ARB vs CETUS
Arbitrum and Cetus Protocol scored on the same 25 variables, ranked against the same 251 tokens, with every gap between them shown.
Scoring pass 18 Sept 2026. Market snapshot 7 Oct 2026.
What separates them
ARB scores 134 of 250 and ranks 42nd of 251. CETUS scores 147 and ranks 22nd. CETUS leads by 13 points, which is a real gap, though small enough that one variable moving would close much of it. ARB takes 6 of the 25 variables, CETUS takes 13, and 6 are level.
The framework rates ARB CAUTIOUS HOLD and CETUS HOLD. Two tokens close enough to compare do not have to land in the same band, and where they do not, the divergence table below is where the split comes from.
2 variables separate them by 3 points or more. CETUS is clear on P/S Multiple (7 against 4) and Real Staking Yield (5 against 2).
Both score 3 or below on Protocol Revenue. A weakness both sides share is not a reason to prefer either. It is a reason to check whether the category itself carries the problem.
ARB still has 32.1% of its eventual supply to enter circulation against 3.5% for CETUS. On the same market capitalisation, a buyer of ARB is taking the 1.47x dilution path and a buyer of CETUS the 1.04x one.
ARB is valued at $1.25B against $25.0M for CETUS, a 50.0x difference. The smaller of the two scores higher on fundamentals, which is the disagreement worth understanding before either position is taken.
All 25 variables, head to head
Both tokens were scored by the same framework in the same pass, so the numbers are directly comparable. What a comparison adds over two separate pages is the gap: a 6 against a 6 is a non-event, a 9 against a 3 is the reason to hold one and not the other.
Cash flow
| Protocol Revenue | 3 | 3 | level | |
| Revenue Trend | 5 | 7 | CETUS +2 | |
| P/S Multiple | 4 | 7 | CETUS +3 | |
| Real Staking Yield | 2 | 5 | CETUS +3 |
Supply
| Supply Inflation | 4 | 5 | CETUS +1 | |
| Vesting Schedule | 3 | 5 | CETUS +2 | |
| Circulating / FDV Ratio | 5 | 6 | CETUS +1 | |
| Buyback and Burn | 3 | 5 | CETUS +2 |
Ownership
| Smart Money Flows | 6 | 7 | CETUS +1 | |
| Insider Selling | 4 | 5 | CETUS +1 | |
| Holder Concentration | 5 | 5 | level |
Traction
| TVL Trend | 6 | 5 | ARB +1 | |
| Active Users | 7 | 7 | level | |
| Developer Activity | 8 | 7 | ARB +1 | |
| Network Growth | 7 | 8 | CETUS +1 |
Position
| Market Share | 8 | 8 | level | |
| Competitive Moat | 5 | 7 | CETUS +2 | |
| Institutional Adoption | 6 | 4 | ARB +2 | |
| Exchange Depth | 7 | 5 | ARB +2 | |
| Social Mindshare | 6 | 6 | level |
Risk
| Regulatory Safety | 7 | 5 | ARB +2 | |
| Catalyst Calendar | 6 | 7 | CETUS +1 | |
| BTC Alpha Potential | 4 | 6 | CETUS +2 | |
| Team Execution | 7 | 6 | ARB +1 | |
| Treasury Runway | 6 | 6 | level |
Bars read outward from the centre: ARB to the left, CETUS to the right. The side that leads a variable is filled. Each score is 1 to 10 against the same definition applied to all 251 rated tokens.
Market and supply
| ARB | CETUS | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.1840 | $0.0259 |
| Market cap | $1.25B | $25.0M |
| Circulating | 67.9% | 96.5% |
| Dilution to full supply | 1.47x | 1.04x |
| Off all-time high | -92.3% | -94.7% |
| To recover the high | 13x | 18.9x |
| Total value locked | $2.20B | $380.0M |
| Network | Arbitrum | Sui |
Price, market cap and all-time high from the CoinGecko snapshot fetched 7 Oct 2026. Supply shares are derived from circulating and eventual supply counts, which do not move with price. The 25 scores come from the research pass dated 18 Sept 2026.
Catalyst and risk on each side
ARB · CAUTIOUS HOLD
BOLD dispute resolution upgrade; Stylus enabling Rust/C++ smart contracts expanding developer base
42% circulating with significant investor releases remaining; sequencer revenue not well-accrued to ARB token holders
CETUS · HOLD
Sui TVL surging past $2B; CETUS as dominant liquidity layer capturing majority of Sui DEX volume
Sui network concentration risk; hack/exploit history (2023 $22M exploit fully recovered); competition from Turbos/Aftermath
Common questions
- Is ARB or CETUS the better investment?
- On this framework CETUS scores higher: 147 against 134 of 250, and it is rated HOLD against CAUTIOUS HOLD. That is a ranking of fundamentals as recorded at the last scoring pass, not a price forecast, and ARB still wins 6 of the 25 individual variables against CETUS.
- What is the biggest difference between ARB and CETUS?
- P/S Multiple. ARB scores 4 of 10 there and CETUS scores 7, a gap of 3 points on a single variable.
- Which is bigger, ARB or CETUS?
- ARB is valued at $1.25B and CETUS at $25.0M on the latest market snapshot.
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Research and analysis, not investment advice. A higher score is one framework applied consistently to 251 tokens, not a prediction that one asset will outperform the other.