HostUSDAI vs WSTETH — price, size and safety, side by side
USDAI (Arbitrum) vs WSTETH (Ethereum) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-09-17T23:42:29 / 2026-09-17T23:42:29.
USDAI vs WSTETH — normalized performance, 2026-09-15T19:06:11 to 2026-09-17T23:42:29
| USDAI | WSTETH | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.00 | $3.16K |
| Market cap | — | — |
| 24h volume | $1.95M | $3.25M |
| Liquidity | $52.59K | $89.73M |
| FDV | — | — |
| Holders | — | — |
| Age (days) | 52 | 361 |
| Safety grade | B | B |
Where they differ
- WSTETH measures ~1,706× the liquidity of USDAI
- WSTETH measures ~1.7× the 24h volume of USDAI
What the data says
USDAI
USDAI is USD.ai's stablecoin — a dollar token backed by loans against GPU and AI-infrastructure collateral, one of the more unusual collateral stacks in the stablecoin set. The contract 0x0a1a1a107e45b7ced86833863f482bc5f4ed82ef is what our scan tracks: $53 thousand of pool liquidity as of August 17, 2026 on Arbitrum, trading essentially at its dollar peg.
The honest mechanics: the backing is hardware-collateralized lending — claims on AI infrastructure and the loans against it — which is genuinely different from the treasury-bill or crypto-overcollateralized models most stablecoins use, and carries its own risks (hardware values depreciate and loan books can go bad). The pool here is thin, so redemptions at size route through the issuer's machinery rather than the public market.
WSTETH
wstETH is the same bet as stETH, wrapped so DeFi can handle it: rather than rebasing daily, the token holds a fixed count that appreciates against stETH as rewards accrue — the shape lending markets, bridges and LPs prefer. The contract at 0x7f39c581f595b53c5cb19bd0b3f8da6c935e2ca0 is the canonical deployment; our September 14, 2026 snapshot reads $89.7 million of tracked pool liquidity.
Everything honest about stETH applies here — it is a claim on staked ETH through Lido, with the same depeg memory and the same dependence on the exit queue — plus one wrapper-level note: the price shown for wstETH is not the ETH price, it is stETH's value times a growing exchange rate, so it will always quote higher and still be "tracking" correctly.
FAQ
Which is bigger, USDAI or WSTETH?
By tracked market cap: USDAI (Arbitrum) measures — and WSTETH (Ethereum) measures — — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, USDAI or WSTETH?
On the contract checks we publish: USDAI (Arbitrum) grades B and WSTETH (Ethereum) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have USDAI and WSTETH performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-15T19:06:11 and 2026-09-17T23:42:29, the measured snapshots show USDAI at 0.00% and WSTETH at +2.86%.
More comparisons
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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, 2026-09-15T19:06:11→2026-09-17T23:42:29; a token with fewer measured points measures a shorter span inside it.
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