NexAERO vs LBTC — price, size and safety, side by side
AERO (Base) vs LBTC (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.
AERO vs LBTC — normalized performance, 2026-09-14 to 2026-11-13T12:15:58
| AERO | LBTC | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.5055 | $72.25K |
| Market cap | $196.27M | $496.32M |
| 24h volume | $31.41M all venues | $15.45M all venues |
| Liquidity | $5.76M | $4.71M |
| FDV | $1.23B | $496.32M |
| Holders | 754,575 | 23,269 |
| Age (days) | 681 | 606 |
| Safety grade | B | B |
Where they differ
- LBTC measures ~2.5× the market cap of AERO
- AERO measures ~2.0× the 24h volume of LBTC
- AERO measures ~32× the holder count of LBTC
What the data says
AERO
AERO is Aerodrome Finance's token — and Aerodrome is not just another DEX, it is the central liquidity hub of Base: the ve(3,3) emissions engine (a Velodrome fork) that routes rewards to pools by veAERO voter preference, making it the venue where most serious Base liquidity is deposited. The contract 0x940181a94a35a4569e4529a3cdfb74e38fd98631 is the canonical Base deployment; our November 6, 2026 read shows $5.8 million in the tracked pools themselves — a separate number from the far larger volume the exchange routes daily.
The honest shape: AERO's price is a bet on the emissions flywheel — votes direct emissions, emissions attract liquidity, liquidity attracts volume, volume attracts votes. Flywheels run beautifully in both directions, and a token whose demand depends on perpetual emissions demand carries reflexivity risk in full. The ve-lock does damp the circulating float, which is the honest counterweight.
LBTC
LBTC is Lombard's staked bitcoin — BTC deposited into Lombard, restaked into Babylon's bitcoin-security layer, and the liquid receipt traded here. The contract 0x8236a87084f8b84306f72007f36f2618a5634494 is the canonical Ethereum deployment — LBTC also exists on Solana under a different mint, covered separately. Our November 6, 2026 read shows $4.7 million of tracked pool liquidity at a bitcoin-denominated $78,290 handle.
The honest shape: LBTC is "productive BTC" with layers named — Lombard's custody of the underlying, Babylon's restaking economics, and the wrapper contract itself — versus plain WBTC's single-custodian simplicity. The yield is emissions-shaped today, so the honest comparison is what you give up for it: additional contracts, additional operators, additional ways to fail.
FAQ
Which is bigger, AERO or LBTC?
By tracked market cap: AERO (Base) measures $196.27M and LBTC (Ethereum) measures $496.32M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, AERO or LBTC?
On the contract checks we publish: AERO (Base) grades B and LBTC (Ethereum) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have AERO and LBTC performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-14 and 2026-11-13T12:15:58, the measured snapshots show AERO at −12.2% and LBTC at −7.71%.
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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, 2026-09-14→2026-11-13T12:15:58; 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 NexFlow product.