USD Coin Alternatives: 8 Tokens Compared token
Why these alternatives
USD Coin is a token tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 230 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.1834. The 8 tokens below are the same-type entities that share the most graph neighbors with USD Coin — the chains, companies, auditors, investors and events that connect them — ranked by shared neighbors, then by their own graph centrality (PageRank).
Comparison table
| # | Alternative | Type | Category | Graph connections | Shared with USD Coin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tether USD | token | — | 163 | 108 |
| 2 | Dai | token | — | 64 | 49 |
| 3 | Binance USD | token | stablecoin | 39 | 34 |
| 4 | Binance Peg BUSD | token | stablecoin | 34 | 28 |
| 5 | Ether (ETH) | token | — | 134 | 25 |
| 6 | Ethena USDe | token | — | 43 | 23 |
| 7 | Frax | token | stablecoin | 33 | 21 |
| 8 | Frax USD | token | stablecoin | 30 | 21 |
The 8 alternatives in detail
1. Tether USD
Tether USD is a token tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 163 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.1327. It shares 108 graph neighbors with USD Coin, including Ethereum, Solana and Arbitrum. The graph also records a direct “competes with” relation between Tether USD and USD Coin. Also known as USDT.
2. Dai
Dai is a token tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 64 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0492. It shares 49 graph neighbors with USD Coin, including Ethereum, Solana and Arbitrum. The graph also records a direct “backed by” relation between Dai and USD Coin. Also known as DAI.
3. Binance USD
Binance USD is a stablecoin token tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 39 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0298. It shares 34 graph neighbors with USD Coin, including Ethereum, Solana and Polygon. Also known as BUSD.
4. Binance Peg BUSD
Binance Peg BUSD is a stablecoin token tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 34 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0276. It shares 28 graph neighbors with USD Coin, including Solana, Polygon and Avalanche. Also known as BUSD.
5. Ether (ETH)
Ether (ETH) is a token tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 134 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.1111. It shares 25 graph neighbors with USD Coin, including Ethereum, Arbitrum and Base. Also known as ETH, Ether.
6. Ethena USDe
Ethena USDe is a token tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 43 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0350. It shares 23 graph neighbors with USD Coin, including Ethereum, Solana and Arbitrum. Also known as USDe.
7. Frax
Frax is a stablecoin token tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 33 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0254. It shares 21 graph neighbors with USD Coin, including Ethereum, Solana and Arbitrum. The graph also records a direct “backed by” relation between Frax and USD Coin. Also known as FRAX.
8. Frax USD
Frax USD is a stablecoin token tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 30 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0224. It shares 21 graph neighbors with USD Coin, including Ethereum, Solana and Arbitrum. Also known as FRXUSD.
How this list is built
DeFi Intel maps 11,787 entities and 25,338 relationships extracted from source-cited crypto news and research. An alternative to USD Coin is defined here as another tracked token ranked by how many knowledge-graph neighbors it shares with USD Coin, with ties broken by PageRank (graph centrality). Only entities with their own DeFi Intel profile page are listed. This page is generated from the graph data alone and contains no editorial ranking or opinion.
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