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 $230,366
- 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 | $4138.9900 |
| Market cap | $846.3K |
| Liquidity | $230.4K |
| 24h volume | $60.4K |
| 24h buys / sells | 294 / 270 |
| Holders | 882 |
| Organic trading score | 61/100 (medium) |
| Age | 0.3 years |
| Token program | Token-2022 |
| RugCheck score | 82 |
Top holders
| #1 6Nrx…uW8H | 65.42% |
| #2 5Z5n…hjoy | 19.81% |
| #3 9Nk1…XuVH | 2.18% |
| #4 27NA…tpaw | 1.41% |
| #5 7cKu…guAC | 1.41% |
| #6 Ghmg…HaNo | 0.78% |
| #7 DLut…2DSc | 0.66% |
| #8 F4Mv…Ccnx | 0.5% |
| #9 HKCr…KDHL | 0.49% |
| #10 65Q1…dKC5 | 0.47% |
Top 10 hold 93.1% of supply.
PAXG rug check FAQ
Is PAXG a rug pull?
A.U.G.U.R 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 15 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 93.1% of the supply, across about 882 holders in total.
How much liquidity does PAXG have?
About $230.4K in liquidity with $60.4K traded in the last 24 hours and a market cap near $846.3K.
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.