HostRAY vs AAVE — price, size and safety, side by side
RAY (Solana) vs AAVE (Ethereum) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-11-15 / 2026-11-13.
RAY vs AAVE — normalized performance, 2026-09-08 to 2026-11-13T12:15:58
| RAY | AAVE | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.39 | $113.88 |
| Market cap | $480.38M | $2.01B |
| 24h volume | $36.93M all venues | $303.80M all venues |
| Liquidity | $15.78M | $14.00M |
| FDV | $987.57M | $2.08B |
| Holders | 267,066 | — |
| Age (days) | — | 1,742 |
| Safety grade | A | B |
Where they differ
- AAVE measures ~4.2× the market cap of RAY
- AAVE measures ~8.2× the 24h volume of RAY
- over the shared window RAY moved +43.7% while AAVE moved −22.2%
What the data says
RAY
RAY predates almost everything else on this site. Raydium launched in February 2021 as one of Solana's first serious AMMs, survived the 2022 collapse that took down much of the ecosystem around it, and then caught the largest tailwind in Solana's history: for a long stretch of the memecoin era, graduating pump.fun tokens landed their liquidity on Raydium, making it the venue where the frenzy actually settled. The token at mint 4k3Dyjzvzp8eMZWUXbBCjEvwSkkk59S5iCNLY3QrkX6R carries roughly $480.4 million of market capitalization and 267,066 holders as of the November 6, 2026 snapshot.
Structure first, as always: mint authority revoked, freeze authority revoked. After more than five years on-chain, the supply mechanics hold no surprises — what circulates is what exists, and no authority can lock a holder out of exiting. Tracked on-chain liquidity reads about $15.8 million in this snapshot, healthy in absolute terms and, fittingly for a DEX's own token, much of it sitting in Raydium's own pools.
AAVE
AAVE is the token of DeFi's biggest lending protocol — the asset that secures Aave's safety module and governs the money market that's been clearing loans continuously since ETHLend in 2017. The deployment 0x7fc66500c84a76ad7e9c93437bfc5ac33e2ddae9 is the canonical mint; our November 6, 2026 snapshot reads $14.0 million of tracked pool liquidity on this pair set — thin against a float that trades everywhere.
The honest shape: AAVE's thesis is unusually concrete for a governance token — stakers backstop protocol shortfalls with their own stake, so the token is literally collateral for the system's solvency, which ties its value to Aave's actual revenue and risk book rather than pure governance vibes. That makes it closer to a productive asset than most of this index — with the caveat that "productive" here still means "exposed to one protocol's loan book."
FAQ
Which is bigger, RAY or AAVE?
By tracked market cap: RAY (Solana) measures $480.38M and AAVE (Ethereum) measures $2.01B — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, RAY or AAVE?
On the contract checks we publish: RAY (Solana) grades A and AAVE (Ethereum) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have RAY and AAVE performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-08 and 2026-11-13T12:15:58, the measured snapshots show RAY at +43.7% and AAVE at −22.2%.
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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, 2026-09-08→2026-11-13T12:15:58; a token with fewer measured points measures a shorter span inside it.
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