Is USDC safe?

Q: Is USDC a safe token?

As of the 2026-10-09 snapshot, USDC scores 80/100 (grade B) on NexFlow's on-chain read — based on a contract that has unconfirmed mint controls, has unconfirmed freeze and blacklist controls, liquidity of $8.26M and 626,941 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 Optimism 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 626,941; 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 Optimism 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 Optimism is 0x0b2c639c533813f4aa9d7837caf62653d097ff85. 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 (0x0b2c639c533813f4aa9d7837caf62653d097ff85) exactly before trading — copying the ticker is how clone scams catch buyers, and the address is the one field they can't fake.

#7 B

USD Coin·USDC·Optimism

$0.9952−0.42% (24h, feed)+0.02% (1h, feed)+0.08% Change (3h)

USD Coin (USDC) · Optimism · on-chain safety read, grade B (80/100)

Data snapshot: 2026-11-15 · source: live token feeds + on-chain flags · refreshed weekly · not financial advice

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USDC price and market data

Market cap

$148.59M

Liquidity

$4.75M

FDV

$148.59M

Holders

626,941

Age

811 days

24h volume

$17.80B all venues

Volume / Mcap

11981.09%

Circulating supply

148,783,229 USDC (100.0%)

Total supply

148,783,229 USDC

Max supply

—

Low measured

$0.9945 · 11-15

High measured

$1.01 · 10-20

Top-10

41.91%

Official links

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Dated price measurements: 6, 2026-11-14 to 2026-11-15. Each point is a measurement, not an interpolation.

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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
contract-level controls not assessed in this snapshot — verify with a live scan

Clean checks

contract source code is verified
the creator wallet holds under 5% of supply (<0.01%) dev-wallet flags

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What the data says about USDC

Two assets answer to "USDC" on Optimism, and this is the native one: Circle's own issuance at 0x0b2c639c533813f4aa9d7837caf62653d097ff85, the mint that CCTP burns and mints against directly. The bridged predecessor — USDC.e, routed through the canonical bridge — lives at its own address on its own page in this index, and the difference between the two is the entire point of this page.

The November 6, 2026 snapshot reads $4.7 million of tracked pool liquidity and $16.7 million of 24-hour volume on the Optimism-local supply — 163.3 million units priced $125.0 million fully diluted — inside a ticker whose asset-wide market cap prints $70.4 billion. The "thin against cap" flag is arithmetic, not commentary: a redeemable stablecoin's real depth lives at the mint and across every venue combined, not in the pools any single index enumerates.

Graded B, 811 days on record. The note that matters is the address, not the flag: before approving a contract named USDC on Optimism, confirm the dapp wants the native mint — the same ticker is shared by a legacy claim.

Figures dated November 6, 2026; the live scan refreshes them.

Balance concentration: the 10 largest token accounts hold 41.91% of USDC'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 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
2026-11-15	$0.9952	$68.77B	$3.69M	626,941	B
2026-11-14	$1.01	$69.46B	$3.02M	626,941	B
2026-11-13	$0.9989	$69.02B	$4.14M	626,941	B
2026-11-12	$1.00	$69.55B	$4.03M	626,941	B
2026-11-11	$1.00	$69.81B	$4.46M	626,941	B
2026-11-10	$1.00	$70.22B	$4.34M	626,941	B
2026-11-09	$0.9984	$70.06B	$4.81M	626,941	B
2026-11-08	$1.00	$70.49B	$4.80M	626,941	B
2026-11-07	$1.00	$70.76B	$4.88M	626,941	B
2026-11-06	$1.00	$70.47B	$4.89M	626,941	B
2026-11-04	$0.9987	$70.50B	$7.01M	626,941	B
2026-11-03	$1.00	$71.18B	$6.15M	626,941	B
2026-10-31	$1.00	$71.98B	$6.00M	626,941	B
2026-10-30	$0.9978	$71.39B	$5.60M	626,941	B
2026-10-29	$0.9976	$71.17B	$5.10M	626,941	B
2026-10-28	$0.9976	$71.19B	$6.40M	626,941	B
2026-10-27	$1.00	$71.34B	$5.85M	626,941	B
2026-10-26	$0.9973	$71.29B	$5.86M	626,941	B
2026-10-25	$0.9979	$71.44B	$6.27M	626,941	B
2026-10-24	$1.00	$71.72B	$6.32M	626,941	B
2026-10-23	$0.9994	$71.99B	$6.24M	626,941	B
2026-10-22	$0.9989	$71.95B	$6.37M	626,941	B
2026-10-21	$0.9983	$72.01B	$9.50M	626,941	B
2026-10-20	$0.9993	$72.02B	$8.83M	626,941	B
2026-10-19	$0.9978	$72.27B	$8.98M	626,941	B
2026-10-18	$1.00	$72.85B	$8.21M	626,941	B
2026-10-17	$0.9971	$72.40B	$8.31M	626,941	B
2026-10-15	$0.9986	$72.53B	$8.92M	626,941	B
2026-10-14	$0.9965	$72.55B	$7.45M	626,941	B
2026-10-13	$0.9968	$72.42B	$8.83M	626,941	B
2026-10-12	$1.00	$72.85B	$8.66M	626,941	B
2026-10-11	$1.00	$73.14B	$9.36M	626,941	B
2026-10-10	$1.00	$73.13B	$9.34M	626,941	B
2026-10-09	$1.00	$73.14B	$8.26M	626,941	B
2026-10-08	$1.00	$73.67B	$8.06M	628,653	B
2026-10-07	$1.00	$74.07B	$8.30M	628,653	B
2026-10-06	$1.00	$74.39B	$10.08M	628,653	B
2026-10-05	$1.00	$74.21B	$10.17M	628,653	B
2026-10-04	$0.998	$73.97B	$10.19M	628,653	B
2026-10-03	$0.9988	$74.01B	$9.91M	628,653	B
2026-10-02	$0.999	$73.94B	$8.98M	628,653	B
2026-10-01	$1.00	$74.19B	$9.16M	628,653	B
2026-09-30	$0.999	$74.00B	$8.85M	628,653	B
2026-09-29	$0.999	$74.63B	$8.68M	628,653	B
2026-09-28	$1.00	$75.06B	$8.71M	628,653	B
2026-09-27	$0.9987	$75.18B	$9.10M	628,653	B
2026-09-26	$1.00	$75.40B	$10.00M	628,653	B
2026-09-21	$1.00	$74.42B	$10.00M	628,653	B

Contract

0x0b2c639c533813f4aa9d7837caf62653d097ff85

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FAQ

Is USDC a safe token?

As of the 2026-10-09 snapshot, USDC scores 80/100 (grade B) on NexFlow's on-chain read — based on a contract that has unconfirmed mint controls, has unconfirmed freeze and blacklist controls, liquidity of $8.26M and 626,941 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 Optimism 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 626,941; 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 Optimism 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 Optimism is 0x0b2c639c533813f4aa9d7837caf62653d097ff85. 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 (0x0b2c639c533813f4aa9d7837caf62653d097ff85) 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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