HostSOL vs ZEC — price, size and safety, side by side
SOL (Solana) vs ZEC (Solana) — 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.
SOL vs ZEC — normalized performance, 2026-09-08 to 2026-09-27T18:22:06
| SOL | ZEC | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $122.52 | $1.59K |
| Market cap | $70.79B | $153.76M |
| 24h volume | $4.48B | $70.02M |
| Liquidity | $959.88M | $5.29M |
| FDV | $76.46B | $153.76M |
| Holders | 3,820,662 | 109,600 |
| Safety grade | A | A |
Where they differ
- SOL measures ~460× the market cap of ZEC
- SOL measures ~181× the liquidity of ZEC
- SOL measures ~64× the 24h volume of ZEC
- SOL measures ~35× the holder count of ZEC
- over the shared window SOL moved +19.2% while ZEC moved +36.9%
What the data says
SOL
Wrapped SOL is the one token on this site that is barely a token at all. SOL itself — the coin that pays for every transaction on Solana — is not an SPL token, so any program that expects the SPL standard works with this wrapper instead: one wSOL always represents one SOL, held in a token account you can unwrap back to native SOL at any moment. When a DEX route, a lending pool, or a liquidity pair says "SOL," this mint — So11111111111111111111111111111111111111112 — is almost always what it means under the hood.
The safety read here is about as clean as the format allows, and for a structural reason rather than a flattering one. As of the September 26, 2026 snapshot both the mint authority and the freeze authority read revoked: nobody can print unbacked wSOL, and nobody can freeze a wallet's balance. That isn't a team making good choices — it's baked into how the wrapper works, which is exactly why wrapped SOL is the reference point other tokens get measured against. The snapshot puts roughly 3.82 million holders on the mint and about $960 million of tracked liquidity, numbers no ordinary SPL token approaches.
ZEC
ZEC on Solana is a bridged representation of Zcash — the 2016-born privacy coin whose shielded transactions use zk-SNARKs to hide sender, receiver and amount. The September 26, 2026 snapshot values this deployment at roughly $153.8 million held by 109,600 wallets on mint A7bdiYdS5GjqGFtxf17ppRHtDKPkkRqbKtR27dxvQXaS.
The essential caveat is trust topology: native ZEC's privacy properties live on the Zcash chain; a wrapped unit on Solana inherits whatever the bridge custodies, not what the shielded pool guarantees. Holders here are trading ZEC's price exposure with Solana settlement speed — a different product from holding shielded ZEC itself.
FAQ
Which is bigger, SOL or ZEC?
By tracked market cap: SOL (Solana) measures $70.79B and ZEC (Solana) measures $153.76M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, SOL or ZEC?
On the contract checks we publish: SOL (Solana) grades A and ZEC (Solana) grades A. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have SOL and ZEC performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-08 and 2026-09-27T18:22:06, the measured snapshots show SOL at +19.2% and ZEC at +36.9%.
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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, 2026-09-08→2026-09-27T18:22:06; a token with fewer measured points measures a shorter span inside it.
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