Is Liquid Mercury a scam?
HIGH RISK · 68/100Liquid Mercury (MERC) has an automated risk score of 68/100 — high risk. Liquid Mercury has highly concentrated ownership: On-chain: the top 10 holders control 70.8% of supply (burn and labelled exchange/staking/LP wallets excluded; team/vesting contracts counted) — at this level a few wallets hold enough supply to move the price on their own. That is a measurement of who holds the supply, not a finding about how any holder has acted or will act. Down more than 99% from its all-time high — among the deepest drawdowns we measure. Near-zero volume (0.01% of MCap) — almost nothing trades, so a position of any size would be hard to sell near the quoted price.
Automated assessment · updated 12 October 2026
Liquid Mercury
mercHIGH RISK$0.003623
-1.76% (24h)
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Risk Assessment
Risk Score
HIGH RISK
Driven primarily by drawdown from all-time high (25 of 25 points). Every contributing factor is itemised below.
measured 2026-10-12 · 7 factors evaluated
Here is what the public data shows about Liquid Mercury, ordered by how strongly each factor contributes to the score:
- Drawdown From All-Time High: Down more than 99% from its all-time high — among the deepest drawdowns we measure.
- On-Chain Holder Concentration: On-chain: the top 10 holders control 70.8% of supply (burn and labelled exchange/staking/LP wallets excluded; team/vesting contracts counted) — at this level a few wallets hold enough supply to move the price on their own.
- Volume Anomaly: Near-zero volume (0.01% of MCap) — almost nothing trades, so a position of any size would be hard to sell near the quoted price.
- Market Cap Risk: Market cap under $100M — mid-sized; large trades can still move the price.
These are automated, opinion-based indicators from public data — not financial advice or an allegation of wrongdoing. See our methodology.
Why this asset is flagged as high-risk
The patterns below are automated, opinion-based observations from public market data. They describe statistical risk indicators — not proof of wrongdoing by any project or person.
Price is far below its all-time high while trading with very little liquidity — a pattern common to collapsed and dormant tokens, and also to assets in a long bear market
Very low trading activity relative to size. We measure market data only and do not assess development activity
Verified on-chain: after excluding burn and labelled exchange, staking and liquidity wallets (team/vesting contracts are counted), the top 10 holders control more than half of the supply. At that level ten wallets hold enough supply to move the price on their own; this measures holdings, not conduct
Risk Factor Breakdown
Each factor is scored independently and weighted to calculate the total risk score.
Drawdown From All-Time High
Price Action
25/25
100%
How far the price sits below its peak. Deep drawdowns are common to abandoned and post-collapse tokens, but also to assets in a prolonged bear market — on its own this measures price history, not conduct.
Volume Anomaly
Trading Signals
15/20
75%
24-hour volume compared with market cap. Very high turnover can reflect genuine news-driven trading or inflated volume; very low turnover means the price is rarely tested. We measure the ratio and cannot attribute it to any party.
Market Cap Risk
Market Structure
3/15
20%
Market capitalisation. The smaller the asset, the less capital it takes to move its price.
Supply Structure
Tokenomics
3/20
15%
Free float (circulating vs total/max supply). A low float means much of the supply has yet to reach the market, so the price is set by a small share of it and future releases could dilute holders. Estimated from reported supply; holder data read from the chain is scored separately.
On-Chain Holder Concentration
Tokenomics
22/22
100%
Verified holder data. Burn and labelled exchange, staking, bridge and LP wallets are excluded; unlabelled contracts (often team/vesting multisigs) are counted. Above the flag threshold, ten wallets hold enough supply to move the price on their own.
Not contributing (2): Price Volatility, Transparency Gaps — 0 points.
Key Metrics
Protect Yourself
- • Never invest more than you can afford to lose entirely
- • Check token concentration — if top 10 wallets hold >50%, be cautious
- • Verify the team is public and doxxed
- • Read the smart contract audit before buying
- • Be wary of unrealistic APY promises
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What the contract allows
Ethereum · measured 2026-10-13
We checked Liquid Mercury’s deployed contract for all 7 owner privileges below and found none of them. This describes the code only — it says nothing about the team, the treasury, or how the supply is distributed.
