HostZEC vs PENGU — price, size and safety, side by side
ZEC (Solana) vs PENGU (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.
ZEC vs PENGU — normalized performance, 2026-09-08 to 2026-10-17T03:15:24
| ZEC | PENGU | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.14K | $0.007517 |
| Market cap | $153.76M | $776.51M |
| 24h volume | $70.02M DEX | $19.04M DEX |
| Liquidity | $5.29M | $5.00M |
| FDV | $153.76M | $776.51M |
| Holders | 109,600 | 559,492 |
| Safety grade | A | A |
Where they differ
- PENGU measures ~5.1× the market cap of ZEC
- ZEC measures ~3.7× the 24h volume of PENGU
- PENGU measures ~5.1× the holder count of ZEC
- over the shared window ZEC moved −1.50% while PENGU moved −8.96%
What the data says
ZEC
ZEC on Solana is a bridged representation of Zcash — the 2016-born privacy coin whose shielded transactions use zk-SNARKs to hide sender, receiver and amount. The October 6, 2026 snapshot values this deployment at roughly $153.8 million held by 109,600 wallets on mint A7bdiYdS5GjqGFtxf17ppRHtDKPkkRqbKtR27dxvQXaS.
The essential caveat is trust topology: native ZEC's privacy properties live on the Zcash chain; a wrapped unit on Solana inherits whatever the bridge custodies, not what the shielded pool guarantees. Holders here are trading ZEC's price exposure with Solana settlement speed — a different product from holding shielded ZEC itself.
PENGU
PENGU is what happens when an NFT brand outgrows its JPEGs. Pudgy Penguins spent years building the rare thing in crypto — mainstream distribution, from viral GIF packs to toys on retail shelves — and in December 2024 attached a token to that brand with one of the widest airdrops Solana has hosted. As of the October 6, 2026 snapshot, PENGU carries roughly $776.5 million of market capitalization across 559,492 holders at mint 2zMMhcVQEXDtdE6vsFS7S7D5oUodfJHE8vd1gnBouauv.
The chain-level mechanics read clean: mint authority revoked, freeze authority revoked. Supply is fixed at what exists, and no authority can freeze a wallet out of selling — the two structural failures behind most of the losses this site documents, both absent here. A holder base above half a million wallets, seeded by the airdrop, means ownership is broad in a way most brand tokens never achieve; broad bases don't prevent drawdowns, but they make single-wallet price control much harder.
FAQ
Which is bigger, ZEC or PENGU?
By tracked market cap: ZEC (Solana) measures $153.76M and PENGU (Solana) measures $776.51M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, ZEC or PENGU?
On the contract checks we publish: ZEC (Solana) grades A and PENGU (Solana) grades A. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have ZEC and PENGU performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-08 and 2026-10-17T03:15:24, the measured snapshots show ZEC at −1.50% and PENGU at −8.96%.
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→2026-10-17T03:15:24; 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.