HostRETH vs CBBTC — price, size and safety, side by side
RETH (Ethereum) vs CBBTC (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.
RETH vs CBBTC — normalized performance, 2026-09-14 to 2026-10-16T21:15:32
| RETH | CBBTC | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.88K | $81.40K |
| Market cap | $1.00B | $7.87B |
| 24h volume | $1.77M DEX | $16.02M DEX |
| Liquidity | $12.13M | $77.45M |
| FDV | $1.00B | $3.69B |
| Holders | 21,853 | 89,170 |
| Age (days) | 1,507 | 386 |
| Safety grade | B | B |
Where they differ
- CBBTC measures ~7.9× the market cap of RETH
- CBBTC measures ~6.4× the liquidity of RETH
- CBBTC measures ~9.1× the 24h volume of RETH
- CBBTC measures ~4.1× the holder count of RETH
What the data says
RETH
rETH is Rocket Pool's liquid staking receipt — the decentralized alternative in the ETH-staking market: anyone can run a Rocket Pool "minipool" validator with 8 ETH plus RPL collateral, and rETH appreciates against ETH as rewards accrue. The contract 0xae78736cd615f374d3085123a210448e74fc6393 is the canonical deployment; our October 6, 2026 read shows $12.1 million of tracked pool liquidity, with rETH's deeper venues spread across the wider DeFi stack.
The honest framing: rETH's pitch is credible neutrality — a permissionless operator set rather than one company's validators — and the trade-off is the usual one: a smaller, more fragmented liquidity surface than stETH and its own smart-contract surface (minipool mechanics, oracle DAO) instead of a single issuer's operations. The wrapper price is not ETH's price — it floats on its own exchange rate and has traded at discounts in stress.
CBBTC
CBBTC — "Coinbase Wrapped BTC" on Ethereum, 0xcbb7c0000ab88b473b1f5afd9ef808440eed33bf — is Coinbase's custodied bitcoin wrapper: each unit a claim on BTC held by the exchange's custody arm.
The October 9, 2026 snapshot reads $77.4 million of liquidity against an $8.06 billion market cap, roughly $5.7 million of daily volume, at an $81,540 unit price that tracks BTC spot.
FAQ
Which is bigger, RETH or CBBTC?
By tracked market cap: RETH (Ethereum) measures $1.00B and CBBTC (Ethereum) measures $7.87B — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, RETH or CBBTC?
On the contract checks we publish: RETH (Ethereum) grades B and CBBTC (Ethereum) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have RETH and CBBTC performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-14 and 2026-10-16T21:15:32, the measured snapshots show RETH at −1.84% and CBBTC at +2.91%.
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, 2026-09-14→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.