HostWSTETH vs GHO — price, size and safety, side by side
WSTETH (Ethereum) vs GHO (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.
WSTETH vs GHO — normalized performance, 2026-09-08 to 2026-10-16T21:15:32
| WSTETH | GHO | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.02K | $0.9991 |
| Market cap | $11.49B | $698.92M |
| 24h volume | $11.82M DEX | $5.40M DEX |
| Liquidity | $48.32M | $34.16M |
| FDV | $11.44B | $698.92M |
| Holders | 39,244 | 8,156 |
| Age (days) | 386 | 386 |
| Safety grade | B | B |
Where they differ
- WSTETH measures ~16× the market cap of GHO
- WSTETH measures ~2.2× the 24h volume of GHO
- WSTETH measures ~4.8× the holder count of GHO
What the data says
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.
GHO
GHO is Aave's native stablecoin — minted against collateral deposited in the Aave protocol, with its monetary policy governed by Aave governance. The contract 0x40d16fc0246ad3160ccc09b8d0d3a2cd28ae6c2f is what our scan tracks: $34.2 million of pool liquidity as of October 9, 2026, trading essentially at its dollar peg.
The honest mechanics: GHO is overcollateralized-debt stablecoin design — borrowers mint it against Aave collateral, so its backing is the health of Aave's markets rather than a bank account. Peg deviations are the figure to watch: a stablecoin that trades below peg is the market pricing the collateral-and-arbitrage machinery's speed, and GHO's history includes real time spent under a dollar before stabilizers matured.
FAQ
Which is bigger, WSTETH or GHO?
By tracked market cap: WSTETH (Ethereum) measures $11.49B and GHO (Ethereum) measures $698.92M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, WSTETH or GHO?
On the contract checks we publish: WSTETH (Ethereum) grades B and GHO (Ethereum) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have WSTETH and GHO performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-08 and 2026-10-16T21:15:32, the measured snapshots show WSTETH at −1.02% and GHO at +0.11%.
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.