HostMSUSD vs WBTC — price, size and safety, side by side
MSUSD (Base) vs WBTC (Ethereum) — 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.
MSUSD vs WBTC — normalized performance, 2026-09-18T04:43:53 to 2026-09-27T15:10:18
| MSUSD | WBTC | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.8929 | $84.65K |
| Market cap | $46.17M | $9.83B |
| 24h volume | $845.54K | $30.16M |
| Liquidity | $3.41M | $224.32M |
| FDV | $17.09M | $9.83B |
| Holders | 5,541 | 196,306 |
| Age (days) | 656 | 1,583 |
| Safety grade | B | C |
Where they differ
- WBTC measures ~213× the market cap of MSUSD
- WBTC measures ~66× the liquidity of MSUSD
- WBTC measures ~36× the 24h volume of MSUSD
- WBTC measures ~35× the holder count of MSUSD
- over the shared window MSUSD moved +29.9% while WBTC moved +8.73%
What the data says
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.
WBTC
WBTC is the original wrapped Bitcoin — the ERC-20 that put BTC on Ethereum's DeFi rails in 2019, custodied by BitGo with a mint-and-burn pipeline run through KYC'd merchants. The deployment 0x2260fac5e5542a773aa44fbcfedf7c193bc2c599 is the canonical mint, one of the oldest contract addresses in DeFi; our September 27, 2026 snapshot reads $224.3 million of tracked pool liquidity on this pair set — a slice of a float that spans every major venue.
The honest frame is unchanged since launch: holding WBTC means trusting BitGo's custody — the reserve is attested and the mint pipeline is transparent, but the claim is institutional, not cryptographic. Coinbase's cbBTC arrived as the regulated-competitor answer; the two trade the same BTC exposure with different custodians, and the depth split between them is the market's live verdict on whose custody it prefers.
FAQ
Which is bigger, MSUSD or WBTC?
By tracked market cap: MSUSD (Base) measures $46.17M and WBTC (Ethereum) measures $9.83B — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, MSUSD or WBTC?
On the contract checks we publish: MSUSD (Base) grades B and WBTC (Ethereum) grades C. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have MSUSD and WBTC performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-18T04:43:53 and 2026-09-27T15:10:18, the measured snapshots show MSUSD at +29.9% and WBTC at +8.73%.
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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, 2026-09-18T04:43:53→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.