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July 5, 2026
Wrapped Liquid Staked Ether 2.0

Wrapped Liquid Staked Ether 2.0

WSTETH Rank #15

Live price · multi-source dashboard · Updated 10 hours ago

$2,205.22
▲ +2.63% (24h)
Market cap
$7.84B
24h volume
$3.50M
Circ. supply
3.14M
WSTETH
Max supply
3.46M
WSTETH
All-time high
$5,979.08
Aug 2025
52-Week Low
$1,779.75
01Snapshot

Wrapped Liquid Staked Ether 2.0 — key facts

Price
$2,205.22
24h change
+2.63%
Market cap
$7.84B
Market rank
#15
24h volume
$3.50M
Circ. supply
3,135,632 WSTETH
From all-time high
-63.1%
Last updated

Market pulse

Live editorial snapshot — numbers update on every refresh

Today's state: Wrapped Liquid Staked Ether 2.0 is trading at $2,205.22 with a $7.8 billion market capitalization (rank #15). The price moved +2.63% over the past 24 hours and is -9.93% over 7 days; the 30-day move stands at +0.00% and the 90-day at +0.00%.

Position vs cycle: Down more than 50% from its record, the asset is in a drawdown deep enough that price has tended to be driven by narrative and liquidity flows rather than a mechanical pull back to the mean.

Volatility and structure: 30-day realized volatility of —% annualized is not currently computable for an asset this size. Our composite multi-horizon Price Strength reads Neutral (50/100), with the timeframes pulling in different directions and no clean directional read.

Composite scorecards

Derived metrics composed from multi-horizon data

Price strength
50/100
Neutral

Composite of 24h/7d/30d/90d/1y returns weighted toward longer horizons.

Liquidity
9/100
Illiquid

24h volume / market cap = 0.031%.

From ATH
-63.1%
37%

% of all-time high currently held.

From ATL
1.2×
1.2x

Multiple over 52-week low. Log scale.

Wrapped Liquid Staked Ether 2.0's performance grid shows the asset gained 2.63% over the last 24 hours, with the 7-day picture 9.93% lower and the 30-day frame 0.00% higher. Over the trailing 365 days, the asset has delivered gains of 0.00%, with a mixed multi-horizon profile and no clear directional bias.

The asset currently trades 63.1% below its all-time high, far enough below the peak that the path back has tended to hinge on renewed narrative demand rather than mechanical mean-reversion.

Right now Wrapped Liquid Staked Ether 2.0 is exhibiting minimal turnover where even modest orders can move the price meaningfully. 24-hour trading volume represents 0.031% of market capitalization — our liquidity-health composite scores this as Illiquid (9/100). Volume runs well under large-cap norms, so even moderately sized orders can move the price.

Insufficient overlapping data history with Bitcoin to compute a reliable 90-day correlation.

Performance grid

% return across 9 horizons — heatmap by magnitude

1H
+0.50%
24H
+2.63%
7D
-9.93%
30D
+0.00%
3M
6M
1Y
+0.00%
ATH
-63.12%
from ATH
ATL
1.2×
from ATL
02Price

Price chart

USD · daily candles · CoinGecko + Binance

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Data refreshed 10 hours ago · auto-updates daily

03On-chain
04Context

About Wrapped Liquid Staked Ether 2.0

Wrapped Liquid Staked Ether 2.0 (WSTETH) is a cryptocurrency, traded on global digital-asset markets. It trades at $2,205.22 as of the latest update, with a 24-hour move up 2.63%, placing it at rank #15 by market capitalisation among all listed digital assets. Wrapped Liquid Staked Ether 2.0's current market cap stands at $7.84B, a figure used by traders, analysts and institutional desks to gauge relative liquidity and risk exposure across the crypto market.

On this page you'll find a live, daily-refreshed dashboard tracking Wrapped Liquid Staked Ether 2.0 across multiple data sources — price history going back several years, on-chain activity where available, fundamentals like circulating supply and dilution, top exchanges by volume, technical analysis using moving averages and RSI, and an algorithmic short, mid and long-term forecast. All figures are pulled from public APIs and cached locally; nothing here is investment advice.

Wrapped Liquid Staked Ether 2.0 lets holders of the underlying asset participate in DeFi or applications on a different blockchain while keeping exposure to the underlying. Wrapped versions of major assets are widely used as collateral, as liquidity for DEX pools, and as building blocks in structured DeFi products.

By market value, Wrapped Liquid Staked Ether 2.0 sits at rank #15 — a top-25 asset. About 91% of the maximum WSTETH supply is in circulation today (3.14M of 3.46M), leaving a moderate emission stream still to come. It currently trades about 63% below its all-time high of $5,979.08 set in August 2025.

