Is USDC safe?

Q: Is USDC a safe token?

As of the 2026-10-09 snapshot, USDC 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 $440.97M and 9,248,454 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 USDC, or is it a honeypot?

Our Ethereum 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 USDC?

The wallet that created USDC 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 9,248,454; 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 USDC's supply be inflated?

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

Q: What is the USDC contract address?

The USDC contract address on Ethereum is 0xa0b86991c6218b36c1d19d4a2e9eb0ce3606eb48. 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 USDC safely?

Run the live on-chain scan at the top of this page first; if USDC clears, you can swap it here directly. Whatever venue you use, match the contract address (0xa0b86991c6218b36c1d19d4a2e9eb0ce3606eb48) exactly before trading — copying the ticker is how clone scams catch buyers, and the address is the one field they can't fake.

#11 B

USD Coin·USDC·Ethereum

$0.9998+0.08% (24h, feed)0.00% (1h, feed)0.00% Change (15m)

USD Coin (USDC) · Ethereum · 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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USDC price and market data

Market cap

$48.61B

Liquidity

$440.97M

FDV

$48.61B

Holders

9,248,454

Age

11 days

24h volume

$667.64M DEX

Volume / Mcap

1.37%

Circulating supply

48,677,079,014 USDC (100.0%)

Total supply

48,677,079,014 USDC

Max supply

—

Low measured

$0.998 · 10-08

High measured

$1.04 · 09-07

Top-10

27.6%

Official links

Explorer etherscan.io

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

USDC markets — tracked pools

Most active tracked pools — read live.

Pool	Venue	Liquidity	24h volume	Volume %
USDC / USDT	Fluid (Ethereum)	$44.98M	$79.07M	18.7%	Trade
USDC / USDT	Uniswap V4 (Ethereum)	$4.85M	$69.60M	16.5%	Trade
USDC / USDT	Uniswap V4 (Ethereum)	$3.43M	$65.70M	15.5%	Trade
USDC / WETH 0.01%	Uniswap V3	$8.54M	$60.70M	14.4%	Trade
WETH / USDC 0.05%	Uniswap V3	$95.64M	$45.36M	10.7%	Trade
USDC / USDT	Uniswap V4 (Ethereum)	$3.57M	$20.20M	4.8%	Trade
USDC / WETH	Uniswap V4 (Ethereum)	$3.12M	$14.06M	3.3%	Trade
USDC / USDT 0.01%	Uniswap V3	$33.75M	$10.17M	2.4%	Trade
PRIME / USDC 0.01%	Uniswap V3	$9.00M	$8.51M	2.0%	Trade
USDC / USDT	Curve	$6.07M	$7.56M	1.8%	Trade
USDC / fxUSD	Curve	$9.79M	$7.41M	1.8%	Trade
USDG / USDC	Curve	$20.04M	$6.45M	1.5%	Trade
USDC / WETH 0.3%	Uniswap V3	$44.40M	$6.39M	1.5%	Trade
GHO / USDC	Fluid (Ethereum)	$24.63M	$3.97M	0.9%	Trade
DAI / USDC / USDT	Curve	$159.75M	$3.91M	0.9%	Trade
AUSD / USDC 0.01%	Uniswap V3	$34.05M	$3.42M	0.8%	Trade
crvUSD / USDC	Curve	$12.64M	$3.23M	0.8%	Trade
ETH / USDC 0.3%	Uniswap V4 (Ethereum)	$34.39M	$2.87M	0.7%	Trade
PYUSD / USDC	Curve	$16.87M	$2.46M	0.6%	Trade
sUSDai / USDC	Fluid (Ethereum)	$26.50M	$1.61M	0.4%	Trade

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HostDeFi score: higher = safer (0–100)

Flags to weigh

upgradeable proxy contract — the code behind the address can be swapped after you buy
the pool is large in dollars but thin against this token's own market cap — size an exit against the pool, not the cap
young token (under 30 days)
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
the creator wallet holds under 5% of supply (<0.01%) dev-wallet flags

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What the data says about USDC

This is the canonical USDC — Circle's dollar at the original Ethereum mint 0xa0b86991c6218b36c1d19d4a2e9eb0ce3606eb48, the stablecoin institutional DeFi settles in, backed by cash and short-dated Treasuries with monthly Big-Four attestations. The October 9, 2026 snapshot reads $441.0 million of tracked pool liquidity on this pair set — a deliberate-looking small print for the most liquid digital dollar on earth, whose real depth spans every venue and chain.

That modest figure is the index's window, not the asset's reality — and worth contrasting with its sibling row: a second USDC-branded contract (0x26d2…) prints nearly a hundred times this depth in our data, which is exactly the shape that should trigger the verify-address reflex rather than the "bigger is better" one. This address is the one Circle actually operates; the other is whatever its deployer is.

Figures are HostDeFi's read dated October 9, 2026; the live scan refreshes them. When in doubt, the mint above is the identity.

Balance concentration: the 10 largest token accounts hold 27.6% of USDC's supply as of 2026-09-27 — a comparatively wide distribution for its size. 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 USDC

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

Date	Price	Market cap	Liquidity	Holders	Grade
2026-10-17	$0.9998	$72.64B	$385.71M	9,248,454	B
2026-10-16	$0.9999	$72.41B	$384.20M	9,248,454	B
2026-10-15	$1.00	$72.63B	$400.06M	9,248,454	B
2026-10-14	$1.00	$72.87B	$392.86M	9,248,454	B
2026-10-13	$1.00	$72.72B	$428.30M	9,248,454	B
2026-10-12	$1.00	$72.94B	$432.87M	9,248,454	B
2026-10-11	$1.00	$73.01B	$433.42M	9,248,454	B
2026-10-09	$0.9986	$72.89B	$440.97M	9,248,454	B
2026-10-08	$1.00	$73.63B	$455.19M	9,165,997	B
2026-10-07	$1.00	$73.84B	$481.70M	9,165,997	B
2026-10-06	$1.00	$74.15B	$529.29M	9,231,921	B
2026-10-05	$0.9996	$73.94B	$523.59M	9,165,997	B
2026-10-04	$0.9996	$74.08B	$528.98M	9,165,997	B
2026-10-03	$1.00	$74.13B	$523.02M	9,165,997	B
2026-10-02	$1.00	$74.09B	$516.45M	9,165,997	B
2026-10-01	$1.00	$74.04B	$506.93M	9,165,997	B
2026-09-30	$1.0000	$74.07B	$495.82M	9,165,997	B
2026-09-29	$1.00	$74.70B	$522.72M	9,165,997	B
2026-09-27	$0.9997	$75.18B	$525.98M	9,165,997	B
2026-09-26	$1.00	$75.45B	$565.57M	9,156,316	B
2026-09-21	$1.0000	$74.28B	$565.57M	9,156,316	B
2026-09-20	$1.00	$74.31B	$8.95M	9,113,146	B
2026-09-07	$1.04	—	$639.17M	—	B

Contract

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FAQ

Is USDC a safe token?

As of the 2026-10-09 snapshot, USDC 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 $440.97M and 9,248,454 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 USDC, or is it a honeypot?

Our Ethereum 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 USDC?

The wallet that created USDC 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 9,248,454; 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 USDC's supply be inflated?

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

What is the USDC contract address?

The USDC contract address on Ethereum is 0xa0b86991c6218b36c1d19d4a2e9eb0ce3606eb48. 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 USDC safely?

Run the live on-chain scan at the top of this page first; if USDC clears, you can swap it here directly. Whatever venue you use, match the contract address (0xa0b86991c6218b36c1d19d4a2e9eb0ce3606eb48) 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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