you want to see. 8,022 holders is a decent base; just remember the number alone doesn't reveal how much the top wallets control, so weigh it with the concentration figure. Reassuringly, the wallet that created RAD holds under 5% of supply (<0.01%) as of 2026-10-09 — the deployer hasn't kept an oversized stake to unload.
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, RAD or LDO?
By tracked market cap: RAD (Ethereum) measures $20.29M and LDO (Ethereum) measures $348.19M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, RAD or LDO?
On the contract checks we publish: RAD (Ethereum) grades A and LDO (Ethereum) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have RAD and LDO performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-10-06 and 2026-10-16T21:15:32, the measured snapshots show RAD at −15.9% 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.