Is msUSD safe on Optimism?
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 msUSD (Metronome Synth USD) shows right now.
0x9dabae7274d28a45f0b65bf8ed201a5731492ca0Can msUSD be sold? What we measured
BlazePhoenix's Quoter measured a live exit route for 1 msUSD → 0.658836 USDC at build time (2026-08-28) — the sell path existed when this page was generated. A route that exists today can still close tomorrow; re-run the check live before trading.
24h trade shape: 609 buys / 709 sells (54% sells). A near-zero sell share over many trades is the honeypot shape — tokens with that shape are refused a listing here outright.
Re-run both instruments live, free, in your browser: X-Ray scan msUSD › · Can't sell a token? The eight causes › · The daily measured record ›
msUSD to USD — snapshot (2026-08-28)
| msUSD | USD |
|---|---|
| 1 | $1 |
| 10 | $10 |
| 100 | $100.02 |
| 1,000 | $1,000 |
| 10,000 | $10,002 |
Snapshot at the indexer read above — a spot rate, not a fill promise: large sizes move the price (the measured 1-token exit above is the honest anchor). For the live on-chain rate, open the swap: the quote there is computed by the Quoter contract, reproducible by anyone.
How to swap msUSD on Optimism
- Open the swap with msUSD pre-filled. Go to blazephoenix.xyz/?tab=swap&chain=10&out=0x9dabae7274d28a45f0b65bf8ed201a5731492ca0 — the Optimism chain and msUSD as the output token are already selected.
- Connect a wallet and enter the amount. Connect any wallet (no sign-up). Type the amount to spend; the quote is computed on-chain by the Quoter contract, so the number you see is reproducible by anyone.
- Set your own slippage and review. Choose a slippage limit — it becomes the on-chain minimum output the Router enforces. Review the route and the Phoenix Check verdicts.
- Sign and verify the fill. Sign in your wallet. The swap settles atomically under your minimum; the fill appears on the block explorer, verifiable against the quote.
Opens the swap with msUSD pre-filled on Optimism — 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
- 🔍 Check the depth is real. Take each pool address listed on this page and call
balanceOfon it for msUSD: that is what the pool actually holds. Compare it against the depth the screener advertises above. Advertised ≫ real = phantom liquidity. - 📖 Read the contract. msUSD 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 msUSD on BlazePhoenix — the quote is computed on-chain and clamped to real pool depth; set your own slippage before signing.
msUSD on Optimism — questions people ask
- How do I buy msUSD on Optimism?
- Connect any wallet and paste the msUSD contract address (0x9dabae7274d28a45f0b65bf8ed201a5731492ca0) into BlazePhoenix on Optimism. The Quoter contract computes the quote on-chain, clamped to real pool depth; you set your own slippage and review before signing. No account, no KYC, no allowlist.
- Is msUSD a honeypot or a scam?
- BlazePhoenix does not label any token safe or scam. Instead you measure it: compare the advertised depth of each msUSD pool against its on-chain balanceOf, and test the sell path with a dust-sized trade before committing real size — a honeypot cannot deliver on the way out. Read the contract on the block explorer too. The facts are reproducible; the judgement is yours.
- How much liquidity does msUSD have on Optimism?
- As of 2026-08-28, msUSD shows $977,641 of real pool liquidity and $124,775 of 24h volume across 4 pool(s), read from DexScreener. Confirm it yourself by calling balanceOf on each pool address listed on this page.
- Can I sell msUSD after buying it?
- Test it before you need it: buy a dust-sized amount and sell it straight back, and measure what actually comes home. A token that blocks selling fails that round trip while the stake is still trivial. Never assume a sell will work — verify the round trip first.
Turnover (24h volume ÷ liquidity): 24h volume is 13% of pooled liquidity — a normally active market for its size.
Go deeper
- 📚 Understand the risk: Phantom liquidity · Honeypot tokens · How to swap safely
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The pools these numbers come from
| DEX | Pair | Liquidity | 24h vol |
|---|---|---|---|
| velodrome | USDC/msUSD | $728,076 | $99,050 |
| velodrome | msUSD/USDC | $249,506 | $25,723 |
| velodrome | msUSD/WETH | $28.5 | $1.41 |
| velodrome | msUSD/WETH | $23.92 | $0.92 |
Snapshot read from DexScreener at 2026-08-28T23:38:20.546Z — a snapshot, not a live feed; open the links above for the current state. Liquidity figures are the venues' own reported numbers; only a balanceOf against each pool 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.