STNews Analyst Note

By market value Wrapped Liquid Staked Ether 2.0 (WSTETH) sits inside the top 25, trading at $2,205.22 as of the latest snapshot. WSTETH is +2.63% over 24 hours, -9.93% over the past week, putting it among the weekly underperformers across the top 250 by market capitalisation. Wrapped Liquid Staked Ether 2.0 remains roughly 63% beneath its all-time high of $5,979.08, a level reached 10 months ago. Roughly 91% of WSTETH's total supply is liquid today (3.14M of 3.46M), with the balance scheduled for gradual release over time.

Trading volume is light versus market value — only about 0.0% of capitalisation changes hands daily — so larger orders can move price more than they would for higher-liquidity peers.

How it works — Wrapped Liquid Staked Ether 2.0

Wrapped Liquid Staked Ether 2.0 (WSTETH) is a wrapped asset: a token that represents another underlying asset on a different blockchain, issued under a custody or smart-contract guarantee. The underlying asset is held (or staked) by a custodian or protocol, and an equivalent amount of the wrapped token is minted on the destination chain. Burning the wrapped token releases the underlying.

Wrapped tokens are designed to track the underlying asset 1:1. Peg deviations occur when redemption is interrupted, when custody is questioned, or when DEX liquidity becomes thin. The metric that matters is not "price" but peg-to-underlying.

By market value, Wrapped Liquid Staked Ether 2.0 sits at rank #15 — a top-25 asset. About 91% of the maximum WSTETH supply is in circulation today (3.14M of 3.46M), leaving a moderate emission stream still to come. It currently trades about 63% below its all-time high of $5,979.08 set in August 2025.

Use cases — Wrapped Liquid Staked Ether 2.0

Wrapped Liquid Staked Ether 2.0 is used wherever the underlying asset is needed in a different on-chain environment: as DeFi collateral, as part of liquidity pools, as a yield-bearing alternative (in the case of staking derivatives), and as the substrate for structured products. It is rarely used for direct speculation — that demand goes to the underlying.

Daily turnover is light — roughly 0.04% of market cap ($3.50M over 24 hours) — so larger orders are best worked into the market gradually to limit slippage.

Tokenomics

Supply schedule & distribution

Circulating vs locked vs unminted
  • Circulating supply: 3.14M WSTETH — tokens actively trading and held by the public
  • Total supply: 3.56M WSTETH — all tokens minted to date (including those locked or held by the issuer)
  • Max supply: 3.46M WSTETH — the protocol-defined upper limit (if any) on lifetime issuance
  • Issued to date: 90.7% of max supply
  • Locked / treasury: 11.8% of total supply

Wrapped Liquid Staked Ether 2.0's supply schedule directly affects its long-term inflation rate and, by extension, how dilutive future issuance will be to existing holders. A coin near full dilution behaves very differently from one that still has 60% of its supply waiting to be unlocked.

Supply economics

Issuance pressure, dilution, and structural value accrual

Wrapped Liquid Staked Ether 2.0 is a wrapped token — supply expands as more of the underlying asset is custodied (or staked, in the case of liquid-staking derivatives) and contracts as the wrapped tokens are burned to redeem. There is no independent emission schedule. The tokenomics question that matters is whether the underlying is fully backing the wrapped supply, which depends on the custodian or protocol design.

Investors should treat the wrapped-token supply as a measure of how much "demand for on-chain DeFi access to the underlying" exists at the current moment. Growing supply suggests rising demand for DeFi composability with the underlying; shrinking supply suggests the opposite.

Trader's note

Coin-type-aware tactical interpretation

For Wrapped Liquid Staked Ether 2.0 as a wrapped token, the relevant tactical question is peg-to-underlying rather than independent price discovery. The asset should track its underlying 1:1; sustained deviation indicates either custody/redemption stress (in custodial wraps like WBTC) or liquidity imbalance in the protocols where the wrapped token lives.

Holders typically use the wrapped form to access DeFi composability that the underlying alone cannot — yield on stETH, lending against WBTC on Aave, providing AMM liquidity. Position should be sized against the wrapper risk (smart contract + custodian) in addition to the underlying market risk. Price Strength of 50/100 typically tracks the underlying closely; meaningful divergence is the signal to investigate, not to trade.

05Action

Markets & exchanges

Top trading pairs by 24h volume

# Exchange Pair Last price 24h volume Trust
1 Binance WSTETH/USDT $2,205.22 $3.50M A+

Initial rows server-rendered from our verified pipeline (binance-wrapped-eth). Data-only. STNews does not place affiliate links here. See our affiliate disclosure.

