HostOP vs VELO — price, size and safety, side by side
OP (Optimism) vs VELO (Optimism) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-11-15 / 2026-11-15.
OP vs VELO — normalized performance, 2026-09-21 to 2026-11-15T15:15:30
| OP | VELO | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.08213 | $0.02074 |
| Market cap | $245.65M | $13.93M |
| 24h volume | $45.22M all venues | $26.40K all venues |
| Liquidity | $999.71K | $321.63K |
| FDV | $460.57M | $70.66M |
| Holders | 1,370,095 | 55,920 |
| Age (days) | 1,616 | 150 |
| Safety grade | B | B |
Where they differ
- OP measures ~18× the market cap of VELO
- OP measures ~3.1× the liquidity of VELO
- OP measures ~1,712× the 24h volume of VELO
- OP measures ~25× the holder count of VELO
- over the shared window OP moved −36.9% while VELO moved −29.0%
What the data says
OP
OP at 0x4200000000000000000000000000000000000042 is the Optimism Collective's governance token — the canonical OP Mainnet deployment sitting in the chain's own vanity address space, not a bridged copy. The November 6, 2026 snapshot counts 1,370,095 holders around a $245.7 million market cap, $460.6 million fully diluted against a 4.3 billion total supply — the gap between the two figures is the unissued allocation the Collective still holds.
The contract posture is worth quoting exactly. Minting is still active — new supply can be minted, consistent with OP's ongoing distribution schedule. Freeze is revoked, and the code is not a proxy. Depth is the soft spot: $1000 thousand of tracked pool liquidity is thin against a nine-figure cap, and $2.8 million of 24-hour volume means ordinary exits clear but size should be measured against the pool, not the headline.
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 November 6, 2026 snapshot.
The figure carrying the analysis is the supply gap: a $13.9 million market cap against a $70.7 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 $322 thousand is workable for the size on $224.7 thousand of 24-hour volume.
FAQ
Which is bigger, OP or VELO?
By tracked market cap: OP (Optimism) measures $245.65M and VELO (Optimism) measures $13.93M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, OP or VELO?
On the contract checks we publish: OP (Optimism) grades B and VELO (Optimism) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have OP and VELO performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-21 and 2026-11-15T15:15:30, the measured snapshots show OP at −36.9% and VELO at −29.0%.
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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→2026-11-15T15:15:30; a token with fewer measured points measures a shorter span inside it.
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