HostRLUSD vs WBTC — price, size and safety, side by side
RLUSD (Ethereum) vs WBTC (Ethereum) — 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.
RLUSD vs WBTC — normalized performance, 2026-09-08 to 2026-09-26T18:07:24
| RLUSD | WBTC | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.00 | $84.50K |
| Market cap | $2.42B | $9.81B |
| 24h volume | $37.63M | $35.93M |
| Liquidity | $42.14M | $232.25M |
| FDV | $1.36B | $9.81B |
| Holders | 12,580 | 196,369 |
| Age (days) | 52 | 1,583 |
| Safety grade | B | C |
Where they differ
- WBTC measures ~4.0× the market cap of RLUSD
- WBTC measures ~5.5× the liquidity of RLUSD
- WBTC measures ~16× the holder count of RLUSD
- over the shared window RLUSD moved +0.42% while WBTC moved +8.05%
What the data says
RLUSD
RLUSD is Ripple's dollar — the stablecoin Ripple built on its institutional distribution, aimed at the same regulated-treasury ground as USDC and PYUSD but arriving with an exchange network behind it. The deployment 0x8292bb45bf1ee4d140127049757c2e0ff06317ed is the Ethereum mint; our September 21, 2026 snapshot reads $42.1 million of tracked pool liquidity.
The honest shape: RLUSD's reserve is the standard fiat-backed structure — cash and equivalents with attestations — so its risk profile is issuer-shaped (Ripple's solvency, NYDFS oversight, redemption terms) rather than exotic. What distinguishes it is distribution: Ripple's existing payment rails give it corridor utility most new stablecoins lack, though on pure DeFi depth it still trails the majors by an order of magnitude.
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 $232.2 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, RLUSD or WBTC?
By tracked market cap: RLUSD (Ethereum) measures $2.42B and WBTC (Ethereum) measures $9.81B — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, RLUSD or WBTC?
On the contract checks we publish: RLUSD (Ethereum) grades B and WBTC (Ethereum) grades C. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have RLUSD and WBTC performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-08 and 2026-09-26T18:07:24, the measured snapshots show RLUSD at +0.42% and WBTC at +8.05%.
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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→2026-09-26T18:07:24; a token with fewer measured points measures a shorter span inside it.
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