HostWXDAI vs USDC — price, size and safety, side by side
WXDAI (Gnosis) vs USDC (Solana) — 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.
WXDAI vs USDC — normalized performance, 2026-10-09 to 2026-10-17T03:15:24
| WXDAI | USDC | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.998 | $0.9998 |
| Market cap | $44.66M | $8.60B |
| 24h volume | $403.87K DEX | $1.90B DEX |
| Liquidity | $852.73K | $464.95M |
| FDV | $44.58M | $8.60B |
| Holders | 46,329 | 5,248,202 |
| Age (days) | 564 | — |
| Safety grade | A | A |
Where they differ
- USDC measures ~193× the market cap of WXDAI
- USDC measures ~545× the liquidity of WXDAI
- USDC measures ~4,704× the 24h volume of WXDAI
- USDC measures ~113× the holder count of WXDAI
What the data says
WXDAI
WXDAI starts from a genuinely strong place at the contract level. Nobody can print fresh supply, which keeps every holder's share intact, and it can't stop a sale either, so selling is always your call. That's exactly the setup you want to see, and it's why WXDAI earns a A (100/100) on the contract read as of 2026-10-09 — from here, it's really just the market to weigh.
On liquidity and holders, WXDAI shows workable liquidity of $852.73K, a holder base of 46,329 and 564 days old as of 2026-10-09. Against a market cap of about $44.66M, the $852.73K pool is workable rather than deep — fine for ordinary size to move in and out, though a larger position would start to feel the pool's edges. The 46,329-wallet base is a reasonable spread of ownership, though a headline count doesn't show whether a few wallets dominate — the concentration read on this page speaks to that. Reassuringly, the wallet that created WXDAI holds under 5% of supply (<0.01%) as of 2026-10-09 — the deployer hasn't kept an oversized stake to unload.
USDC
USDC is the dollar most of Solana actually trades in, and judging it takes a different lens than the one that works on memecoins. This is a centralized, fiat-backed stablecoin: Circle issues it, holds the reserves behind it, and publishes monthly attestations of those reserves. On Solana it lives at mint EPjFWdd5AufqSSqeM2qN1xzybapC8G4wEGGkZwyTDt1v, where the October 6, 2026 snapshot records about $8.6 billion of market capitalization, roughly 5.25 million holders, and around $465 million of tracked pool liquidity — the deepest dollar venue on the chain.
Here is the part that confuses people who learned token safety from rug-checkers: USDC's mint and freeze authorities are live, on purpose, permanently. Circle has to mint new USDC when dollars come in and burn it when they go out — that is what "backed" means mechanically — and it maintains the ability to freeze addresses to comply with sanctions and court orders, which it has used. On a memecoin, a live mint authority is the classic rug lever; on a fiat-backed stablecoin it is the product working as designed. The risk hasn't vanished — it has moved from an anonymous deployer to a regulated company, which is a trade most holders are knowingly making.
FAQ
Which is bigger, WXDAI or USDC?
By tracked market cap: WXDAI (Gnosis) measures $44.66M and USDC (Solana) measures $8.60B — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, WXDAI or USDC?
On the contract checks we publish: WXDAI (Gnosis) grades A and USDC (Solana) grades A. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have WXDAI and USDC performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-10-09 and 2026-10-17T03:15:24, the measured snapshots show WXDAI at +0.05% and USDC at +0.02%.
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, 2026-10-09→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.