FLUID vs POOL
Fluid (Instadapp) and PoolTogether 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
FLUID scores 145 of 250 and ranks 25th of 251. POOL scores 96 and ranks 161st. FLUID leads by 49 points, which is a wide enough margin that the framework is not ambivalent. FLUID takes 21 of the 25 variables, POOL takes 0, and 4 are level.
The framework rates FLUID CAUTIOUS HOLD and POOL PASS. 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.
5 variables separate them by 3 points or more. FLUID is clear on Protocol Revenue (6 against 2), Catalyst Calendar (7 against 3) and P/S Multiple (7 against 4).
Both score 3 or below on Real Staking Yield, BTC Alpha Potential. 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.
FLUID is valued at $158.2M against $176.3K for POOL, a 897.1x 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 | 2 | FLUID +4 | |
| Revenue Trend | 4 | 3 | FLUID +1 | |
| P/S Multiple | 7 | 4 | FLUID +3 | |
| Real Staking Yield | 3 | 3 | level |
Supply
| Supply Inflation | 8 | 5 | FLUID +3 | |
| Vesting Schedule | 8 | 5 | FLUID +3 | |
| Circulating / FDV Ratio | 7 | 5 | FLUID +2 | |
| Buyback and Burn | 4 | 2 | FLUID +2 |
Ownership
| Smart Money Flows | 7 | 4 | FLUID +3 | |
| Insider Selling | 7 | 5 | FLUID +2 | |
| Holder Concentration | 5 | 4 | FLUID +1 |
Traction
| TVL Trend | 5 | 3 | FLUID +2 | |
| Active Users | 5 | 3 | FLUID +2 | |
| Developer Activity | 7 | 5 | FLUID +2 | |
| Network Growth | 7 | 4 | FLUID +3 |
Position
| Market Share | 7 | 4 | FLUID +3 | |
| Competitive Moat | 8 | 5 | FLUID +3 | |
| Institutional Adoption | 5 | 3 | FLUID +2 | |
| Exchange Depth | 4 | 3 | FLUID +1 | |
| Social Mindshare | 4 | 3 | FLUID +1 |
Risk
| Regulatory Safety | 5 | 5 | level | |
| Catalyst Calendar | 7 | 3 | FLUID +4 | |
| BTC Alpha Potential | 3 | 3 | level | |
| Team Execution | 7 | 5 | FLUID +2 | |
| Treasury Runway | 5 | 5 | level |
Bars read outward from the centre: FLUID to the left, POOL 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
| FLUID | POOL | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.89 | $0.0183 |
| Market cap | $158.2M | $176.3K |
| Circulating | 83.7% | 96.1% |
| Dilution to full supply | 1.19x | 1.04x |
| Off all-time high | -92.3% | -99.966% |
| To recover the high | 13x | 2,941x |
| Total value locked | $726.4M | not published |
| 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
FLUID · CAUTIOUS HOLD
DEX v2 (volatile pairs + cross-margin). Solana DEX launch Q3 2026. Buyback restoration when treasury recovers. Venus Flux BNB growth. Jupiter Lend expansion on Solana.
Revenue declining -63% ($15M peak → $5.6M run rate). Buybacks halted. TVL -92% from peak ($9.2B → $726M). Two security incidents in 2026 (Resolv $21M bad debt + Merkle key compromise $215K). Treasury depleted (~$5M liquid). 4-day disclosure delay on May incident. not on Binance.
POOL · PASS
Vault growth and no-loss lottery adoption via Prize Savings Accounts on L2s
Regulatory risk as prize-linked savings may face securities classification
Common questions
- Is FLUID or POOL the better investment?
- On this framework FLUID scores higher: 145 against 96 of 250, and it is rated CAUTIOUS HOLD against PASS. That is a ranking of fundamentals as recorded at the last scoring pass, not a price forecast, and FLUID still wins 21 of the 25 individual variables against POOL.
- What is the biggest difference between FLUID and POOL?
- Protocol Revenue. FLUID scores 6 of 10 there and POOL scores 2, a gap of 4 points on a single variable.
- Which is bigger, FLUID or POOL?
- FLUID is valued at $158.2M and POOL at $176.3K 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.