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.
Control powers
- 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
Trading
- Buy tax — There is no buy tax. reported by the security feed
- Sell tax — There is no sell tax. reported by the security feed
- Sellable — A sale of this token goes through. reported by the security feed
Liquidity & holders
- 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
- On-chain liquidity — On-chain trading pools hold $574,808. Most trading in this token happens on centralized exchanges, which the market feed cannot see. reported by the market feed
- Top holders — The ten largest wallets hold 8% of the supply (excluding the trading pair, burned supply and contract holders), the largest of them 2%. reported by the security feed
Code & history
- 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
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.
- One wallet owns this contract and can use every owner-only function it has.
Market
| on-chain pools seen | 30 |
| Quoted against | USDC |
Also listed on 7 centralized exchanges, including Binance, Kraken and OKX. read from each exchange's own public market list
Open the full evidence and provenance
Compare USD Coin with another token on this chain — two at a time, differences marked.
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What we know about this token
How long this has existed
| Domain registered | 27 years ago | from the domain registry (RDAP) |
| Website first archived | 27 years ago | from the Internet Archive |
Largest holders
| Address | Share |
|---|---|
0xee7ae85f2fe2239e27d9c1e23fffe168d63b4055 |
6.88% |
0x0b07f64abc342b68aec57c0936e4b6fd4452967e |
2.08% |
0xa4d94019934d8333ef880abffbf2fdd611c762bd |
2.05% |
0x758be77a3ee14e7193730560daa07dd3fcbfd200 |
1.75% |
0x5ca1ed2406c79c2bb8c466dd13d54e14ad22c72b |
1.75% |
0xfc4075aa7dc27192b16baf1af2b09c40a7a88340 |
1.67% |
0x4e301851788f446f5e8ee64a618809bd72df2bbf |
1.66% |
0x77777777dcc4d5a8b6e418fd04d8997ef11000ee |
1.10% |
0xa85c29b94f8a22a7268facee89ef4eca051be2ce |
1.04% |
0x0853ea40b121f9135d7e0c07fae35d59aedb4d0b |
1.01% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Aug 2026 | Finalized block 91532722 | Verified | recorded under an earlier method |
| 7 Aug 2026 | Finalized block 91570513 | Verified | recorded under an earlier method |
About USD Coin
USD Coin (USDC) is a token on Polygon. Its main trading pair has existed for 235 days on ramses. The selected venue feed reports a price of $1.00, $574,808 in its largest observed DEX pair and $3,715,228 of 24-hour volume across 30 pair(s). An external provider reports roughly 4664417 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 | 0x3c499c542cef5e3811e1192ce70d8cc03d5c3359 |
| Network | Polygon |
| Project website | https://www.circle.com/usdc |
| Main observed pair created | 28 Jan 2026 |
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