Is USDC safe to buy? USD Coin security analysis on Ethereum
Automated honeypot, tax, liquidity and contract-permission analysis of USDC on Ethereum. 0xa0b86991c6218b36c1d19d4a2e9eb0ce3606eb48
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SAFE
6 signals · 65% data completeness
Recursio scores USDC 97/100 — the SAFE band — from 6 signals at 65% data completeness.
$884.3K of liquidity across 1 pairs is deep enough for retail-size trades.
No owner kill switches were found — no minting, pausing, blacklisting or adjustable tax.
Key risks for USDC
The automated checks did not raise any risk signals for this token.
USDC market & liquidity
| Price | $1.0008 |
|---|---|
| Market cap | $50.3B |
| 24h volume | $59.8M |
| DEX liquidity | $884.3K |
| Holders | 8.2M |
| Trading pairs | 1 |
USDC 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 | Unknown |
| Buy tax | 0% |
| Sell tax | 0% |
| Creator holdings | 0.0% |
| Listed on CEX | Yes |
Real-holder sell simulation for USDC
Recursio replays actual sell transactions for real USDC holders. This catches dynamic honeypots that pass a static contract audit — a token can look clean and still block most wallets from selling.
| Fail rate | 0.0% |
|---|---|
| Simulated buy tax | 0.0% |
| Simulated sell tax | 0.0% |
| Highest tax seen | 0.0% |
| Risk level | low |
How the USDC 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 | 31% |
| Contract security | 100/100 | 18% |
| Owner risk | no data | 0% |
| Owner permissions | no data | 0% |
| Holder distribution | 100/100 | 12% |
| Liquidity | 85/100 | 18% |
| Market activity | 100/100 | 12% |
| ERC-20 compliance | no data | 0% |
| Clone / fake token | 100/100 | 8% |
| LP safety | no data | 0% |
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Frequently asked
Is USDC a honeypot?
Automated checks did not flag USDC as a honeypot at the time of this scan.
What are the USDC 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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