Paid
Who is spending money to be seen: tokens that just paid for their DexScreener profile, and tokens that just bought boosts. Paying is a signal of intent to market — it says nothing about safety.
Who just paid to be seen, the moment they pay.
What’s behind this blur is placeholder data, not the real thing.
Dex-paid tokens · first hour (n=2537): 25% dumped −50%+, 55% held above entry.
At 4h (n=2095): 20% rug-shaped (−90%+), 44% above entry, median return -16.2% · median peak ×1.01.
dump = −50% within 1h · rug-shaped = −90% by 4h · promos count once old enough to have lived each horizon
Every boost bought on Robinhood Chain, live.
What’s behind this blur is placeholder data, not the real thing.
All boosted tokens · first hour (n=475): 27% dumped −50%+, 47% held above entry.
At 4h (n=376): 30% rug-shaped (−90%+), 32% above entry, median return -30.1% · median peak ×1.00.
≤10 boosts · first hour (n=109): 11% dumped −50%+, 51% held above entry.
At 4h (n=86): 6% rug-shaped (−90%+), 37% above entry, median return -12.8% · median peak ×0.86.
11–99 boosts · first hour (n=232): 38% dumped −50%+, 41% held above entry.
At 4h (n=181): 41% rug-shaped (−90%+), 27% above entry, median return -60.5% · median peak ×1.17.
100+ boosts · first hour (n=134): 21% dumped −50%+, 54% held above entry.
At 4h (n=109): 30% rug-shaped (−90%+), 35% above entry, median return -23.6% · median peak ×0.67.
dump = −50% within 1h · rug-shaped = −90% by 4h · promos count once old enough to have lived each horizon