NexUSDAI vs AAVE — price, size and safety, side by side
USDAI (Arbitrum) 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.
USDAI vs AAVE — normalized performance, 2026-09-21 to 2026-11-13T12:15:58
| USDAI | AAVE | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.00 | $113.88 |
| Market cap | $157.90M | $2.01B |
| 24h volume | $1.05M all venues | $303.80M all venues |
| Liquidity | $577.44K | $14.00M |
| FDV | $157.19M | $2.08B |
| Holders | 3,073 | — |
| Age (days) | 448 | 1,742 |
| Safety grade | B | B |
Where they differ
- AAVE measures ~13× the market cap of USDAI
- AAVE measures ~24× the liquidity of USDAI
- AAVE measures ~289× the 24h volume of USDAI
- over the shared window USDAI moved −0.11% while AAVE moved −13.6%
What the data says
USDAI
USDAI is USD.ai's stablecoin — a dollar token backed by loans against GPU and AI-infrastructure collateral, one of the more unusual collateral stacks in the stablecoin set. The contract 0x0a1a1a107e45b7ced86833863f482bc5f4ed82ef is what our scan tracks: $577 thousand of pool liquidity as of November 6, 2026 on Arbitrum, trading essentially at its dollar peg.
The honest mechanics: the backing is hardware-collateralized lending — claims on AI infrastructure and the loans against it — which is genuinely different from the treasury-bill or crypto-overcollateralized models most stablecoins use, and carries its own risks (hardware values depreciate and loan books can go bad). The pool here is thin, so redemptions at size route through the issuer's machinery rather than the public market.
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, USDAI or AAVE?
By tracked market cap: USDAI (Arbitrum) measures $157.90M and AAVE (Ethereum) measures $2.01B — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, USDAI or AAVE?
On the contract checks we publish: USDAI (Arbitrum) grades B and AAVE (Ethereum) grades B. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have USDAI and AAVE performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-21 and 2026-11-13T12:15:58, the measured snapshots show USDAI at −0.11% and AAVE at −13.6%.
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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.
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