Is PYUSD safe to buy? PayPal USD security analysis on Ethereum
Automated honeypot, tax, liquidity and contract-permission analysis of PYUSD on Ethereum. 0x6c3ea9036406852006290770bedfcaba0e23a0e8
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SAFE
7 signals · 70% data completeness
Recursio scores PYUSD 93/100 — the SAFE band — from 7 signals at 70% data completeness. The score is held back mainly by LP safety (0/100).
There is no buy or sell tax, and sell simulation succeeded for 248 of 251 real wallets (1.2% fail rate).
$143M of liquidity across 19 pairs is deep enough for retail-size trades.
No owner kill switches were found — no minting, pausing, blacklisting or adjustable tax.
Key risks for PYUSD
- Only 0% of LP is locked
PYUSD market & liquidity
| Price | $1.0000 |
|---|---|
| 24h change | -0.0% |
| Market cap | $1.8B |
| 24h volume | $8.9M |
| DEX liquidity | $143M |
| Holders | 94.4K |
| Trading pairs | 19 |
PYUSD contract security checks
| Honeypot | No |
|---|---|
| Verified source code | Yes |
| Mintable supply | Unknown |
| Transfers pausable | Unknown |
| Blacklist function | Unknown |
| Proxy contract | Yes |
| Owner can change balances | Unknown |
| Hidden owner | Unknown |
| Ownership can be reclaimed | Unknown |
| Self-destruct | Unknown |
| Tax modifiable by owner | Unknown |
| Trading cooldown | Unknown |
| Cannot sell all | No |
| Buy tax | 0% |
| Sell tax | 0% |
| Creator holdings | 0.0% |
| LP holders | 2 |
| LP locked | 0.0% |
| Listed on CEX | Yes |
Real-holder sell simulation for PYUSD
Recursio replays actual sell transactions for real PYUSD holders. This catches dynamic honeypots that pass a static contract audit — a token can look clean and still block most wallets from selling.
| Holders simulated | 251 |
|---|---|
| Sold successfully | 248 |
| Failed to sell | 3 |
| Fail rate | 1.2% |
| Simulated buy tax | 0.0% |
| Simulated sell tax | 0.0% |
| Highest tax seen | 0.0% |
| Risk level | medium |
Simulation flags:
- Some users cannot sell their tokens. (medium)
How the PYUSD safety score is calculated
The score is a weighted composite. Missing data lowers confidence rather than being silently skipped, and hard caps apply — a token with almost no liquidity or a failed sell simulation cannot score well no matter how clean its source code looks.
| Signal | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Honeypot risk | 100/100 | 29% |
| Contract security | 100/100 | 17% |
| Owner risk | no data | 0% |
| Owner permissions | no data | 0% |
| Holder distribution | 100/100 | 11% |
| Liquidity | 100/100 | 17% |
| Market activity | 100/100 | 11% |
| ERC-20 compliance | no data | 0% |
| Clone / fake token | 100/100 | 7% |
| LP safety | 0/100 | 7% |
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Frequently asked
Is PYUSD a honeypot?
Automated checks did not flag PYUSD as a honeypot at the time of this scan, with a 1.2% fail rate across simulated real-holder sells.
What are the PYUSD buy and sell taxes?
Buy tax 0%, sell tax 0% when scanned.
Can I trust this score?
It aggregates GoPlus contract security, honeypot.is real-holder sell simulation and DexScreener market data into one number. It measures contract and liquidity risk — not whether a price will go up. Nothing here is investment advice.
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