HostUSDC vs BSW — price, size and safety, side by side
USDC (Ethereum) vs BSW (Base) — 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.
USDC vs BSW — normalized performance, 2026-09-07 to 2026-09-17T20:24:07
| USDC | BSW | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.04 | $0.4985 |
| Market cap | — | — |
| 24h volume | $3.77M | $170.65M |
| Liquidity | $639.17M | $5.79M |
| FDV | — | — |
| Holders | — | — |
| Age (days) | 0 | 37 |
| Safety grade | B | B |
Where they differ
- USDC measures ~110× the liquidity of BSW
- BSW measures ~45× the 24h volume of USDC
What the data says
USDC
USDC is crypto's regulated dollar — Circle's token, backed by cash and short Treasuries with monthly attestations, the asset institutional DeFi is settled in. The deployment at 0x26d2d7456121e8806a8fd29cab8a76e59a7f500b reads as a second USDC-branded contract on Ethereum rather than the canonical 0xa0b8…eb48 mint — our September 7, 2026 snapshot shows $639 million of tracked pool liquidity on it regardless, which is the honest oddity of this row: a noncanonical address carrying canonical-tier depth.
That gap between name and address is exactly what the verify step is for. USDC's risk profile is issuer-shaped — freeze controls, blacklists, attestation cadence — but those properties only transfer to the address Circle actually operates. Whether this contract is a Circle deployment, an official migration, or something trading on the name is a question the address answers and the ticker cannot.
BSW
BSW (listed under the name Lydia) is a Base token tracked at 0x3c5cd672b204ba0fc48e93b98c0922920a87912d; our September 16, 2026 snapshot reads $5.8 million of tracked pool liquidity.
The honest note is the mismatch itself: a token whose symbol and display name disagree is the kind of row where the contract address does all the work — names can be anything a deployer types, while the mint above is the actual asset. Whatever Lydia or BSW claims to be, this page's figures describe this contract only.
FAQ
Which is bigger, USDC or BSW?
By tracked market cap: USDC (Ethereum) measures — and BSW (Base) measures — — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, USDC or BSW?
On the contract checks we publish: USDC (Ethereum) grades B and BSW (Base) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have USDC and BSW performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-07 and 2026-09-17T20:24:07, the measured snapshots show USDC at 0.00% and BSW at +0.03%.
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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, 2026-09-07→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.