ICP vs TIA
Internet Computer and Celestia 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
ICP scores 102 of 250 and ranks 129th of 251. TIA scores 120 and ranks 68th. TIA leads by 18 points, which is a real gap, though small enough that one variable moving would close much of it. ICP takes 3 of the 25 variables, TIA takes 12, and 10 are level.
The framework rates ICP WATCH and TIA CAUTIOUS 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. TIA is clear on Supply Inflation (6 against 2) and Smart Money Flows (6 against 3).
Both score 3 or below on Protocol Revenue, P/S Multiple, Vesting Schedule, Buyback and Burn, Insider Selling, Holder Concentration. 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.
TIA still has 17% of its eventual supply to enter circulation against 0% for ICP. On the same market capitalisation, a buyer of TIA is taking the 1.21x dilution path and a buyer of ICP the 1x one.
ICP is valued at $1.75B against $432.0M for TIA, a 4.1x 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 | 3 | 4 | TIA +1 | |
| P/S Multiple | 3 | 3 | level | |
| Real Staking Yield | 5 | 6 | TIA +1 |
Supply
| Supply Inflation | 2 | 6 | TIA +4 | |
| Vesting Schedule | 3 | 1 | ICP +2 | |
| Circulating / FDV Ratio | 8 | 7 | ICP +1 | |
| Buyback and Burn | 2 | 1 | ICP +1 |
Ownership
| Smart Money Flows | 3 | 6 | TIA +3 | |
| Insider Selling | 3 | 3 | level | |
| Holder Concentration | 3 | 3 | level |
Traction
| TVL Trend | 4 | 4 | level | |
| Active Users | 4 | 4 | level | |
| Developer Activity | 6 | 7 | TIA +1 | |
| Network Growth | 4 | 6 | TIA +2 |
Position
| Market Share | 3 | 5 | TIA +2 | |
| Competitive Moat | 5 | 5 | level | |
| Institutional Adoption | 3 | 5 | TIA +2 | |
| Exchange Depth | 6 | 6 | level | |
| Social Mindshare | 5 | 6 | TIA +1 |
Risk
| Regulatory Safety | 6 | 6 | level | |
| Catalyst Calendar | 5 | 5 | level | |
| BTC Alpha Potential | 3 | 5 | TIA +2 | |
| Team Execution | 4 | 6 | TIA +2 | |
| Treasury Runway | 6 | 7 | TIA +1 |
Bars read outward from the centre: ICP to the left, TIA 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
| ICP | TIA | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.14 | $0.4413 |
| Market cap | $1.75B | $432.0M |
| Circulating | 100% | 83% |
| Dilution to full supply | 1x | 1.21x |
| Off all-time high | -99.55% | -97.9% |
| To recover the high | 222.2x | 47.6x |
| Total value locked | $110.0M | not published |
| Network | Internet Computer | Celestia |
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
ICP · WATCH
Bitcoin integration and ckBTC enabling ICP as BTC L2; AI smart contract canister adoption
Ongoing NNS-controlled ICP minting (inflation); 53% supply not yet in circulation; 99.6% below launch price; complex tech with thin real-world adoption
TIA · CAUTIOUS HOLD
Modular blockchain thesis gaining ground; TIA staking and DA fee revenue from rollups growing
Only 22% supply circulating; enormous investor/team releases through 2027; DA revenue thin; competing with EigenDA and Avail for mindshare
Common questions
- Is ICP or TIA the better investment?
- On this framework TIA scores higher: 120 against 102 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 ICP still wins 3 of the 25 individual variables against TIA.
- What is the biggest difference between ICP and TIA?
- Supply Inflation. ICP scores 2 of 10 there and TIA scores 6, a gap of 4 points on a single variable.
- Which is bigger, ICP or TIA?
- ICP is valued at $1.75B and TIA at $432.0M 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.