HostUSDT vs WSTETH — price, size and safety, side by side
USDT (BNB Chain) vs WSTETH (Ethereum) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-10-17 / 2026-10-17.
USDT vs WSTETH — normalized performance, 2026-09-15 to 2026-10-17T03:15:24
| USDT | WSTETH | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.9991 | $3.02K |
| Market cap | $9.19B | $11.49B |
| 24h volume | $1.12B DEX | $11.82M DEX |
| Liquidity | $548.60M | $48.32M |
| FDV | $9.19B | $11.44B |
| Holders | 80,624,971 | 39,244 |
| Age (days) | 311 | 386 |
| Safety grade | B | B |
Where they differ
- USDT measures ~11× the liquidity of WSTETH
- USDT measures ~95× the 24h volume of WSTETH
- USDT measures ~2,054× the holder count of WSTETH
- over the shared window USDT moved +0.14% while WSTETH moved −7.44%
What the data says
USDT
USDT on BSC is Tether's dollar on the chain that still clears a meaningful share of stablecoin volume — issued by Binance's peg mechanism under the BEP-20 standard at 0x55d398326f99059ff775485246999027b3197955, the canonical BSC mint. Our October 9, 2026 snapshot reads $548.6 million of tracked pool liquidity.
The honest chain note: this is a pegged representation — the reserve sits with Tether, and the BSC contract is Binance's wrapped issuance of that claim, not a second Tether mint. That makes its risk profile two-layered: Tether's attestation cadence underneath, plus the bridge-custody layer Binance operates on top. For most users the distinction never matters; for anyone holding size it is the entire question.
WSTETH
wstETH is stETH made legible to DeFi — the same claim on Lido-staked Ether, wrapped so the balance stops moving: where stETH re-bases your token count upward each day, wstETH holds a fixed count and lets the exchange rate against stETH do the appreciating. That is the shape lending markets, bridges and LPs need, which is why the contract at 0x7f39c581f595b53c5cb19bd0b3f8da6c935e2ca0 became the canonical collateral form — our October 9, 2026 snapshot reads $48.3 million of tracked pool liquidity on it.
The verdict therefore inherits stETH's, plus one wrapper-layer note. You hold a claim on staked ETH via Lido — subject to its validator set, Ethereum's exit queue, and stETH's own depeg memory (June 2022, when it traded visibly under par) — and the price shown for wstETH is stETH's price times a steadily growing conversion rate, so it will always quote above ETH while tracking correctly. Nothing about that is a defect; it is the mechanic to understand before reading the quote as a premium.
FAQ
Which is bigger, USDT or WSTETH?
By tracked market cap: USDT (BNB Chain) measures $9.19B and WSTETH (Ethereum) measures $11.49B — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, USDT or WSTETH?
On the contract checks we publish: USDT (BNB Chain) grades B and WSTETH (Ethereum) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have USDT and WSTETH performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-15 and 2026-10-17T03:15:24, the measured snapshots show USDT at +0.14% and WSTETH at −7.44%.
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, 2026-09-15→2026-10-17T03:15:24; 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.