HostGHO vs VELO — price, size and safety, side by side
GHO (Ethereum) vs VELO (Optimism) — 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.
GHO vs VELO — normalized performance, 2026-09-21 to 2026-09-26T18:07:24
| GHO | VELO | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.9996 | $0.0366 |
| Market cap | $697.96M | $48.76M |
| 24h volume | $1.72M | $821.36K |
| Liquidity | $26.48M | $1.62M |
| FDV | $697.96M | $96.03M |
| Holders | 8,133 | 56,933 |
| Age (days) | 368 | 132 |
| Safety grade | B | B |
Where they differ
- GHO measures ~14× the market cap of VELO
- GHO measures ~16× the liquidity of VELO
- GHO measures ~2.1× the 24h volume of VELO
- VELO measures ~7.0× the holder count of GHO
- over the shared window GHO moved +0.11% while VELO moved +28.0%
What the data says
GHO
GHO is Aave's native stablecoin — minted against collateral deposited in the Aave protocol, with its monetary policy governed by Aave governance. The contract 0x40d16fc0246ad3160ccc09b8d0d3a2cd28ae6c2f is what our scan tracks: $26.5 million of pool liquidity as of September 26, 2026, trading essentially at its dollar peg.
The honest mechanics: GHO is overcollateralized-debt stablecoin design — borrowers mint it against Aave collateral, so its backing is the health of Aave's markets rather than a bank account. Peg deviations are the figure to watch: a stablecoin that trades below peg is the market pricing the collateral-and-arbitrage machinery's speed, and GHO's history includes real time spent under a dollar before stabilizers matured.
VELO
VELO at 0x9560e827af36c94d2ac33a39bce1fe78631088db is Velodrome's exchange token — the emissions engine of the vote-escrow DEX that routes a large share of Optimism's stable-asset flow. This row is the VelodromeV2 deployment, 132 days into its record at the September 27, 2026 snapshot.
The figure carrying the analysis is the supply gap: a $48.8 million market cap against a $96.0 million fully-diluted read on 2.6 billion units — the distance between the two is the unemitted allocation the emissions schedule still holds, which is how a ve-model token is designed to work. Tracked depth of $1.6 million is workable for the size on $224.7 thousand of 24-hour volume.
FAQ
Which is bigger, GHO or VELO?
By tracked market cap: GHO (Ethereum) measures $697.96M and VELO (Optimism) measures $48.76M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, GHO or VELO?
On the contract checks we publish: GHO (Ethereum) grades B and VELO (Optimism) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have GHO and VELO performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-21 and 2026-09-26T18:07:24, the measured snapshots show GHO at +0.11% and VELO at +28.0%.
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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→2026-09-26T18:07:24; 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.