HostUNI vs LDO — price, size and safety, side by side
UNI (Ethereum) vs LDO (Ethereum) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-09-26 / 2026-09-26.
UNI vs LDO — normalized performance, 2026-09-08 to 2026-09-26T18:07:24
| UNI | LDO | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.63 | $0.4912 |
| Market cap | $5.60B | $368.12M |
| 24h volume | $5.14M | $1.00M |
| Liquidity | $25.55M | $853.83K |
| FDV | $8.01B | $441.31M |
| Holders | 382,165 | 63,817 |
| Age (days) | 1,727 | 1,561 |
| Safety grade | A | C |
Where they differ
- UNI measures ~15× the market cap of LDO
- UNI measures ~30× the liquidity of LDO
- UNI measures ~5.1× the 24h volume of LDO
- UNI measures ~6.0× the holder count of LDO
- over the shared window UNI moved +38.5% while LDO moved +25.9%
What the data says
UNI
UNI is Uniswap's governance token — the asset of the protocol that invented the automated market maker and still clears more DEX volume than the rest of the field combined. The deployment 0x1f9840a85d5af5bf1d1762f925bdaddc4201f984 is the canonical mint; our September 26, 2026 snapshot reads $25.5 million of tracked pool liquidity on this pair set.
The honest asymmetry is the governance-token shape: UNI's thesis is control over a fee-generating machine, but the "fee switch" — the mechanism that would route protocol revenue to holders — has been proposed and deferred for years, so the token trades on governance value and the perennial expectation rather than cashflow it actually pays. That makes its valuation more reflexive than a productive asset's.
LDO
LDO is Lido DAO's governance token — the vote share over the largest staking pool in crypto, the operator set behind stETH and wstETH (both covered separately in this corpus). The contract 0x5a98fcbea516cf06857215779fd812ca3bef1b32 is the canonical deployment; our September 26, 2026 read shows $854 thousand of tracked pool liquidity at a $0.39 handle.
The honest mechanics: LDO is governance, not cash flow — it doesn't pay you a share of Lido's fee revenue, it buys influence over who gets to run validators and what the treasury does. Its risk is its dominance: Lido's share of staked ETH is large enough that regulators and the Ethereum community itself periodically debate capping it, and that debate is the LDO chart. A governance token on the biggest single point of staking centralization is a strange asset — know that is what it is.
FAQ
Which is bigger, UNI or LDO?
By tracked market cap: UNI (Ethereum) measures $5.60B and LDO (Ethereum) measures $368.12M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, UNI or LDO?
On the contract checks we publish: UNI (Ethereum) grades A and LDO (Ethereum) grades C. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have UNI and LDO performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-08 and 2026-09-26T18:07:24, the measured snapshots show UNI at +38.5% and LDO at +25.9%.
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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→2026-09-26T18:07:24; a token with fewer measured points measures a shorter span inside it.
Figures are dated on-chain snapshots, not a live feed. Safety grades are structural checks — not investment advice. Free · no signup · a NexFlow product.