HostAAVE vs USDG — price, size and safety, side by side
AAVE (Ethereum) vs USDG (Solana) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-11-13 / 2026-11-15.
AAVE vs USDG — normalized performance, 2026-09-21 to 2026-11-13T12:15:58
| AAVE | USDG | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $113.88 | $0.9998 |
| Market cap | $2.01B | $498.35M |
| 24h volume | $303.80M all venues | $790.30M all venues |
| Liquidity | $14.00M | $32.96M |
| FDV | $2.08B | $498.35M |
| Holders | — | 26,848 |
| Age (days) | 1,742 | — |
| Safety grade | B | A |
Where they differ
- AAVE measures ~4.0× the market cap of USDG
- USDG measures ~2.4× the liquidity of AAVE
- USDG measures ~2.6× the 24h volume of AAVE
- over the shared window AAVE moved −22.2% while USDG moved −0.04%
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."
USDG
USDG is Paxos's second dollar — the newer stablecoin issued under the same regulated umbrella as PYUSD, but built for the Global Dollar Network, a consortium where the yield on reserves gets shared with the institutions distributing it rather than kept whole by the issuer. On Solana it landed where stablecoins actually move: our November 6, 2026 snapshot shows a market cap of about $498.3 million against 26,848 tracked holders and $33.0 million of on-chain pool liquidity — the deepest profile in this batch, and the reason it grades 100/100.
The honest reading of that grade: a regulated issuer with attested reserves is exactly what the contract side wants, and the distribution deal is why exchanges list it — the incentive that made USDT and USDC entrenched is pointed at growth here. The residual is that "regulated" is a jurisdiction's word for centralized controls: the issuer can freeze balances, and that is a property of the asset, not a defect.
FAQ
Which is bigger, AAVE or USDG?
By tracked market cap: AAVE (Ethereum) measures $2.01B and USDG (Solana) measures $498.35M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, AAVE or USDG?
On the contract checks we publish: AAVE (Ethereum) grades B and USDG (Solana) grades A. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have AAVE and USDG performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-21 and 2026-11-13T12:15:58, the measured snapshots show AAVE at −22.2% and USDG at −0.04%.
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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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