HostAAVE vs TBTC — price, size and safety, side by side
AAVE (Ethereum) vs TBTC (Ethereum) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-11-13 / 2026-11-13.
AAVE vs TBTC — normalized performance, 2026-09-21 to 2026-11-13T12:15:58
| AAVE | TBTC | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $113.88 | $67.91K |
| Market cap | $2.01B | $313.88M |
| 24h volume | $303.80M all venues | $14.80M all venues |
| Liquidity | $14.00M | $27.87M |
| FDV | $2.08B | $313.88M |
| Holders | — | 25,280 |
| Age (days) | 1,742 | 886 |
| Safety grade | B | B |
Where they differ
- AAVE measures ~6.4× the market cap of TBTC
- TBTC measures ~2.0× the liquidity of AAVE
- AAVE measures ~21× the 24h volume of TBTC
- over the shared window AAVE moved −22.2% while TBTC moved −12.7%
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 November 6, 2026 snapshot reads $14.0 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."
TBTC
tBTC is Threshold Network's trust-minimized wrapped Bitcoin — the decentralized-custody answer to WBTC, where a rotating set of node operators secures the BTC rather than a single custodian. The deployment 0x18084fba666a33d37592fa2633fd49a74dd93a88 is the v2 mint; our November 6, 2026 snapshot reads $27.9 million of tracked pool liquidity.
The honest contrast is the whole point of the asset: tBTC trades BitGo's institutional custody for a threshold-signature committee — no single company can lose or freeze the coins, but the security model is cryptographic-economic (operator collateral) rather than legal, which is a different risk shape, not a strictly smaller one. Its depth vs WBTC's billions is the market's honest verdict on how much that trade matters to people.
FAQ
Which is bigger, AAVE or TBTC?
By tracked market cap: AAVE (Ethereum) measures $2.01B and TBTC (Ethereum) measures $313.88M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, AAVE or TBTC?
On the contract checks we publish: AAVE (Ethereum) grades B and TBTC (Ethereum) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have AAVE and TBTC performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-21 and 2026-11-13T12:15:58, the measured snapshots show AAVE at −22.2% and TBTC at −12.7%.
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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→2026-11-13T12:15:58; a token with fewer measured points measures a shorter span inside it.
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