USD Coin USDC
USD Coin is issued by Circle, the named issuer of this regulated stablecoin. Circle keeps the power to upgrade the contract, mint, freeze and blacklist wallets — standard for a regulated stablecoin, and not a rug risk. Low risk.
- Upgrade administrator — An administrator can replace the contract code, so the rules can change after you buy. verified on-chain
- Logic contract owner — The contract holding the token logic has its own owner, separate from the address you interact with. verified on-chain
- Buy tax — There is no buy tax. reported by the security feed
- Code published — The contract's source code is published and readable. reported by the security feed
- Issuer can block individual wallets — Circle can block individual wallets from holding or moving USD Coin. This is a disclosed power of the named issuer, not a hidden one. from the issuer registry
- Issuer can create new tokens — Circle can create new USD Coin. This is a disclosed power of the named issuer, not a hidden one. from the issuer registry
- Issuer can freeze transfers — Circle can freeze or pause transfers of USD Coin. This is a disclosed power of the named issuer, not a hidden one. from the issuer registry
- Liquidity — There is $884k of liquidity across the pools we can see. reported by the market feed
- No project-owned trading pool — Not applicable — this token does not have a single project-owned trading pool; it trades in many pools run by other parties, so there is no LP position for its issuer to lock or burn. from the issuer registry
- Resembles code that collapsed — This token's code does not resemble any we watched collapse. read on-chain
- Sell tax — There is no sell tax. reported by the security feed
- Top holders — The ten largest wallets hold 10% of the supply (excluding the trading pair, burned supply and contract holders), the largest of them 8%. reported by the security feed
What matters here
- An administrator can swap the token's code for entirely different code without asking holders.
- The code behind this token can be replaced, so its behaviour can change after you buy.
- The contract holding the token logic has its own owner, separate from the address you interact with.
Open the full evidence and provenance
What we know about this token
How long this has existed
| Domain registered | 27 years ago | from the domain registry (RDAP) |
| Website first archived | 26 years ago | from the Internet Archive |
Controls and behaviour
- Upgrade administrator — An administrator can replace the contract code, so the rules can change after you buy. verified on-chain
- Logic contract owner — The contract holding the token logic has its own owner, separate from the address you interact with. verified on-chain
- Buy tax — There is no buy tax. reported by the security feed
- Code published — The contract's source code is published and readable. reported by the security feed
- Issuer can block individual wallets — Circle can block individual wallets from holding or moving USD Coin. This is a disclosed power of the named issuer, not a hidden one. from the issuer registry
- Issuer can create new tokens — Circle can create new USD Coin. This is a disclosed power of the named issuer, not a hidden one. from the issuer registry
- Issuer can freeze transfers — Circle can freeze or pause transfers of USD Coin. This is a disclosed power of the named issuer, not a hidden one. from the issuer registry
- Liquidity — There is $884k of liquidity across the pools we can see. reported by the market feed
- No project-owned trading pool — Not applicable — this token does not have a single project-owned trading pool; it trades in many pools run by other parties, so there is no LP position for its issuer to lock or burn. from the issuer registry
- Resembles code that collapsed — This token's code does not resemble any we watched collapse. read on-chain
- Sell tax — There is no sell tax. reported by the security feed
- Top holders — The ten largest wallets hold 10% of the supply (excluding the trading pair, burned supply and contract holders), the largest of them 8%. reported by the security feed
Market
| Liquidity across observed pools | $884,123 |
| 24h volume | $80,401,719 |
| Pools seen | 1 |
| Quoted against | USDT |
| 24h price change | 0.01% |
Largest holders
| Address | Share |
|---|---|
0x37305b1cd40574e4c5ce33f8e8306be057fd7341 |
7.86% |
0xe1940f578743367f38d3f25c2d2d32d6636929b6 |
3.39% |
0xffa69c0080582098af595156240214b742735a5e |
3.16% |
0xad354cfbaa4a8572dd6df021514a3931a8329ef5 |
2.79% |
0x38aaef3782910bdd9ea3566c839788af6ff9b200 |
2.67% |
0x40ec5b33f54e0e8a33a975908c5ba1c14e5bbbdf |
2.06% |
0xee7ae85f2fe2239e27d9c1e23fffe168d63b4055 |
1.74% |
0x01b8697695eab322a339c4bf75740db75dc9375e |
1.47% |
0x36db199f0a1cd131ad0b5cf4fe94286faab9fda5 |
1.22% |
0x3d09d2354530466d32ed37c6ad19ea58504a0c37 |
1.12% |
What this scan does not establish
- Can anyone change balances directly? — no source answered this question for this token, so nothing is claimed either way.
- Is there a hidden owner? — no source answered this question for this token, so nothing is claimed either way.
- This is an automated read of public on-chain data and labelled provider feeds at one moment in time. It is not an audit, it does not execute the contract's logic path by path, and a token can change after it is scanned.
Evidence runs for this address
| Collected | Pinned to | Provider agreement | Assessment at the time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Jul 2026 | Finalized block 25537598 | Verified | recorded under an earlier method |
| 17 Jul 2026 | Finalized block 25548598 | Verified | recorded under an earlier method |
| 3 Aug 2026 | Finalized block 25672793 | Verified | recorded under an earlier method |
| 3 Aug 2026 | Finalized block 25673174 | Verified | recorded under an earlier method |
| 3 Aug 2026 | Finalized block 25673718 | Verified | recorded under an earlier method |
| 3 Aug 2026 | Finalized block 25674133 | Verified | recorded under an earlier method |
| 4 Aug 2026 | Finalized block 25677741 | Verified | recorded under an earlier method |
| 5 Aug 2026 | Finalized block 25684921 | Verified | recorded under an earlier method |
| 6 Aug 2026 | Finalized block 25692095 | Verified | recorded under an earlier method |
| 6 Aug 2026 | Finalized block 25694555 | Verified | recorded under an earlier method |
| 6 Aug 2026 | Finalized block 25694937 | Verified | recorded under an earlier method |
| 6 Aug 2026 | Finalized block 25695321 | Verified | recorded under an earlier method |
| 6 Aug 2026 | Finalized block 25698132 | Verified | recorded under an earlier method |
| 22 Aug 2026 | Finalized block 25808631 | Verified | recorded under an earlier method |
| 24 Aug 2026 | Finalized block 25825632 | Verified | recorded under an earlier method |
About USD Coin
USD Coin (USDC) is a token on Ethereum. Its main trading pair has existed for 471 days on uniswap. Across 1 observed pair(s), the venue feed reports a price of $1.0002, $884,123 of combined DEX liquidity and $80,401,719 of 24-hour volume; the largest single pair holds $884,123. An external provider reports roughly 8699871 holders; VetMyToken has not reconstructed the complete holder set. An external provider reports published source code; VetMyToken has not independently verified that source. Contract controls, holder coverage, liquidity control and market quality are assessed separately; market activity does not improve or reduce the security-risk assessment.
| Exact address | 0xa0b86991c6218b36c1d19d4a2e9eb0ce3606eb48 |
| Network | Ethereum |
| Project website | https://www.circle.com/usdc |
| Main observed pair created | 13 May 2025 |
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