Is USDT safe to buy? Tether USD security analysis on Ethereum
Automated honeypot, tax, liquidity and contract-permission analysis of USDT on Ethereum. 0xdac17f958d2ee523a2206206994597c13d831ec7
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CAUTION
8 signals · 85% data completeness
Recursio scores USDT 60/100 — the CAUTION band — from 8 signals at 85% data completeness. The score is held back mainly by Liquidity (0/100), Owner permissions (10/100), Market activity (10/100).
No liquidity was found on any tracked DEX, so exiting a position may be impossible even if the contract itself is clean.
The owner can still mint new supply, pause transfers, blacklist addresses, change the tax, rewrite balances. That is not a prediction that they will — only that nothing stops them, and it happens without warning.
Key risks for USDT
- Owner can change the tax
- Owner can pause all transfers
- Supply can be minted
- Owner can rewrite balances
- Addresses can be blacklisted
- No DEX liquidity found
USDT market & liquidity
| Holders | 15.6M |
|---|
USDT contract security checks
| Honeypot | No |
|---|---|
| Verified source code | Yes |
| Mintable supply | Yes |
| Transfers pausable | Yes |
| Blacklist function | Yes |
| Proxy contract | No |
| Owner can change balances | Yes |
| Hidden owner | No |
| Ownership can be reclaimed | No |
| Self-destruct | No |
| Tax modifiable by owner | Yes |
| Trading cooldown | No |
| Cannot sell all | Unknown |
| Buy tax | 0% |
| Sell tax | 0% |
| Owner holdings | 0.0% |
| Creator holdings | 0.0% |
| Listed on CEX | Yes |
Real-holder sell simulation for USDT
Recursio replays actual sell transactions for real USDT 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 USDT 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 | 24% |
| Contract security | 85/100 | 14% |
| Owner risk | 60/100 | 12% |
| Owner permissions | 10/100 | 12% |
| Holder distribution | 100/100 | 9% |
| Liquidity | 0/100 | 14% |
| Market activity | 10/100 | 9% |
| ERC-20 compliance | no data | 0% |
| Clone / fake token | 100/100 | 6% |
| LP safety | no data | 0% |
Run a live USDT check
This page is a cached snapshot. Contract owners can change taxes, pause transfers or pull liquidity minutes later — always re-scan immediately before you trade.
Frequently asked
Is USDT a honeypot?
Automated checks did not flag USDT as a honeypot at the time of this scan.
What are the USDT buy and sell taxes?
Buy tax 0%, sell tax 0% when scanned. This contract lets the owner change the tax, so treat these numbers as a snapshot only.
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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