Is WETH safe?

Q: Is WETH a safe token?

As of the 2026-10-09 snapshot, WETH scores 80/100 (grade B) on HostDeFi's on-chain read — based on a contract that has unconfirmed mint controls, has unconfirmed freeze and blacklist controls, liquidity of $74.12M and 425,815 holders, with the creator wallet holding <0.01% of supply. That grades contract and market structure, not price direction — a clean read is not a guarantee, so re-scan before trading, since on-chain state can change.

Q: Can you sell WETH, or is it a honeypot?

Our Arbitrum read covers market structure, not sell-side contract behaviour like honeypots or transfer taxes, as of 2026-10-09. Before assuming you can exit freely, run the live scan above — it reads the contract directly.

Q: Who holds most of WETH?

The wallet that created WETH holds <0.01% of the supply as of 2026-10-09 — a small stake, under the 5% the scanners flag. That sits alongside a holder base of 425,815; a broad base lowers the odds that any one seller can steer the price, but the creator's share is the number to watch first.

Q: Can WETH's supply be inflated?

This snapshot grades market structure only — contract-level supply controls on Arbitrum aren't assessed here yet. Run the live scanner, which reads the contract in real time.

Q: What is the WETH contract address?

The WETH contract address on Arbitrum is 0x82af49447d8a07e3bd95bd0d56f35241523fbab1. Always verify a token by its contract address, not its name or ticker — scam clones copy tickers, but the address is unique.

Q: Where can you buy WETH safely?

Run the live on-chain scan at the top of this page first; if WETH clears, you can swap it here directly. Whatever venue you use, match the contract address (0x82af49447d8a07e3bd95bd0d56f35241523fbab1) exactly before trading — copying the ticker is how clone scams catch buyers, and the address is the one field they can't fake.

#191 B

Wrapped Ether·WETH·Arbitrum

$2.42K−1.47% (24h, feed)+0.27% (1h, feed)0.00% Change (15m)

Wrapped Ether (WETH) · Arbitrum · on-chain safety read, grade B (80/100)

Data snapshot: 2026-10-17 · source: live token feeds + on-chain flags · refreshed weekly · not financial advice

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WETH price and market data

Market cap

$278.03M

Liquidity

$74.12M

FDV

$278.67M

Holders

425,815

Age

1,687 days

24h volume

$116.47M DEX

Volume / Mcap

41.89%

Circulating supply

111,613 WETH (99.8%)

Total supply

111,868 WETH

Max supply

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Low measured

$1.89K · 08-17

High measured

$2.75K · 10-02

Top-10

50.83%

Official links

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Live candles — most active pool via GeckoTerminal · our dated on-chain measurements are the other tabs

WETH markets — tracked pools

Most active tracked pools — read live.

Pool	Venue	Liquidity	24h volume	Volume %
USDC / WETH 0.05%	Uniswap V3 (Arbitrum)	$34.65M	$26.94M	48.0%	Trade
WBTC / WETH 0.05%	Uniswap V3 (Arbitrum)	$34.11M	$12.97M	23.1%	Trade
ARB / WETH 0.05%	Uniswap V3 (Arbitrum)	$1.81M	$3.88M	6.9%	Trade
WETH / USDT 0.05%	Uniswap V3 (Arbitrum)	$5.99M	$2.34M	4.2%	Trade
WBTC / WETH 0.01%	Pancakeswap V3 (Arbitrum)	$927.32K	$2.24M	4.0%	Trade
USDC / WETH 0.3%	Uniswap V3 (Arbitrum)	$5.42M	$1.15M	2.0%	Trade
RAIN / WETH 0.01%	Uniswap V3 (Arbitrum)	$466.63K	$1.04M	1.8%	Trade
wstETH / WETH 0.01%	Uniswap V3 (Arbitrum)	$849.33K	$948.26K	1.7%	Trade
USDC / WETH 0.01%	Camelot V3	$253.32K	$931.73K	1.7%	Trade
weETH / WETH 0.005%	Camelot V3	$146.27K	$809.71K	1.4%	Trade
USDC / WETH 0.05%	Pancakeswap V3 (Arbitrum)	$752.65K	$676.43K	1.2%	Trade
USDC / WETH 0.01%	Pancakeswap V3 (Arbitrum)	$438.24K	$549.55K	1.0%	Trade
MAGIC / WETH	SushiSwap (Arbitrum)	$295.26K	$493.75K	0.9%	Trade
USDC / WETH 0.05%	Sushiswap V3 (Arbitrum)	$357.29K	$240.57K	0.4%	Trade
CRV / WETH 0.3%	Uniswap V3 (Arbitrum)	$503.91K	$209.71K	0.4%	Trade
WETH / USDC 0.05%	Uniswap V3 (Arbitrum)	$1.05M	$205.77K	0.4%	Trade
PENDLE / WETH 0.3%	Uniswap V3 (Arbitrum)	$1.04M	$175.82K	0.3%	Trade
UNI / WETH 0.3%	Uniswap V3 (Arbitrum)	$389.37K	$168.41K	0.3%	Trade
PENDLE / WETH	Camelot	$2.20M	$82.16K	0.1%	Trade
LINK / WETH 0.3%	Uniswap V3 (Arbitrum)	$1.22M	$47.18K	0.1%	Trade

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Flags to weigh

upgradeable proxy contract — the code behind the address can be swapped after you buy
contract-level controls not assessed in this snapshot — verify with a live scan

Clean checks

contract source code is verified
on a major token-security registry's trust list
liquidity depth is healthy liquidity locks
the creator wallet holds under 5% of supply (<0.01%) dev-wallet flags

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What the data says about WETH

WETH on Arbitrum is what its name says — wrapped Ether at the canonical L2 address 0x82af49447d8a07e3bd95bd0d56f35241523fbab1, the same contract BitGo's WETH standard established on mainnet, bridged into the chain where most of this index's Ethereum-adjacent volume lives. The October 9, 2026 snapshot reads $74.1 million of tracked pool liquidity on Arbitrum pairs.

