NexASTER vs ARB — price, size and safety, side by side
ASTER (BNB Chain) vs ARB (Arbitrum) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-11-15 / 2026-11-15.
ASTER vs ARB — normalized performance, 2026-09-21 to 2026-11-15T15:15:30
| ASTER | ARB | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.5316 | $0.1363 |
| Market cap | $1.77B | $1.16B |
| 24h volume | $106.65M all venues | $224.44M all venues |
| Liquidity | $3.29M | $2.71M |
| FDV | $5.48B | $1.69B |
| Holders | 266,779 | 2,391,070 |
| Age (days) | 385 | 1,284 |
| Safety grade | A | B |
Where they differ
- ASTER measures ~1.5× the market cap of ARB
- ARB measures ~2.1× the 24h volume of ASTER
- ARB measures ~9.0× the holder count of ASTER
- over the shared window ASTER moved −30.2% while ARB moved −41.2%
What the data says
ASTER
ASTER at 0x000ae314e2a2172a039b26378814c252734f556a is the BNB Chain perpetuals-exchange token — one of the largest DEX-token launches of its cycle — 367 days into its record at the November 6, 2026 snapshot. The $1.8 billion market cap sits against a $5.5 billion fully-diluted figure on 8.0 billion units: roughly a third of the supply is the priced float.
The book is thin relative to the valuation: $3.3 million of tracked pool depth against a two-billion cap, on $3.2 million of 24-hour volume — a tape that does its real clearing on the venue's own markets and routed order flow rather than in these pools. Contract-level controls were not assessed in this snapshot.
ARB
ARB is Arbitrum's own token — the governance asset of the largest Ethereum L2, the chain most of this index's Arbitrum-side liquidity actually lives on. The deployment 0x912ce59144191c1204e64559fe8253a0e49e6548 is the canonical mint; our November 6, 2026 snapshot reads $2.7 million of tracked pool liquidity.
The honest asymmetry: ARB's market value rides on the chain it governs being worth governing — the token's thesis is Arbitrum's sequencer revenue, its DAO treasury, and the chain's continued dominance in L2 DeFi, none of which a liquidity snapshot can confirm or deny. What the snapshot does show is that ARB's on-chain depth is concentrated and modest relative to the chain's own TVL — most ARB trades happen off-chain or on the chain's own DEX infrastructure in pairs this index doesn't fully see.
FAQ
Which is bigger, ASTER or ARB?
By tracked market cap: ASTER (BNB Chain) measures $1.77B and ARB (Arbitrum) measures $1.16B — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, ASTER or ARB?
On the contract checks we publish: ASTER (BNB Chain) grades A and ARB (Arbitrum) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have ASTER and ARB performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-21 and 2026-11-15T15:15:30, the measured snapshots show ASTER at −30.2% and ARB at −41.2%.
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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→2026-11-15T15:15:30; a token with fewer measured points measures a shorter span inside it.
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