Checked and not present: change any wallet balance, pause all transfers, blacklist wallets, mint new tokens, ownership can be reclaimed after renouncing, contract has a hidden owner, contract can self-destruct.
Source code: published and verified, so the deployed bytecode can be independently reviewed.
Contract analysis from GoPlus Labs · verify on-chain. An upgradeable contract can change after this reading.
How we counted holders here
Ten largest wallets
98.4%
including custodial
Largest private wallets
70.8%
after excluding 3
3 of Liquid Mercury’s ten largest holders are labelled exchange, market-maker, treasury or vesting, liquidity-pool or DeFi-protocol, staking or vault, bridge, multisig or burn addresses — supply that is custodied, pooled or destroyed rather than sitting in one person’s wallet. Separating them out moves the top-10 figure by 27.6 points. We report the private-wallet figure because that is the supply someone can actually choose to sell today.
Most of Liquid Mercury’s supply therefore sits in the excluded addresses. Burned supply is permanently gone, but treasury, vesting and foundation holdings are excluded too, and those can still reach the market when they unlock — a low private-wallet figure is not the same as a low future sell-side risk.
Wallets excluded from the top 10
| Address | Classified as | Label | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0x3ee1…a585 | Bridge contract | Wormhole · Wormhole: Token Bridge · Bridge · Wormhole · TokenBridge | 18.13% |
| 0x0000…dead | Burn address | Null: 0x00...dEaD · Null: 0x00...dEaD · Burn · Null | 9.39% |
| 0x9954…a8be | Liquidity pool or DeFi protocol contract | UniswapV3Pool | 0.36% |
Classification applied to the 100 holder records returned for this contract; 96 remained after exclusions · measured 2026-10-12. Custodial wallets are identified by public address labels, so an unlabelled one may still be counted as private — this correction is a floor, not a guarantee.
Liquid Mercury holder-concentration history
1 dated measurement · +0 pts over the period
FraudCoins.com has measured the share of Liquid Mercury’s supply held by its top 10 non-exchange wallets on 1 day since 12 Oct 2026. The highest reading was 70.8% on 12 Oct 2026; the most recent reading is 70.8% on 12 Oct 2026.
Composite risk score (0–100)
Recorded measurements (1)
| Date measured | Top 10 hold | Flagged |
|---|---|---|
| 70.8% | Yes |
Each row is an automated measurement taken on the date shown, using public on-chain holder data with burn and labelled exchange, staking, bridge and liquidity wallets excluded. Historical readings describe what our model measured on that date — they are not statements about the project’s conduct then or now, and are not financial advice.
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Frequently asked questions about Liquid Mercury
Is Liquid Mercury a scam?
We do not allege that Liquid Mercury (MERC) is a scam, and we have no evidence of wrongdoing by anyone associated with it. What we can tell you is what we measured: Its ten largest private wallets hold 70.8% of supply (exchange, staking, bridge and burn addresses excluded). That places it at 68/100 on our automated scale, which we label high risk. A high score means the asset has structural characteristics that have historically preceded losses — not that fraud has occurred. These are automated, opinion-based indicators from public market and on-chain data — not statements of fact, financial advice, or allegations of wrongdoing.
Why is Liquid Mercury flagged as high risk?
Liquid Mercury's risk score is driven mainly by: drawdown from all-time high — Down more than 99% from its all-time high — among the deepest drawdowns we measure; on-chain holder concentration — On-chain: the top 10 holders control 70.8% of supply (burn and labelled exchange/staking/LP wallets excluded; team/vesting contracts counted) — at this level a few wallets hold enough supply to move the price on their own; volume anomaly — Near-zero volume (0.01% of MCap) — almost nothing trades, so a position of any size would be hard to sell near the quoted price.
Who controls Liquid Mercury's supply?
On-chain data shows the top 10 holders of Liquid Mercury control 70.8% of the supply, after excluding burn and labelled exchange, staking, bridge and liquidity wallets. At that level ten wallets hold enough supply to move the price on their own. This measures holdings, not how any holder has acted.
Is Liquid Mercury safe to buy?
FraudCoins.com does not give buy or sell recommendations, and no cryptocurrency is safe. Liquid Mercury scores 68/100 (high risk) on our automated risk model. Always do your own research and never invest more than you can afford to lose.