HostAAVE vs IDL — price, size and safety, side by side
AAVE (Ethereum) vs IDL (Polygon) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-09-26 / 2026-09-26.
AAVE vs IDL — normalized performance, 2026-09-21 to 2026-09-26T18:07:24
| AAVE | IDL | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $155.43 | $0.3502 |
| Market cap | $2.26B | $5.77M |
| 24h volume | $3.93M | $18.62K |
| Liquidity | $23.28M | $812.80K |
| FDV | $2.34B | $6.81M |
| Holders | 188,683 | 19,837 |
| Age (days) | 1,727 | 312 |
| Safety grade | B | B |
Where they differ
- AAVE measures ~391× the market cap of IDL
- AAVE measures ~29× the liquidity of IDL
- AAVE measures ~211× the 24h volume of IDL
- AAVE measures ~9.5× the holder count of IDL
- over the shared window AAVE moved +6.25% while IDL moved −4.61%
What the data says
AAVE
AAVE is the token of DeFi's biggest lending protocol — the asset that secures Aave's safety module and governs the money market that's been clearing loans continuously since ETHLend in 2017. The deployment 0x7fc66500c84a76ad7e9c93437bfc5ac33e2ddae9 is the canonical mint; our September 26, 2026 snapshot reads $23.3 million of tracked pool liquidity on this pair set — thin against a float that trades everywhere.
The honest shape: AAVE's thesis is unusually concrete for a governance token — stakers backstop protocol shortfalls with their own stake, so the token is literally collateral for the system's solvency, which ties its value to Aave's actual revenue and risk book rather than pure governance vibes. That makes it closer to a productive asset than most of this index — with the caveat that "productive" here still means "exposed to one protocol's loan book."
IDL
IDL — InfinityDAO — is a 312-day-old Polygon token at 0x4c18406fa690faa53e5efa899a971557251af72d, priced at a $5.8 million market cap on the September 27, 2026 snapshot.
The venue read is the strong side: $812.8 thousand of tracked pool liquidity is healthy against the cap — a book deep enough that normal hands can enter and leave without moving the mark hard. The unmeasured side is the caveat: contract-level controls were not assessed in this snapshot, and holder distribution was not resolved, so the structural questions stay open.
FAQ
Which is bigger, AAVE or IDL?
By tracked market cap: AAVE (Ethereum) measures $2.26B and IDL (Polygon) measures $5.77M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, AAVE or IDL?
On the contract checks we publish: AAVE (Ethereum) grades B and IDL (Polygon) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have AAVE and IDL performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-21 and 2026-09-26T18:07:24, the measured snapshots show AAVE at +6.25% and IDL at −4.61%.
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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, 2026-09-21→2026-09-26T18:07:24; a token with fewer measured points measures a shorter span inside it.
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