Wrapped Ether WETH
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What is Wrapped Ether (WETH)?
Wrapped Ether (WETH) is a token trading on Ethereum at $1,904.92, with a market capitalisation around $4.25B. Its main pool holds $113.66M of liquidity on Uniswap V3, paired against USDT. Over the last 24 hours WETH has gained +3.22% on $40.52M of trading volume across 899 transactions.
The pair was created 4.7 years ago (Dec 29, 2021). Price, liquidity and volume on this page are read directly from on-chain pool data.
The story behind WETH
What is WETH (Wrapped ETH)? WETH is the tokenized/packaged form of ETH that you use to pay for items when you interact with Ethereum dApps. WETH follows the ERC-20 token standards, enabling it to achieve interoperability with other ERC-20 tokens. This offers more utility to holders as they can use it across networks and dApps. You can stake, yield farm, lend, and provide liquidity to various liquidity pools with WETH. Also, unlike ETH, which doesn’t conform to its own ERC-20 standard and thus has lower interoperability as it can’t be used on other chains besides Ethereum, WETH can be used on cheaper and high throughput alternatives like Binance, Polygon, Solana, and Cardano. The price of WETH will always be the same as ETH because it maintains a 1:1 wrapping ratio. How to Wrap ETH? Custodians wrap and unwrap ETH. To wrap ETH, you send ETH to a custodian. This can be a multi-sig wallet, a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO), or a smart contract. After connecting your web3 wallet to a DeFi exchange, you enter the amount of ETH you wish to wrap and click the swap function. Once the transaction is confirmed, you will receive WETH tokens equivalent to the ETH that you’ve swapped. On a centralized exchange, the exchange burns the deposited ETH and mints a wrapped form for you. And when you want to unwrap it, the exchange will burn the wrapped version and mint the ETH on your behalf. What’s Next for WETH? According to the developers, hopefully there will be no future for WETH. According to the website, steps are being taken to update ETH to make it compliant with its own ERC-20 standards.
Official channels, straight from the project:
WETH history: the key events, on-chain
WETH tokenomics and supply
Both addresses link straight to Etherscan. Every figure in this table is read from the chain and you can verify it there.
Market cap and fully diluted valuation are close, so most of the supply is already circulating.
WETH on-chain data, signal by signal
We are not auditors and we do not certify any token as safe. What follows are measurable facts read from the chain, each one stated so you can check it yourself. The index simply summarises them into a number: WETH sits at 93/100. Every threshold and penalty behind that figure is published in full on our methodology page.
WETH contract checks, reported by GoPlus Security
These checks come from GoPlus Security, an independent contract scanner. We publish their reading, we do not produce it.
What moves the WETH price?
WETH is a Ethereum token, so its price is set entirely by what happens in its liquidity pools rather than by any order book. Volume is low relative to the $113.66M sitting in the pool, so the price can stay flat for long stretches and then jump when a single sizeable order arrives. The main drivers are the depth of that pool, how concentrated the holder base is, general Ethereum market conditions, and social attention. For a token with a A grade, position size discipline matters more than any price prediction.
WETH to USD converter and price calculator
| WETH | USD |
|---|---|
| 1 WETH | $1.9K |
| 10 WETH | $19.0K |
| 100 WETH | $190.5K |
| 1,000 WETH | $1.90M |
| 10,000 WETH | $19.05M |
| USD | WETH |
|---|---|
| $10 | 0.01 WETH |
| $100 | 0.05 WETH |
| $1,000 | 0.52 WETH |
| $10,000 | 5.25 WETH |
| $100,000 | 52.5 WETH |
WETH markets and top pools
Only one active pool is currently tracked for WETH.
Liquidity spread across several pools generally means a healthier market: a single pool is easier to drain or manipulate than four.
How to buy Wrapped Ether (WETH)
- Get a Ethereum wallet. Install MetaMask or Rabby and fund it with ETH.
