HostRETH vs USDTB — price, size and safety, side by side
RETH (Ethereum) vs USDTB (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.
RETH vs USDTB — normalized performance, 2026-09-14 to 2026-10-16T21:15:32
| RETH | USDTB | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.88K | $0.9997 |
| Market cap | $1.00B | $490.66M |
| 24h volume | $1.77M DEX | $242.44K DEX |
| Liquidity | $12.13M | $10.50M |
| FDV | $1.00B | $490.66M |
| Holders | 21,853 | 295,077 |
| Age (days) | 1,507 | 631 |
| Safety grade | B | B |
Where they differ
- RETH measures ~2.0× the market cap of USDTB
- RETH measures ~7.3× the 24h volume of USDTB
- USDTB measures ~14× 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.
USDTB
USDtb is BlackRock's tokenized-T-bill answer to Tether — the stablecoin Ethena issues backed by BUIDL fund shares, built to hold a dollar peg with the largest asset manager's fund as the reserve. The deployment 0xc139190f447e929f090edeb554d95abb8b18ac1c is the Ethereum mint; our October 6, 2026 snapshot reads $11 million of tracked pool liquidity.
The honest framing: USDtb's reserve is only as liquid as BUIDL itself — a fund that settles like a security, not a money-market claim, which means redemptions inherit the fund's terms, not a stablecoin's usual instant-exit promise. That is a feature for holders who want T-bill duration and a constraint for anyone assuming redemption is instant.
FAQ
Which is bigger, RETH or USDTB?
By tracked market cap: RETH (Ethereum) measures $1.00B and USDTB (Ethereum) measures $490.66M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, RETH or USDTB?
On the contract checks we publish: RETH (Ethereum) grades B and USDTB (Ethereum) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have RETH and USDTB performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-14 and 2026-10-16T21:15:32, the measured snapshots show RETH at −1.84% and USDTB at +0.02%.
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.