Converter

Rate: 1 WSTETH = $2,205.22

Compared to peers

Price, market cap, volume, supply

Coin7d trendPriceMarket Cap24h Vol24h %7d %
Wrapped Liquid Staked Ether 2.0 Wrapped Liquid Staked Ether 2.0 WSTETH $2,205.22 $7.84B $3.50M +2.63% -9.93%
Bitcoin Bitcoin BTC $62,750.01 $1.26T $15.86B +0.41% -4.60%
Ethereum Ethereum ETH $1,764.25 $212.92B $6.44B +0.96% -5.79%
Solana Solana SOL $80.47 $47.37B $1.59B -1.94% -13.42%
XRP XRP XRP $1.17 $70.47B $2.54B +4.43% +2.56%
BNB BNB BNB $569.90 $79.32B $374.37M -0.33% -3.52%
Dogecoin Dogecoin DOGE $0.0764 $11.33B $474.11M -0.72% -6.29%
Cardano Cardano ADA $0.1903 $8.56B $614.72M +7.27% -11.45%
TRON TRON TRX $0.3247 $28.04B $247.46M +0.15% +1.23%
06Outlook

Market sentiment

Crypto Fear & Greed Index · alternative.me

22
Extreme Fear
2026-07-04

The Crypto Fear & Greed Index aggregates volatility, market momentum, social media activity, dominance and Google Trends data into a single 0–100 score updated daily. Today's reading is 22 — Extreme Fear.

Extreme fear (below 25) historically signals buying opportunities for contrarians, while extreme greed (above 75) often precedes corrections. The index works best as one input among many, not as a standalone trading signal.

Past 30 days

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Macro & cross-asset context

How macro liquidity and cross-asset moves frame the trade

The macro picture for digital assets turns on three levers — Federal Reserve policy, the path of dollar liquidity, and broad risk sentiment. Historically the whole asset class has tracked the global liquidity cycle closely, expanding in easing regimes and contracting when financial conditions tighten.

To read crypto in a wider context, keep an eye on four markets — the dollar, where strength typically pressures risk assets; long-dated Treasury yields, which set the discount rate on future cash flows; gold, sometimes a parallel hard-money bet; and US equities, frequently correlated with crypto during liquidity-driven swings despite the popular "uncorrelated" label.

Zooming in on Wrapped Liquid Staked Ether 2.0, the most reliable leading indicator has tended to be crypto-native liquidity itself — aggregate stablecoin supply, open interest in futures, and exchange volume. Rising on-chain liquidity has historically pulled WSTETH up; draining liquidity has done the opposite.

Risks

Risks are specific to wrapped assets: custody risk (the underlying may be compromised or seized), smart contract risk (mint/burn logic could be exploited), peg risk (the wrapped token can trade below par during stress), and protocol-specific governance risk (changes to the wrapping protocol may affect redeemability). Users should treat the wrapped token as exposure to the underlying plus the wrapper's risk surface.

07More

Frequently asked questions

What is Wrapped Liquid Staked Ether 2.0 (WSTETH)?

Wrapped Liquid Staked Ether 2.0 is a cryptocurrency, traded on global digital-asset markets. It trades under the ticker WSTETH and currently has a market capitalisation of $7.84B.

What is the price of WSTETH today?

The price of Wrapped Liquid Staked Ether 2.0 today is $2,205.22, refreshed daily from public market data. Live price changes are visible at the top of this page.

What is the maximum supply of Wrapped Liquid Staked Ether 2.0?

The protocol caps lifetime issuance of Wrapped Liquid Staked Ether 2.0 at 3.46M WSTETH. This limit is enforced by the network's code and cannot be raised without coordinated upgrades.

What was Wrapped Liquid Staked Ether 2.0\'s all-time high?

Wrapped Liquid Staked Ether 2.0's all-time high in USD terms is $5,979.08. Past performance does not guarantee future returns.

How can I buy Wrapped Liquid Staked Ether 2.0?

You can buy Wrapped Liquid Staked Ether 2.0 on the exchanges that carry the deepest WSTETH liquidity — see the Markets section above for the highest-volume venues. Compare fees, supported deposit methods, and the exchange's regulatory standing in your country before opening an account.

Is Wrapped Liquid Staked Ether 2.0 a good investment?

We do not give investment advice. Crypto is a high-volatility asset class where large drawdowns are normal, so any position should be sized to your personal risk tolerance and, ideally, discussed with a licensed adviser before you act on the data shown here.

Where does the data on this page come from?

The market figures here are pulled from public data providers such as Binance, CoinGecko and CoinPaprika, with the Fear & Greed reading sourced from alternative.me. Values are cached on our servers and updated regularly rather than streamed live.

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Disclaimer & data sources

The information on this page is provided for general educational and informational purposes only and does not constitute investment, financial, legal or tax advice. Cryptocurrency markets are highly volatile; you can lose some or all of your capital. STNews does not recommend that any cryptocurrency should be bought, sold or held by you. Conduct your own due diligence and consult your independent financial advisor before making any investment decisions.

Data sources: CoinGecko · CoinPaprika · Binance · DefiLlama · alternative.me Fear & Greed Index · Editorial standards: /editorial-guidelines · Affiliate disclosure: /affiliate-disclosure

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