- Open a DEX. WETH trades mainly on Uniswap V3. Paste the contract address rather than searching the ticker: names can be copied by scam tokens.
- Verify the contract. Check it against the address on this page:
0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2You can open that address on Etherscan and confirm supply, holders and transfers yourself instead of taking our word for it. - Set slippage sensibly. With $113.66M of liquidity, moderate orders should fill without extreme slippage, but size still matters.
- Confirm and review. After the swap, verify the tokens landed and that you can sell a small amount back. If a sell fails, treat it as a honeypot.
WETH versus other Ethereum pairs
| Token | Price | 24h | Liquidity | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WETH (this page) | $1,904.92 | +3.22% | $113.66M | A 93 |
| WETH price | $2,508.86 | +3.00% | $104.57M | B 82 |
| stETH price | $2,468.38 | +1.59% | $100.88M | B 82 |
| PYUSD price | $0.9996 | 0.00% | $100.09M | B 82 |
| fwWETH price | $2,519.11 | +0.27% | $96.98M | B 82 |
| wstETH price | $3,063.97 | -0.00% | $86.73M | B 82 |
Wrapped Ether (WETH) price prediction, answered with arithmetic
Every token this size gets asked where the price is going, and nobody honest can answer that. What can be answered is what each target would require. WETH trades at $1,904.92 today. For each target price below, the table shows what the whole supply would be worth at that price, and how that compares to assets people already know.
| Target price | Multiple from today | Implied valuation | For scale |
|---|---|---|---|
| $5,000 | 2.6x | $11.16B | in the range of a mid-cap public company |
| $10,000 | 5.2x | $22.31B | in the range of a mid-cap public company |
| $20,000 | 10.5x | $44.63B | in the range of a mid-cap public company |
This is arithmetic, not a forecast. Nobody can tell you where WETH will trade. What the table does tell you is the size of the move being asked for, which is usually the missing piece when people ask whether a token can reach a given price.
How to trade WETH safely
- Size against liquidity, not conviction. The pool holds $113.66M. A trade worth more than roughly 1% of that will move the price against you.
- Test the exit first. Buy a small amount, then immediately sell part of it. Tokens that block sells are the single most common trap.
- Watch the buy/sell balance. Currently 612 buys against 287 sells in 24 hours. A rough balance between the two suggests the market functions in both directions.
- Check the age. This pool was created 4.7 years ago. Most rug pulls happen within the first hours of a pool going live.
- Never invest more than you can lose. Low-cap tokens can go to zero, and frequently do.
WETH FAQ
What is the price of WETH today?
Wrapped Ether (WETH) trades at $1,904.92, gained +3.22% over the last 24 hours.
What do the on-chain numbers say about WETH?
We are not auditors and do not certify tokens. Measured from the chain, WETH sits at 93 out of 100 on our on-chain health index, computed from liquidity, volume quality, buy/sell balance and pair age. No mechanical red flags were detected, which is not a guarantee of safety.
How much liquidity does WETH have?
The tracked pool holds $113.66M of liquidity. Liquidity determines how much you can trade before moving the price and how easily you can exit.
Where can I buy Wrapped Ether (WETH)?
WETH trades on Ethereum, mainly through Uniswap V3. Always paste the contract address instead of searching by ticker.
What is the 24 hour trading volume of WETH?
WETH has traded $40.52M in the last 24 hours across 899 transactions, split 612 buys and 287 sells.
When was WETH launched?
The tracked WETH pool was created 4.7 years ago, on Dec 29, 2021.
What is the contract address of WETH?
The WETH contract address on Ethereum is 0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2. Check it against the address published by the project itself before buying: tickers and names are copied freely, the address is the only thing that identifies a token. This page links it straight to the block explorer so you can verify supply, holders and transfers yourself.
Could WETH be a honeypot?
Sells are going through (287 in the last 24 hours), which means the token is not blocking exits at this time. Always test a small sell first.
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