FTM vs XTZ
Fantom and Tezos 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
FTM scores 111 of 250 and ranks 91st of 251. XTZ scores 88 and ranks 199th. FTM leads by 23 points, which is a real gap, though small enough that one variable moving would close much of it. FTM takes 17 of the 25 variables, XTZ takes 3, and 5 are level.
The framework rates FTM WATCH and XTZ 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.
No single variable separates FTM and XTZ by as much as 3 points. The lead is broad rather than concentrated: FTM is ahead on 17 of 25 variables by one or two points each, which is what produces the composite gap without any one variable carrying it.
Both score 3 or below on Protocol Revenue, Buyback and Burn, Market Share. 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.
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 | 2 | FTM +1 | |
| Revenue Trend | 4 | 2 | FTM +2 | |
| P/S Multiple | 4 | 3 | FTM +1 | |
| Real Staking Yield | 5 | 5 | level |
Supply
| Supply Inflation | 5 | 5 | level | |
| Vesting Schedule | 6 | 7 | XTZ +1 | |
| Circulating / FDV Ratio | 7 | 8 | XTZ +1 | |
| Buyback and Burn | 3 | 1 | FTM +2 |
Ownership
| Smart Money Flows | 4 | 2 | FTM +2 | |
| Insider Selling | 5 | 4 | FTM +1 | |
| Holder Concentration | 4 | 4 | level |
Traction
| TVL Trend | 4 | 2 | FTM +2 | |
| Active Users | 4 | 2 | FTM +2 | |
| Developer Activity | 5 | 3 | FTM +2 | |
| Network Growth | 4 | 2 | FTM +2 |
Position
| Market Share | 3 | 2 | FTM +1 | |
| Competitive Moat | 4 | 3 | FTM +1 | |
| Institutional Adoption | 4 | 4 | level | |
| Exchange Depth | 6 | 5 | FTM +1 | |
| Social Mindshare | 4 | 2 | FTM +2 |
Risk
| Regulatory Safety | 5 | 7 | XTZ +2 | |
| Catalyst Calendar | 4 | 2 | FTM +2 | |
| BTC Alpha Potential | 4 | 2 | FTM +2 | |
| Team Execution | 5 | 4 | FTM +1 | |
| Treasury Runway | 5 | 5 | level |
Bars read outward from the centre: FTM to the left, XTZ 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
| FTM | XTZ | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.0334 | $0.3062 |
| Market cap | not published | $336.3M |
| Circulating | n/a | 98.2% |
| Dilution to full supply | n/a | 1.02x |
| Off all-time high | -99.03% | -96.6% |
| To recover the high | 103.1x | 29.4x |
| Total value locked | not published | $22.0M |
| Network | Fantom | Tezos |
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
FTM · WATCH
Sonic upgrade (Fantom) promises faster finality and EVM compatibility; network migration.
Delays in Sonic mainnet launch; low TVL vs. rival L1s; reliance on DeFi revival.
XTZ · PASS
Tezos institutional tokenization and RWA focus may sustain niche enterprise use
No meaningful DeFi network, developer exodus, volume near all-time-lows, token has no value accrual mechanism
Common questions
- Is FTM or XTZ the better investment?
- On this framework FTM scores higher: 111 against 88 of 250, and it is rated WATCH against PASS. That is a ranking of fundamentals as recorded at the last scoring pass, not a price forecast, and FTM still wins 17 of the 25 individual variables against XTZ.
- What is the biggest difference between FTM and XTZ?
- Nothing separates them by more than 2 points on any of the 25 variables, which is unusual and means the two are close substitutes on fundamentals.
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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.