HostHNT vs SHMON — price, size and safety, side by side
HNT (Solana) vs SHMON (Monad) — 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.
HNT vs SHMON — normalized performance, 2026-09-21 to 2026-09-27T15:10:18
| HNT | SHMON | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.505 | $0.04282 |
| Market cap | $97.21M | $8.83M |
| 24h volume | $230.62K | $23.19K |
| Liquidity | $304.62K | $302.16K |
| FDV | $97.21M | $8.83M |
| Holders | 537,762 | 11,236 |
| Age (days) | — | 299 |
| Safety grade | A | B |
Where they differ
- HNT measures ~11× the market cap of SHMON
- HNT measures ~9.9× the 24h volume of SHMON
- HNT measures ~48× the holder count of SHMON
What the data says
HNT
HNT is one of the few tokens on this site attached to something you can photograph: hundreds of thousands of physical Helium hotspots providing IoT and mobile wireless coverage, earning tokens for verified work. The network launched its own blockchain in 2019 and migrated wholesale to Solana in April 2023 — one of the largest chain migrations ever completed — where the mint hntyVP6YFm1Hg25TN9WGLqM12b8TQmcknKrdu1oxWux now carries roughly $97.2 million of market capitalization across 537,762 holders as of NexFlow's September 26, 2026 snapshot.
The authority read needs its context. Freeze authority: revoked — no one can lock a holder's balance. Mint authority: not the burned-forever state a memecoin checklist wants, and correctly so, because HNT's supply is emissive by design: the protocol mints new HNT on a public issuance schedule with halvings (most recently August 2025), paying hotspot operators for coverage, under a hard cap of 223 million. Like a liquid-staking token, the mint lever here belongs to the protocol's own program doing its documented job — the question to monitor is governance over that program, not the lever's existence.
SHMON
shMON at 0x1b68626dca36c7fe922fd2d55e4f631d962de19c — ShMonad — is Monad's liquid-staking receipt: the token that represents staked MON and accrues the staking yield in its exchange rate rather than in rebased balances. The September 27, 2026 snapshot prices a $8.8 million market cap across 206.8 million units, 299 days into the record.
The book is workable for the chain's scale: $302.2 thousand of tracked depth on $15.6 thousand of daily volume — a quiet book typical of a staking receipt, whose holders mostly mint and redeem through the staking contract rather than trading the pool. Contract-level controls were not assessed in this snapshot.
FAQ
Which is bigger, HNT or SHMON?
By tracked market cap: HNT (Solana) measures $97.21M and SHMON (Monad) measures $8.83M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, HNT or SHMON?
On the contract checks we publish: HNT (Solana) grades A and SHMON (Monad) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have HNT and SHMON performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-21 and 2026-09-27T15:10:18, the measured snapshots show HNT at +6.44% and SHMON at +5.10%.
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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→2026-09-27T15:10:18; 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.