IMX vs KMNO
Immutable X and Kamino Finance 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
IMX scores 117 of 250 and ranks 77th of 251. KMNO scores 138 and ranks 35th. KMNO leads by 21 points, which is a real gap, though small enough that one variable moving would close much of it. IMX takes 4 of the 25 variables, KMNO takes 16, and 5 are level.
The framework rates IMX WATCH and KMNO 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.
One variable separates them by 3 points or more. KMNO is clear on TVL Trend (8 against 5).
Both score 3 or below on Buyback and Burn, 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.
KMNO is valued at $214.9M against $156.3M for IMX, a 1.4x 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 | 4 | 6 | KMNO +2 | |
| Revenue Trend | 4 | 4 | level | |
| P/S Multiple | 5 | 7 | KMNO +2 | |
| Real Staking Yield | 4 | 3 | IMX +1 |
Supply
| Supply Inflation | 3 | 4 | KMNO +1 | |
| Vesting Schedule | 3 | 5 | KMNO +2 | |
| Circulating / FDV Ratio | 5 | 5 | level | |
| Buyback and Burn | 3 | 2 | IMX +1 |
Ownership
| Smart Money Flows | 5 | 7 | KMNO +2 | |
| Insider Selling | 4 | 5 | KMNO +1 | |
| Holder Concentration | 4 | 5 | KMNO +1 |
Traction
| TVL Trend | 5 | 8 | KMNO +3 | |
| Active Users | 5 | 7 | KMNO +2 | |
| Developer Activity | 6 | 7 | KMNO +1 | |
| Network Growth | 6 | 8 | KMNO +2 |
Position
| Market Share | 5 | 7 | KMNO +2 | |
| Competitive Moat | 5 | 6 | KMNO +1 | |
| Institutional Adoption | 5 | 7 | KMNO +2 | |
| Exchange Depth | 6 | 4 | IMX +2 | |
| Social Mindshare | 5 | 5 | level |
Risk
| Regulatory Safety | 6 | 5 | IMX +1 | |
| Catalyst Calendar | 6 | 6 | level | |
| BTC Alpha Potential | 1 | 2 | KMNO +1 | |
| Team Execution | 6 | 7 | KMNO +1 | |
| Treasury Runway | 6 | 6 | level |
Bars read outward from the centre: IMX to the left, KMNO 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
| IMX | KMNO | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.1727 | $0.0377 |
| Market cap | $156.3M | $214.9M |
| Circulating | 45.2% | 57.1% |
| Dilution to full supply | 2.21x | 1.75x |
| Off all-time high | -98.2% | -84.8% |
| To recover the high | 55.6x | 6.6x |
| Total value locked | $52.0M | $3.20B |
| Network | Ethereum | Solana |
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
IMX · WATCH
Gods Unchained, Guild of Guardians, and 300+ game titles on IMX; Polygon zkEVM partnership and gaming bull cycle
45% supply still opening (team/investor vesting through 2027), gaming crypto narrative fickle, competition from Ronin and Arbitrum Orbit
KMNO · CAUTIOUS HOLD
Lend V2 live, Anchorage tri-party custody, Bitwise $259M fund, Ethena $1B+ integration
Zero fee sharing, zero buyback, -94% ATH, 229M tokens/month opening, revenue declining -67%
Common questions
- Is IMX or KMNO the better investment?
- On this framework KMNO scores higher: 138 against 117 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 IMX still wins 4 of the 25 individual variables against KMNO.
- What is the biggest difference between IMX and KMNO?
- TVL Trend. IMX scores 5 of 10 there and KMNO scores 8, a gap of 3 points on a single variable.
- Which is bigger, IMX or KMNO?
- IMX is valued at $156.3M and KMNO at $214.9M 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.