What an L2 hop doesn't change: the wrapping contract is the same on every chain — your claim on ETH depends on the bridge that moved it, not on the token itself. On Arbitrum, ETH arrives over the native bridge (trust-minimized) or third-party bridges (each with its own custody), and the token doesn't tell you which rail your counterpart used — that distinction lives in the pool's provenance, not its ticker.

Figures are HostDeFi's read dated October 9, 2026; the live scan refreshes them.

Balance concentration: the 10 largest token accounts hold 50.83% of WETH's supply as of 2026-09-27 — meaningful concentration; watch whether the large accounts are pools and lockers or free wallets. Note these are token accounts: liquidity pools, exchange wallets and lockers count among them, so read this together with liquidity, not instead of it.

Price and safety history of WETH

Every dated snapshot we hold for WETH — price, market structure and grade, as measured, with nothing interpolated between them.

Date	Price	Market cap	Liquidity	Holders	Grade
2026-10-17	$2.42K	$278.49M	$73.46M	425,815	B
2026-10-16	$2.44K	$275.84M	$73.57M	425,815	B
2026-10-15	$2.46K	$278.36M	$72.22M	425,815	B
2026-10-14	$2.41K	$274.16M	$76.86M	425,815	B
2026-10-13	$2.51K	$277.94M	$73.29M	425,815	B
2026-10-12	$2.51K	$279.06M	$72.44M	425,815	B
2026-10-11	$2.53K	$279.45M	$72.08M	425,815	B
2026-10-10	$2.51K	$278.52M	$72.97M	425,815	B
2026-10-09	$2.49K	$278.03M	$74.12M	425,815	B
2026-10-08	$2.52K	$274.82M	$73.92M	426,403	B
2026-10-07	$2.57K	$279.52M	$72.17M	426,403	B
2026-10-06	$2.71K	$283.66M	$68.00M	425,785	B
2026-10-05	$2.70K	$280.88M	$67.73M	426,403	B
2026-10-04	$2.71K	$282.22M	$68.38M	426,403	B
2026-10-03	$2.68K	$282.03M	$67.11M	426,403	B
2026-10-02	$2.66K	$283.02M	$68.70M	426,403	B
2026-10-01	$2.70K	$284.00M	$62.42M	426,403	B
2026-09-30	$2.68K	$282.81M	$64.54M	426,403	B
2026-09-29	$2.69K	$285.34M	$64.16M	426,403	B
2026-09-28	$2.67K	$284.49M	$65.26M	426,403	B
2026-09-27	$2.71K	$288.22M	$65.34M	426,403	B
2026-09-26	$2.69K	$285.86M	$61.51M	426,403	B
2026-09-21	$2.71K	$291.49M	$61.51M	426,403	B
2026-09-16	$2.39K	—	$6.30M	—	B
2026-09-15	$2.40K	—	$6.31M	—	B
2026-08-17	$1.89K	—	$6.30M	—	B

Contract

0x82af49447d8a07e3bd95bd0d56f35241523fbab1

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FAQ

Is WETH a safe token?

As of the 2026-10-09 snapshot, WETH scores 80/100 (grade B) on HostDeFi's on-chain read — based on a contract that has unconfirmed mint controls, has unconfirmed freeze and blacklist controls, liquidity of $74.12M and 425,815 holders, with the creator wallet holding <0.01% of supply. That grades contract and market structure, not price direction — a clean read is not a guarantee, so re-scan before trading, since on-chain state can change.

Can you sell WETH, or is it a honeypot?

Our Arbitrum read covers market structure, not sell-side contract behaviour like honeypots or transfer taxes, as of 2026-10-09. Before assuming you can exit freely, run the live scan above — it reads the contract directly.

Who holds most of WETH?

The wallet that created WETH holds <0.01% of the supply as of 2026-10-09 — a small stake, under the 5% the scanners flag. That sits alongside a holder base of 425,815; a broad base lowers the odds that any one seller can steer the price, but the creator's share is the number to watch first.

Can WETH's supply be inflated?

This snapshot grades market structure only — contract-level supply controls on Arbitrum aren't assessed here yet. Run the live scanner, which reads the contract in real time.

What is the WETH contract address?

The WETH contract address on Arbitrum is 0x82af49447d8a07e3bd95bd0d56f35241523fbab1. Always verify a token by its contract address, not its name or ticker — scam clones copy tickers, but the address is unique.

Where can you buy WETH safely?

Run the live on-chain scan at the top of this page first; if WETH clears, you can swap it here directly. Whatever venue you use, match the contract address (0x82af49447d8a07e3bd95bd0d56f35241523fbab1) exactly before trading — copying the ticker is how clone scams catch buyers, and the address is the one field they can't fake.

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