CBETH vs RETH
Coinbase Wrapped Staked ETH and Rocket Pool ETH 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
CBETH scores 158 of 250 and ranks 15th of 251. RETH scores 159 and ranks 14th. RETH leads by 1 points, which is inside the range where the individual variables matter more than the total. CBETH takes 7 of the 25 variables, RETH takes 11, and 7 are level.
One variable separates them by 3 points or more. CBETH is clear on Institutional Adoption (8 against 5).
CBETH still has 55.7% of its eventual supply to enter circulation against 0% for RETH. On the same market capitalisation, a buyer of CBETH is taking the 2.26x dilution path and a buyer of RETH the 1x one.
RETH is valued at $946.8M against $484.5M for CBETH, a 2.0x difference. The larger of the two also scores higher, so the market and the framework agree on the ordering here.
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 | 6 | 4 | CBETH +2 | |
| Revenue Trend | 6 | 4 | CBETH +2 | |
| P/S Multiple | 6 | 7 | RETH +1 | |
| Real Staking Yield | 8 | 9 | RETH +1 |
Supply
| Supply Inflation | 8 | 8 | level | |
| Vesting Schedule | 10 | 10 | level | |
| Circulating / FDV Ratio | 10 | 10 | level | |
| Buyback and Burn | 4 | 5 | RETH +1 |
Ownership
| Smart Money Flows | 7 | 8 | RETH +1 | |
| Insider Selling | 7 | 8 | RETH +1 | |
| Holder Concentration | 6 | 6 | level |
Traction
| TVL Trend | 5 | 4 | CBETH +1 | |
| Active Users | 6 | 6 | level | |
| Developer Activity | 5 | 7 | RETH +2 | |
| Network Growth | 5 | 6 | RETH +1 |
Position
| Market Share | 6 | 5 | CBETH +1 | |
| Competitive Moat | 5 | 6 | RETH +1 | |
| Institutional Adoption | 8 | 5 | CBETH +3 | |
| Exchange Depth | 5 | 4 | CBETH +1 | |
| Social Mindshare | 5 | 5 | level |
Risk
| Regulatory Safety | 6 | 7 | RETH +1 | |
| Catalyst Calendar | 5 | 6 | RETH +1 | |
| BTC Alpha Potential | 5 | 5 | level | |
| Team Execution | 6 | 7 | RETH +1 | |
| Treasury Runway | 8 | 7 | CBETH +1 |
Bars read outward from the centre: CBETH to the left, RETH 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
| CBETH | RETH | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2,927 | $3,002 |
| Market cap | $484.5M | $946.8M |
| Circulating | 44.3% | 100% |
| Dilution to full supply | 2.26x | 1x |
| Off all-time high | -46.2% | -46.6% |
| To recover the high | 1.9x | 1.9x |
| Total value locked | $1.80B | $2.10B |
| Network | Ethereum | Ethereum |
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
CBETH · HOLD
Coinbase institutional distribution gives cbETH unique access to TradFi investors; ETF integrations possible
Fully custodial, Coinbase controls withdrawal keys; regulatory risk against Coinbase directly impacts token; lower yield than competitors
RETH · HOLD
Ethereum restaking demand and EigenLayer integration; Rocket Pool Saturn upgrade improving capital efficiency
RETH carries smart contract risk and Rocket Pool slashing insurance risk; slower growth vs. Lido's dominant wstETH
Common questions
- Is CBETH or RETH the better investment?
- On this framework RETH scores higher: 159 against 158 of 250, and it is rated HOLD against HOLD. That is a ranking of fundamentals as recorded at the last scoring pass, not a price forecast, and CBETH still wins 7 of the 25 individual variables against RETH.
- What is the biggest difference between CBETH and RETH?
- Institutional Adoption. CBETH scores 8 of 10 there and RETH scores 5, a gap of 3 points on a single variable.
- Which is bigger, CBETH or RETH?
- CBETH is valued at $484.5M and RETH at $946.8M 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.