HostDAI vs DGAI — price, size and safety, side by side
DAI (Ethereum) vs DGAI (BNB Chain) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-09-27 / 2026-09-27.
DAI vs DGAI — normalized performance, 2026-09-16 to 2026-09-27T15:10:18
| DAI | DGAI | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.00 | $1.01 |
| Market cap | $4.62B | $152.23M |
| 24h volume | $2.79M | $14.64M |
| Liquidity | $73.15M | $1.61M |
| FDV | $4.62B | $1.01B |
| Holders | 707,548 | 7,383 |
| Age (days) | 1,526 | 28 |
| Safety grade | B | C |
Where they differ
- DAI measures ~30× the market cap of DGAI
- DAI measures ~45× the liquidity of DGAI
- DGAI measures ~5.2× the 24h volume of DAI
- DAI measures ~96× the holder count of DGAI
- over the shared window DAI moved −0.36% while DGAI moved +12.6%
What the data says
DAI
DAI answered a question the other stablecoins on this site don't ask: can a dollar exist on-chain without a company behind it? Since 2019, the contract at 0x6b175474e89094c44da98b954eedeac495271d0f has held near a dollar not because anyone promises redemption at a bank, but because every DAI is minted against locked crypto collateral worth more than it, with interest rates and liquidations — governed by MakerDAO, now rebranded Sky — doing the work a treasurer would. No single company can freeze your DAI or pause the contract; that censorship-resistance is the property its holders are actually paying for.
The honest complications have grown over the years. A large share of DAI's backing has long included centralized stablecoins and real-world assets, which reimports a slice of the issuer risk the design was born to escape — the March 2023 weekend when USDC's depeg dragged DAI to roughly $0.89 alongside it made that dependency visible. And the 2024 rebrand to Sky, with its upgrade path to the newer USDS token, means DAI is now the legacy branch of its own ecosystem: still enormous, still redeemable through the same machinery, but no longer where its creators' roadmap points. Neither fact is a defect; both belong in the price of holding it.
DGAI
DGAI — DGrid AI on BNB Smart Chain, 0x10d4183389e99233db3cc981c43443ebd28ebd5e — is a 23-day-old AI-themed token with a market profile that deserves reading slowly: $1.6 million of tracked liquidity as of September 27, 2026, against roughly $27.7 million of 24-hour volume.
That volume-to-liquidity ratio — better than 9x — is the number that matters on this page. For the pool to cycle nine times its depth in a day, the same capital is churning through repeatedly, a pattern associated with market-maker activity and momentum desks rather than organic holder flow. High volume on a young token is not evidence of broad demand; it is evidence of activity, and those are different claims.
FAQ
Which is bigger, DAI or DGAI?
By tracked market cap: DAI (Ethereum) measures $4.62B and DGAI (BNB Chain) measures $152.23M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, DAI or DGAI?
On the contract checks we publish: DAI (Ethereum) grades B and DGAI (BNB Chain) grades C. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have DAI and DGAI performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-16 and 2026-09-27T15:10:18, the measured snapshots show DAI at −0.36% and DGAI at +12.6%.
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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, 2026-09-16→2026-09-27T15:10:18; a token with fewer measured points measures a shorter span inside it.
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