Is PAXG a rug? PAX Gold 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 $187,895
- Rug guard: RugCheck: Mint Authority still enabled
- Rug guard: RugCheck: Permanent Control Enabled
- Rug guard: RugCheck: Freeze Authority still enabled
- Rug guard: RugCheck: Large Amount of LP Unlocked
- Rug guard: RugCheck: Top 10 holders high ownership
What the scan noticed
- Permanent delegate set - one address can move or burn anyone's tokens, including yours.
- Mint authority is still active - more supply can be printed at any time.
- Freeze authority is active - holders' tokens can be frozen, so you might not be able to sell. (Normal for regulated stablecoins like USDC; a red flag on a memecoin.)
- Transfer fee is 0% now, but an authority can raise it later.
Market data
| Price | $4125.7800 |
| Market cap | $843.6K |
| Liquidity | $187.9K |
| 24h volume | $156.6K |
| 24h buys / sells | 793 / 520 |
| Holders | 880 |
| Organic trading score | 55/100 (medium) |
| Age | 26 days |
| Token program | Token-2022 |
| RugCheck score | 83 |
Top holders
| #1 6Nrx…uW8H | 64.15% |
| #2 27NA…tpaw | 1.57% |
| #3 7cKu…guAC | 1.38% |
| #4 Ghmg…HaNo | 0.76% |
| #5 F4Mv…Ccnx | 0.49% |
| #6 HKCr…KDHL | 0.48% |
| #7 BRMY…6MhV | 0.43% |
| #8 HwME…oMa2 | 0.3% |
| #9 B43v…mHyx | 0.26% |
| #10 4Ks5…Bf7t | 0.21% |
Top 10 hold 70% of supply.
PAXG rug check FAQ
Is PAXG a rug pull?
MAD Rugscope rates PAX Gold (PAXG) as high risk with a score of 0 out of 100 (grade F). The dev can print more tokens and dilute you. It found 8 red flags and 5 warnings when last scanned on 20 Oct 2026. No scanner can promise a token is safe.
Can the PAXG 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 PAXG?
The top 10 holders own 70% of the supply, across about 880 holders in total.
How much liquidity does PAXG have?
About $187.9K in liquidity with $156.6K traded in the last 24 hours and a market cap near $843.6K.
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.