Is PAXG safe on Ethereum?
Straight answer: safety is not a verdict to take from us or anyone. What we can give you is better — the reproducible on-chain facts and the tools to check them yourself. Here is what PAXG (Paxos Gold) shows right now.
0x45804880de22913dafe09f4980848ece6ecbaf78Opens the swap with PAXG pre-filled on Ethereum — on-chain quote, clamped to real pool depth, you set the slippage and review before signing. Verify first (below); trade only if you choose to.
Check it yourself — don't trust, verify
- 🔍 Live phantom-liquidity scan. Run PAXG through the free Pool X-Ray — it compares each pool's advertised depth against what it actually holds on-chain (
balanceOf). Advertised ≫ real = phantom liquidity. - 📖 Read the contract. PAXG on the block explorer — holders, transfers, and whether the source is verified.
- 💧 Inspect the pools. open the market on DexScreener · GeckoTerminal — the live-market sources these numbers cross-check against.
- ⚡ Trade it non-custodially. Swap into PAXG on BlazePhoenix — the quote is computed on-chain and clamped to real pool depth; set your own slippage before signing.
Go deeper
- 📚 Understand the risk: Phantom liquidity · Honeypot tokens · How to swap safely
- 🛰️ More on the Token Radar: BZPX (Base) · PLTS (robinhood) · AERO (Base) · VVV (Base) · RAIN (Arbitrum) · WAY (robinhood)
The pools these numbers come from
| DEX | Pair | Liquidity | 24h vol |
|---|---|---|---|
| uniswap | PAXG/WETH | $13,223,164 | $353,806 |
| uniswap | PAXG/XAUt | $4,240,603 | $4,475 |
| uniswap | PAXG/USDC | $2,135,411 | $436,556 |
| uniswap | PAXG/USDC | $1,075,514 | $41,122 |
Snapshot read from DexScreener at 2026-07-28T08:40:50.281Z — a snapshot, not a live feed; open the links above for the current state. Liquidity figures are the venues' own reported numbers; the X-Ray scan is what tests them against on-chain reserves. This page lists only tokens whose pools cleared a real-liquidity gate ($50,000); it makes no claim about the project behind the token. Data under CC BY 4.0.