GNO vs SSV
Gnosis and SSV Network 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
GNO scores 128 of 250 and ranks 49th of 251. SSV scores 106 and ranks 110th. GNO leads by 22 points, which is a real gap, though small enough that one variable moving would close much of it. GNO takes 16 of the 25 variables, SSV takes 3, and 6 are level.
The framework rates GNO CAUTIOUS HOLD and SSV WATCH. 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.
One variable separates them by 3 points or more. GNO is clear on Vesting Schedule (5 against 2).
Both score 3 or below on Supply Inflation, Circulating / FDV Ratio. 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.
GNO is valued at $316.6M against $42.1M for SSV, a 7.5x 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 | 5 | 3 | GNO +2 | |
| Revenue Trend | 5 | 4 | GNO +1 | |
| P/S Multiple | 4 | 3 | GNO +1 | |
| Real Staking Yield | 6 | 5 | GNO +1 |
Supply
| Supply Inflation | 3 | 2 | GNO +1 | |
| Vesting Schedule | 5 | 2 | GNO +3 | |
| Circulating / FDV Ratio | 2 | 3 | SSV +1 | |
| Buyback and Burn | 4 | 2 | GNO +2 |
Ownership
| Smart Money Flows | 6 | 4 | GNO +2 | |
| Insider Selling | 6 | 4 | GNO +2 | |
| Holder Concentration | 5 | 4 | GNO +1 |
Traction
| TVL Trend | 5 | 6 | SSV +1 | |
| Active Users | 5 | 4 | GNO +1 | |
| Developer Activity | 6 | 6 | level | |
| Network Growth | 5 | 5 | level |
Position
| Market Share | 5 | 6 | SSV +1 | |
| Competitive Moat | 6 | 6 | level | |
| Institutional Adoption | 5 | 5 | level | |
| Exchange Depth | 5 | 4 | GNO +1 | |
| Social Mindshare | 5 | 3 | GNO +2 |
Risk
| Regulatory Safety | 7 | 7 | level | |
| Catalyst Calendar | 5 | 5 | level | |
| BTC Alpha Potential | 5 | 3 | GNO +2 | |
| Team Execution | 6 | 5 | GNO +1 | |
| Treasury Runway | 7 | 5 | GNO +2 |
Bars read outward from the centre: GNO to the left, SSV 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
| GNO | SSV | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $119.93 | $2.86 |
| Market cap | $316.6M | $42.1M |
| Circulating | 88% | 100% |
| Dilution to full supply | 1.14x | 1x |
| Off all-time high | -81.4% | -95.6% |
| To recover the high | 5.4x | 22.7x |
| Total value locked | $600.0M | $3.20B |
| 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
GNO · CAUTIOUS HOLD
Gnosis Pay card adoption and Gnosis Chain positioning as Ethereum's community L1
Gnosis Chain has minimal DeFi activity vs Ethereum L2s; GNO value thesis relies on staking yield and Safe governance
SSV · WATCH
Ethereum mainnet DVT adoption acceleration; SSV becoming required middleware for institutional stakers
Only 45% of supply circulating with multi-year vesting; SSV fee revenue extremely thin relative to token market cap
Common questions
- Is GNO or SSV the better investment?
- On this framework GNO scores higher: 128 against 106 of 250, and it is rated CAUTIOUS HOLD against WATCH. That is a ranking of fundamentals as recorded at the last scoring pass, not a price forecast, and GNO still wins 16 of the 25 individual variables against SSV.
- What is the biggest difference between GNO and SSV?
- Vesting Schedule. GNO scores 5 of 10 there and SSV scores 2, a gap of 3 points on a single variable.
- Which is bigger, GNO or SSV?
- GNO is valued at $316.6M and SSV at $42.1M 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.