stETH scam check on Ethereum: what our research found

Researched Oct 1, 2026, 13:06 UTC · Contract: 0xae7ab96520de3a18e5e111b5eaab095312d7fe84

Risks found: the contract code can be replaced; the sell tax is flagged.

What we checked

Contract checks read in the research of Oct 1, 2026, 13:06 UTC.

Contract source published

Yes

Buy tax

None found

Sell tax

Flagged

Deployer

0x55bc991b2edf3ddb4c520b222be4f378418ff0fa

Holders

628,147

Largest holder, excluding pools and burns

46.43%

Top 10 holders, excluding pools and burns

62.87%

Latest finding

On September 30 MetaMask reported an incident in staking infrastructure and is exiting affected validators, including from Lido; client wallets and funds were not affected, according to its data

Confidence of the research: medium

Figures at the time of research

Price

$2,698.05

24h change

-1.09%

Liquidity

$131,738,541.00

24h volume

$45,787,770.00

24h trades

2,565

Pool created

Dec 19, 2020

Full answers

• Oct 1, 2026, 13:06 UTC — On September 30 MetaMask reported an incident in staking infrastructure and is exiting affected validators, including from Lido; client wallets and funds were…

Findings come from public sources as of the dates shown. They are not financial advice and not a guarantee that a token is safe.