HostWBTC vs B3 — price, size and safety, side by side
WBTC (Ethereum) vs B3 (Base) — every figure is the freshest dated measurement we hold for that token, never a live-feed guess. Prices stamped 2026-09-27 / 2026-09-26.
WBTC vs B3 — normalized performance, 2026-09-14 to 2026-09-26T18:07:24
| WBTC | B3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $84.50K | $0.000622 |
| Market cap | $9.81B | $38.89M |
| 24h volume | $35.93M | $1.75M |
| Liquidity | $232.25M | $674.20K |
| FDV | $9.81B | $83.77M |
| Holders | 196,369 | 2,271,038 |
| Age (days) | 1,583 | 581 |
| Safety grade | C | A |
Where they differ
- WBTC measures ~252× the market cap of B3
- WBTC measures ~344× the liquidity of B3
- WBTC measures ~21× the 24h volume of B3
- B3 measures ~12× the holder count of WBTC
- over the shared window WBTC moved +6.49% while B3 moved 0.00%
What the data says
WBTC
WBTC is the original wrapped Bitcoin — the ERC-20 that put BTC on Ethereum's DeFi rails in 2019, custodied by BitGo with a mint-and-burn pipeline run through KYC'd merchants. The deployment 0x2260fac5e5542a773aa44fbcfedf7c193bc2c599 is the canonical mint, one of the oldest contract addresses in DeFi; our September 27, 2026 snapshot reads $232.2 million of tracked pool liquidity on this pair set — a slice of a float that spans every major venue.
The honest frame is unchanged since launch: holding WBTC means trusting BitGo's custody — the reserve is attested and the mint pipeline is transparent, but the claim is institutional, not cryptographic. Coinbase's cbBTC arrived as the regulated-competitor answer; the two trade the same BTC exposure with different custodians, and the depth split between them is the market's live verdict on whose custody it prefers.
B3
B3 on Base — 0xb3b32f9f8827d4634fe7d973fa1034ec9fddb3b3 — is the token of the B3 gaming ecosystem built on Base, one of the chain's more established project tokens at 581 days tracked. The September 26, 2026 snapshot reads $674 thousand of liquidity and roughly $1.8 million of daily volume.
Nineteen months of trading history puts B3 in the survivor class — a contract that has processed a year and a half of buys and sells has, by definition, not been a honeypot for 581 days. That is the strongest single fact a pool snapshot can produce. What it does not produce: whether the current holder file is healthy, whether treasury wallets are distributing or accumulating, and whether the gaming ecosystem's traction supports the valuation — all outside this read.
FAQ
Which is bigger, WBTC or B3?
By tracked market cap: WBTC (Ethereum) measures $9.81B and B3 (Base) measures $38.89M — dated snapshots, not a live feed.
Which is safer, WBTC or B3?
On the contract checks we publish: WBTC (Ethereum) grades C and B3 (Base) grades A. A grade is a structural check on the contract, not a promise about the asset.
How have WBTC and B3 performed over the shared window?
Between 2026-09-14 and 2026-09-26T18:07:24, the measured snapshots show WBTC at +6.49% and B3 at 0.00%.
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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, 2026-09-14→2026-09-26T18:07:24; a token with fewer measured points measures a shorter span inside it.
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