HostUSDG vs AZTEC — price, size and safety, side by side
USDG (Solana) vs AZTEC (Ethereum) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-10-17 / 2026-10-16.
USDG vs AZTEC — normalized performance, 2026-09-08 to 2026-10-16T21:15:32
| USDG | AZTEC | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.9998 | $0.02028 |
| Market cap | $670.45M | $172.57M |
| 24h volume | $78.86M DEX | $906.17K DEX |
| Liquidity | $41.19M | $13.13M |
| FDV | $670.45M | $172.57M |
| Holders | 21,226 | 2 |
| Age (days) | — | 276 |
| Safety grade | A | A |
Where they differ
- USDG measures ~3.9× the market cap of AZTEC
- USDG measures ~3.1× the liquidity of AZTEC
- USDG measures ~87× the 24h volume of AZTEC
- USDG measures ~10,613× the holder count of AZTEC
- over the shared window USDG moved −0.01% while AZTEC moved +36.4%
What the data says
USDG
USDG is Paxos's second dollar — the newer stablecoin issued under the same regulated umbrella as PYUSD, but built for the Global Dollar Network, a consortium where the yield on reserves gets shared with the institutions distributing it rather than kept whole by the issuer. On Solana it landed where stablecoins actually move: our October 6, 2026 snapshot shows a market cap of about $670.5 million against 21,226 tracked holders and $41.2 million of on-chain pool liquidity — the deepest profile in this batch, and the reason it grades 100/100.
The honest reading of that grade: a regulated issuer with attested reserves is exactly what the contract side wants, and the distribution deal is why exchanges list it — the incentive that made USDT and USDC entrenched is pointed at growth here. The residual is that "regulated" is a jurisdiction's word for centralized controls: the issuer can freeze balances, and that is a property of the asset, not a defect.
AZTEC
AZTEC is the privacy-network token — the asset of the Aztec protocol building programmable privacy on Ethereum via zero-knowledge proofs, one of the few long-horizon technical bets that shipped through multiple crypto winters. The deployment 0xa27ec0006e59f245217ff08cd52a7e8b169e62d2 is the mint; our October 6, 2026 snapshot reads $13.1 million of tracked pool liquidity.
The honest framing: Aztec's thesis is that privacy becomes a default rather than a mixer — a genuine technical claim with years of published research behind it — and the token's value rides on whether that bet lands as a network people route through, which a liquidity snapshot cannot answer. Privacy infrastructure also carries a regulatory surface most tokens don't; that cuts both ways for holders.
FAQ
Which is bigger, USDG or AZTEC?
By tracked market cap: USDG (Solana) measures $670.45M and AZTEC (Ethereum) measures $172.57M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, USDG or AZTEC?
On the contract checks we publish: USDG (Solana) grades A and AZTEC (Ethereum) grades A. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have USDG and AZTEC performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-08 and 2026-10-16T21:15:32, the measured snapshots show USDG at −0.01% and AZTEC at +36.4%.
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, 2026-09-08→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.