HostTUX vs RETH — price, size and safety, side by side
TUX (Optimism) vs RETH (Ethereum) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-10-15 / 2026-10-16.
TUX vs RETH — normalized performance, 2026-09-21 to 2026-10-15T21:43:45
| TUX | RETH | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.00004113 | $2.88K |
| Market cap | $50.19K | $1.00B |
| 24h volume | $522.70 DEX | $1.77M DEX |
| Liquidity | $15.08K | $12.13M |
| FDV | $50.19K | $1.00B |
| Holders | 2,663 | 21,853 |
| Age (days) | 1,008 | 1,507 |
| Safety grade | A | B |
Where they differ
- RETH measures ~19,941× the market cap of TUX
- RETH measures ~804× the liquidity of TUX
- RETH measures ~3,382× the 24h volume of TUX
- RETH measures ~8.2× the holder count of TUX
What the data says
TUX
TUX — MagicalTux, named for the Mt.Gox-era moniker — is a 1,008-day-old Optimism memecoin at 0x17aabf6838a6303fc6e9c5a227dc1eb6d95c829a, priced at a $50.2 thousand market cap across 2,663 wallets on the October 6, 2026 snapshot.
The contract is the locked set — no mint, no pause, no blacklist, verified source — and the float is moderately concentrated at 58.1% in the top ten. The venue is a vestige: $15.1 thousand of tracked liquidity on $523 of daily volume — nearly three years old and barely trading.
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.
FAQ
Which is bigger, TUX or RETH?
By tracked market cap: TUX (Optimism) measures $50.19K and RETH (Ethereum) measures $1.00B — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, TUX or RETH?
On the contract checks we publish: TUX (Optimism) grades A and RETH (Ethereum) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have TUX and RETH performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-21 and 2026-10-15T21:43:45, the measured snapshots show TUX at −18.1% and RETH at −13.1%.
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, 2026-09-21→2026-10-15T21:43:45; 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.