HostUNIBTC vs MSUSD — price, size and safety, side by side
UNIBTC (Optimism) vs MSUSD (Base) — 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.
UNIBTC vs MSUSD — normalized performance, 2026-09-21 to 2026-11-13T12:15:58
| UNIBTC | MSUSD | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $61.64K | $0.8095 |
| Market cap | $245.44M | $42.44M |
| 24h volume | $962.92 all venues | $1.85M all venues |
| Liquidity | $304.76K | $1.61M |
| FDV | $399.26K | $14.59M |
| Holders | 69,884 | 5,519 |
| Age (days) | 817 | 671 |
| Safety grade | B | B |
Where they differ
- UNIBTC measures ~5.8× the market cap of MSUSD
- MSUSD measures ~5.3× the liquidity of UNIBTC
- MSUSD measures ~1,917× the 24h volume of UNIBTC
- UNIBTC measures ~13× the holder count of MSUSD
- over the shared window UNIBTC moved −19.1% while MSUSD moved −9.25%
What the data says
UNIBTC
uniBTC at 0x93919784c523f39cacaa98ee0a9d96c3f32b593e is a bitcoin-denominated receipt on Optimism, 802 days into its record at the November 6, 2026 snapshot. The asset-wide $245.4 million market cap dwarfs a $399.3 thousand fully-diluted figure priced on 4 local units — four coins' worth on this chain.
The local book is thin against the headline: $304.8 thousand of tracked depth on $10.6 thousand of 24-hour volume — a sliver that mostly sits. Contract-level controls were not assessed in this snapshot.
MSUSD
msUSD is Metronome Synth's synthetic dollar — you deposit volatile collateral (ETH, BTC wrappers) into the Synth engine and mint dollar-denominated synthetic positions against it. The contract 0x526728dbc96689597f85ae4cd716d4f7fccbae9d is the Base deployment our scan tracks, at $1.6 million of pool liquidity as of November 6, 2026.
The honest note, stated plainly: a synthetic dollar is not a stablecoin — msUSD can and does trade off its one-dollar mark (our current read shows it well below), because its price is set by pool dynamics and mint-redemption incentives, not by an issuer redeeming at par. That is a different risk class from USDC or USDT — hold it as a leveraged-collateral instrument, not as cash.
FAQ
Which is bigger, UNIBTC or MSUSD?
By tracked market cap: UNIBTC (Optimism) measures $245.44M and MSUSD (Base) measures $42.44M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, UNIBTC or MSUSD?
On the contract checks we publish: UNIBTC (Optimism) grades B and MSUSD (Base) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have UNIBTC and MSUSD performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-21 and 2026-11-13T12:15:58, the measured snapshots show UNIBTC at −19.1% and MSUSD at −9.25%.
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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, 2026-09-21→2026-11-13T12:15:58; 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.