HostWBNB vs ETH — price, size and safety, side by side
WBNB (BNB Chain) vs ETH (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.
WBNB vs ETH — normalized performance, 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16T21:15:32
| WBNB | ETH | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $719.97 | $2.41K |
| Market cap | $1.15B | — |
| 24h volume | $457.32M DEX | $14.09M DEX |
| Liquidity | $648.49M | $117.23M |
| FDV | $1.15B | — |
| Holders | 8,551,712 | — |
| Age (days) | 323 | 618 |
| Safety grade | A | A |
Where they differ
- WBNB measures ~5.5× the liquidity of ETH
- WBNB measures ~32× the 24h volume of ETH
- over the shared window WBNB moved −5.70% while ETH moved −11.4%
What the data says
WBNB
Wrapped BNB is the token form of BNB itself — the same asset, wrapped so BNB Chain contracts and pools can hold it — and the deployment at 0xbb4cdb9cbd36b01bd1cbaebf2de08d9173bc095c is the canonical wrapper the whole chain trades against. This snapshot is dated October 9, 2026.
The contract read is about as clean as the chain produces: mint authority revoked, freeze authority revoked, the contract cannot mint new units, and it is not a proxy, so the deployed code is fixed. 8,551,712 wallets hold it — among the widest bases this index tracks — and the pool carries $648.5 million of tracked liquidity against a $1.1 billion market cap, with $657.5 million changing hands in the last day.
ETH
ETH on Ethereum — 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 — is the network's native asset carried under the null-address convention pools use for ether itself. This is not a wrapper contract: the zero address is where the feed marks the chain's own currency.
The October 9, 2026 snapshot reads $117.2 million of tracked liquidity and roughly $11.2 million of daily volume at a $2,691 unit price. Depth at this scale is the reference book the rest of the market quotes against.
FAQ
Which is bigger, WBNB or ETH?
By tracked market cap: WBNB (BNB Chain) measures $1.15B and ETH (Ethereum) measures — — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, WBNB or ETH?
On the contract checks we publish: WBNB (BNB Chain) grades A and ETH (Ethereum) grades A. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have WBNB and ETH performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-26 and 2026-10-16T21:15:32, the measured snapshots show WBNB at −5.70% and ETH at −11.4%.
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, 2026-09-26→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.