How to use this data

Why most new memecoins die: our own numbers

As of the last site update, our tracker follows 167 memecoins that our scanner flagged. 89 of them (53%) are already "likely dead" or delisted. Of the 98 alerts with recorded alert-time prices, only 12% trade above their alert price, and the median change is -89.3%. These coins were picked because they had real volume and passed basic safety filters, and most still collapsed. Live figures: alert tracker.

Reading an alert

• Volume spike: an alert means trading activity jumped, not that the coin is good. Volume can be bots or wash trading.
• Pair age: hours-old pairs are the most likely to rug or fade.
• Buy/sell ratio: more buys than sells in the last hour, often early hype that can reverse fast.
• Flags: automated checks (RugCheck, GoPlus) catch some traps, miss many, and some chains (NEAR, Robinhood Chain, Arc) have no check here at all. "No flags" is never a safety guarantee.
• Past alerts: check the tracker. If most alerts end down, treat new ones accordingly.

Liquidity and FDV basics

• Liquidity is the money in the trading pool. With $20K of liquidity, a $2K sell can move the price by roughly 10% or more, and you may not be able to exit at the price you see.
• FDV (fully diluted valuation) is price × total supply. A big FDV with small liquidity (e.g. FDV 50x liquidity) means the "value" is mostly on paper.
• Market cap vs FDV: if many tokens are locked or unreleased, future unlocks can push the price down.
• % change on tiny pools is easy to manipulate; a +500% move can come from a few trades.

Rug-risk red flags

• Mint authority or freeze authority still enabled (Solana), or a mintable contract (EVM).
• Honeypot behaviour, "cannot sell all", hidden owner, owner can change balances, blacklist functions.
• Buy/sell taxes above a few percent, especially if they can be changed.
• A few wallets holding a large share of supply; unlocked or unburned liquidity.
• Anonymous team with no audit, brand-new social accounts, copied names of famous coins on a different chain.
• Lookalike websites and "airdrop" links. Always use official links, and never share a seed phrase or private key.

Using VolumeVein sensibly

• Treat alerts as a watchlist for research, not a buy signal.
• Check our project risk reviews and their score breakdown.
• Never invest money you cannot afford to lose entirely; position sizes on new tokens should assume a total loss.
• Verify contracts only from official project sources; this site never publishes contract addresses.

Methodology and data sources: About & methodology.