HostVELO vs MSUSD — price, size and safety, side by side
VELO (Optimism) vs MSUSD (Base) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-11-15T15:15:30 / 2026-11-13T12:15:58.
VELO vs MSUSD — normalized performance, 2026-09-21 to 2026-11-13
| VELO | MSUSD | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.02074 | $0.8095 |
| Market cap | $13.93M | $42.44M |
| 24h volume | $26.40K all venues | $1.85M all venues |
| Liquidity | $321.63K | $1.61M |
| FDV | $70.66M | $14.59M |
| Holders | 55,920 | 5,519 |
| Age (days) | 150 | 671 |
| Safety grade | B | B |
Where they differ
- MSUSD measures ~3.0× the market cap of VELO
- MSUSD measures ~5.0× the liquidity of VELO
- MSUSD measures ~70× the 24h volume of VELO
- VELO measures ~10× the holder count of MSUSD
- over the shared window VELO moved −22.8% while MSUSD moved −9.25%
What the data says
VELO
VELO at 0x9560e827af36c94d2ac33a39bce1fe78631088db is Velodrome's exchange token — the emissions engine of the vote-escrow DEX that routes a large share of Optimism's stable-asset flow. This row is the VelodromeV2 deployment, 132 days into its record at the November 6, 2026 snapshot.
The figure carrying the analysis is the supply gap: a $13.9 million market cap against a $70.7 million fully-diluted read on 2.6 billion units — the distance between the two is the unemitted allocation the emissions schedule still holds, which is how a ve-model token is designed to work. Tracked depth of $322 thousand is workable for the size on $224.7 thousand of 24-hour volume.
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, VELO or MSUSD?
By tracked market cap: VELO (Optimism) measures $13.93M and MSUSD (Base) measures $42.44M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, VELO or MSUSD?
On the contract checks we publish: VELO (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 VELO and MSUSD performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-21 and 2026-11-13, the measured snapshots show VELO at −22.8% 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→2026-11-13; a token with fewer measured points measures a shorter span inside it.
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