ETH vs POL
Ethereum and POL (ex-MATIC) compared on trend status, technical signal, hype risk and 90-day performance, ETH against POL. Measurements only: this page does not rank ETH above POL or the other way round.
This page puts Ethereum (ETH) and POL (ex-MATIC) (POL) next to each other on 16 measures, rebuilt from the day's data. ETH and POL are paired here by one rule: measured against a market anchor.
ETH leads on 8 of the 16 measures and POL on 5. That count is not a recommendation to buy ETH or POL: the measures pull in different directions, and a higher hype-risk score is a warning rather than a win.
Hype risk side by side
ETH against POL, measure by measure
Rebuilt from the data on September 19, 2026
| Measure | ETH | POL | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Market capitalisation Larger is the bigger market | $319.52B | $1.12B | ETH |
| Market-cap rank Lower number is higher up | #2 | #72 | ETH |
| Price Not comparable without supply | $2,619 | $0.1048 | n/a |
| 24-hour volume Traded value in the last day | $23.77B | $130.5M | ETH |
| Volume / market cap Turnover relative to size | 0.074 | 0.116 | POL |
| 24-hour change | +7.2% | +7.3% | POL |
| 7-day change | +4.0% | +10.8% | POL |
| 30-day change | +16.1% | +30.9% | POL |
| 90-day change From daily closes | +50.0% | +34.8% | ETH |
| Trending position Today's global order | #2 | – | n/a |
| Countries trending in National feeds, 43 markets | 6 | 0 | ETH |
| Days on the list Consecutive days | 3 | – | n/a |
| Signal strength Share of checks passed | 90% | 70% | ETH |
| RSI (14) Above 70 is stretched | 64 | 63 | ETH |
| From 52-week high Closer to zero is nearer the peak | -44.2% | -57.1% | ETH |
| Hype risk Lower is calmer, not better | 8/100 | 4/100 | POL |
What the numbers say
19 facts from today's collection
Ethereum carries 284x the market value of POL (ex-MATIC) today — $319.52B against $1.12B.
Rank 2 for ETH, rank 72 for POL — the distance between them is 70 positions.
At $2,619 per coin, ETH is 24,989x the unit price of POL at $0.1048; market value is the comparable figure.
Daily turnover favours ETH: $23.77B traded versus $130.5M for POL.
Relative to size, POL (ex-MATIC) is the busier market — 0.12 of market value traded daily versus 0.07.
Across 24 hours, POL (ex-MATIC) (+7.3%) outpaced Ethereum (+7.2%).
The last seven days left Ethereum at +4.0% and POL (ex-MATIC) at +10.8%.
The last thirty days left Ethereum at +16.1% and POL (ex-MATIC) at +30.9%.
Over roughly a quarter, Ethereum returned +50.0% while the other side of the pair returned +34.8%.
Search and page-view interest currently favours ETH, ranked 2; POL draws none of it.
Ethereum shows up on 6 national trending lists today, POL (ex-MATIC) on 0.
Out of 10 and 10 valid checks, ETH clears 90% and POL clears 70%.
Momentum (RSI 14) stands at 64 for ETH and 63 for POL; above 70 counts as stretched.
Drawdown from the yearly top: ETH -44.2%, POL -57.1%.
Against the 200-day average, ETH is above and POL is above.
Risk scoring separates them by 4 points, with ETH on the riskier side at 8 and POL at 4.
No category is shared here — Ethereum is classified as Layer 1 chains and POL (ex-MATIC) as Layer 2 networks.
Against their own 20-day averages, volume runs at 1.63x for ETH and 1.64x for POL.
Price history behind these numbers: 400 days for Ethereum, 400 for POL (ex-MATIC).
Last 90 daily closes
Each chart is scaled to its own range
Ethereum
POL (ex-MATIC)
Questions about this pair
Answered from the same daily data
Which of ETH and POL is trending today?
Ethereum is trending at position 2 today, and the other side of the ETH/POL pair is on no trending feed at all. The list that ranks ETH and POL is rebuilt every day at 00:35 UTC.
Is ETH bigger than POL?
Ethereum is larger, at $319.52B of market value against $1.12B — 284x the size.
What does the daily signal say about ETH and POL?
The checklist reads Strong buy for ETH (90% of checks passed) and Neutral for POL (70%). The checklist is a mechanical count of trend and momentum conditions on ETH and POL, not advice.
Which one carries more hype risk?
Ethereum scores 8/100 against 4 for POL (ex-MATIC). The score behind both the ETH and POL figures combines recent price change, turnover, size, days on the list, RSI and exchange coverage.
Does this page say whether to buy ETH or POL?
No. Every figure here measures one thing about ETH and POL — size, turnover, momentum, trending reach, risk — and the measures often disagree. Nothing on this page is financial advice about ETH, POL or any other coin, and none of it forecasts a price.