HostLAVA vs MSUSD — price, size and safety, side by side
LAVA (Arbitrum) vs MSUSD (Base) — 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.
LAVA vs MSUSD — normalized performance, 2026-09-21 to 2026-09-27T18:22:06
| LAVA | MSUSD | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.01349 | $0.8929 |
| Market cap | $8.18M | $46.17M |
| 24h volume | $13.56K | $845.54K |
| Liquidity | $331.36K | $3.41M |
| FDV | $2.75M | $17.09M |
| Holders | 4,745 | 5,541 |
| Age (days) | 286 | 656 |
| Safety grade | C | B |
Where they differ
- MSUSD measures ~5.6× the market cap of LAVA
- MSUSD measures ~10× the liquidity of LAVA
- MSUSD measures ~62× the 24h volume of LAVA
What the data says
LAVA
LAVA at 0x11e969e9b3f89cb16d686a03cd8508c9fc0361af is an Arbitrum deployment of the Lava Network token, 286 days into its record at the September 27, 2026 snapshot. The asset-wide $8.2 million market cap sits above the $2.8 million fully-diluted figure priced on 203.4 million local units.
The local book is workable against the slice: $331.4 thousand of tracked depth on $23.3 thousand of 24-hour volume — a pool that can take exits and a quiet tape that mostly holds. Contract-level controls were not assessed in this snapshot.
MSUSD
msUSD is Metronome Synth's synthetic dollar — you deposit volatile collateral (ETH, BTC wrappers) into the Synth engine and mint dollar-denominated synthetic positions against it. The contract 0x526728dbc96689597f85ae4cd716d4f7fccbae9d is the Base deployment our scan tracks, at $3.4 million of pool liquidity as of September 27, 2026.
The honest note, stated plainly: a synthetic dollar is not a stablecoin — msUSD can and does trade off its one-dollar mark (our current read shows it well below), because its price is set by pool dynamics and mint-redemption incentives, not by an issuer redeeming at par. That is a different risk class from USDC or USDT — hold it as a leveraged-collateral instrument, not as cash.
FAQ
Which is bigger, LAVA or MSUSD?
By tracked market cap: LAVA (Arbitrum) measures $8.18M and MSUSD (Base) measures $46.17M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, LAVA or MSUSD?
On the contract checks we publish: LAVA (Arbitrum) grades C and MSUSD (Base) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have LAVA and MSUSD performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-21 and 2026-09-27T18:22:06, the measured snapshots show LAVA at −1.44% and MSUSD at +0.09%.
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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→2026-09-27T18:22:06; a token with fewer measured points measures a shorter span inside it.
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