Trending Token Scanner — Sustained vs Spike Classifier

Not just what's trending — which trends are real. The scanner pulls the trending pools across chains (keyless) and classifies each move as a sustained uptrend vs a thin spike likely to retrace, using the multi-timeframe signals a person can't weigh at scale: price across 1h/6h/24h, volume acceleration (is it speeding up or dying?), buy/sell pressure, unique buyers, and liquidity depth. Each gets a sustainabilityScore and a dumpRisk flag. Read-only, keyless, agent-callable.

Observable signals, not a price prediction and not financial advice. "sustained-uptrend" is not a guarantee; crypto is high risk — verify everything.

What it does

• Scans trending pools on Ethereum, BSC, Base, Solana, Polygon, Arbitrum, Avalanche (keyless GeckoTerminal).
• Classifies each into: sustained-uptrend · accumulating · spiking · fading · distribution · mixed.
• Computes a sustainabilityScore (0–100) (liquidity depth + healthy-not-parabolic trend + volume not decelerating + buy pressure + buyers) and a dumpRisk flag (thin/decelerating/sell-heavy spikes).

Field	Meaning
classification	the move-quality label
sustainabilityScore	0–100, how "backed" the move looks
dumpRisk	thin/decelerating/sell-heavy spike warning
priceChangeH1/H6/H24Pct	trend across timeframes
volumeAcceleration	h1 rate ÷ h6 rate (>1 = speeding up)
buyPressureH1, uniqueBuyersH1, liquidityUsd	flow + depth
reasons[]	why it classified that way

Why not just ask an AI agent / why not a "trending list"?

A plain trending list tells you something moved. It can't tell you a token up 400% on the day is actually down 50% in the last 6 hours on dead volume (a dump in progress) vs one grinding steadily higher on rising volume and buyers. This weighs those multi-timeframe deltas deterministically and labels the quality of each move — the part that matters.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
networks	array	ethereum, bsc, base, solana	Chains to scan.
minLiquidityUsd	integer	20000	Ignore thinner trending pools.
maxCandidates	integer	25	Top rows to return.
webhookUrl	string		POST the ranked scan here.

Example input

{ "networks": ["ethereum", "bsc", "base", "solana"], "minLiquidityUsd": 20000 }

Output

One row per trending pool. Example (real run, trimmed):

{
  "name": "CATE / SOL",
  "network": "solana",
  "classification": "sustained-uptrend",
  "sustainabilityScore": 71,
  "dumpRisk": false,
  "liquidityUsd": 3103083.52,
  "priceChangeH1Pct": 7, "priceChangeH6Pct": 17, "priceChangeH24Pct": 20,
  "volumeAcceleration": 2.08,
  "reasons": ["up across 1h (7%) and 24h (20%)", "volume accelerating (2.1x the 6h rate)"]
}

…while a token up +402% on the day but −50% over the last 6h on dead volume classifies as fading — exactly the retrace this is built to catch.

Use cases

• Separate real moves from pumps — act on sustained trends, skip the dump-risk spikes.
• A standing "what's actually moving" feed — schedule + webhook.
• AI trading/research agents — a classified, scored trending list to reason over.

Ready-made tasks

• Trending Crypto Tokens Across Chains

For AI agents / MCP

https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=actors,docs,centorprat/trending-token-scanner

Loads as centorprat--trending-token-scanner. Claude Code:

claude mcp add apify -- npx -y @apify/actors-mcp-server --actors centorprat/trending-token-scanner

FAQ

How is this different from a new-token scanner? That finds brand-new launches; this reads tokens that are already trending and judges whether the move is sustained or likely to retrace.

Which chains? Ethereum, BSC, Base, Solana, Polygon, Arbitrum, Avalanche.

Does it need a key? No — keyless public DEX data.

Does a high sustainabilityScore mean "buy"? No. It means the move currently has more of the hallmarks of a backed trend than a thin spike. It's a signal to review, not advice.

How fast / how much? A couple of seconds per scan. Pay-per-event: a base per scan + a small premium per candidate returned.

Data & attribution

Public DEX market data via the keyless GeckoTerminal API. No keys, no personal data. Signals, not financial advice.

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• New Token Momentum Scanner
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