HostRETH vs LDO — price, size and safety, side by side
RETH (Ethereum) vs LDO (Ethereum) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-09-17T20:24:07 / 2026-09-17T20:24:07.
RETH vs LDO — normalized performance, 2026-09-14 to 2026-09-17T20:24:07
| RETH | LDO | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.94K | $0.39 |
| Market cap | — | — |
| 24h volume | $869.77K | $754.83K |
| Liquidity | $784.22K | $707.86K |
| FDV | — | — |
| Holders | — | — |
| Age (days) | 1,485 | 1,548 |
| Safety grade | B | B |
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 September 14, 2026 read shows $784 thousand 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.
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 September 8, 2026 read shows $708 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, RETH or LDO?
By tracked market cap: RETH (Ethereum) measures — and LDO (Ethereum) measures — — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, RETH or LDO?
On the contract checks we publish: RETH (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 RETH and LDO performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-14 and 2026-09-17T20:24:07, the measured snapshots show RETH at 0.00% and LDO 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, 2026-09-14→2026-09-17T20:24:07; 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.