Holder concentration, snipers and bundles

How to read a token's top holders: what top-10 concentration, creator holdings, launch snipers and bundled (linked) wallets mean, which thresholds are risky, and how to check them for free.

Even with renounced authorities and locked liquidity, a token can still be dumped on you if a few wallets own most of it. Holder checks tell you who can crash the price.

Top holders

Look at the share of supply in the top 10 holders, excluding the liquidity pool, lockers and burn addresses (they are not sellers). As a rough guide, top holders above about 40% is a warning and above 60% is high risk. A single non-pool wallet above 10% is worth noting; above 20% one seller can move the market alone.

Creator holdings

The wallet that launched the token holding 10% or more of supply is a risk; 30% or more is a big one. A creator who has launched dozens of tokens (a serial launcher) is another flag.

Snipers

Snipers are bots or insiders that buy in the first seconds or blocks after a pool opens, before the public can. If those early buyers still hold a large share later, they can sell into every rally. On Base, the checker looks at the first buy blocks and reports how much supply launch-window buyers still hold (10% or more is flagged, 20% or more forces CAUTION).

Bundles and linked wallets

A bundle is when one person buys through many fresh wallets at launch, often in the same block, to hide how much they own. On Solana the checker uses RugCheck's insider-network data to find wallets that are linked to each other (funded from the same source, bought together) and reports their combined holding. On Base it flags many wallets buying in the very first buy block.

Check a token

The free token checker shows top-holder share, the largest wallet, creator share and insider or sniper holdings with the verdict. Want this on whole watchlists from code? See the API plans or whale flow for who is buying and selling now. Informational only, not investment advice.