HostPEPE vs USDC — price, size and safety, side by side
PEPE (Ethereum) vs USDC (BNB Chain) — 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.
PEPE vs USDC — normalized performance, 2026-09-18T04:43:53 to 2026-09-26T18:07:24
| PEPE | USDC | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.000004405 | $0.7631 |
| Market cap | $1.77B | $11 |
| 24h volume | $1.66M | $126.92M |
| Liquidity | $16.55M | $1.38B |
| FDV | $1.74B | $38.16B |
| Holders | 593,817 | 2,778 |
| Age (days) | 1,256 | 262 |
| Safety grade | B | E |
Where they differ
- PEPE measures ~160,707,895× the market cap of USDC
- USDC measures ~83× the liquidity of PEPE
- USDC measures ~76× the 24h volume of PEPE
- PEPE measures ~214× the holder count of USDC
- over the shared window PEPE moved +22.0% while USDC moved −17.9%
What the data says
PEPE
PEPE is the memecoin that defined 2023 — launched that April as a deliberately utility-free tribute to Pepe the Frog, with the famous 420.69-trillion supply, no transfer tax, a burned LP position and a renounced contract, and inside three weeks it had minted a multi-billion-dollar market cap and forced listings at nearly every major exchange. The canonical mint is 0x6982508145454ce325ddbe47a25d4ec3d2311933; our September 26, 2026 snapshot reads $16.6 million of tracked pool liquidity on this pair set — a slice of total depth that spans virtually every venue that lists tokens.
The honest verdict splits in two, as it does for every attention asset. Structurally, those launch choices are why PEPE grades cleanest among the mega-memes: no mint lever, no transfer tax, a contract the deployer walked away from. Above the chain there is nothing to underwrite — no cashflow, no protocol, no floor — only the meme's durability, which PEPE has outlasted nearly its entire 2023 cohort on. A broad, long-lived holder base means the whale-farm shape of smaller memes does not apply the same way — but "broad" is not "permanent," and the chart still answers to attention alone.
USDC
Before the market numbers, there's a contract detail on USDC to flag. The mint and freeze levers on USDC's contract is still live as of 2026-09-27, leaving the deployer able to create new supply or freeze transfers for now. Until that changes, USDC stays around 37/100 — worth watching, and an easy win for the project if they remove it.
Here's where USDC stands today: $1.38B of on-chain liquidity, 2,778 wallets holding and 262 days old as of 2026-09-27. Against roughly $11 in market cap, the $1.38B of liquidity is genuinely healthy: deep enough that ordinary trades clear cleanly, which is exactly what you want to see. The 2,778-wallet base is a reasonable spread of ownership, though a headline count doesn't show whether a few wallets dominate — the concentration read on this page speaks to that. Treat the creator's holdings as the headline risk: 72.5% of USDC's supply sits in the deployer's wallet as of 2026-09-27, well past the 'no single holder over 5%' line the scanners use.
FAQ
Which is bigger, PEPE or USDC?
By tracked market cap: PEPE (Ethereum) measures $1.77B and USDC (BNB Chain) measures $11 — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, PEPE or USDC?
On the contract checks we publish: PEPE (Ethereum) grades B and USDC (BNB Chain) grades E. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have PEPE and USDC performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-18T04:43:53 and 2026-09-26T18:07:24, the measured snapshots show PEPE at +22.0% and USDC at −17.9%.
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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→2026-09-26T18:07:24; a token with fewer measured points measures a shorter span inside it.
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