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CAKE vs ESP — price, size and safety, side by side

CAKE (BNB Chain) vs ESP (Arbitrum) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-11-11 / 2026-11-15.

CAKEB

$1.84
PancakeSwap Token on BNB Chain
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vs

ESPB

$0.07196
Espresso on Arbitrum
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CAKE vs ESP — normalized performance, 2026-09-21 to 2026-11-11T18:19:14

100 — shared start
CAKE −27.7%  ·  ESP −18.0% — both series rebased to 100 at the first measured point in the shared window; not a raw-price chart.
CAKEESP
Price$1.84$0.07196
Market cap$666.63M$55.11M
24h volume$60.14M all venues$2.77M all venues
Liquidity$27.79M$1.50K
FDV$702.12M$5.85M
Holders1,914,3273,444
Age (days)313237
Safety gradeBB

Where they differ

What the data says

CAKE

PancakeSwap Token (CAKE) is the governance and rewards token of PancakeSwap, the largest decentralized exchange on BNB Chain — the asset its farms, pools and lottery pay out — at 0x0e09fabb73bd3ade0a17ecc321fd13a19e81ce82. This snapshot is dated November 6, 2026.

The deployment is 313 days into this listing's tracked life, with a $666.6 million market cap ($702.1 million fully-diluted) and $18.0 million traded in the last day. Tracked liquidity sits at $27.8 million — workable rather than deep against the market cap, which is typical of an asset whose volume spreads across hundreds of pools and central-exchange order books.

ESP

ESP is the token of Espresso Systems — the shared-sequencing and confirmation network built for rollups, launched with a live technical product rather than a roadmap. The contract 0x3b8db18e69d6686ad9371a423afe3dd1065c94f1 is what our scan tracks: $2 thousand of pool liquidity as of November 6, 2026 on Arbitrum.

The honest thesis: Espresso sells fast confirmations and decentralized sequencing to a rollup economy that mostly still runs centralized sequencers — a real product pointed at a real problem. The caution is that the market it serves is still forming: rollup teams have to choose to integrate, and the token's value case rides on that adoption curve more than on present cash flows.

FAQ

Which is bigger, CAKE or ESP?

By tracked market cap: CAKE (BNB Chain) measures $666.63M and ESP (Arbitrum) measures $55.11M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.

Which is safer, CAKE or ESP?

On the contract checks we publish: CAKE (BNB Chain) grades B and ESP (Arbitrum) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.

How have CAKE and ESP performed over the shared window?

Between 2026-09-21 and 2026-11-11T18:19:14, the measured snapshots show CAKE at −27.7% and ESP at −18.0%.

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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→2026-11-11T18:19:14; 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.