HostASTER vs WSTETH — price, size and safety, side by side
ASTER (BNB Chain) vs WSTETH (Ethereum) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-09-26 / 2026-09-27.
ASTER vs WSTETH — normalized performance, 2026-09-21 to 2026-09-26T18:07:24
| ASTER | WSTETH | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.7395 | $3.38K |
| Market cap | $2.07B | $12.53B |
| 24h volume | $3.17M | $2.66M |
| Liquidity | $3.92M | $50.30M |
| FDV | $5.94B | $12.44B |
| Holders | 264,243 | 39,070 |
| Age (days) | 367 | 1,492 |
| Safety grade | A | B |
Where they differ
- WSTETH measures ~6.1× the market cap of ASTER
- WSTETH measures ~13× the liquidity of ASTER
- ASTER measures ~6.8× the holder count of WSTETH
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 September 26, 2026 snapshot. The $2.1 billion market cap sits against a $5.9 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: $3.9 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.
WSTETH
wstETH is stETH made legible to DeFi — the same claim on Lido-staked Ether, wrapped so the balance stops moving: where stETH re-bases your token count upward each day, wstETH holds a fixed count and lets the exchange rate against stETH do the appreciating. That is the shape lending markets, bridges and LPs need, which is why the contract at 0x7f39c581f595b53c5cb19bd0b3f8da6c935e2ca0 became the canonical collateral form — our September 27, 2026 snapshot reads $50.3 million of tracked pool liquidity on it.
The verdict therefore inherits stETH's, plus one wrapper-layer note. You hold a claim on staked ETH via Lido — subject to its validator set, Ethereum's exit queue, and stETH's own depeg memory (June 2022, when it traded visibly under par) — and the price shown for wstETH is stETH's price times a steadily growing conversion rate, so it will always quote above ETH while tracking correctly. Nothing about that is a defect; it is the mechanic to understand before reading the quote as a premium.
FAQ
Which is bigger, ASTER or WSTETH?
By tracked market cap: ASTER (BNB Chain) measures $2.07B and WSTETH (Ethereum) measures $12.53B — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, ASTER or WSTETH?
On the contract checks we publish: ASTER (BNB Chain) grades A and WSTETH (Ethereum) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have ASTER and WSTETH performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-21 and 2026-09-26T18:07:24, the measured snapshots show ASTER at −2.88% and WSTETH at −0.89%.
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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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