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Wrapped Ether (WETH) · Ethereum · on-chain safety read, grade B (80/100)
Data snapshot: 2026-09-16 · source: live token feeds + on-chain flags · refreshed weekly · not financial advice
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WETH markets — tracked pools
Most active tracked pools — read live.
| Pool | Venue | Liquidity | 24h volume | Volume % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WETH / USDC 0.05% | Uniswap V3 | $104.36M | $108.24M | 45.5% | Trade |
| WETH / USDT 0.3% | Uniswap V3 | $109.08M | $54.32M | 22.8% | Trade |
| USDC / WETH 0.01% | Uniswap V3 | $3.25M | $45.33M | 19.0% | Trade |
| WETH / USDT 0.01% | Uniswap V3 | $3.61M | $15.43M | 6.5% | Trade |
| WBTC / WETH 0.05% | Uniswap V3 | $33.05M | $14.81M | 6.2% | Trade |
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What the data says about WETH
WETH is the oldest load-bearing contract in DeFi. Deployed in December 2017 as WETH9, the contract at 0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2 does exactly one thing: wrap ETH — which predates the ERC-20 standard and doesn't conform to it — into a token that does, redeemable one-for-one, instantly, by anyone, forever. It has no owner, no admin functions, no upgrade path, and no pause switch. Nearly every DEX trade, lending market, and NFT sale on Ethereum has settled through it at some point; it is less a token than a piece of the chain's plumbing.
That architecture is why the usual checklist comes back almost empty. There is no team to rug, no supply policy to abuse — WETH supply is simply however much ETH is currently deposited in the contract, minted on wrap and burned on unwrap. The failure mode people theorize about (the contract holding less ETH than WETH outstanding) would require a bug that eight-plus years of the highest-value adversarial testing in crypto has not found. NexFlow's September 16, 2026 snapshot shows roughly $104 million of tracked pool liquidity and $73 million of daily volume on this deployment, and both understate reality — WETH is one side of thousands of pools our sample doesn't enumerate.
Two honest caveats belong here. First, WETH is exactly as risky as ETH: wrapping changes the interface, not the exposure, so this page grades the wrapper and says nothing about ether's price. Second, the name is famous enough to counterfeit — fake "WETH" tokens with lookalike tickers appear on every chain, and a wallet will happily display one. The 2017 address above is canonical on Ethereum mainnet; on other chains, each network has its own canonical deployment, so cross-chain address-checking matters more, not less.
Figures here are NexFlow's snapshot dated September 16, 2026. For a contract this stable the numbers drift rather than surprise, but the live scan above reads the current state whenever you want confirmation over history.
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 | Liquidity | Holders | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-16 | $2.39K | $104.41M | — | B |
| 2026-09-15 | $2.40K | $104.49M | — | B |
| 2026-09-14 | $2.54K | $106.26M | — | B |
| 2026-09-08 | $2.47K | $105.42M | — | B |
Contract
0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2
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Is WETH a safe token?
As of the 2026-09-16 snapshot, WETH scores 80/100 (grade B) on NexFlow's on-chain read — based on its unconfirmed mint authority, unconfirmed freeze authority, liquidity of $104.41M. 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 Ethereum read covers market structure, not sell-side contract behaviour like honeypots or transfer taxes, as of 2026-09-16. Before assuming you can exit freely, run the live scan above — it reads the contract directly.
Who holds most of WETH?
Per-wallet distribution for WETH wasn't resolved in the 2026-09-16 snapshot. Run the live scan, which reads holder concentration directly from the chain.
Can WETH'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 WETH contract address?
The WETH contract address on Ethereum is 0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2. 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 (0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2) exactly before trading — copying the ticker is how clone scams catch buyers, and the address is the one field they can't fake.
