A rug-pull check screens a wallet for tokens and interactions tied to projects whose developers drained liquidity and disappeared; Plastron flags rug-pull exposure free across seven EVM chains as an informational risk signal.

A rug pull is a type of DeFi exit scam where developers drain a liquidity pool or protocol treasury after attracting user deposits — often through artificially high APYs, celebrity endorsements, or coordinated social media promotion. Thousands of rug pulls occur on Ethereum and other chains every year, ranging from small token launches that drain a few thousand dollars to large-scale coordinated scams that steal tens of millions. For users who participated in DeFi during periods of high rug pull activity — particularly the 2021 and 2022 bull market — wallets often contain interactions with token contracts that were later classified as exit scams. These interactions typically look like normal DEX trades: you bought a token, the token became worthless, and the contract address is now in your transaction history labeled as a fraud address in community scam databases. The compliance problem is that exchange analytics systems do not distinguish between users who were victims of a rug pull and users who participated knowingly. Both show the same pattern: a wallet interaction with a known fraud contract. Depending on the scale and notoriety of the rug pull, this exposure can range from a Low risk signal to a Medium risk flag. Identifying which token contracts in your history are classified as rug pulls lets you prepare for potential compliance questions.