Is PYUSD a rug? PayPal USD rug check
Safety checks
- Mint authority is ON — more tokens can be printed
- Freeze authority is ON — your tokens can be frozen
- The dev can close the mint once supply hits zero
- Permanent delegate: the dev can move tokens out of any wallet
- Transfer fee set to 0% — the dev can raise it (takes effect ~2 epochs, about 4 days, later)
- Confidential transfers: some balances and moves are hidden
- Confidential transfers: some balances and moves are hidden
- Name/image can still be changed by the dev
- Liquidity $16,958,153
- Rug guard: no bundle, insider or serial-dev red flags
What the scan noticed
- No red flags in the contract or the market structure.
- Recognised stablecoin (PYUSD), matched by mint address. Its issuer controls are listed as notes, not penalised.
- Mint authority is still active (expected for a stablecoin).
- Freeze authority is active (expected for a stablecoin).
Market data
| Price | $1.0002 |
| Market cap | $154.38M |
| Liquidity | $16.96M |
| 24h volume | $372.2K |
| 24h buys / sells | 72 / 129 |
| Holders | 58,348 |
| Organic trading score | 89/100 (high) |
| Age | 1.7 years |
| Token program | Token-2022 |
| RugCheck score | 1 |
PYUSD rug check FAQ
Is PYUSD a rug pull?
MAD Rugscope rates PayPal USD (PYUSD) as low risk with a score of 20 out of 100 (grade A). PYUSD is an established token. It found 3 red flags and 5 warnings when last scanned on 20 Oct 2026. No scanner can promise a token is safe.
Can the PYUSD developer mint more tokens or freeze wallets?
Mint authority is ON — more tokens can be printed. Freeze authority is ON — your tokens can be frozen.
Who holds PYUSD?
The top 10 holders own 0% of the supply, across about 58,348 holders in total.
How much liquidity does PYUSD have?
About $16.96M in liquidity with $372.2K traded in the last 24 hours and a market cap near $154.38M.
Links
dexscreener · pumpfun · solscan
How this works: Rugscope reads the token contract (mint, freeze, Token-2022 extensions), holder concentration and bundles, the developer's launch history, liquidity and organic volume, and, for pump.fun coins on the curve, a model trained on 48,857 real launch moments. Read the method.