Is Tether USD (USDT) Safe? Token Security Scan
Verdict
Trust score: 90/100 (grade AAA) — composite risk 10%.
Tether USD shows a low composite risk score (10%) based on GoPlus's on-chain checks. This is not a guarantee of safety — always do independent research.
Key checks
- Honeypot signal: none detected
- Buy tax 0% · Sell tax 0%
- Mint function: ACTIVE — supply can be inflated
- Pause/freeze: possible
- Proxy contract: no
- Liquidity: $0 tracked, 0% locked
- Holders: 15,572,938 (top 10 control 50.9%)
Risk factors (4)
- Contract can mint new tokens — supply inflation risk
- Transfers can be paused by the contract owner
- Buy/sell tax can be changed after deployment
- Top 10 holders control 50.9% of supply
Positive signals (3)
- Contract source code is verified
- 15,572,938 holders
- Listed on GoPlus’s trusted-token list
Understand these findings
- What an active mint function means
- Why liquidity locks matter
- How liquidity removal rugs work
- Buy/sell taxes: when fees become traps
- Holder concentration and whale risk
- What renounced ownership really means
- What a pause/freeze function means
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Partner resources
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Data source: GoPlus Security (live on-chain checks). This is an automated check, not financial advice — a passing scan is not a guarantee of safety. Run your own scan with the free RugShield scanner.